"The Elsie Item" - USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association

Alex Bosmony, ofSoddy Daisy, TN, who served on USSLCI(L) 87, the Flagship for Flotilla 35, sent a great setof pictures and writes:"These photos were taken by me or my camera whichwas an ICA-A 9x12 CM. which was the only camera onthe LCl(L) 87. These were taken 57 years ago and werenot developed and printed until a few years later when Icould get a darkroom and an enlarger"Alex worked as a high speed photographer for 34 yearsat the Space Center, Cape Canaveral, FL.Alex Bosmeny on the beach at Guam with LCI 87 in the backgroundMay, 1945The crew of the 87 somewhere in the Pacific. May, 1945.''Names were too many to be remembered", writes Alex"Running inteiference for UDTswimmers at IwoJima, 17 February 1945, LClOG) 469 comesunder heavy fire"Submitted by Bob Norris, Santa Barbara, CA,who served on USS LCI(M) 63126