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Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns |
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Campaign and Dates | Campaign and Dates |
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Iwo Jima operation
Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 to 26 February 1945 | Minesweeping operations-Pacific
Sasebo (Kyushu-Korea area), 9 to 30 September 1945 Arcadia (Kyushu-Korea area), 1 to 5 September 1945 Tsushima Straits (Kyushu-Korea area), 12 to 20 October 1945 and Skagway )East China Sea-Ryukyus area), 27 October to 5 November 1945 |
Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 20 March to 30 June 1945 |
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7452k | Prayer service aboard USS LST-789 off Iwo Jima, February 1945.
In the background USS LCI(R)-1029 is underway passing an unidentified LST.
US National Archives ID 205585115 Local Identifier 26-G-4104, US Coast Guard photo 4104 by US Coast Guard photographer Papsun. |
David Upton | |
73k | USS LCI(R)-1029 firing rockets, date and location unknown. US Navy photo |
Bill Brinkley | ||
25k | USS LCI(R)-1029 and USS LCI(R)-1028 approach the beach at Okinawa getting into range to fire their rockets in support of US Army ground troops ashore, circa March-June 1945 | Bill Brinkley | ||
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98k | Chart of all LCI(R) rocket targets which bombarded the North and South flanks of the main amphibious landing on L-Day of Operation Iceberg, the invasion of Okinawa.
These LCI(R)s belonged to Flotilla SIXTEEN (CDR C.E. Coffin, Jr), referred to as Task Group 52.20, and comprised of 6 Task Groups, each in turn comprised of 6 LCI(R)s
(for 36 LCIR)s total):
South Flank: 52.20.1 - USS LCI(R)-642, USS LCI(R)-650, USS LCI(R)-707, USS LCI(R)-771, USS LCI(R)-772, USS LCI(R)-1077; 52.20.2 - USS LCI(R)-651, USS LCI(R)-708, USS LCI(R)-1028, USS LCI(R)-1029, USS LCI(R)-1030, USS LCI(R)-1078; In Reserve: 52.20.3 - USS LCI(R)-643, USS LCI(R)-644, USS LCI(R)-645, USS LCI(R)-646, USS LCI(R)-769, USS LCI(R)-770. North Flank: 52.20.4 - USS LCI(R)-647, USS LCI(R)-648, USS LCI(R)-649, USS LCI(R)-762, USS LCI(R)-763, USS LCI(R)-764; 52.20.5 - USS LCI(R)-785, USS LCI(R)-1024, USS LCI(R)-1026, USS LCI(R)-1068, USS LCI(R)-1069, USS LCI(R)-1070; 52.20.6 - USS LCI(R)-704, USS LCI(R)-705, USS LCI(R)-706, USS LCI(R)-765, USS LCI(R)-766, USS LCI(R)-767; |
LCDR. Gary Frogner, USN Ret. for his father ENS. Louis Frogner, USNR Engineering Officer LCI(R)-1024 | |
Commanding Officers | ||
01 | LTjg. Lusk, J. H., USNR | 11 July 1944 - ? |
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