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Subject: THE HERO AT FT. HOOD Author: OLD SEA DOG [Edit] Date Posted: 11/ 6/09 18:22:52 'Tough woman' cop hailed Fort Hood hero ..................................................................... Fort Hood, Texas (CNN) -- The police officer who ended the Fort Hood massacre by shooting the suspect is known as the enforcer on her street, a "tough woman" who patrolled her neighborhood and once stopped burglars at her house. It was Munley who arrived quickly Thursday at the scene of the worst massacre at an Army base in U.S. history, where 13 people were killed. She confronted the alleged gunman, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, and shot him four times. Munley was wounded in the exchange. That's just like her, friends and family say. "We sleep a lot safer knowing she's on the block," said Sgt. William Barbrow, another neighbor. When Bryan Munley heard that his sister-in-law thwarted the alleged gunman in a shootout, he wasn't surprised. "There's nothing that stands in her way. It completely makes sense that she did what she did," he said from Downingtown, Pennsylvania. "It was amazing. Without her, there would have been a lot more people killed." He added, "She is definitely a tough woman." Munley, 34, is being treated for her wounds. Her father, former Carolina Beach, North Carolina, Mayor Dennis Barbour, said his daughter is doing well. "Her efforts were superb," said Col. Steven Braverman, the base hospital commander. Lt. Gen. Bob Cone, Fort Hood's commanding general, described Munley as a "trained, active first responder" who acted quickly after she "just happened to encounter the gunman." "Really a pretty amazing and aggressive performance by this police officer," he said. Cone said Munley and her partner responded "very quickly" to the scene -- reportedly in about three minutes. On social networking sites, she was lauded for her actions. One Facebook fan page was called "Sgt. Kimberly Munley: A Real American Hero" and had more than 1,400 members. "My prayers for a fast recovery as well as my sincere thanks of an outstanding job," one person wrote. One woman added, "U got some brass balls, girl ... u r my hero!!!!" Authorities say Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, opened fire at a military processing center at Fort Hood on Thursday, killing 13 and wounding 30 others. Cone was asked on CNN's "American Morning" whether Munley's shots brought down the assailant and stopped him from shooting. "That's correct," Cone said. "The critical factor here was her quick response to the situation." Bryan Munley said Munley is married to his brother, Staff Sgt. Matthew Munley. He said Matthew was in Downingtown, outside Philadelphia, visiting his family when the shootings happened. The couple, married since 2006, have a 3-year-old daughter named Jayden. She is definitely a tough woman. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: PEOPLE DIED ON BOTH SIDES Author: OLD SEA DOG [Edit] Date Posted: 11/ 6/09 17:32:18 [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: LST 562 Author: OLD SEA DOG [Edit] Date Posted: 11/ 6/09 07:27:34 LST-562 LST-562 was laid down on 28 February 1944 at Evansville, Ind., by the Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co.; launched on 28 April 1944; sponsored by Mrs. D. A. Nordeen; and commissioned on 18 May 1944. During World War II, LST-562 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the Morotai landings in September 1944 and the Tarakan Island operation in April and May 1945. Following the war, LST-562 performed occupation duty in the Far East until mid-December 1945. She was decommissioned on 21 May 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 3 July that same year. On 19 April 1948, the ship was sold to the Bethlehem Steel Co., of Bethlehem, Pa., and subsequently scrapped. LST-562 earned two battle stars for World War II service. LST-562 and LST-584 beached at Morotai, 30 May 1945 while Australian Army troops of 2/19th Transport Platoon load the units DUKWs aboard for transport to North Borneo and "Operation Oboe 6". Australian War Memorial photo # 108519. LST-911 (far left) beached along with LST-562, LST-613 and an unidentified LST, date and place unknown [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: THE SUISUN BAY MOTHBALL FLEET Author: OLD SEA DOG [Edit] Date Posted: 11/ 4/09 19:09:23 EVERY TIME I GO PAST THE MOTHBALL FLEET I LOOK OUT AT THE SHIPS KNOWING THAT TWO OF MY OLD SHIPS USED TO BE THERE. ONE HAS BEEN MOVED FOR SCRAPPING (AN LST), THE OTHER IS STILL THERE (LSD-35 USS MONTICELLO). IS ONE OF YOUR OLD SHIPS THERE ?. THE SUISUN BAY MOTHBALL FLEET [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: THE SUISUN BAY MOTHBALL FLEET -- Paul Sullenberger, 11/ 5/09 13:51:02

Subject: USS NEW YORK CUTAWAY Author: OLD SEA DOG [Edit] Date Posted: 11/ 2/09 18:04:17 [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: SHIPS PATCH Author: OLD SEA DOG [Edit] Date Posted: 11/ 2/09 17:51:08 [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: SHIPS PATCH, THE IMAGES -- OLD SEA DOG, 11/ 2/09 18:09:46

Subject: USS NEW YORK STEEL FROM WTC Author: OLD SEA DOG [Edit] Date Posted: 11/ 2/09 17:29:03 FORGING THE STEEL FROM THE WTC FOR THE BOW OF THE USS NEW YORK [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: THE STEEL -- OLD SEA DOG, 11/ 2/09 17:40:22

Subject: USS New York... photos from today Author: Courtesy of Ken Frank [Edit] Date Posted: 11/ 2/09 09:46:22 She came out of the mist. Up the harbor, past Lady Liberty, past Ellis Island. Sailors and Marines manned the rail. She was beautiful in Haze Gray with the faint number "21" on her bow. She halted abeam of the site where the World Trade Centers had stood. The Sailors and Marines came to "Hand Salute". The Marines on the flight deck fired a 21 gun salute. The US Flag on the forward tower was lowered to 1/2 staff in honor of those fallen in the worst attack on America. After a moment the US Flag went back up to full staff. The command "All ahead 1/3". You could see the prop wash now at the stern of the ship. She started to move again. Headed up to her birth next to the Intrepid CV11 a famous sister ship where she will receive her full commission in the US Navy on Saturday. As she left us she sounded her horn to say "Thanks and I'm on my way, into Harm's Way if need be." What a morning. Enjoy the pictures. Tell our Skipper our horn is louder, and I wished we were trailing her up the harbor. The oldest Amphib and the newest. Meanwhile, construction is well underway at the site where the WTC towers stood. We move on. No one can stop us. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: USS New York... photos from today -- Courtesy of Ken Frank, 11/ 2/09 09:47:22 Re: USS New York... photos from today -- Courtesy of Ken Frank, 11/ 2/09 09:48:15 BRAVO ZULU USS NEW YORK -- OLD SEA DOG, 11/ 2/09 09:51:02 GOOSE BUMP TIME -- OLD SEA DOG, 11/ 2/09 09:56:30

Subject: Dr. Seuss in WWII Author: Old Sea Dog [Edit] Date Posted: 11/ 1/09 17:22:21 A rather strange Dr. Seuss cartoon from WWII [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: Dr. Seuss in WWII -- Paul Sullenberger, 11/ 5/09 13:46:46

Subject: Are You A Shellback ? Author: OSD [Edit] Date Posted: 10/29/09 14:32:58 [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: Are You A Shellback ? -- Paul Sullenberger, 10/30/09 14:26:46 Old Sea Dog is a Shellback -- OSD, 11/ 1/09 16:30:32 Re: Old Sea Dog is a Shellback -- Paul Sullenberger, 11/ 2/09 05:01:29

Subject: A Question ? Author: OSD [Edit] Date Posted: 10/28/09 07:09:05 WHY SHOULD I BOTHER ? [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: A Question ? -- Paul Sullenberger, 10/29/09 12:49:41 Thank You Paul -- OSD, 10/29/09 14:24:07 Re: Thank You Paul -- SeaBat, 11/ 2/09 11:36:24 Re: A Question ? -- My Three Fathers, 11/ 5/09 03:46:37

