elsie item issue 69 - USS Landing Craft Infantry

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20 Welcome Aboard! Sign of the Times! New Affiliates outweigh LCIers! A good sign for the future of the Affiliates as they lead the way in the future. A hearty welcome to each of these who have joined since our last issue. AFFILIATES Mark P. Helling River Falls, WI Pam Lareau, Annandale, VA Capt. Stephen J. Coughlin, Virginia Beach, VA REGULARS Duane Heft, Regular LCI 987 Rapid City, MI Arthur Jaseau, Regular LCI 1094 Santa Rosa, CA First man down the ramp! An LCI sailor anchors the line supporting GIs as they disembark at Formis, Italy. From left to right: LCIs 670, 672, 669, and 673
An Iwo Jima Remembrance By Nick Grosso, Ship’s Cook, LCI (G) 450 A mortar explodes near LCI 450 at Iwo Jima Editor’s note: We are indebted to Vaughn Hampton (Author of the “Underage Sailor” carried elsewhere in this issue) for this account of LCI(G) 450 at Iwo Jima. Previous issues have told the overall story of the brave little ships that braved the Japanese gunfire in order to provide protection for the UDT swimmers. We felt this piece was an excellent addition to those accounts since it is a first-person account of one LCIers experiences on that eventful day. Saipan, Feb 11 – Feb 13 1945. Practicing ship beaching - 09:00 to 11:30 hours, then again 14:30 to “ 16:00 hours. At GO, sometimes firing some of our rockets. Working with the UDT groups - something is up! 2/14/45 - Underway from Saipan -some gunnery practice. February 16 -Captain Brady calls an All Hands Muster that evening at 19:00 hours. He tells us we are going to invade Iwo Jima tomorrow. Shows us a map of the Island and where we are to attack. Reveille was at 04:00 hours on 17 February 1945. We had a good breakfast and then we all turned to our guns and duties. GQ at 08:00 hours - we were ready. At 10:00 hours, we start in on Iwo Jima. All guns manned, all Rocket launchers loaded and ready. The Galley is secured; I go to my position, 2nd loader on # 2 20mm, starboard well deck. We begin our attack -7 LCI’s lined up abreast moving towards the beach. We watch the ‘Corsair’ planes diving and their bombs being released while over us. The Battlewagons, Cruisers, and the Destroyers are all firing at the island. 21
Page 1 and 2: OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE USS LAND
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Page 5 and 6: One never knows when “bread cast
Page 7 and 8: California LCIers to Host Pearl Har
Page 9 and 10: These posters inside a German bunke
Page 11 and 12: first-aid wound washing and brushin
Page 13 and 14: Feeding the Marines (recounted to B
Page 15 and 16: LCI 653 to be Scuttled in Alaska Ov
Page 17 and 18: The Chaplain’s Corner The Power o
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Page 25 and 26: A Good LCI Sea Story— Told by a N
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