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100k | USS LCI(L)-482 unloading natives during Operation Penrod (photo courtesy of Edward F. Rubin) Operation Penrod: The island atoll, Jaluit, in the Marshall Islands had been bypassed and the Japanese troops there were forcing the local populace to gather food for them. D Day: 6 May 1945 - Native scouts were put ashore at night to gather the local natives who were evacuated at dawn. 580 natives were evacuated by 5 LCI's in spite of an alerted enemy. Photo from USS LCI National Association's newsletter The Elsie Item, June 1996 issue. |
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62k | USS LCI(L)-482 and USS LCI(L)-394 at anchor, nested together in the Marshall Islands, date unknown. | Hyperwar US Navy in World War II |
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01 | LTjg. Rubin, E. S., USNR | 19 October 1943 - ? |
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