''The Elsie item'' - USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association

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Headed for the Big BlastRobert "Mik" Mikkelson (LCI 977) of Hollywood, CA, sent us this picture of his old ship, known as the "EightBall" at Buckner Bay, Okinawa. The 977 had done duty in 1945 and 1946 on the Whangpoo River in China. Aftersurviving a typhoon in the East China Sea, the 977 made it to Buckner Bay on her way to Bikini Atoll. "We visitedmost of the islands in the Marshalls and ended up at Bikini Atoll, just days before the big blast which marked theend of the "Eight Ball", writes Mik, " It was a sad but fitting end for a vessel that did its job as well as it could tothe very end."LCIs Go "Asiatic" in ChinaAs the Pacific War came to a close, many LCIs were assigned duty in China. Here, in a photo supplied byRaymond Corbin (LCI 980) of Kingsville, MD, is a group, including the 980, tied up on the Whangpoo River. Thenumbers that can be made out from this photo, from left to right are 980, ?, 685, 981, and the same 977 seen in thephoto above.24
Miss with a BombFrom Lou Plant (LCI 24), Livonia, Michigan, come three photos conveying some idea of what the operations atRendova, New Guinea in July of 1943 were like. Here the LCIs 25,24, 65 and 63 are beached while unloadinggoes on. The tilt of the 24 and the 65 shows the effect of a bomb bursting between the two ships. The bomb camefrom a flight of 16 Betty bombers.Death at the Water's EdgeLou writes: "The two dead soldiers were part of a combined American Anzac operation. These soldiers weresupposed to plant the beach marker you can see one of them still holding. Obviously they did not make it. We wereunder heavy mortar and sniper fire.25
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