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Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns |
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| Campaign and Dates | Campaign and Dates |
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| Eastern New Guinea operation
Saidor occupation, 2 to 11 January and 4 to 7 February 1944 | Leyte operation
Leyte landings, 13 to 28 October and 12 to 29 November 1944 |
| Bismarck Archipelago operation
Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 26 to 28 December 1943, 22 to 25 January and 30 January to 2 February 1944 Admiralty Island landings, 29 February to 4 March and 7 to 11 March 1944 | Consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines;
Visayan Island landings, 26 March and 4 April 1945 |
| Hollandia operation, 21 to 26 April and 1 to 7 May 1944 | Borneo operation;
Tarakan Island operation, 27 April to 5 May 1945 Balikpapan operation, 27 April to 5 May and 28 June to 7 July 1945 |
| Western New Guinea operation
Biak Island operation, 28 May to 9 June 1944 Cape Sansapor operation, 30 July, 4 August, 6 to 12 and 14 to 19 August 1944 Morotai landings, 15 September 1944 |
Navy Occupation Service Medal |
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| 7 to 13 September 1945 |
| 20 September to 22 October 1945 |
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56k | Three Launching Guest ID tags for the launching of LST-171, 28 February, 1943. The tags are sequentially numbered (3333,
3334, & 3335) and were intended for guests of Mrs. Dorothy Pipken (2) and Mr. Frank Harrison (1) respectively. Mr. Harrison was the General Manager for the Shipbuilding
Division of Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co. which operated the Evansville Shipyard.
USS LST Ship Memorial, Inc. LST Shipyard Collection |
Tommy Trampp | |
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369k | USS LST-171, USS LST-584 loading at Morotai, 1-2 Msy 1945.
LIFE Magazine Archives, Carl Mydans Photographer, shared by Peter DeForest. |
Mike Green | |
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USS LST-171,
USS LST-584,
USS LST-697 and
USS LST-585 loading at Morotai in April, 1945.
Note USS LCI(L)-625 between LST-171 and LST-584. She arrived later to assist in the effort to move LST-684 out of the mud and into deeper water. The following was recorded in the "USS LST-584 Rep. of Opers. in the invasion of Tarakan Island, Borneo, 5/1-2/45 page 2". World War II War Diaries US National Archives Identifier 296592936 "At 0730 on Peter + One moved causeway from ramp of LST 584 to LST 171. At 0740 began pumping water and fuel overboard. At 0801 LCI-625 came alongside to port to assist ship off beach. At 0815 started backing full on engines. At 0820 stopped all engines. LCI-626 came alongside to starboard to assist. At 0829 backing full, LCIs also backing to pull ship off beach. At 0840 stopped pumping water and fuel. Total of 40,064 gallons (146 tons) of fuel and 3,280 gallons (13 tons) of water pumped overboard. At 0900 LCI 625 reversed position by backing alongside to port. Commenced backing to no avail. At 1055 secured to the effect that no attempt would be made to retract until next spring tide on 11 May 1945." (11 May 1945 may be miss typed in the War Diaries as the ship appears to be at Tarakan on the 1st or 2nd of May.) LIFE Magazine Archives, Carl Mydans Photographer, shared by Peter DeForest. |
David Upton and Mike Green | |
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92k | USS LST-171 beached, date and location unknown. | Scott Molski | |
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92k | US Army tanks deploy across an invasion beach as USS LST-171 and USS LST-452 unload their cargos, date and location unknown.
World War II press photo. |
Tommy Trampp | |
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371k | USS LST-171 and USS LST-993 beached on Red Beach, Tarakan Island, 1 May 1945. | Carl Kracht for his father PHom1/c Ken Kracht | |
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887k | Christmas 1945 and New Years 1946 greetings from Commander LST Group Nineteen, CDR James E. Van Zandt USNR to the ships of the Group:
USS LST-466 USS LST-245 USS LST-467 USS LST-171 USS LST-181 USS LST-469 USS LST-470 USS LST-471 USS LST-468 USS LST-473 USS LST-475 and USS LST-474 |
Bill James for his father William James USS LST-471 | |
| Commanding Officers | ||
| 01 | LCDR. West, Harvey A., USNR | 4 June 1943 - May 1944 |
| 02 | LT. Smiley, Lester H., USNR | May 1944 - 23 August 1944 |
| 03 | LT. McGirl, Raymond L., USNR | 23 August 1944 - November1945 |
| 04 | LTjg. DuPont, Paul E., USNR | November 1945 - 21 May 1946 |
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