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Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign |
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign |
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Invasion of southern France, 15 August to 25 September 1944 | Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 10 April to 30 June 1945 |
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65k | USS LST-996 launching, at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA., 2 May 1944. | Richard Hall | ||
869k | USS LST-996, the first LST to reach the beach, off loads a truck during the invasion of southern France, 15 August 1944. US National Archives photo # III-SC 192903, a US Army Signal Corps. photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
David Kerr | ||
61k | USS LST-996 beached, date and location unknown. | Martin A Greaser | ||
34k | USS LST-996 beached at Okinawa in 1945. | Martin A Greaser | ||
144k | USS LST-996 beached at Okinawa in 1945. | Sam Stokes | ||
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102k | USS LST-996 and USS LST-778 moored together, circa 1945, location unknown.
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 73253 |
US Naval History and Heritage Command |
Commanding Officers | ||
01 | LT. Leach Jr., Charles Alfred, USNR | 23 May 1944 - 31 August 1945 |
02 | LT. McCue, Raymond G., USNR | 31 August 1945 - 16 September 1945 |
03 | LTjg. Ellis III, Caswell P., USNR | 16 September 1945 - 3 January 1946 |
04 | LTjg. O'Connor, J. R., USNR | 3 January 1946 - 22 April 1946 |
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