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Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Campaign and Dates |
Campaign and Dates |
Leyte operation
| Ormoc Bay landings, 11 to 12 December 1944 Borneo operations
| Tarakan Island operation, 27 April to 5 May 1945 Balikpapan operation, 26 June to 6 July 1945 Consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines
| Visayan Islands, 28 March 1945 |
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100k | USS LSM-151 beached in the Lingkas area, Sadau, Island, Tarakan, Netherlands East Indies, Borneo, 30 April 1945. On the first day of Operation "Oboe One", the attack and landing on Tarakan Island by troops of the 9th Australian Division, soldiers probably of 2/7th Field Regiment load a shell into a 25-pounder field gun set up on a rise overlooking the beach to fire on Tarakan. In the background, other Australian soldiers unload supplies from LSM-151 of the US Navy's Amphibious Group Six which supported the landing. | Brian Burkhart, for his father Arnold Francis Burkhart EM2, USS LSM-151 Contributed by Martie Obenland, wife of crew member LT Bob Obenland |
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174k | US LSM-151 at Sadan, Tarakan Island, Borneo, Netherlands East Indies, 30 April 1945. LSM-151 was part of a US Naval Force assisting the Australian Army during the landing. | Brian Burkhart, for his father Arnold Francis Burkhart EM2, USS LSM-151 Contributed by Martie Obenland, wife of crew member LT Bob Obenland |
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97k | USS LSM-151 at Sandau Island, Tarakan, Borneo, Netherlands East Indies, 30 April 1945. LSM-151 was part of a US Naval Force assisting the Australian Army. | Brian Burkhart, for his father Arnold Francis Burkhart EM2, USS LSM-151 Contributed by Martie Obenland, wife of crew member LT Bob Obenland |
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28k | USS LSM-151 carrying 25-pounders and Australian Army 2/7 Field Regiment personnel beaching at Sandau Island, Borneo, 30 April 30, 1945.
Australian War Memorial, Photo No. 090864 |
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34k | USS LSM-151 unloading Australian Army A2 Mechanical Equipment Platoon bulldozer at Sandau Island, Borneo, 30 April 1945. The bulldozer will
be used to cut a track for 25 pounders still onboard. Australian War Memorial, Photo No. 090865 |
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32k | USS LSM-151, beached at Batangas, Luzon Island, P.I. She is loading for Japan, 26 September 1945. Note the laundry on the line at the center of the ship. | Brian Burkhart, for his father Arnold Francis Burkhart EM2, USS LSM-151. Contributed by Martie Obenland, wife of crew member LT Bob Obenland |
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45k | USS LSM-151, beached at Legaspi, Luzon Island, P.I., unloading vehicles and troops, date unknown. | Brian Burkhart, for his father Arnold Francis Burkhart EM2, USS LSM-151. Contributed by Lorna LaFarge, widow of crew member Wayne LaFarge |
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52k | USS LSM-151 crew relaxing in front of the ship at Leyte, P.I., date unknown. | Brian Burkhart, for his father Arnold Francis Burkhart EM2, USS LSM-151 |
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56k | LSM's docked and unloading at Yokohama in 1945. USS LSM-151 is second from the left. | Brian Burkhart, for his father Arnold Francis Burkhart EM2, USS LSM-151 |
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| Commanding Officers | ||
| 01 | LT. Fitzgerald, William Hart, USNR | 15 July 1944 - December 1945 |
| 02 | LTjg. Bitzer, Sydney M., USNR | December 1945 - March 1946 |
| 03 | LTjg. Dromgoole, Paul L., USNR | March 1946 - June 1946 |
| 04 | LTjg. Marsh, Donald K., USNR | June 1946 - 23 July 1946 |
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