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Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns |
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Campaign and Dates | Campaign and Dates |
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Bismarck Archipelago operation
Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 28 to 31 December 1943, 3 to 7, 11 to 14, 23 to 25 January, 7 to 10, 18 to 21 February, 25 February to 1 March 1944 | Luzon operation
Lingayen Gulf landing, 4 to 15 January 1945 |
Eastern New Guinea operation
Saidor occupation, 15 to 17 and 19 to 22, 28 to 30 January, 12 to 14 February 1944 | Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 12 to 30 June 1945 |
Hollandia operation, 21 to 25 April 1944 | Manila Bay-Bicol operation
Zambales-Subic Bay, 29 to 30 January 1945 |
Western New Guinea operations
Biak Island operation, 27 to 29 May, 31 May to 4 June, 12 to 16, 18 to 20 June 1944 Noemfoor Island operation, 3 to 10, 12 to 17 July 1944 Cape Sansapor operation, 30 July, 4, 6 to 12, 14 to 20, 22 to 28 August 1944 Morotai landings, 15 September 1944 | Consolidation of the Southern Philippines
Mindanao Island landings, 17 to 23 April 1945, |
Leyte operations
Leyte landings, 13 to 28 October, 5 to 18 November 1944 |
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Size | Image Description | Contributed By |
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242k | Battle of Cape Gloucester, New Britain, December 1943-January 1944. USS LST-18 and
USS LST-463, beached on a Cape Glousester beach.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-57464, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives |
US Naval History and Heritage Command | ||
67k | USS LST-463 at anchor, date and location unknown. US Navy photo |
Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret. | ||
90k | USS LST 463 and USS LSM-63 at Lingayen Gulf, P.I. along and numerous other ships on D-Day, 9 January 1945. In the foreground is a downed Japanese aircraft brought down by anti-aircraft fire from the invasion fleet. US photo # NH 91270 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
15k | USS LST-463 beached after being hit by a Japanese Kamikaze attack, circa late 1944 early-1945. | LST Home Port web site | ||
27k | USS LST-463 heavily damaged by Kamikaze attack in late 1944 or early 1945 | LST Home Port web site |
Commanding Officers | ||
01 | LT. McWhorter, A. W., USNR | 23 February 1943 - May 1944 |
02 | LTjg. Grounds, Arthur E., USNR | May 1944 - September 1945 |
03 | LT. Heeth, Nathaniel S., USNR | September 1945 - December 1945 |
04 | LT. Caldwell, H. J., USNR | December 1945 - March 1946 |
05 | LTjg. Millett, Robert M., USNR | March 1946 - 6 June 1946 |
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