All aboard!
Friends in High Places
LCI 476 Memories
Notes from the LCI(G) 70
What’s New
Albert D. DiVincenzo Aboard USS LCI(G)373
Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire!
The “Angels” Came At Dawn
An LCI Ace
2018 USS LCI National Association Reunion (Portland May 4-6)
What’s in a Name?
Save the Dates: May 4 – 6, 2018 (28th Annual USS LCI National Association Reunion)
What’s New
The Story of the LCI(L) 93 and LCI(L) 487 at Normandy
LCI(L) 618 – History of LCI Flotilla 22
LCI(L) 489 – The Engineering Officer’s Point of View

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USS LCI National Association
Reunion 2019

May 3-5, 2019 - Portland, Oregon

By Joe Flynn

Friends in High Places

LCI(G)-347, Elsie Item

By Ralph I. Miller

Where There's Smoke, There's Fire.

LCI(M)-805, Elsie Item, Stories

By Joe Flynn

What’s in a Name?

LCI(L)-339, Elsie Item

By Jim Phillips

Notes from the LCI(G) 70

LCI(G)-70, Elsie Item

By LeRoy Olson

An LCI Ace

LCI(G)-70, Elsie Item

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The LCI National Association is dedicated to preserving the history of the World War II Landing Craft Infantry ships and honoring the sailors that manned them. On this site you will find first-hand accounts from the sailors, stories about the battles they fought and the experiences they had, and photos of the men and their ships.

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Friends in High Places
The USS LCI National Association - December 7, 2018

By Joe Flynn An earlier article was featured in the Elsie Item #95 President George H.W. Bush was known for his many friends from all walks of life.  At his funeral many [ … ]

LCI 476 Memories
June 19, 2018
Notes from the LCI(G) 70
June 19, 2018
What’s in a Name?
The USS LCI National Association - March 15, 2018

By Joe Flynn The USS Begor (APD 127) slid down the ways of deFoe Shipyards of Saginaw Michigan, May 25 1944. It was being built as a fast, shallow draft [ … ]

“Firefight on the Mindanao River”
September 17, 2017
September 2017 (No. 98)
Albert D. DiVincenzo Aboard USS LCI(G)373
The USS LCI National Association - March 27, 2018

During my service on the USS LCI(G)373, I experienced a friendship with some of my shipmates that is going to last a lifetime. During my stay, I was honored to [ … ]

Ralph and Jo Evelyn Miller, 1945
Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire!
March 27, 2018
The “Angels” Came At Dawn
March 27, 2018
An LCI Ace
The USS LCI National Association - March 26, 2018

By LeRoy Olson, USS LCI(L) 966 &(L) 321 Not only did LCI(G) 70 ace out with five planes, but she survived both torpedo and kamikaze hits.  Her exploits resulted in [ … ]

What’s in a Name?
March 15, 2018

This Day In History

  • 1943 Adolf Hitler visits Field Marshal Erich von Manstein's headquarters in Zaporozje, Ukraine and stays until the 19th. Dutch churches protest at Seyss-Inquart against persecution of Jews.  Major General Omar Bradley flies to Washington, D.C.  NY Yankee Joe DiMaggio enlists into the US Army.
  • 1944 U.S. forces invaded Eniwetok Atoll, encountering little resistance from Imperial Japanese troops. (The Americans secured the atoll less than a week later.)  The U.S. begins night bombing of Truk, Caroline Islands.  
  • 1944 LCI Landing:  Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands.
  • 1945 LCI (G) 474 sunk off Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands.

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