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Asiatic-Pacific Campaign |
Campaign and Dates |
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Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 30 April 1945 |
Navy Occupation Service Medal |
China Service Medal (extended) |
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12 to 27 October 1945 | 23 February to 4 March 1946 |
6 to 19 May 1946 | |
16 to 25 July 1946 |
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54k | USS Tazewell (APA-209) at anchor, date and location unknown. Photo from USS Lanier (APA-125) cruise book, 1944-46. |
Russ Padden | ||
59k | USS Tazewell (APA-209) in San Francisco Bay, in late 1945 or early 1946. She is returning troops from the Western Pacific to the United States as part of Operation "Magic Carpet." US Navy photo # NH 98749 donated by Boatswain's Mate First Class Robert G. Tippins, USN (Retired), 2003, to the US Naval Historical Center. |
US Naval Historical Center | ||
61k | USS Tazewell (APA-209) moored pierside, circa 1945-46, location unknown. US Navy photo # NH 83249 courtesy of D. M. McPherson, 1975. |
US Naval Historical Center | ||
65k | USS Tazewell (APA-209) arriving at San Francisco bringing US veterans home from the Pacific war during the "Magic Carpet" operation, circa late-1945-1946. | Russ Padden |
Commanding Officers | ||
01 | CDR. Olsen, Herbert S. F. H., USNR | 25 October 1944 - 15 June 1946 |
02 | CDR. Norman, Robert Gentry, USN (USNA 1925) | 15 June 1946 - 27 December 1946 |
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