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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
LCI(L) 489 – By Karl J. Bischoff (Machinist Mate)
LCI(L) 489 on D-Day, Omaha Beach, June 1944
LCI (G) 474 at Iwo Jima
LCI (G) 450 – Vaughn Hampton, For His buddy, George Kern (F3/c.)
LCI (G) 450 Saga
LCI (G) 450 Poems
Fate – LCI 450 Memories
My Grandpa and the LCI(G)-449 at Iwo Jima
The Story of Dominick C. Maurone
Albert D. DiVincenzo Aboard USS LCI(G)373
USS LCI(L)330 and USS LCI(G)418

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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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The USS LCI National Association - September 30, 2017

from President’s Corner, Elsie Item, September, 2017 Ahoy LCIers! I have exciting news. By the time you receive this Elsie Item, we will probably have our new website – usslci.org online [ … ]

“Firefight on the Mindanao River”
September 17, 2017
Walter Kopacz – A Memorial
September 17, 2017
Man Overboard
The USS LCI National Association - April 26, 2017

USS LCI(G)-450 moored pierside at Saipan, February 1945, awaiting repair of battle damage from the Iwo Jima invasion on 17 February 1945. NavSource By Ivy Roberts of LCI(G) 450 A number [ … ]

March 2017 (No. 96)
President’s Message – March 2017
The USS LCI National Association - July 24, 2017

Greetings to all LCI lovers! The next National Reunion for the USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association quickly approaches. It will be hosted by the Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum –home [ … ]

A Really Young WW II Sailor: Vaughn Hampton on the 450
April 26, 2017
Man Overboard
April 26, 2017
Gordon Smith’s Diving Suit Yarn
The USS LCI National Association - April 26, 2017

Gordon Smith, LCI 43 & Diving Suit by Gordon Smith Among the invasion fleet for the invasion of Southern France were the LCI’s #41 and #43. For this invasion, the [ … ]

Final Chapter of the Story of the USS LCI(L) 20
April 19, 2017
Last Landing of the USS LSI(L) 1091
April 18, 2017

This Day In History

  • 1942 "Durham Manifesto" calls for fundamental changes in race relations.
  • 1944 US 1st army wins battle of Aachen.  US forces under General Douglas MacArthur return to the Philippines with the landing of the US 6th army on Leyte.  Soviet and Yugoslav troops free Belgrade.  Liquid-gas tanks in Cleveland, Ohio, explode, 135 die, 3,600 homeless.  Revolution by workers & students in Guatemala.  
  • 1944 LCI Landing:  Leyte, Philippines.
  • 1945 US Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Lawrence opens the Nuremberg Nazi war crime trials

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