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USS LST-456 beached with bow doors open, South Pacific, circa 1942-1945
| Paul Harmon in honor of his Father-In-Law, LTjg. Arra Kechijian, Executive Officer and Supply Officer USS LST-456 |
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Troops and equipment the main deck of USS LST-456 prior to landing in the South Pacific, circa 1942-1945
| Paul Harmon in honor of his Father-In-Law, LTjg. Arra Kechijian, Executive Officer and Supply Officer USS LST-456 |
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USS LST-456 beached with bow doors open, South Pacific, circa 1942-1945
| Paul Harmon in honor of his Father-In-Law, LTjg. Arra Kechijian, Executive Officer and Supply Officer USS LST-456 |
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USS LST-456 South Pacific, circa 1942-1945
| Paul Harmon in honor of his Father-In-Law, LTjg. Arra Kechijian, Executive Officer and Supply Officer USS LST-456 |
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Church services aboard USS LST-456 being conducted by missionaries sent to New Guinea. Note the priest under the tarp. South Pacific, circa 1943-1944
| Paul Harmon in honor of his Father-In-Law, LTjg. Arra Kechijian, Executive Officer and Supply Officer USS LST-456 |
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USS LST-456 in convoy with Army troops and equipment on her main deck. Note the pontoon causeways secured to both sides of ship. South Pacific, circa 1942-1945
| Paul Harmon in honor of his Father-In-Law, LTjg. Arra Kechijian, Executive Officer and Supply Officer USS LST-456 |
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Six LSTs including USS LST-221, USS LST-456 and USS LST-452 loading men and equipment during a practice landing near Lae, New Guinea, 10 April 1944.
US Army Signal Corps photo # SWPA-C-44-12328 by Cpl. Claude Carnay. |
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Left to Right;
USS LST-122,
USS LST-38,
USS LST-221 and
USS LST-456 beached at Finschhaven New Guinea, April 1944.
US National Archives Record Group 111, Photo # SC 259917, a US Army Signal Corps photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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As a results of a Japanese air attack, three bombs hit USS LST-456 during the Biak operation, all duds, May 1944.
| Paul Harmon in honor of his Father-In-Law, LTjg. Arra Kechijian, Executive Officer and Supply Officer USS LST-456 |
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USS LST-456 crew members were awarded the one Silver Star and four Bronze Stars for disposing of unexploded Japanese bombs dropped on the ship at
Biak in May 1944.
| Paul Harmon in honor of his Father-In-Law, LTjg. Arra Kechijian, Executive Officer and Supply Officer USS LST-456 |
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USS LST-456 (closest to camera) and USS LST-466 load Amphibious tanks of the 6th Div. Recon. Troops at Mafflin Bay, New Guinea, 26 July 1944, in preparation for the invasion of Cape Sansapor during the Western New Guinea operation.
US Army Signal Corps photo # SC 267881 by PVT Martin, originally Southwest Pacific Area Signal Corps photo # SWPA-SIGC-44-2142 |
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USS LST-456 discharging US Army Engineers wading ashore at Toem, on the Coast of Dutch New Guinea, May 1944.
| Submitted by Adrain K 'for educational purposes'
Source-"Pictorial History of Australia at War 39-45",
5 Volumes. 1959 |
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USS LST-456 beached, date and location unknown.
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US Army troops unloading USS LST-456 at Morotai, 22 September 1944.
Photo courtesy of Jack Bland. The photo has a copyright status of 'clear' on the Australian War Memorial collections database.
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USS LST-452, USS LST-454, USS LST-456 and
USS LST-22 unload US Army troops on the Luzon beachhead on invasion day, 9 January 1945. A row of LSTs unload men and armaments
to set up the advance upon Manila. At left, a Coast Guard beach party member directs landing traffic beside the striped signal flag. At right is a wrecked Japanese plane.
US National Archives Identifier # 205585642, Local Identifier 26-G-3859, US Coast Guard photo # 26-G-3859 |
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USS LST-456 alongside YOG-41, probably at Tulagi, or the Philippines in 1945. |
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