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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, 20 to 28 February 1945 | Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April to 18 June 1945 |
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401k | USS LST-809 and USS LST-715 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, between 8 December 1944 and
22 January 1945, training for Operation Detachment, the invasion of Iwo Jima.
TimeLife. TimeLife Image 115948822, by W. Eugene Smith. For personal non-commercial use only. |
David Upton | |
97k | USS LST-809 with USS LCI(G)-346 secured to her port side and USS LSM-242 beached at Iwo Jima, circa 19 February 1945 | USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
96k | USS LST-809 can be seen in the background of this photo of
USS Catclaw (AN-60) and
USS Baretta (AN-41) salvaging a Japanese Type A or Type C midget submarine at Untan Ro, Okinawa, circa July-September 1945. The submarine had been sunk there by American planes during the Okinawa campaign. US National Archives photo # 80-G-350054, a US Navy photo now in the collection of the US National Archives. |
US Naval Historical Center | ||
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226k | USS LST-809 with LCT(6)-1203 loaded as deck caago entering San Francisco
Bay, circa 1946. Note the Golden Gate Bridge in the background to the left and the Homeward Pennant flying from her mainmast.
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 79562 from Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum |
Darryl Baker |
Commanding Officers | ||
01 | LT. Daly, Martin J., USNR | 10 October 1944 - 29 October 1945 |
02 | LT. Salter, Harold S., USNR | 29 October 1945 - March 1946 |
03 | LTjg. Jernigan, Jack J., USNR | March 1946 - June 1946 |
04 | ENS. Elliott, William M., USNR | June 1946 - 15 July 1946 |
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