Subject: Dam on the Ruhr Author: OSD [Edit] Date Posted: 10/27/09 18:02:03 The dam on the Ruhr river that the "bounce bombs" took out. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: british coastal gun platforms WWII Author: OSD [Edit] Date Posted: 10/27/09 11:03:16 [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: Saipan Author: OSD [Edit] Date Posted: 10/27/09 10:38:05 [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: Kamakaze close up ! Author: OSD [Edit] Date Posted: 10/27/09 08:51:48 [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: Anzio landing Author: OSD [Edit] Date Posted: 10/27/09 08:42:23 from an Italian website. OSD [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: More info about LST 129 Author: OSD [Edit] Date Posted: 10/27/09 05:57:38 On 2 October, while unloading cargo on Peleliu despite rough seas and a 45-knot wind, LST-278 collided with LST-129 and suffered severe damage. After a month's salvage operations, she was retracted on 2 November. However, she suffered more severe damage during hurricane winds a week later. She served as a port post office at Kossol Roads from 13 to 28 November when LST-129 relieved her of the duty. Stripping operations continued until LST-278 was decommissioned on 22 January 1945, two days after she had been struck from the Navy list. Restored to the Navy list on 8 February, the ship was recommissioned on the 14th; and placed in service the following day. Named Seaward and reclassified IX-209 on the 17th, the ship served as a barracks and post office at Ulithi. The former LST was declared in excess of the Navy's needs and destroyed on 16 October 1946. She was struck from the Navy list on 22 May 1947. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: HISTORY PAGE ABOUT LST 129 Author: OSD [Edit] Date Posted: 10/26/09 18:48:32 LINK TO HISTORY PAGE WITH 51 MINUTE INTERVIEW. .................................... HERE YOU ARE CHRIS. OLD SEA DOG [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: Chris / Found a crew member of LST 129 Author: OSD [Edit] Date Posted: 10/26/09 18:41:59 Marvin Wayland Hitchcock Marvin Hitchcock [detail from video] War: World War II, 1939-1946 Branch: Navy Unit: USS LST 129 (Landing Ship Tank) Service Location: Pacific Theater Rank: Coxswain Place of Birth: Phil Campbell, AL ................................................................... [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: For Chris / Information about the LST 129 Author: The Old Sea Dog [Edit] Date Posted: 10/26/09 18:22:12 LST-129 / IX-198 Cohasset Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship: Laid down, 1 July 1943, at Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co., Evansville, IN.; Launched, 8 September 1943; Commissioned USS LST-129, 23 October 1943; During World War II, LST-129 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the: * Marianas operation; (a) Capture and occupation of Saipan, June and July 1944 (b) Capture and occupation of Tinian, July 1944 * Western Caroline Islands operation; Capture and Occupation of southern Palau Islands, September and October 1944 Redesignated and renamed Cohasset (IX-198), 5 December 1944; Decommissioned, 20 January 1945; Final Disposition, destroyed as naval target, 16 May 1946; Struck from the Naval Register, 19 June 1946. Cohasset (IX-198) earned two battle stars for World War II service as LST-129. .............................................................. This is the official information about the LST 129 / IX 198. The lack of other information and pictures of the ship lead me to think that something very serious happened during September or October of 1944. The LST 129 was redesignated IX 198, a target ship to be sunk, and in fact it was sunk by naval gunfire on 16 May, 1946. There are no pictures I can find in the usual places LST pictures exist, that tells me that the Navy thought pictures of the damage, whatever it was, should not be released. Perhaps a crewmember or a log book would fill in the gaps. I will keep on looking for pictures of the LST 129 / IX 198, but my sensors tell me that none exist anywhere. I found the information I wanted, The LST 129 and several others were damaged by a heavy storm during the Palau operation. This is what was noted in a log book ................................................................. 10/02 Mon. United States naval vessels damaged by storm, Palau Islands, Caroline Islands: LST 129, LST 278, and LST 661, 06 d. 59'N., 134 d. 13'E. The Old Sea Dog [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: model C5A GALAXY Author: OSD [Edit] Date Posted: 10/25/09 18:31:00 AND I THOUGHT I HAD SEEN SOME BIG MODELS, NONE LIKE THIS !. OSD [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: model C5A GALAXY -- Buddy LST 1126, 10/26/09 11:43:40

Subject: Iraqi Camel Spiders !!! Author: OSD [Edit] Date Posted: 10/20/09 18:34:32 Iraqi Camel Spider ........................................ Don't we have enough to worry about in Iraq?! Have a look at the gnashers on these babies! ......................................................................................................................................... You've heard the desert spiders are big in Iraq, They sure are !. OSD [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: Marine Doctor / a powerful image ! Author: OSD [Edit] Date Posted: 10/20/09 08:16:40 A U.S. marine doctor holds an Iraqi girl in central Iraq March 29, 2003. Confused front line crossfire ripped apart an Iraqi family after local soldiers appeared to force civilians towards U.S. marines positions. 29 Mar 2003 REUTERS ..................................................... Some sad things in the name of War ! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: Saddam's Gold ! Author: OSD [Edit] Date Posted: 10/20/09 08:03:46 "41,000 LBS of Sadam's gold on six pallets waiting to be loaded on a C-17 headed for Kuwait." ............................................................................................... Question: When that gold got to Kuwait what was done with it ?, Who wound up with it ?, and why did I not hear about it before now ?. Lots of questions. OSD [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: do the math -- OSD, 10/20/09 18:12:06

Subject: LST 599 at Okinawa Author: OSD [Edit] Date Posted: 10/19/09 18:53:36 LST's took their share of the enemy's attention during World War II. LST-599'a crew fights flames off Okinawa on 3 April 1945 after a kamikaze exploded on deck. Although prophets of doom insisted that LST really meant Large, Slow Target, the type proved remarkably hardy. Of 1,117 LST's completed in Britain and the United States, 53 were lost to all causes during 1942-45. Twenty-six American LST's were lost to enemy action, and 13 more to the "perils of the sea." OSD [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: LST 599 at Okinawa -- SeaBat, 10/25/09 03:06:25

Subject: The YP-389 and German Sub Author: Old Sea Dog [Edit] Date Posted: 10/19/09 09:27:04 Photo mosaic of YP-389, sunk off North Carolina by a German submarine on June 19, 1942. It was found and photographed in a 2009 expedition. Credit: NOAA ......................................................................................................... Sunken WWII Navy Patrol Boat Found By LiveScience Staff A U.S. Navy patrol boat sunk during WWII has been found and photographed 20 miles off Cape Hatteras, N.C. The wreck of the YP-389, a converted fishing trawler, rests in about 300 feet of water in a region known as the "Graveyard of the Atlantic," where several U.S. and British naval vessels, merchant ships, and German U-boats sunk during the Battle of the Atlantic. Six sailors died when the YP-389 was attacked by a German submarine June 19, 1942. There were 18 survivors. The research mission was led by NOAA. The relatively intact remains of the YP-389 rest upright on the ship's keel, NOAA said in a statement this week. The wreck site is home to a variety of marine life. Much of the outer-hull plating has fallen away, leaving only the intact frames exposed. "She rests now like a literal skeleton, a reminder of a time long ago when the nation was at war," said Joseph Hoyt, Monitor National Marine Sanctuary archaeologist and principal investigator for the project. Built originally as a fishing trawler, the YP-389 was converted into a coastal patrol craft and pressed into service after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The ship was equipped with one 3-inch deck gun to protect the ship from enemy aircraft and surfaced submarines and two .30-caliber machine guns. However, on the day of the attack by the German submarine U-701, the ship's deck gun was inoperative, and the YP-389 could return fire only with its machine guns. "The story of the YP-389 personifies the character of the Battle of the Atlantic along the East Coast of the United States, where small poorly armed fishing trawlers were called to defend American waters against one of Germany's most feared vessels," said David W. Alberg, expedition leader and superintendent of the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary. "It is one of the most dramatic accounts of an engagement between Axis and Allied warships during the dark days of World War II." [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: Those "Puppies Feet" are heavy Author: Old Sea Dog [Edit] Date Posted: 10/18/09 17:09:09 I carried and attached "puppy feet"/ Dogging Chains many times, and when you have a main deck full of vehicles, thats at least 4 chains per vehicle,that's a lot of heavy metal to lug around. The Dogging wrench was big and heavy too. I was always amazed at how well they worked in rough weather. Old Sea Dog [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: LST Model Author: Old Sea Dog [Edit] Date Posted: 10/14/09 18:43:48 Beautifully Hand Crafted Mahogany Landing Ship Tank (LST) Model #: MBLST Length: 24" Price: $595.95 ................................ Too much for me [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: LST Model -- Buddy LST 1126, 10/15/09 03:57:14 Don't Brag About Your Computer, It's Listening -- Old Sea Dog, 10/18/09 17:02:16

Subject: My hot new Wi-Fi Connection Author: The Old Sea Dog [Edit] Date Posted: 10/14/09 18:13:40 I now have the Internet connection that everyone dreams of, it's a Wi-Fi connection through a high speed hub. It works at an amazing 54 MBPS (mega bits per second), thats a lot of data moving through the air !. All I can say is "Hot Damn". Old Sea Dog [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: The Mighty Mo Author: Old Sea Dog [Edit] Date Posted: 10/14/09 18:01:08 Plastic sheeting covers the superstructure of the USS Missouri while the battleship is being painted. ................................................................................................. Tugboats maneuver Missouri into dry dock The Associated Press Posted : Wednesday Oct 14, 2009 15:25:12 EDT HONOLULU — Four tugboats have gently maneuvered the iconic battleship USS Missouri into a dry dock, where it will undergo a major refurbishment. Later Wednesday, the dock’s gates will close and water will be pumped out, eventually leaving the 54,889-ton vessel sitting on 310 wooden blocks that weigh four tons each. The two-mile move from its Ford Island pier began earlier Wednesday when a heavy rope was cast off from the ship’s bow and its mooring. With a short horn blast, a tug began pushing the 887-foot-long Missouri backward and away from its pier for the first time in more than 11 years. The Missouri is the last battleship built by the United States. It also was the site of Japan’s surrender in World War II, on Sept. 2, 1945. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: Building Base at Milne Bay, New Guinea Author: The Old Sea Dog [Edit] Date Posted: 10/14/09 17:54:02 http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/Building_Bases/img/bases2-p306.jpg Advance Base Construction Depot, Milne Bay, New Georgia ........................................................ looks like some T's at the piers [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: Elder Sea Dog Author: Buddy LST 1126 [Edit] Date Posted: 10/ 8/09 03:44:34 Where is our "Elder Old Sea Dog"? I hope he's doing okay and will post some more of his "Stuff". [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: good day Author: cloverleaf [Edit] Date Posted: 09/22/09 03:52:53 how r all my friends. let's get to gabbing. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: good day -- Buddy LST 1126, 09/24/09 10:15:31 Re: good day -- cloverleaf, 09/27/09 04:40:40

