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Asiatic-Pacific Campaign |
Campaign and Dates |
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Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 30 May to 30 June 1945 |
Navy Occupation Service Medal |
China Service Medal (extended) |
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11 to 25 September 1945 | 22 May to 3 September 1946 |
7 October to 22 November 1945 | |
18 to 21 March 1946 |
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108k | USS LSM-256 entering the well deck of USS Casa Grande (LSD-13), in the Chesapeake Bay, 20 June 1944. US Navy photo. |
USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
148k | USS LSM-256 in the well deck of USS Casa Grande (LSD-13), in the Chesapeake Bay, 20 June 1944. US Navy photo. |
Bill Brinkley and the USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
906k | Aerial photo of USS LSM-256 at the pier at White Beach Okinawa, 17 June 1945. US Navy photo. |
Donn Cuson | ||
316k | USS LSM-137 at Cebu, P.I., to transport the Americal division to Yokohama, Japan 30 August 1945. In the background are; USS LSM-256, USS LSM-107, USS LSM-177, USS LSM-212, USS LSM-83, USS LSM-82, USS LSM-134, USS LSM-4, and USS LSM-17, Photo was taken from USS LSM-186 | Photo by Ken Roberts Engineering Officer USS LSM-186 | ||
70k | USS LSM-256 moored at either Saipan or Guam, Christmas 1945. | R.L. Petry Photo Courtesy Jim Tusing LSM-372, Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter of the USS LSM - LSMR Association |
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115k | Aerial view of Little Creek Amphibious Base, 1 August 1944. Ships present include;
USS LSM-256 at the bottom of the photo. Other ships that are identified and marked are
USS LSM-201,
USS LSM-2,
USS LSM-127,
USS LSM-203,
USS LSM-16,
USS LSM-126,
USS LSM-134 and
USS LSM-144. The two LSTs are unidentified. US Navy photo. |
USS LSM / LSMR Association |
Commanding Officers | ||
01 | LTjg. Gilmore, Joseph R., USNR | 27 May 1944 - 9 August 1945 |
02 | LTjg. Clymer, Everett S., USNR | 9 August 1945 - December 1945 |
03 | LTjg. Kroft, David G., USNR | December 1945 - June 1946 |
04 | ENS. Morrill, Stephen A., USNR | June 1946 - 3 September 1946 |
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