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LCI(L)-471 / LCI(G)-471

Crew Photos

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Images from LCI(L)-471 / LCI(G)-471

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Commanding Officer LTjg Robert S. Hudgins

Left to right Bob Kane, Ltjg. Stanley Hudgins CO LCI(G)-471, Paul B. Murphy, Ens. L.M. Hermes, and Dave Hardy. At Iwo Jima 17 February 1945 Ens. Hermes bent down to pick up something off the deck when a piece of shrapnel flew over his head. It hit the conning tower and rattled to the ground. He picked it up and kept it. Now August of 2004 he still has it.

Left to right, Somewhere in the Pacific, Ens. Hermes, Alkire, LTjg Hudgins, Ensign Kingdon Balzer, and Rooks

Left to right, LTjg Charles Crandell, Ens.Hermes, Hardy, LTjg Stanley Hudgins, and Ens. Kingdon Balzer

Left to right, O.B. White, Stanley Hudgins (the skipper), and Boedecker

The Skipper of the LCI(G)-471 showing off the placards of the downed Japanese planes

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