Subject: usa Author: cloverleaf [Edit] Date Posted: 09/15/09 04:19:20 i am becoming more active in gov. going to start working with my non-pofit again. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: USA - Getting it back -- Buddy LST 1126 (:-)), 09/16/09 00:54:51 Re: USA - Getting it back -- cloverleaf, 09/16/09 02:36:24

Subject: Lest We Forget... Author: SeaBat [Edit] Date Posted: 09/10/09 13:53:13 Todd C. Weaver: A September 11th Remembrance "One thing is clear: Todd Christopher Weaver was an adventurous man. This was not a man who drifted through life waiting for it to happen; instead, Todd was the sort to wrestle life to the ground and make it beg for mercy (in a happy coincidence, he was born on New Years Eve). He died a young man of 30, yet his biography reads like that of a man in his sixties. This was a man who took his college sweetheart, Amy Lawson, all the way to Japan, where he taught for a year; upon his return to Chicago, he became the youngest senior consultant in the history of J.H. Ellwood and Associates; and he was, incredibly, a vice president with Fiduciary Trust Company International at the age of 30, with an office on the 94th floor of the World Trade Centers South Tower that day that United Airlines Flight 175 crashed though the 78th 84th floors in the most-viewed moment in history. His is not the face of an arrogant man, though; indeed, an instant likeability radiates from his bespectacled visage. He looks like a modern-day Richie Cunningham: smart, nice, and sociable (Scott Kenagy, who worked with Todd, remembers his dry sense of humor and the respect he commanded from his coworkers; Bill Rauckhorst, who taught Todd at Miami of Ohio, remembers him as very bright and personable). He had a taste for New Order and PIL, we learn from a friends remembrance, so its safe to assume he liked to dance; we also know he was an athlete at the Western Reserve Academy, the prestigious boarding school for high-schoolers in Hudson, Ohio, wearing the number 54 (WRA has a memorial scholarship in his honor). Of course, no one reaches the level of success that Todd reached without a lot of drive, and he was competitive, in a wholesome way: Once, on a skiing trip with his wife and his in-laws, Todd Weaver discovered that he was not the best skier in the family. The best by far was his wife, Amy Lawson. But he was determined that he was not going be beaten by anyone, said his father-in-law, Ted Lawson. So Mr. Weaver studied up and took lessons, and the next year surprised everyone by blasting down the mountain, the proud new Best Skier of the Family, his brand-new bright yellow jacket clearly visible to all. To my knowledge, we dont know the details of Todds death that horrible day; we do know that only 18 people above the impact zone in the South Tower survived (though many had decided to leave before the second plane hit), so even a man as well-positioned to overcome the odds as Todd had little chance by the sheer fluke of his office location. Fiduciary Trust had offices on floors 90 and 94-97 of the South Tower, and lost 87 employees in the attack; altogether, 600 people lost their lives in the South Tower on September 11th. I hope Ive done at least a small amount of justice to the memory of one of them. A native of Stark, Ohio, Todd is survived by his wife, Amy, and his parents, Marilyn and Dennis. This September 11th, I dont want to push any particular agenda; this is a day of mourning, not partisanship. I only have one thing I would like you all to keep in mind: each of these nearly 3,000 people was a unique individual. Not all were as accomplished as Todd, but all of them had a life snuffed short by an incredible act of cruelty. Pray for the souls of the departed, if you will, and pray for the continued recovery and solace of those who loved them, and thank God for every day that you have, good or bad, because tomorrow is not promised to any one of us, high or low, rich or poor." Sources: Newsday; Wikipedia; September 11th Victims; New York Times; and other sources May Dennis, Marilyn, Amy and Marji find some peace and solace this September 11th. Todd.. we miss you! [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: Lest We Forget... -- cloverleaf, 09/12/09 01:13:43

Subject: Locking at McAlpine Author: SeaBat [Edit] Date Posted: 09/ 6/09 10:45:35 [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: Locking at McAlpine Part II -- SeaBat, 09/ 6/09 10:47:07 Re: Locking at McAlpine Part III -- SeaBat, 09/ 6/09 10:48:37 Re: Locking at McAlpine Part IV -- SeaBat, 09/ 6/09 10:49:45 Re: Locking at McAlpine Part V -- SeaBat, 09/ 6/09 10:51:09 Re: Locking at McAlpine Part VI -- SeaBat, 09/ 6/09 10:52:42 Re: Locking at McAlpine Part VII -- SeaBat, 09/ 6/09 10:54:55

Subject: politics Author: clovereaf [Edit] Date Posted: 09/ 6/09 10:19:03 are we 'the united states' in bad hands [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: politics -- Buddy LST 1126, 09/ 7/09 01:44:13 Re: politics -- clovereaf, 09/ 7/09 04:02:48

Subject: posters Author: cloverleaf [Edit] Date Posted: 09/ 6/09 03:43:43 i have a small photo of 'gerald ford' playing basketball on his ship. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: More WWII Posters Author: Paul Sullenberger [Edit] Date Posted: 09/ 3/09 12:26:50 [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: For David Fuller - LST 205 Author: The Old Sea Dog [Edit] Date Posted: 08/15/09 17:22:44 David: You ask, We supply. LST 205 USS LST-205 (1943 - 1945) International Radio Call Sign: November - Zulu - Quebec - Bravo NZQB Awards China Service Medal (extended) American Campaign Medal Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4) World War II Victory Medal Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) Philippine Liberation Medal (1) # LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship: Laid down, 5 August 1942 at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca, Ill. # Launched, 13 April 1943 # Commissioned USS LST 205, 15 May 1943, LT. R. J. Buchar, USCG in command Succeeding Commanding Officers LTjg. P. L. Bean, USCGR LT S. F. Regard, USCGR # During World War II, USS LST-205 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater LST Flotilla 13, Group 39, Division 78 and LST Flotilla Five (Capt. G.B. Carter, USN), Group Fifteen (Cdr. V. K. Busck, USN), Division 30 and participated in the following campaigns: Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns Campaign and Dates Gilbert Islands operation Tarawa, 13 November to 8 December 1943 Marianas operation Capture and occupation of Saipan, 11 June to 10 August 1944 Western New Guinea operations Biak Island operation, 27 May to 21 June 1944 Leyte operation Leyte landings, 10 October to 29 November 1944 # USS LST-205 was redesignated Tank Landing Ship (Hospital), LST(H)-205, 15 September 1945; # Following World War II LST(H)-205 performed occupation duty in the Far East until mid-December 1945 # Decommissioned, 2 April 1946 # Struck from the Naval Register, 5 June 1946 # Final Disposition, sold, 4 June 1948, to Hughes Bros., Inc., New York City, N.Y., for scrapping # USS LST-205 earned four battle stars for World War II service [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: For David Fuller - LST 205 -- Dave Fuller, 08/16/09 07:59:19 Re: For David Fuller - LST 205 -- Buddy LST 1126, 08/18/09 07:57:40 Re: For David Fuller - LST 205 -- Dave Fuller, 08/19/09 06:42:13

Subject: Does anyone know the two outer men in this picture Author: David Fuller [Edit] Date Posted: 08/15/09 12:42:46 This photo was taken aboard an LST in the Pacific aprox 1944. The center person is my dad Ens. Ernest E Fuller. From the research I have done it seems he was on the LST 205. Does anyone have any information on this ship or picture? Thank you all very much. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: Change to post. -- David Fuller, 11/ 5/09 09:35:21

