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Unloading US Army 483 Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalions A and B from USS LST-486 at San Diego, CA., 2 January 1944.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-224500 from the US Navy photo collection at NARA II, College Park, MD. |
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USS LST-486 loading an Army truck during Acorn Training, San Diego, CA., 9 January 1944.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-224489 from the US Navy photo collection at NARA II, College Park, MD. |
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Army quad 50s waiting to loaded by crane aboard USS LST-486 during Acorn Training, San Diego, CA., 9 January 1944.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-224492 from the US Navy photo collection at NARA II, College Park, MD. |
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USS LST-486 beached at San Clemente, CA., during Acorn Training, 9 January 1944.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-224516 from the US Navy photo collection at NARA II, College Park, MD. |
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USS LST-486 beached at San Clemente, CA., during Acorn Training, 9 January 1944. Note the Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bomber making a mock attack on the ship and the unidentified ATO in the distant background.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-224516 from the US Navy photo collection at NARA II, College Park, MD. |
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USS LST-486 beached at San Clemente, CA., while unloading a bulldozer during Acorn Training, 9 January 1944.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-224532 from the US Navy photo collection at NARA II, College Park, MD. |
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From right to left;
USS LST-269,
USS LST-486,
USS LST-270,
USS LST-704 and
USS LST-117
and three unidentified LSTs (all of LST Flotilla Three) spread along
(from the left) Orange Two, Orange One, Blue Two, Blue One beaches of the initial landings on Leyte Island,
Philippines. The date is 21 October 1944 between 0914 and 1051 hours. Within the next few hours the Japanese would
rain down mortar and artillery fire onto these beaches.hitting LST-486 on main deck between frames 14 and 15, no
casualties; LST-269 received two direct mortar hits killing two and wounding three; LST-704 received seven direct hits
by mortar and artillery causing much damage and killing two, and wounding twenty-three with two dying later.
Ref. LST-704 War Diary and COMLSTFLOT3 War Diary, U.S. Army Signal Corps Photo 254880 now in the collections of the US National Archives,
Local ID 111-SCA-2857. National Archives ID 80662621.
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