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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 25 February 1945 | Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 to 15 April 1945 |
Navy Occupation Service Medal |
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2 to 11 September 1945 |
29 October to 9 November1945 |
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Size | Image Description | Source | |
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75k | USS LST-789 beached, date and location unknown. | Russ Padden from the USS Lanier cruise book | ||
82k | Iwo Jima Operation, 1945. LSTs, LSMs and other amphibious shipping off Iwo Jima, with LVTs and landing craft forming up to head for the
beach. LSTs in the foreground are USS LST-787 (bottom, center) and USS LST-789 (left center). The latter has
LCT-901 embarked. Photograph received by the Naval Photo Science Laboratory, Washington,
D.C., 8 March 1945. US National Archives Photo # 80-G-303099, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
US Naval History and Heritage Command | ||
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3890k | As seen from USS LST-789, the bombardment of Mt. Suribachi, during the invasion of Iwo Jima, 19 February 1945.
From left to right;
USS LST-716 with LCT-1354 on deck, USS LST-723, USS LST-642, unknown LST, USS LST-756 with LCT-632 on deck. US National Archives Identifier 205585242, Local Identifier 26-G-4475, US Coast Guard photo # 4475. |
David Upton | |
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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 | |
170k | USS LST-789 discharges a loaded LVT during landings at Iwo Jima, 19 February 1945. The LST has LCT-901
on deck. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 89383 |
US Naval History and Heritage Command |
Commanding Officers | ||
01 | LT. Mulvey, Harold M., USCGR | 11 September 1944 - ? |
02 | LTjg. Forbush, Lothrop M., USCGR | ? - 29 April 1946 |
03 | ENS. Seehorn, W. N., USCGR |
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