Subject: WWII PHOTOS " THE ALLISON COLLECTION " Author: OSD [Edit] Date Posted: 08/15/09 08:15:10 YOU SAY YOU WANT WWII PHOTOS, WE GOT WWII PHOTOS, THE ALLISON COLLECTION, 166 GALLERYS OF PHOTOS. MORE THAN YOU COULD EVER LOOK AT. THE ALLISON COLLECTION [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: Honda Point shipwrecks Author: OSD [Edit] Date Posted: 08/14/09 19:04:49 THE HONDA POINT DISASTER The fourteen ships of Destroyer Squadron 11 (DESRON 11) made their way south from San Francisco Bay to San Diego Bay in the late summer of 1923. The squadron was led by Commodore Edward H. Watson, on the flagship leading the squadron. All were Clemson-class destroyers, less than five years old. The ships turned east to course 095, supposedly into the Santa Barbara Channel, at 21:00. The ships were navigating by dead reckoning, estimating their position by their heading and speed, as measured by propeller turns. At the time radio navigational aids were new and not completely trusted. Delphy was equipped with a radio navigational receiver, but ignored the bearings, believing them to be erroneous. No effort was made to take soundings or depth measurements. These operations were not performed due to the need to slow the ships to take readings. The ships were performing an exercise that simulated wartime conditions, hence the decision not to slow down. In this case, the dead reckoning was wrong and the mistake fatal. Earlier the same day, the mail steamship Cuba ran aground nearby. Some attributed these incidents in the Santa Barbara Channel to unusual currents caused by the Tokyo earthquake of the previous week. The lost ships were: * USS Delphy (DD-261) was the flagship in the column. She ran aground on the shore at 20 knots (37 km/h). After running aground, she sounded her siren. The siren alerted some of the later ships in the column, helping them avoid the tragedy. Three men died. There was one civilian aboard Delphy. Eugene Dooman, a Japan expert with the State Department, was aboard as a guest of Captain Watson; they had first met in Japan. * USS S. P. Lee (DD-310) was following a few hundred yards behind. She saw Delphy suddenly stop, and turned to port (left) in response. She ran into the coast. * USS Young (DD-312) made no move to turn. She tore her hull open on submerged rocks. The water rushed in, and capsized her onto her starboard (right) side within minutes. Twenty men died. * USS Woodbury (DD-309) turned to starboard, but ran into an offshore rock. * USS Nicholas (DD-311) turned to port and also hit a rocky outcropping. * USS Fuller (DD-297) piled up next to Woodbury. * USS Chauncey (DD-296) made an attempt to rescue sailors atop the capsized Young. She ran aground nearby. Light damage was recorded by: * USS Farragut (DD-300) ran aground, but was able to extricate herself. She was not lost. * USS Somers (DD-301) was lightly damaged. The remaining five avoided the rocks: * USS Percival (DD-298) * USS Kennedy (DD-306) * USS Paul Hamilton (DD-307) * USS Stoddert (DD-302) * USS Thompson (DD-305) [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: No Trace Left -- OSD, 08/14/09 19:32:39 Re: No Trace Left -- Buddy LST 1126, 08/16/09 02:00:04 Whats 8 hours sleep ? -- OSD, 08/16/09 08:00:12 Re: Whats 8 hours sleep ? -- Buddy LST 1126, 08/16/09 10:37:39

Subject: More WWII Posters Author: Paul Sullenberger [Edit] Date Posted: 08/12/09 13:17:49 [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: been sick Author: cloverleaf [Edit] Date Posted: 08/ 8/09 16:11:30 having healh problems as of late had to start insulin [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: been sick -- Buddy LST 1126, 08/ 9/09 01:37:03 Re: been sick -- SeaBat, 08/13/09 12:11:37 Re: been sick -- cloverleaf, 08/17/09 02:44:23

Subject: They Did Their Part Author: Paul Sullenberger [Edit] Date Posted: 08/ 6/09 13:55:53 "having laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom..." This one is slightly doctored from the original photo of the 5 Sullivan brothers aboard the USS Juneau. The "V" on the hatch in the original is upside down. (For non-Navy types, a letter on a hatch, door, or other opening through a deck or bulkhead indicates the "material condition of readiness for watertight integrity" of that particular opening.) Of course, "V" stood for Victory, so it was natural that it would be altered to be more readable for this poster. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: They Did Their Part -- Paul Sullenberger, 08/ 6/09 14:04:16 Re: They Did Their Part -- Buddy LST 1126, 08/ 7/09 00:38:35 Re: They Did Their Part -- Paul Sullenberger, 08/10/09 13:27:06 Re: They Did Their Part -- Paul Sullenberger, 08/12/09 13:29:26

Subject: What Did You Do For Freedom Today? Author: Paul Sullenberger [Edit] Date Posted: 08/ 6/09 13:45:26 This one is timeless... [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: WWII Posters Author: Paul Sullenberger [Edit] Date Posted: 08/ 6/09 13:42:05 I'm involved in a committee that is organizing bus trips from Miami County Ohio to Washington DC for WWII Vets, we're in the process of planning the third trip that I've had involvement in, our 5th overall. One of our committee members had a group of WWII posters that had been e-mailed to him, he printed them off so we can use them in our booth at the Miami County Fair in a couple of weeks, and other events that we'll be promoting our mission at. Here's one, I'll be posting more in the next few days. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: WWII Posters -- SeaBat, 08/13/09 12:17:15

Subject: Will we finally know what happened Author: OSD [Edit] Date Posted: 08/ 1/09 16:34:01 Amelia Earhart Mystery Solved? 'Investigation Junkies' to Launch New Expedition ............................................................................................................................................ DNA Evidence on a Remote Island May Reveal the Truth About Earhart's Disappearance --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery is planning another expedition to Nikumaroro Island in the hopes of uncovering DNA evidence that may show Amelia Earhart survived there for a short period of time. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It has been 72 years since famed aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared while attempting to fly around the world. But the mystery remains unsolved: Nobody knows exactly what happened to Earhart or her plane. amelia .The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery is planning another expedition to Nikumaroro Island in the hopes of uncovering DNA evidence that may show Amelia Earhart survived there for a short period of time. Now researchers at the International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery, or Tighar, say they are on the verge of recovering DNA evidence that would demonstrate Earhart had been stranded on Nikumaroro Island (formerly known as Gardner Island) before finally perishing there. During May and June of next year, Tighar will launch a new $500,000 expedition, continuing the archaeological work it has been doing on the island since 2001. "We think we will be able to come back with DNA," said Tighar's Executive Director Ric Gillespie, who is working with two DNA labs in Ontario, Canada, Genesis Genomics and Molecular World. "We were out there in 2007 under the impression that in order to extract DNA we would need to find a piece of a human, and we didn't find anything like that. But we did find what's best described as personal effects of the castaway that died there." During the 2007 trip, Gillespie and his crew uncovered early 20th-century makeup and two pieces of broken glass that match a 1930s compact mirror, among other artifacts. DNA can be extracted from such remnants as long as those artifacts aren't contaminated during the collection process. Unfortunately, in 2007, they were. Armed with a new collection protocol, Gillespie and his team will return to the site to seek out new items during their May 2010 excursion. Earlier this year a woman directly related to Earhart, who wishes to remain anonymous, agreed to provide Gillespie's group with a reference sample of mitochondrial DNA. This type of genetic material differs from nuclear DNA in many ways, primarily because it's passed down the female line. Mitochondrial DNA, also referred to as mtDNA, is often used in forensics research. Because mtDNA is found in the cell's mitochondria, rather than the chromosomes of the cell's fragile nucleus, it isn't as quick to break down even when subject to difficult environmental conditions. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: Will we finally know what happened -- SeaBat, 08/13/09 12:21:36

Subject: LST Versatility Author: Paul Sullenberger [Edit] Date Posted: 07/31/09 14:17:30 The LST was frequently assigned to transfer casualties from the front to better facilities in the rear. The large open tank deck was ideal for this function. These are Marines somewhere in the Pacific. Another of the photos displayed on the 512 that Dad had copies of. The LST Home Port has this same picture identified as "LST 614-09" so that's possibly the one in this photo. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: Pontoons on LST's Author: Paul Sullenberger [Edit] Date Posted: 07/31/09 13:47:29 Another informational photo from the 512 demonstrating the capabilities of the LST. The second picture is the caption from the back. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: LST 286 Author: Paul Sullenberger [Edit] Date Posted: 07/30/09 11:39:45 This was one of several photos that Dad acquired copies of that were displayed on the LST 512, showing the versatility of the LST. Close up, it shows the LST as a "Junior Aircraft Carrier" having a modified deck to allow launching of Piper Cub observation planes. It was of particular interest to Dad, because his brother Ray was on the LST 286 visible beyond the planes. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: EARTH FROM SPACE !!! Author: OSD [Edit] Date Posted: 07/29/09 17:39:17 You will like looking at the earth from space. this website has a world map with dots on it, click on a dot and you will view that map, then click on a dot on the map and you will see choices of images from that area. select one and view it. you can enlarge the image too. PLAY WITH IT A BIT . the link is EARTH FROM SPACE OSD [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: Link to page about Pacific Naval Battles of WWII Author: OSD [Edit] Date Posted: 07/27/09 17:38:11 Lots of information on this page, great details !. Pacific Naval Battles of WWII Old Sea Dog [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: DVD of US LST Association Author: Buddy LST 1126 [Edit] Date Posted: 07/26/09 02:53:49 I just received the DVD published by the US LST Association. Wow, what a job this must have been, getting all that information from day one to now. I've not been through the whole DVD, but what I've seen, is good. The price of $25.00 is most reasonable and the content is worth thousand times more. I always read the stories or letters to the editor, and many times went back to re-read them. Now I can sit at my computer desk and really enjoy without having to go from page to page on the Scuttlebutt Newspaper. As with any copying, the photos loose a bit of clarity, but I found them still viewable for the most part. A neat part of the DVD is the search. You can go directly to a ship number or person's name, or even an event by just typing in what you're interested in seeing. I congratulate the US LST Association for getting this accomplished. No doubt it cost a bit, but hopefully those costs will be recouped and more. In addition, having this DVD to pass along or around to interested parties and to have it for posterity is great. I understand the Navy Historical site will be receiving this information for their records too. Lots of history maintained. I believe every LST veteran should get one of these to keep the history alive in his or her family. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: buddy you and i are ood. Author: cloverleaf [Edit] Date Posted: 07/19/09 13:46:51 what is ood? i am proud to be one [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: buddy you and i are ood. -- Buddy, 07/20/09 03:52:37

