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Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns |
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Campaign and Dates | Campaign and Dates |
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Marianas operation
Capture and occupation of Guam, 21 to 28 July 1944 | Luzon operation
Lingayen landings, 4 to 15 January 1945 |
Leyte operation
Leyte landings, 20 October 1944 | Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 to 9 April 1945 |
Navy Occupation Service Medal |
China Service Medal (extended) |
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8 to 12 November 1945 | 22 December 1945 to 10 June 1946 |
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88k | Bow view of USS LST-125 underway departing Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA. 17 August 1945. LST-125 was under repair at the yard from 23 June to 20 August 1945. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 3026-8-45 |
Darryl Baker and Susan Bloom, for her father Matthew R. Bloom, MoMM2 USS LST-125 Courtesy Harry Urbach Gunners Mate USS LST-125 |
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80k | Stern view of USS LST-125 underway departing Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA. 17 August 1945. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 3024-8-45 |
Darryl Baker | ||
132k | USS LST-125 crew photo, Melvin Donner top left, date and location unknown. | Susan Bloom, Courtesy Melvin Donner USS LST-125 | ||
77k | USS LST-125 beached and unloading trucks at Guam in 1944. | Susan Bloom, for her father Matthew R. Bloom, MoMM2 USS LST-125 Courtesy Harry Urbach Gunners Mate USS LST-125 |
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49k | USS LST-125 date and location unknown. | Susan Bloom, Courtesy Melvin Donner USS LST-125 | ||
108k | USS LST-125 view looking aft from the forecastle toward the superstructure, date unknown. | Susan Bloom, Courtesy Melvin Donner USS LST-125 | ||
141k | USS LST-125 view looking forward from the superstructure toward the bow. | Susan Bloom, Courtesy Melvin Donner USS LST-125 | ||
102k | USS LST-125 view looking forward on the main deck toward the bow. The up ended boat appears to be one of the ships LCVPs. | Susan Bloom, Courtesy Melvin Donner USS LST-125 | ||
70k | USS LST-125, date and location unknown. | Susan Bloom, Courtesy Melvin Donner USS LST-125 | ||
99k | USS LST-125, date and location unknown. | Susan Bloom, Courtesy Melvin Donner USS LST-125 | ||
89k | USS LST-125 dropping a pontoon at the Leyte, October, 1944. | Susan Bloom, Courtesy Melvin Donner USS LST-125 | ||
89k | USS LST-125 bridge showing the two Japanese flags representing the two planes shot down and her nickname (Dragon Lady). | Susan Bloom, Courtesy Melvin Donner USS LST-125 | ||
81k | USS LST-125 exchanging movies at sea with USS LST-20 (not shown), date unknown. | Denise Murphy for her father Denny Lewis Miller F1/c USS LST-20 | ||
68k | USS LST-125 underway after a Mare Island refit, on 17 August 1945. By late in the war, upper decks had been cleared on LSTs. Bridges raised a level to clear top of a stowed LCT. Most 20 mm guns were replaced by 40s; the 3"/50 gun was replaced with a director-controlled twin 40 mm gun (another is right forward). The ship has surface-search radar at her masthead. Text and photo from "U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History" by Norman Friedman. |
Robert Hurst | ||
46k | USS LST-125 conning tower. | Susan Bloom, Courtesy of Jack Silady USS LST-125 | ||
75k | USS LST-125 crew photo at Shanghai, 6 March 1946. | Susan Bloom, Courtesy Melvin Donner USS LST-125 | ||
71k | USS LST-125 crew photo "Ship Control" at Shanghai, 10 March 1946. | Susan Bloom, Courtesy Joe Avedisian USS LST-125 | ||
56k | USS LST-125 and LST-505 at Shanghai, 6 March 1946. | Susan Bloom, Courtesy Melvin Donner and Joe Avedisian USS LST-125 |
Commanding Officers | ||
01 | LT. Tenney, Jr., William R. USNR | 29 September 1943 - 21 January 1945 |
02 | LT. Moore, Charles S. V., USNR | 21 January 1945 - ? |
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