US Marine Corps - The Black Vault

508 Amphibians Came To Conquev
Courtesyof Major GeneralFrankD. Weir, USMC (Ret.)
~o~onel Henry D. Linscott, USMC, Assistant Chief of Staj, Commander
4mphibious Force South Pacific, in front of his tent at Camp Crocodile,
Guadalcanal, lute Spring, 1943.
Harbor on 16 July 1943, and was logged in as “the newest arrival this area,”
and together with LST-475, LCTS 68, 69, 70, and a number of APCS
participated in later phases of the South Georgia Group operations.
At the time the TOENAILS movement to the New Georgia Group began,
there were 11 LSTS, 23 LCIS, 35 LCTS and 10 APCS (coastal transports)
from Flotilla Five and Flotilla Six available in PHIBFORTHIRDFLT. On
D-Day nearly all of these were either unloading in the Middle Solomons
or loaded in the Gadalcanal-Russell Island area and waiting for orders.
During the month before TOENAILS was kicked off, the Landing Craft
Flotillas were far from idle. They delivered 23,775 drums of lubricants and
fuel, 13,088 tons of miscellaneous gear and 28 loaded vehicles to the Russell
Islands alone. All cargo requirements for the TOENAILS Operation were
loaded by 22 June 1943.
In this connection, Lieutenant General Linscott, who had been the very
skillful and highly appreciated Assistant Chief of Staff for the Commander