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Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns |
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Campaign and Dates | Campaign and Dates |
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Eastern New Guinea operation
Saidor occupation, 2 to 11 January and 4 to 7 February 1944 | Leyte operation
Leyte landings, 13 to 28 October and 12 to 29 November 1944 |
Bismarck Archipelago operation
Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 26 to 28 December 1943, 22 to 25 January and 30 January to 2 February 1944 Admiralty Island landings, 29 February to 4 March and 7 to 11 March 1944 | Consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines;
Visayan Island landings, 26 March and 4 April 1945 |
Hollandia operation, 21 to 26 April and 1 to 7 May 1944 | Borneo operation;
Tarakan Island operation, 27 April to 5 May 1945 Balikpapan operation, 27 April to 5 May and 28 June to 7 July 1945 |
Western New Guinea operation
Biak Island operation, 28 May to 9 June 1944 Cape Sansapor operation, 30 July, 4 August, 6 to 12 and 14 to 19 August 1944 Morotai landings, 15 September 1944 |
Navy Occupation Service Medal |
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7 to 13 September 1945 |
20 September to 22 October 1945 |
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56k | Three Launching Guest ID tags for the launching of LST-171, 28 February, 1943. The tags are sequentially numbered (3333,
3334, & 3335) and were intended for guests of Mrs. Dorothy Pipken (2) and Mr. Frank Harrison (1) respectively. Mr. Harrison was the General Manager for the Shipbuilding
Division of Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co. which operated the Evansville Shipyard.
USS LST Ship Memorial, Inc. LST Shipyard Collection |
Tommy Trampp | |
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369k | USS LST-171, USS LST-584 loading at Morotai in April, 1945.
LIFE Magazine Archives, Carl Mydans Photographer, shared by Peter DeForest. |
Mike Green | |
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314k | USS LST-171, USS LST-584, USS LST-697 and
USS LST-585 loading at Morotai in April, 1945.
LIFE Magazine Archives, Carl Mydans Photographer, shared by Peter DeForest. |
Mike Green | |
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92k | USS LST-171 beached, date and location unknown. | Scott Molski | |
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92k | US Army tanks deploy across an invasion beach as USS LST-171 and USS LST-452 unload their cargos, date and location unknown.
World War II press photo. |
Tommy Trampp | |
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371k | USS LST-171 and USS LST-993 beached on Red Beach, Tarakan Island, 1 May 1945. | Carl Kracht for his father PHom1/c Ken Kracht | |
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887k | Christmas 1945 and New Years 1946 greetings from Commander LST Group Nineteen, CDR James E. Van Zandt USNR to the ships of the Group:
USS LST-466 USS LST-245 USS LST-467 USS LST-171 USS LST-181 USS LST-469 USS LST-470 USS LST-471 USS LST-468 USS LST-473 USS LST-475 and USS LST-474 |
Bill James for his father William James USS LST-471 |
Commanding Officers | ||
01 | LCDR. West, Harvey A., USNR | 4 June 1943 - May 1944 |
02 | LT. Smiley, Lester H., USNR | May 1944 - 23 August 1944 |
03 | LT. McGirl, Raymond L., USNR | 23 August 1944 - November1945 |
04 | LTjg. DuPont, Paul E., USNR | November 1945 - 21 May 1946 |
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