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Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns |
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| Campaign and Dates | Campaign and Dates |
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| North African occupation
Tunisian operations, 27 March to 9 July 1943 | West coast of Italy operations
Anzio-Nettuno advanced landing 22 January to 1 March 1944 |
| Sicilian occupation, 9 to 15 July 1943 | Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944 |
| Salerno landings, 9 to 21 September 1943 |
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1976k | From left to right, front row:
USS LCI(L)-218, USS LCI(L)-35, USS LCI(L)-14, USS LCI(L)-326, USS LCI(L)-88, USS LCI(L)-91 and USS LCI(L)-229 From left to right back row: USS LCI(L)-2, USS LCI(L)-90, USS LCI(L)-320, USS LCI(L)-16, USS LCI(L)-3, USS LCI(L)-213, USS LCI(L)-321, USS LCI(L)-4, USS LCI(L)-86, USS LCI(L)-212, USS LCI(L)-217, USS LCI(L)-8, USS LCI(L)-83 and USS LCI(L)-94, massed at Bizerte, Tunisia, 6 July 1943 while loading troops for the invasion of Sicily. US Army Signal Corps photo # 176486, now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
Dave Kerr | |
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49k | From left to right USS LCI(L)-193, USS LCI(L)-4 and HM LCI(L)-179 during landing exercises west of New Haven - in the southeast of England - in preparation for their Normandy landing in the British sector at Sword Beach on D-Day, date and place unknown | Tom Hunter for his father Bruce Hunter RM3/c USS LCI(L)-193 | |
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57k | From left to right USS LCI(L)-193, USS LCI(L)-4 and HM LCI(L)-179 beached during landing exercises west of New Haven - in the southeast of England - in preparation for their Normandy landing in the British sector at Sword Beach on D-Day, date and place unknown | Tom Hunter for his father Bruce Hunter RM3/c USS LCI(L)-193 | |
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225k | Army troops assigned for the invasion of Normandy to USS LCI(L)-3, USS LCI(L)-5 and USS LCI(L)-4,as well as the rest of the LCI Flotillas, wait aboard ship in a British port for the word to go, circa June 4-5 1944. Note USS LCI(L)-326 moored aft of LCI(L)'s 4,5 and 6. | Robert Morrissey | |
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225k | A convoy of Landing Craft Infantry (Large) sails across the English Channel toward the Normandy Invasion beaches on "D-Day", 6 June 1944.
Each of these landing craft is towing a barrage balloon for protection against low-flying German aircraft. Among the LCI(L)s present are
USS LCI(L)-325 and USS LCI(L)-4.
US National Archives photo # 26-G-2333 from the National Archives US Coast Guard Collection |
Robert Hurst | |
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91k | USS LCI(L)-4 approaching Utah Beach, 6 June 1944. | Contributed by Don Endecott, Photo by LTjg. O.C. Yokum LCT-510 | |
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180k | Normandy Beachhead, 10 June 1944. A LCVP landing craft moored to a ship off the invasion beaches. A LCM is passing by in the center.
USS LCI(L)-4 and USS LCI(L)-5 moored together in the left background.
US National Archives Photo # 80-G-352691, by Combat Photo Unit Eight (CPU-8). | Mike Green | |
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41k | HM LCI(L)-4 at anchor with an unidentified LCI(L), date and place unknown. These worn out LCIs were enroute from the United Kingdom to the Pacific war after cessation hostilities in Europe. | Bruce Rowling | |
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44k | HM LCI(L)-4 at anchor with an unidentified LCI(L), date and place unknown. These worn out LCIs were enroute from the United Kingdom to the Pacific war after cessation hostilities in Europe. | Bruce Rowling | |
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