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Campaigns and Dates | Campaigns and Dates |
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Aleutian operations
Invasion of Kiska, 15 August 1943 |
Tinian capture and occupation, 24 to 28 July 1944 |
Marshall Islands operation;
Occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls, 31 January to 8 February 1944 |
Western Caroline Islands operation;
Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, 6 September to 14 October 1944 |
Marianas operation;
Capture and occupation of Saipan, 15 June to 28 July 1944 |
Okinawa Gunto operation;
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April to 17 June 1945 |
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125k | USS LCI(G)-79 underway while enroute from the Pacific Theater to San Diego, CA. (Note Homeward Bound pennant.) Photo from the bow looking aft toward the conning tower, date unknown. | James E. Mertz for his father Edward H. Mertz MoMM3/c USS LCI(G)-79 | ||
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USS LCI(G)-77, USS LCI(G)-78, USS LCI(G)-81, USS LCI(M)-582, USS LCI(G)-79, and USS LCI(G)-547 moored to a buoy at San Diego, CA., mid-October 1945 after returning home from the Asiatic-Pacific Theater. |
James E. Mertz for his father Edward H. Mertz MoMM3/c LCI(G)-79 | ||
85k | USS LCI(G)-78, USS LCI(G)-81, USS LCI(M)-582, and USS LCI(G)-79 moored to a buoy at San Diego, CA., mid-October 1945. |
James E. Mertz for his father Edward H. Mertz MoMM3/c LCI(G)-79 | ||
136k | USS LCI(G)-79 conning tower with crew. The ship was moored to a buoy in San Diego Harbor after returning from the Pacific, mid-October 1945. | James E. Mertz for his father Edward H. Mertz MoMM3/c USS LCI(G)-79 |
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