Subject: SHAD Author: OSD [Edit] Date Posted: 07/16/09 15:51:19 Nerve Gas Spray Threats of chemical and biological warfare led the U.S. Department of Defense to start "Project 112" from 1963 to the early 1970s. Part of the effort involved spraying different ships and hundreds of Navy sailors with nerve agents such as sarin and VX, in order to test the effectiveness of decontamination procedures and safety measures at the time. The Pentagon revealed the details of the Project Shipboard Hazard and Defense (SHAD) project in 2002, and the Veterans Administration began studying possible health effects among sailors who participated in SHAD. This was just one of many chemical warfare experiments conducted by the U.S. military, starting with volunteer tests involving mustard gas in World War II. ........................................................ So thats what they were doing when they sprayed the LST 1165, now I know. OSD [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: PROJECT 112 -- OSD, 07/16/09 15:58:03

Subject: ron williams -- please contact me Author: cloverleaf aka linda [Edit] Date Posted: 07/16/09 08:39:30 i have lst26 listings of names. your dad 'eldons'name is there. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: 1960'S A BOMB TESTS AT JOHNSON ISLAND Author: OSD [Edit] Date Posted: 07/13/09 18:25:02 When the bombs were set off at Johnson Island in the 60's, an Electro-Magnetic-Pulse (EMP) took down the power grid in Hawaii 800 miles away. This was one of the first times this effect was seen. The EMP affected the power grid the instant the bomb went off, but in Hawaii all they saw was a red sky in the direction of Johnson Island.I'll bet you never saw this in the news. OSD [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: The Sullenberger Brothers Author: Paul Sullenberger [Edit] Date Posted: 07/ 6/09 13:45:17 This article appeared in the Piqua (Ohio) Daily Call in the summer of 1945. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: Landing Craft Over Niagara Falls, Almost Author: OSD [Edit] Date Posted: 07/ 6/09 08:29:14 In the spring of 1942 the United States began a program for the mass-production of landing craft for the 1943 cross-Channel attack as envisaged in the Marshall Memorandum. The difficulties of expanding a comparatively small landing craft fleet into one for major amphibious operations were enormous. The Navy, which was to co-ordinate the program, and many of the shipyards that were to carry it out were almost wholly lacking in experience. The program was superimposed on already swollen naval construction schedules. Contracts therefore had to be let to small boatyards and manufacturing companies for whom the construction problems posed were unprecedented. The LCT's and LST's were built on inland waterways and it became necessary to find and train crews to sail them to Atlantic ports. The U. S. Coast Guard, which formed the Ferry Command in July, undertook this task with almost no technically competent personnel. Typical of the greenness prevailing to some extent throughout the landing craft program was the story of a young Ferry Command skipper who, piloting his craft down the Niagara River at night, missed the turning into the Erie Canal and, despite warnings from the shore, sailed serenely toward the falls. By luck he ran aground a few hundred yards from the brink. He blandly reported afterward that he had seen the warning lights at the point where he missed the turning but had paid no attention because he could not figure out what they meant. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: LST 512 Author: Paul Sullenberger [Edit] Date Posted: 07/ 5/09 14:01:00 LST 512 Deck Department. Dad is the BMC on the viewer's left. I can only identify a few of the others; Lt Hardy Glenn, Gunnery Officer, Lt. (jg) Leo Silverstein, First Lieutenant, BMC Joseph Kerdock, (all in front)and BM3 Paul Mackrell, 3rd from right in the front row. Paul lives in Hagerstown, MD. In remarks contained in a booklet "History of the LST 512, Navy Traveling Exhibit Ship" Lt. Stevens wrote "This ship has given the American Public living along the inland waterway a first hand glimpse of our Amphibious Forces...Every man, an ambassador of good will, has dutifully explained the commonplace, answered innumerable questions, and efficiently handled more than two million visitors. We have successfully stimulated interest in the Navy; we have not let Americans forget its achievements in war, nor its role in maintaining peace." [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: LST 512 Author: Paul Sullenberger [Edit] Date Posted: 07/ 5/09 13:34:28 LST 512 going downriver on the Ohio, under the Market Street Bridge at Steubenville, OH, Oct. 26-28, 1945. It would be 58 years before the bow of another LST would part the waters of the Ohio. Like the 512, the 325 would show America the machines and men who saved the world in the years between Dec. 7, 1941, and September 2, 1945. And maybe just as importantly, showcase one of the most unique and versatile ships ever built. As the introduction to the History Channel's program "Hero Ships - LST's" noted, they weren't even given a name, just a number, but without them, the war might have been lost. Winston Churchill was quoted as saying "It seems that the fate of two great nations, indeed that of the world itself, depends on some G*$$@m thing called an LST." [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: LST 512 Author: Paul Sullenberger [Edit] Date Posted: 07/ 4/09 14:25:51 LST 512 on the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh, PA. On the return trip down the Ohio, she would stop at most major river cities. The DUKW got "lost" in Cincinnati for a few hours. There was a change of command, Lt. Brock was relieved of duty and Lt. Calvin Stevens became CO. The recruiting division of the Navy took over responsibility for the ship and exhibition as a recruiting tool for the postwar Navy. I believe that the caption on the photo refers to the visitors in Pittsburgh only. By the time the 512 reached Pittsburgh, over 1.5 million people had visited, by the time she ended her tour in New Orleans in January 1946, she had hosted over 2 million visitors [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: LST 512 Author: Paul Sullenberger [Edit] Date Posted: 07/ 4/09 14:09:00 After visiting the Great Lakes, the 512 came back down the Illinois River from Chicago to the Mississippi, then to St. Louis MO. These are views of St. Louis from the deck of the 512. The second one shows the start of the historic Santa Fe trail - The small brick building in the riverbank. This area is now occupied by the Gateway Arch. Dad was due to get processed out within a few days of the demonstration in St. Louis. His replacement had arrived on board, and he had been relieved of all duties pending separation. However, the CO, still harboring a grudge over the egg incident in Bay City, would not sign the orders to separate him from the ship so he could stay in St. Louis, so Dad continued with the ship as a passenger, until it got to Pittsburgh. He then returned to St. Louis by train to be processed out. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: LST 512 -- Paul Sullenberger, 07/ 5/09 00:16:32

Subject: USS GRASP + LSTS in WWII Author: OSD [Edit] Date Posted: 06/30/09 18:19:47 The USS Grasp in WWII ......................................... After observing the Chiristmas holiday, Grasp and tug Chowanoc (ATF-100) pulled LSM-9 off the beach on 29 December. The two small craft did the same the following day for attack transport President Adams (APA-19), which had grounded on a reef in Seeadler Harbor. Those two salvage tasks were only a warm-up task for her more critical tasks of supporting the to prepare for her role upcoming Luzon operations in the Philippines. As part of Task Force 77.1, Grasp sailed with the landing force on 1 January 1945, arrived in Lingayen Gulf on the 9th and immediately set to work. The salvage ship first aided transport War Hawk, damaged by a suicide boat that evening, helping to keep the damaged transport afloat. Then, after cargo ship Otis Skinner was hit by a kamikaze on 12 January, Grasp again provided fire-fighting and battle-repair services. Over the next week, the salvage ship pulled landing craft LCI-335 and LST-608 off the beaches and cleared the fouled propellers of LCI-333. Grasp sailed on 18 January to Tacloban Harbor, Philippines, with damaged Brooks (APD-10) in tow. From there, she joined TG 77.8 and supported the initial landings at Zambales, Luzon, on the 25th. After pulling LST-991, LST-609, LST-777 and LST-714 from the beach, and recovering the anchor and cable for LST-609, Grasp sailed to Nasugbu Bay, Luzon, to retract LST-269 from the beach and recover the anchor and cable for LST-701. With those tasks complete, the salvage ship sailed to Manila Harbor, arriving there to a scene of utter devastation on 3 March. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: LST 512 Author: Paul Sullenberger [Edit] Date Posted: 06/30/09 14:34:07 Taken during one of the mock amphibious landings staged at Chicago. That's Lakeshore Drive in the background, with a large crowd on hand to watch. A small flotilla of private boats waits outside the marked area where the landings were staged. An F-4 Corsair is flying overhead, and TNT charges buried on the beach were set off to simulate bomb explosions or explosions from "offshore bombardment." A crew usually arrived in an invasion city a couple of days in advance to set up the beach, which included machine gun nests, pillboxes, barbed wire entanglements, and other fortifications, they also arranged the charges. While in Milwaukee, "hoodlums stole the TNT charges from the beach, and the Schlitz Brewery hosted a beer party." [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: LST 512 Author: Paul Sullenberger [Edit] Date Posted: 06/30/09 14:22:56 Folding the mast on the 512 while on the river. This was necessary due to the many bridges she sailed under, and was probably a feature of all of the LST's built at Seneca, Jeffersonville, Evansville or Pittsburgh. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Folding or Hinged Masts -- OSD, 06/30/09 17:37:24

