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Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns |
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Campaigns and Dates | Campaigns and Dates |
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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, 20 June to 16 July 1944 | Iwo Jima operation
Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 17 February to 16 March 1945 |
Capture and occupation of Tinian, 10 July and 24 to 28 July 1944 | Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and capture of Okinawa Gunto, 29 May to 30 June 1945 |
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93k | USS LCI(G)-348 beached with her ramps down, date and location unknown. | Bill Brinkley | ||
138k | USS LCI(G)-348 and USS LCI(G)-346 departing USS ABSD-1 at Guam, Marianas Islands. These were initial Central Pacific conversions, recognizable by the square gun tub forward of the bridge. They had two single 40 AA mm guns forward plus three 20 mm in the usual positions atop the superstructure and right aft), six 0.50" Cal. machine guns, and ten Mk 7 rocket launchers. USS LCI(L)-346 was a press boat for the Iwo Jima operation, rushing copy from war correspondents aboard ships to a communication ship that radioed it home. US Navy photo. Text from "U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History" by Norman Friedman. |
Jerry Gilmartin MMC(SW) USN Ret. Secretary AFMM LCI 713, Curator PT-658 Save the PT Boat Inc, courtesy Dennis Blocker LCI National Association Historian | ||
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USS LCI(G)-345 USS LCI(G)-346 USS LCI(G)-449 USS LCI(G)-437 USS LCI(G)-348 USS LC(FF)-423 alongside USS Seaward (IX-209) and LCT(6)-1314 at anchor in the far distant background at Naval Station Guam in July 1945. TimeLife_image 115952714 by J. R. Eyerman. Life Magazine. For personal non-commercial use only. | David Upton | |
78k | USS LCI(G)-348 moored, date and location unknown. | Jerry Gilmartin MMC(SW) USN Ret. Secretary AFMM LCI 713, Curator PT-658 Save the PT Boat Inc, courtesy Dennis Blocker LCI National Association Historian | ||
447k | USS LCI(G)-348 crew photos, date and location unknown. | Jerry Gilmartin MMC(SW) USN Ret. Secretary AFMM LCI 713, Curator PT-658 Save the PT Boat Inc, courtesy Dennis Blocker LCI National Association Historian | ||
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112k | USS LCI(G)-348 underway in harbor easing past
USS Hughes (DD-410) and an unidentified cruiser, circa October 1945, location unknown. Photo by Chester Bradley. |
John Chiquoine |
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