elsie item issue 66 - USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association

“THE ELSIE ITEM” Number 66 • February, 2009
Official Newsletter of the USS LCI National Association, a non-profit veteran’s organization. Membership in the USS LCI
National Association is open to any U. S. Navy or U.S. Coast Guard veteran who served aboard a Landing Craft Infantry. Affiliate
membership, without voting privileges, is offered to others.
Published quarterly by the USS LCI National Association. John P. Cummer, Editor. Any material for possible publication should
be sent to the Editor, preferably by email (cummerj@bellsouth.net) or by regular mail to 302 Pinewood Cottage Lane,
Blythewood, SC, 29016
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THAT MORNING IN JUNE..!!
That morning in June
The English Channel came alive
With landing craft..and men
Who were hoping…to survive
That morning in June
They slowly made their way
To the beaches there..in Normandy
On the day assigned..D-Day
That morning in June
Across the beaches…soldiers dashed
For many there…that morning
The day…would be their last
On that day in June
The Allies…called the tune
And this because…of what began
That morning….in June..!!
From “At Dawning”
Tony Chapman, Historian and Archivist
Royal Navy LST and Landing Craft Association
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