Subject: LST 512 Author: Paul Sullenberger [Edit] Date Posted: 06/30/09 14:18:42 Duluth, MN between August 9 and August 12, 1945. At the previous port of call, Bay City MI., a drunken sailor was returned to the ship by the shore patrol. As the SP's were leaving, they got egged. No one would either acknowledge responsibility or identify the culpable party, so liberty was restricted at Duluth, although the Marine Corps Mothers of Duluth "gave the best parties of the trip." At any rate, with no liberty on this occasion, everyone was required to stay aboard and watch a movie, which probably explains why nobody looks very happy. Related to this, the CO apparently believed that Dad had some responsibility in the egging incident, and held that against him for the remainder of his time aboard. Returning from Duluth, they passed down the Soo Canal at Sault Ste. Marie, MI. They were in the locks when it was announced that Japan had surrendered. After firing off a lot of the blank ammo they used in the demonstrations, they got underway out of the locks, and promptly ran aground in 3 feet of water. They were stuck there for 2 days until a large tug from Duluth made it down. With the tug, kedge anchor, and engines full astern, they finally got underway. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: LST 512 Author: Paul Sullenberger [Edit] Date Posted: 06/30/09 14:05:39 After being outfitted in Norfolk and Miami, sailing up the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers to Chicago, and several more weeks of outfitting there, the LST 512 began its public exhibition tour in Detroit on June 12, 1945. Here she is moored at Bob-Lo Island Amusement Park. She would transit the Welland Canal to Buffalo, then return to Erie, Cleveland and Toledo, to Bay City Michigan, then on to Duluth. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: LST 512 Author: Paul Sullenberger [Edit] Date Posted: 06/30/09 08:25:47 Working on the main deck of the 512 on the Mississippi River. BM3 Paul Mackrell (also from the LST 492) holding the bar. The CPO to the right rear is Dad. Since this was "showboat" duty, all of the time between port calls was spent in making sure that the 512 was always "shipshape" for the next port. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: LST 512 Author: Paul Sullenberger [Edit] Date Posted: 06/30/09 08:10:53 This map shows the voyage of the 512 as it brought the war in the Pacific to the inland waterways and the industrial heartland, where LST's were built, and where the factories produced the materials needed for the war effort. Cities with a star were where the 512 visited for display only. A dot by the city indicates that it also did a mock amphibious landing, complete with "off shore bombardment" aerial bombing and strafing, USMC assault forces landing, followed by the 512 "dropping the ramp" and discharging tanks and equipment. One of the Shermans on board was equipped with a flamethrower, and was dubbed "Belching Betty." [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: LST 512 -- Paul Sullenberger, 07/ 1/09 01:56:43

Subject: LST 512 Author: Paul Sullenberger [Edit] Date Posted: 06/29/09 13:49:27 This one is on navsource.org and is captioned as LST 512 launching at Seneca, IL. Actually, this would have been in September 1945. The LST 512 was the only Seneca built LST to "come home." She passed through going to Chicago and returning to the Mississippi River. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: LST 512 Author: Paul Sullenberger [Edit] Date Posted: 06/29/09 13:42:35 3 different views of the LST 512; all of them are listed as "date and location unknown." About all I can say for certain is that they were taken in 1945 while she was on the tour through the midwest. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: IP Address of the hacker Author: OSD [Edit] Date Posted: 06/27/09 04:16:50 (ppp-212-92-227-56.wildpark.net/212.92.227.56) Nikolaev, UA 54021 UA [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: Cloverleaf up close Author: OSD [Edit] Date Posted: 06/23/09 18:16:23 [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: Cloverleaf up close -- cloverleaf, 06/26/09 04:22:36 Re: Cloverleaf up close -- cloverleaf, 06/26/09 04:23:42

Subject: Cloverleaf, A picture for you Author: OSD [Edit] Date Posted: 06/23/09 18:13:26 Cloverleaf: This is a picture of an LST maindeck. The yellow objects are the Cloverleafs used to tie down vehicles. I wanted you to see what they are. OSD [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: Cloverleaf, A picture for you -- cloverleaf, 06/26/09 04:39:46

Subject: USS Batfish SS 310 Author: OSD [Edit] Date Posted: 06/22/09 05:12:09 ............................................................................................................. This is the USS Batfish SS 310 at the Muskogee War Memorial Park, Muskogee, Oklahoma 2005 [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: USS Batfish SS 310 -- SeaBat, 06/22/09 10:03:41 great flag ! -- OSD, 06/22/09 13:56:36

Subject: hello i need a navy name who wants to hel?p Author: linda [Edit] Date Posted: 06/20/09 05:09:30 in honor of my daddy i want to honor my dad and all my friends here. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Some Possible Names -- OSD, 06/20/09 18:20:02 Re: Some Possible Names -- SeaBat, 06/21/09 13:53:35 Welcome Cloverleaf ! -- Old Sea Dog, 06/21/09 16:38:28 Re: Some Possible Names -- cloverleaf, 06/22/09 04:08:59 more possible names -- OSD, 06/21/09 07:22:56

Subject: A view of a D-Day remembrance... Author: From our friend Tony Chapman [Edit] Date Posted: 06/13/09 00:35:46 The service... 'D DAY REMEMBERED' took place at Harwich Quay in Essex. Harwich has connections with the D-Day landings in Normandy, it was from where many LSTs and LCTs departed for the Normandy beaches as part of FORCE L FOLLOW-UP.......amongst them likely some US LST. I have notes against US LSTs 137, 175, 176, 208, 209, 530, 534 and 540 loading at Felixstowe in the neighbouring county of Suffolk and later departing from Harwich or the River Thames, more likely the latter. The listed US LSTs being part of several US Navy divisions, namely the 98th Division which housed 137 and 534, the 102nd Division which housed 175, 176, 208, 209 and 530 and finally US LST 540 of the 21st Division USLST. The headquarters for FORCE L was the commandeered St. Felix School in Southwold, Suffolk known at H.M.S.Wolverstone. I do not have the numbers of those attending.....appears to have been well attended and I am aware that everyone present enjoyed the time they were there. Amongst those present were members of the LST and Landing Craft Association, the Royal Naval Association and the Royal British Legion with accompanying standard bearers as can be seen in the photos. Photos courtesy of the Harwich and Dovercourt Sailing Club, Harwich, Essex, England. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: More photos -- SeaBat, 06/13/09 00:37:22 Re: More photos -- SeaBat, 06/13/09 00:40:19

Subject: LST 512 Author: Paul Sullenberger [Edit] Date Posted: 06/12/09 12:51:57 Here is the full crew and Marine complement of the 512 during the tour. Lt. Jerome Brock was the ship's CO, he's at the front of the officers and chiefs. 4th back is Lt.(JG) Hardy Glenn, who was also on the 492; Lt.(JG) Bart D'Elia, BM3 Paul Mackrell (front, 2 from right) and BMC Sam Sullenberger (last in line of Chiefs) were all transfers from the 492 courtesy of Capt. Newman. Also indicated in the photo is Cpl. Bob Kepler, USMC. He was in the 4th Marine Division, was wounded on Iwo Jima, and was assigned to the 512 after being retunred to the states. Mr. Kepler now lives in Arizona. You can also see some of the display items that were on the main deck. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: LST 512 -- SeaBat, 06/21/09 13:56:53

Subject: LST 512 Author: Paul Sullenberger [Edit] Date Posted: 06/12/09 12:43:46 This was an article from the Toledo Blade announcing the arrival of the LST 512. It describes a lot of the displays on board. The crew also did a mock amphibious landing at Toledo, (along with many other cities) complete with aerial bombardment, mock off-shore bombardment (dynamite charges buried on the beach) LCVP landing of Marine assault troops, and finally beaching and dropping the ramp to put tanks ashore. This war bond tour was concurrent with the war bond tour that the 3 surviving Iwo Jima flag raisers were on. You may note that "Political Correctness" didn't exist in some newspapers in 1945... [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: LST 512 Author: Paul Sullenberger [Edit] Date Posted: 06/12/09 12:29:08 After being repaired stateside, the LST 512 was assigned to duty as a US Navy travelling exhibition ship. It was first outfitted at Norfolk, then went to Miami where a Pacific Island was recreated on the tank deck, along with other displays. The main deck was set up with captured Japanese and German vehicles and artillery, with American vehicles and artillery on the other side for comparison. This is an advance poster that was used to advertise for the 512. Captain Newman on the 492 had worked in Secretary of the Navy Forrestal's office before getting command of the 492. He arranged for several of his crewmen from the 492, Dad included, to get transferred to the 512. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: LST 512 -- SeaBat, 06/13/09 00:45:16

Subject: LST 512 Author: Paul Sullenberger [Edit] Date Posted: 06/11/09 13:59:48 LST 512 in the background at Omaha Beach some time after D-Day. Jackson Hofler wrote of his experience at D-Day as a 15-yr old sailor (that's right - 15 years old- he got discharged when his real age was determined) in a book published by the US Naval Historical foundation, "Neptunus Rex." The 512 was damaged in the storm that swept through the channel and destroyed one of the Mulberry Harbors. After temporary repairs were made, she was towed to England then to the States for repair, and was converted to a US Navy Exhibition ship. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: testing Author: OSD [Edit] Date Posted: 06/ 1/09 07:08:53 A test [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: LST or LCVP Pilots Author: Jenifer [Edit] Date Posted: 05/28/09 05:33:51 y late father, Harold E Geck, was a Machinist Mate on board the LST 360 during WWII. He was involved in the landings at Anzio, Sicily, and Normandy. My father did not speak often of his war experiences, he was deeply affected by the war. Throughout our lives, he would mention his role on the LST, but apparently my sibilings and I remember what he told each of us a different times. My understanding was that he piloted the LCVPs, ferrying troops ashore. However, my brothers memory is that he piloted the LST, itself (we assume under an officer's guidance). Can you help us resolve this issue? Did MoMs pilot the LST and beach it during the invasion and the continuing support of the troops? Please help, this has become a big issue between siblings. Thank you. Jenifer [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: LST or LCVP Pilots -- WVaRay, 05/28/09 09:28:48 Re: LST or LCVP Pilots -- Old Sea Dog, 05/29/09 18:41:12

