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Asiatic-Pacific Campaign |
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Campaign and Dates | Campaign and Dates |
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Leyte operation
Leyte landings, 20 October 1944 | Manila Bay - Bicol operations
Zambales-Subic Bay, 29 to 30 January 1945 |
Luzon operation Mindoro landings, 12 to 18 December 1944 | Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 2 to 10 May 1945 |
Navy Occupation Service Medal |
China Service Medal (extended) |
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20 September to 2 October 1945 | 11 March to 21 May 1946 |
20 October to 14 November 1945 |
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265k | Three Coast Guardsmen, silhouetted at the stern of a Coast-Guard manned LST watch the convoy of LSTs including USS LST-565 and
USS LST-605 making there way to Morotai in the Halmaheras. The convoy was part of General MacArthur's array of sea strength
which stormed and captured Morotai." Note: LST-565 and LST-605 were not involved in the invasion of Morotai. They were a part of Flotilla Sixteen and were four days out
of Pearl Harbor when the landings at Morotai began, 15 September 1944, and left Manus Island in Admiralty Islands, 11 October1944, eight days after the fighting ended.
National Archives war diaries and ships muster rolls, National Archives Identifier 205586182. Local Identifier 26-G-2925, US Coast Guard photo # 2925. US National Archives WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 1162, Location: MOROTAI, HALMAHERAS INDONESIA (IDN)>i> |
Joe Radigan, MACM USN Ret and David Upton |
Commanding Officers | ||
01 | LT. Meddaugh, John S., USNR | 25 May 1944 - June 1945 |
02 | LT. Meinschein, W. G., USNR | June 1945 - August 1945 |
03 | LT. Gilsdorf, A. G., USNR | August 1945 - December 1945 |
04 | LTjg. MacKenzie, D. K., USNR | December 1945 - March 1946 |
05 | LTjg. McKee, Hugh, USNR | March 1946 - 13 June 1946 |
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