The LCI(L)-85 is featured in National Geographic's Drain the Ocean: Secrets of D-Day airing Monday, June 3 at 9PM. You can read more about the LCI(L)-85 in this article from our ELSIE Item Archives
Saluting Our Coast Guard Shipmates – Flotilla Ten at Normandy
LCI(R)-1077, ELSIE ITEM
March 2019
Elsie Item 104
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By Vaughn Brown, Ken Campbell, Pat Campbell
Vaughn Brown’s LCI(R) 1077 Career
LCI(R)-1077, ELSIE ITEM
By Ken Stern and Earle L. Bailey QM1/c
Memories of the LCI 41
LCI(L)-41, ELSIE ITEM
By Bremmer Martha PhM1/c
Memories of LCI(G)-455
LCI(G)-455, ELSIE ITEM
By Vernon Wallace as told to Tom Gorham
Post-VJ Day LCI
Post-VJ Day LCI
Post-VJ Day LCI
LCI(M)-632, ELSIE ITEM
December 2018
Elsie Item 103
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Fond Memories of LCI 35 and a Dance Floor in Brighton, England
LCI(L)-35, ELSIE ITEM
A Lucky Japanese Dive-Bomber Spoils the Day for the LCI(G) 23 Gunboat
LCI(G)-23, ELSIE ITEM
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The USS LCI National Association - May 31, 2019
This article first appeared in the January 2007 issue of the Elsie Item (No. 58) and offers details about the loss of four LCIs. In particular, it discusses the LCI(L)-85 [ … ]
The USS LCI National Association - February 19, 2019
By Jeff Veesenmeyer The actions on W-Day 21 July 1944 during the initial assault landings on Agat Beach, Guam. The mission of this vessel, and of LCI(G) Division Fifteen, was [ … ]
The USS LCI National Association - February 18, 2019
by John France 02/17/2018 David Forman was born July 31, 1923. A native of Kings County, New York, he was the son of immigrants. His father Louis was from Latvia [ … ]
March 2019 (No. 104)
The USS LCI National Association - May 30, 2019
LCI SAILOR HONORED & NOT FORGOTTEN: Bill Simmons LCI(M) 756 passed away in January 2019. This tribute appeared in his American Legion newsletter. He will always be held in great [ … ]
The USS LCI National Association - May 30, 2019
By Jeff Veesenmeyer The Greatest Generation put 16.1 million men and women in uniform during WWII. Those numbers are amazing. But the military needed more than uniforms to win the [ … ]
The USS LCI National Association - May 3, 2019
By Bremmer Martha PhM1/c How seasick we were on our first trip in Atlantic on the way to Panama, from the Captain on down. We saw our first hint of [ … ]
The USS LCI National Association - May 2, 2019
Written by Vaughn Brown in 2002. This article, his Action Reports, Deck Logs, and photos were scanned, emailed and submitted by Brown’s friends, Ken and Pat Campbell. They say that [ … ]