Subject: Memorial Day Author: SeaBat [Edit] Date Posted: 05/24/09 15:32:05 Cartoonists are usually known for their humor.. but often they characterize 'us' or remind of us things that we are taking for granted... I've gotten these several times in emails, but we all should look at them again. But THIS is not a cartoon... it's a reality that too many have faced throughout history. Please remember those who this holiday honors! [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: Memorial Day video Author: Paul Sullenberger [Edit] Date Posted: 05/24/09 06:38:57 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D02LsAp8xow You owe it to yourselves, to all of those who served with you, all of those currently serving, and all of those who gave their lives for our nation, to view this video. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: MVPA Supply Line Author: SeaBat [Edit] Date Posted: 05/21/09 08:58:48 This year's International MVPA (Military Vehicle Preservation Association) Convention will be held in Evansville, running at the same time as LST Week. What a great opportunity to see the vehicles our LST carried... and many others as well. Michael Smith once said that the amphib vehicles and the LST had a symbiotic relationship... they ARE a perfect fit to share the spotlight in Evansville in August. Make your reservations soon! [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: MVPA Supply Line -- Paul Sullenberger, 05/22/09 07:52:33 Re: MVPA Supply Line -- SeaBat, 05/22/09 13:47:24 Re: MVPA Supply Line -- Paul Sullenberger, 05/24/09 06:46:01

Subject: LST 492 Author: Paul Sullenberger [Edit] Date Posted: 05/18/09 13:28:03 Please note the date on these letters that Capt. Newman sent to the families of his crew members. He took the time on all of these to add personal notes to what was otherwise a form letter. Years after the War, we were watching the movie "Captain Newman, M.D." starring Gregory Peck as an Army Air Corps psychiatrist in WWII. Dad commented "As far as I'm concerned, there's only one Captain Newman, and it's not Gregory Peck." I shudder to think that Independence Day might have been some fond, distant memory of not for the efforts of all who served in WWII. Words really cannot express my gratitude. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: LST 492 Author: Paul Sullenberger [Edit] Date Posted: 05/17/09 12:48:50 Training a gun crew on the LST 492. That's Dominic Rotondo wearing the SP Phone Set and the mushroom helmet. Ted Lochowski (GM3 Ski) in white t-shirt behind the gun crew. Not sure of the identity of the others, but this photo was posted to NavSource.org by Jim West's son, so it's probable he's in there, also. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: LST 492 Author: Paul Sullenberger [Edit] Date Posted: 05/14/09 14:58:22 The LST 492 participated in the invasion of South France in August 1944. This picture was taken sometime afterward, in S. France. My father was in charge of an LCVP at both Normandy at S. France. A transcript of the deck log for 15 August 1944 follows: 8/15/44 Underway in convoy SM1 enroute to FRANCE . LST 491 guide ship base course 305 %Speed 6 knots . 04-08 Underway as before passing through transport area and approaching unloading area .0410 Sounded General Quarters .0525 all LCVPs loaded with army assault troops and heading for rendezvous area , 0630 Many planes bombing beach. Firing from support groups onto the beach. 08-12 Underway as before 12-20 Underway at General Quarters . Zig-Zagged to avoid enemy fire from shore, 1600 Proceed towards beach. 1638 Hit The Beach 1648 fired upon by enemy. 1649 Started making smoke 1800 ceased making smoke .1855 32 Casualties brought aboard. 1902 Retracted from the beach. 20-24 Laying off green beach. BOMBED BY THREE GERMAN AIRCRAFT. No casualties. 8/16/44 00-04 Laying to approximately 3 miles off Southern France in vicinity of green beach. 04-=16 Laying off green beach. 16-20 underway at various courses to rendezvous area 20-24 Formed convoy CRM #1 bound for Corsica 2000 got underway commodore in position #21 our position 22 convoy consists of LST s LCTR s with escort 8/17/44 00-04 Steaming as before. LST 491 Guide and Commodore in position 21 492 in position 22 400 yards astern of 491 SeaBat, note the log references to LST 491 - That was Marion Adams' ship [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: LST 492 Author: Paul Sullenberger [Edit] Date Posted: 05/13/09 07:46:21 Another picture showing German POW's on the deck of the 492. Crew members I can identify are my father, Sam Sullenberger (left side of picture, no shirt) Dominic Rotondo (kneeling in white t-shirt) Louis "Cutch" Cutshall (behind Dominic wearing ball cap) Russell Davis (to Dominic's right) Jim West (standing in front of LCVP on davit) and Howard Knight, (standing behind Dominic and Cutch). [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: LST 492 -- SeaBat, 05/14/09 13:03:23 Re: LST 492 -- Keith Bryant, 10/ 1/09 15:02:21

Subject: LST 492 Author: Paul Sullenberger [Edit] Date Posted: 05/13/09 07:21:46 German POW's on the main deck of the LST 492, June or July 1944. They were transported on the main deck so any enemy aircraft would see them and would be less likely to strafe or bomb the ship. On one such transit, a German officer angrily demanded to speak to the ship's captain, LCDR. Newman, and then proceeded to "read him the riot act" about being in violation of the Geneva Convention by not quartering officers separately from enlisted men. Capt. Newman directed him to gather all of his officers. He then ordered my father to get a piece of rope, herded all of the officers into one corner, and tied them off. He then responded "Now you #%*#+!*!+(# there's your $*%%@^ separate quarters." he then handed my father his .45 and told him "If he or any of them step outside this area, shoot him." [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: LST 492 Author: Paul Sullenberger [Edit] Date Posted: 05/13/09 07:09:39 LST 492 participated in the D-Day Landings, June 6, 1944, going in at Utah Beach. Later it was moved to Omaha, many of the Pharmacist's Mates were taken in on LCVP's. One of them (Quinn Scott) related that he was issued a .45 but no ammunition; he was told something to the effect "Don't worry, you'll be able to find plenty of it on the beach." Small comfort. After the initial landings, the LST's task became more mundane, transporting men and vehicles to France, then returning to England with wounded and/or prisoners. This is a group of German POW's being marched aboard on Omaha Beach, June or July 1944. She made dozens of Channel transits on this duty. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: LST 492 Author: Paul Sullenberger [Edit] Date Posted: 05/12/09 07:55:24 When the 492 got to Mobile, the skipper. LCDR Ralph Newman, put out a plea through the newspaper that the crew would like to have a dog as a mascot. A couple of days later they received this Cocker Spaniel pup. I've talked to 5 different crew members of the 492, none of them can remember the pup's name, and all of them said that it was never destined to become an "Old Sea Dog" and either in Norfolk or Quonset Point RI, it got put ashore before they headed across the Atlantic for England in early 1944. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: LST 492 Author: Paul Sullenberger [Edit] Date Posted: 05/12/09 07:48:19 After the 158 was sunk, Dad and Ray both got to come home. Dad was assigned to the Evansville shipyard as part of the pre-commissioning unit of the LST 492. This is the deck gang, Dad is in the back row, 2nd from left. Front row on the right is Gus Esto, middle row, 5 from left is Paul Mackrell. I don't have names for any of the others. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: LST 158 Author: Paul Sullenberger [Edit] Date Posted: 05/10/09 12:22:11 One more frame capture from "Victory at Sea" of the 158 after it got hit at Sicily [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: LST 158 -- Gene Roberts (S1C John H. Jones, KIA 7-10-43), 05/27/09 10:41:07 Re: LST 158 -- Paul Sullenberger, 06/ 4/09 12:52:31

Subject: LST 158 Author: Paul Sullenberger [Edit] Date Posted: 05/10/09 12:13:25 Another view of the 158 off Sicily. This is a frame capture from "Victory At Sea" and was also used in the History Channel "Hero Ships" series. In fact, when the narrator was describing how the LST 313 was hit off Gela on 10 July, they were showing footage of the 158 off Licata on 11 July. If you look closely off the port stern you can see an LCVP, possibly the same one as in the other photo. If you visit www.utahtribute.com, you can read Verdell Jacobson's account of this. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: LST 158 Author: Paul Sullenberger [Edit] Date Posted: 05/10/09 11:24:08 This is one of at least 3 different views of the LST 158 at Licata Sicily on 11 July 1943, that appeared in "Victory At Sea." This colorized version also was in the History Channel Series "Hero Ships." She got hit amidships by a German dive Bomber. My father Sam Sullenberger and his younger brother Ray Sullenberger were both aboard, Ray in a forward gun mount and Dad in a stern mount. (Both survived) Dad didn't talk a lot about this one, but he did say that he was the last enlisted man off the ship, and the Captain followed him off. They were picked up by one of the ship's LCVP's crewed by Verdell Jacobson from Utah, and Tommy Brown from N. Carolina. (That's probably them in this view) [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Great Stuff Paul ! -- OSD, 05/10/09 17:32:01

