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Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns |
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Marianas operation
Capture and occupation of Guam, 21 July to 15 August 1944 | Iwo Jima operation
Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 17 February 1945 |
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87k | LCI(G)-474 at anchor, date and location unknown. A view of the ships conning tower when she was part of the famous Black Cats of Flotilla Thirteen. | Dennis Blocker II for his grandfather Cliff Lemke S1/c USS LCI(G)-449 | ||
100k | LCI(G)-474 underway, date and location unknown. Note the emblem of the Black Cats of Flotilla Thirteen prominently displayed on the conning tower. | Dennis Blocker II for his grandfather Cliff Lemke S1/c USS LCI(G)-449 | ||
87k | LCI(G)-474 and LCI)G)-438 pass Nevada (BB-36) on the way into the beach at Iwo Jima, 17 February 1945. | Bill Brinkley | ||
68k | LCI(G)-474 (center distant) and LCI)G)-438 (center near) pass Nevada (BB-36) on the way into the beach at Iwo Jima, 17 February 1945. | .Robert Cieri | ||
65k | LCI(G)'s of Flotilla 3 Group 8 form a column as they prepare to attack Iwo Jima in support of UDT operations, 17 February 1945. Closest to furthest; LCI(G)-474 (sunk during the operation), LCI(G)-438, LCI(G)-449, LCI(G)-441 and LCI(G)-457 |
Dennis Blocker II for his grandfather Cliff Lemke S1/c USS LCI(G)-449 | ||
57k | LCI(G)-474, capsizing off Iwo Jima, 17 February 1945. Capps (DD-550) is at right picking up survivors. She later completed the sinking of LCI(G)-474. | Photo by Bob Harker, Engineering Officer, USS LCI (G)-474, submitted by Vaughn Hampton USS LCI(G)-450 |
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39k | LCI(G)-474, sinking off Iwo Jima, 17 February 1945, after receiving several hits from Japanese shore batteries while supporting UDT swimmers on a pre-invasion mission, | Photo by Bob Harker, Engineering Officer, USS LCI (G)-474, submitted by Vaughn Hampton USS LCI(G)-450 |
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78k | Close up of LCI(G)-474, sinking off Iwo Jima, 17 February 1945. | Bill Brinkley |
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