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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
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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
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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 - 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 [ … ]
June 2019 (No. 105)
The USS LCI National Association - May 31, 2020
By Jeff Veesenmeyer “Okay, let’s go.” Those three simple words from General Dwight D. Eisenhower set into motion the largest amphibious invasion in history. An armada of 5,300 ships would [ … ]

John France - May 31, 2020
By John France, Historian, USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association On June 6, 1944, U.S.S. LCI(L) 85 sailed through rough waters towards the Normandy Coast of France. LCI 85 was [ … ]

The USS LCI National Association - May 31, 2020
Born in 1916, he graduated in 1935 from Benson Polytechnic High School, in Portland, Oregon. His major was aviation mechanics. He joined the Army and served two years as an [ … ]
The USS LCI National Association - January 26, 2020
When you are doing research, something on a page may jump out and seize your attention. This was the case when I was reviewing the WWII Missing in Action files [ … ]

The USS LCI National Association - January 26, 2020
By Jeff Veesenmeyer When Chicagoan, Bill Simmons joined the Navy in July of 1944, he had no idea what he would see. At age 17 he wanted to serve and [ … ]
The USS LCI National Association - January 26, 2020
By Jeff Veesenmeyer 20 Years Ago – Elsie Item #29 Our 9th reunion at Louisville is now history, it was indeed a very enjoyable and successful reunion. Our attendance was [ … ]
This Day In History
- 1942 The 1st V-2 rocket launch, Peenemunde, Germany; reached 1.3 km. A four man Nazi sabotage team arrived on Long Island, NY three days before a 2nd four man team landed in Florida. (All 8 were arrested after 2 defected and cooperated with U.S. authorities - 6 were later executed). President Franklin D. Roosevelt created Office of Strategic Services (OSS), a wartime intelligence agency and the Office of War Information, headed by radio news commentator, Elmer Davis.
- 1944 Nazi Germany begins launching V-1 (Fieseler Fi-103) flying bomb attacks. (also known as "doodle-bugs").
- 1945 Okinawa's Orokoe peninsula captured with 6,000 dead.