Subject: LST 125 Author: Paul Sullenberger [Edit] Date Posted: 05/ 9/09 13:29:42 I have a copy of "Landing Craft in Action in WWII" in a PDF format that a friend downloaded for me. This one and the picture of the LST 512 were among the photos in the book. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: LST 125 -- SeaBat, 05/ 9/09 13:55:07

Subject: LST 512 Author: Paul Sullenberger [Edit] Date Posted: 05/ 9/09 13:15:49 Testing my first post to this site. This was the 3rd LST my father served on in WWII. Wearing Pacific Camo, she is outfitted for a tour of the Great Lakes and Inland Waterways on a War Bond Tour in 1945. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: LST 512 -- SeaBat, 05/ 9/09 13:57:51 Thanks Paul -- OSD, 05/ 9/09 16:07:19 Re: Thanks Paul -- Paul Sullenberger, 05/10/09 10:52:31

Subject: Some fun photos from the recent 325 cruise... Author: SeaBat [Edit] Date Posted: 05/ 9/09 02:28:30 Ever climb one of these? Breakfast of Champions! Who is the Sailor with the Non-Reg blankie???? Two bits on the pier... A traffic light??? If you need this, then you KNOW you're loaded!!!! Even pirates need to nap... (Right, Flt Tech?) [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: "You Been a good old Wagon" , Dave Van Ronk Author: OSD [Edit] Date Posted: 05/ 8/09 08:45:04 Sometimes I feel like a good ole wagon that done broke down, so here is Dave Van Ronk singing it. Great stuff, Dave is gone now but his music remains with us. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: Manila LSTs Author: OSD [Edit] Date Posted: 05/ 7/09 17:38:58 http://home.modemss.brisnet.org.au/~dunn/usnavy/lst-168-02.jpg ............................................................................................................................ "These LST's were among the first to drop ramps at Manila" with the capital city of the Philippines free from Japanese, the harbour bustled with activity. . ."; October/November 1944?; Photo No. 4334; photographer unknown. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: Manila LSTs -- SeaBat, 05/ 9/09 04:12:19

Subject: D-Day Author: OSD [Edit] Date Posted: 05/ 7/09 17:31:51 http://wiesel.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/4307-bilder/kueste.jpg .............................................................................................................. An image of D-Day that I have not seen before. OSD [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: D-Day -- SeaBat, 05/ 9/09 07:47:45

Subject: LST photo Author: OSD [Edit] Date Posted: 05/ 7/09 17:25:38 http://kiwisinarmour.hobbyvista.com/images/valcs-2s.jpg ................................................................................................................. Major Rutherford (on the left) directing Lieutenant Cox's Valentine Mark III CS ashore at the Tangalan Plantation on Nissan Island on February 15th 1944 with one of the Squadron's ammunition trailers on its engine deck. Though not visible from this perspective the tank is also towing a US 90-mm AA gun. (Alexander Turnbull Library) [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: Noumea LST Author: OSD [Edit] Date Posted: 05/ 7/09 17:16:57 http://nanumea.net/Photos%20page/LST%20from%202003%20roll%2015%20no%20142%20-%20narrow%20and%20feathered%20with%20xara.jpg ....................................................................................... World War II LST on Nanumea's western reef - Photo by Keith, January 2004 (this hulk is gradually going back to the sea) [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: LST 1083 USS PLUMAS COUNTY Author: OSD [Edit] Date Posted: 05/ 6/09 16:23:05 http://bellsouthpwp.net/r/i/ricklieb/images/budwarpics/lst1083.jpg .............................................................................................. USS PLUMAS COUNTY LST 1083 .................................................... The Old Sea Dog walked the decks of the old Plumas County for some years, she was a classic LST, long and slow and loved to wallow in the sea. Good times !. The Old Sea Dog [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: LST 1083 USS PLUMAS COUNTY -- SeaBat, 05/ 9/09 04:11:17 LST 1083 -- OSD, 05/ 9/09 16:22:08 Re: LST 1083 -- SeaBat, 05/ 9/09 23:27:51 Re: LST 1083 USS PLUMAS COUNTY -- Old snipe, 09/19/09 04:26:41

Subject: The Old Sea Dog + Pirate Treasure Author: The Old Sea Dog [Edit] Date Posted: 05/ 6/09 16:08:07 http://fao-coins.info/portrait/1806.jpg __________________________________ What you are looking at is an 1806 Spanish Real (ree-al), also known as a "Piece of Eight", as it could be cut into eight pieces to use as smaller coins. This one is Silver and not very valuable. The Gold ones are worth up to 500.00 depending on rarity, Silver worth about 40.00. Sometimes they have crude holes in them, which usually means they were nailed to a ships mast as a reward to a lucky sailor who spotted a whale or an enemy ship first. You are saying to yourself, So ?. Well today my son gave me a necklace with one of these coins on it. They were a common coin in colonial America since we minted very little coinage of our own. So now The Old Sea Dog is ready for "Talk like a pirate day" which is coming up. "ARR ME HARTIES, TIS A FAIR WIND BLOWING TO STARBOARD". " YO HO HO AND A BOTTLE OF RUM". What do you think ? The Old Sea Dog [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: Signal Corps Author: OSD [Edit] Date Posted: 05/ 3/09 18:41:47 http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/9031/isignalcorpspic4jr6.jpg ..................................................................................................................... [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

Subject: "The Ramp" Amphibious news Author: OSD [Edit] Date Posted: 05/ 3/09 18:36:34 http://ebsr.net/RampNG.jpg .................................................................... New Guinea Campaign Issue of the RAMP Following is a transcript of the special issue of the RAMP, publication of the 3rd Engineer Special Brigade, issued Saturday February 17,1945. N.E.I. Edited and published by Head- quarters , 3rd Engineer Special Brigade, APO 920. Distributed Tusday, Thursday and Saturday. Editor-------T/5 Max M. Moses Ass't Editor-Pfc Armand Kovitz Art----------Sgt Alex B. Cook -------------T/Sgt Earl Hoshall -------------T/4 John Whisler Humor--------Pfc Robert Svatos Advisor------Capt. L. S. McCaslin Specially Passed By GHQ This issue MAY be mailed home. MILNE BAY TO SANSAPOR THE STORY OF THE THIRD ENGINEER SPECIAL BRIGADE IN NEW GUINEA With over a year's training behind them, the bulk of the Third Engineer Special Brigade embarked from San Francisco for overseas duty in November and December 1943. They were well skilled in the art of amphibious warfare and New Guinea beckoned as a proving ground. The early period in New Guinea was one of organization and careful preparation for the tasks to come. The 563d Boat Maintenance Bn had preceeded the remainder of the Brigade overseas and was busy turning out the all important LCM's at an assembly line in Milne Bay. With the supply of LCM's being built up, the Brigade waited impatiently at Milne Bay and Goodenough Island for it's first mission. The opportunity to prove themselves came in January of 1944 when the 533rd Engineer Boat and Shore Regiment left for Cape Cretin, near Finschhafen, New Guinea. Finschhafen at that time was still being subjected to enemy air raids and unloading facilities for cargo ships were in the early stages of development. In spite of these difficulties the regiment handled the task of unloading Liberty ships with the care and speed of veterans. During a one month period they emptied 35 Liberty ships of their cargo, setting a SWPA tonnage record with 2110 tons unloaded in one day and daily average of 1550 tons. In February the remainder of the Brigade followed the 533rd to Finschhafen. The Amphibians began to train with the 32nd Division at Scarlet Beach in preparation for future operations. In addition a shuttle service by boat units was begun to more distant points along the coast of New Guinea and New Britain. Under this system, dubbed "milk runs" by the Amphibs, a total of 144,580 ton-miles of cargo was transported in the first month alone and in five months this figure climbed to 2,147,593 ton-miles. The time for the Brigade to get its baptism of fire was rapidly approaching. The first unit to leave the shelter of Finsch Harbor was again the 533rd which on the 23rd of February moved to Saidor to stage for their first operation [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: "The Ramp" Amphibious news -- SeaBat, 05/ 4/09 10:10:58 Milk Run -- OSD, 05/ 4/09 10:56:46

Subject: Rabaul LST Author: Old Sea Dog [Edit] Date Posted: 05/ 3/09 18:26:24 http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-P-Rabaul/img/USA-P-Rabaul-p59.jpg [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: Rabaul LST -- SeaBat, 05/ 4/09 10:13:30 unknown -- OSD, 05/ 7/09 17:00:32

Subject: Vietnam River Boat Author: OSD [Edit] Date Posted: 04/30/09 17:54:13 Watch out Charlie ! http://www.tf116.org/vietnam_photos/CBihl/4_lg.jpg [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: Vietnam River Boat -- SeaBat, 05/ 4/09 10:06:45 Charlie did not like our fast boats -- OSD, 05/ 7/09 17:09:48 Re: Charlie did not like our fast boats -- Old snipe, 09/19/09 04:34:11

Subject: lst 726 Author: linda [Edit] Date Posted: 01/15/09 07:38:36 hello my friends. i am looking for any for,pictures,of lst 726 or of my dad harry k stroup,or stroupe [ Post a Reply to This Message ] Replies: Re: lst 726 -- Ron Williams, 05/26/09 05:46:18 Re: lst 726 -- llinda cloverleaf, 06/26/09 04:34:24 Re: lst 726 -- cloverleaf, 06/27/09 17:21:53