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Australia And The U.S. Must Combine Their Heavy/Medium Landing Ship Programs
After World War II, with the advent of super-sized, integrated amphibious shipping, the utilitarian LST-type landing craft was de-emphasized. But the potential contribution from LST-like vessels ...
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Area fallen soldiers remembered 81 years after Allied landing craft sank off coast of Italy
Members of the 83rd Chemical Mortar Battalion and the 68th Coast Artillery Regiment, they were aboard LST-422, one of 13 craft designated ... Americans from World War II, including 31,000 from ...
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How an often overlooked World War II-era shipbuilder designed the boat that Eisenhower said 'won the war for us'
His landing craft were used in every major amphibious assault of World War II, from the shores of Europe to the Pacific islands. "He was the right person with the right ideas and the right drive ...
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Two Beaver County WWII soldiers killed 81 years ago in ship explosion remembered
As part of World War II’s strategy to ... A flotilla of 13 Landing Ship Tanks sailed from Naples to begin the amphibious landing on Jan. 26, 1944. Aboard LST-422 were Companies C, D, and the ...
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LST-325 holds special Veterans Day event
The LST was also open for tours today, for anyone interested in learning more about the Navy’s last operational landing ship from WWII.