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Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign |
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Invasion of Normandy, 5 to 25 June 1944 | Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 May to 18 June 1945 |
Invasion of Southern France, 15 August to 25 September 1944 |
Navy Occupation Service Medal |
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28 September to 11 November1945 |
21 November to 13 December 1945 |
25 December 1945 to 4 February 1946 |
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364k | USS LST-51 (left) with USS LST-502 (right)
at Portland Harbor, Weymouth, Dorset, United Kingdom, preparing for Operation Overlord, the Invasion of Normandy,
France. 1-3 June, 1944. The two LSTs are moored to LST Hard #2 while loading Army vehicles and personnel and equipment.
TimeLife_image_1166887886 and 1166887917, by Life Magazine photographer David Scherman. For personal non-commercial use only. |
David Upton | |
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135k | USS LST-502 at anchor in the left background off Omaha Beach, circa 10 June 1944. In the foreground "Rhino" ferry RHF-19 lands vehicles on Omaha Beach. In the right center distance is the sunken hulk of the old British battleship Centurion, which had been scuttled as part of the Omaha Beach Gooseberry artificial breakwater. US National Archives photo # 80-G-47392, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
US Naval History and Heritage Command | ||
58k | USS LST-502 beached on Omaha Beach in June 1944. Note the 13 barrage balloons protecting the immediate area. | Courtesy Skylighters | ||
160k | USS LST-502 moored pierside at Brooklyn Navy Yard, 15 December 1944. US National Archies photo # DD635 19LCM |
John Chiquoine |
Commanding Officers | ||
01 | LT. Lytle, J. T., USN | 26 November 1943 - 4 February 1946 |
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