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 [ … ]
Saluting Our Coast Guard Shipmates – Flotilla Ten at Normandy and the loss of LCIs 85, 91, 92 and 93
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 [ … ]
Bill Simmons: An Honored World War II Veteran
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 [ … ]
Gator Heroes Decorated
By Jeff Veesenmeyer Image above is of the HMS Spartan lost 46 dead and 42 wounded During the naval battle of Anzio, the British cruiser HMS Spartan was hit amidships [ … ]
Operation Magic Carpet…Was Not A Luxury Cruise Home
By Jeff Veesenmeyer Image above shows Troops arriving home on board the USS General Harry Taylor. Have you ever complained about the crowding on airplanes? Our veterans who were overseas [ … ]
The Greatest “Industrial” Generation
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 [ … ]
Chaplain’s Corner: On Time In 2019
By Abe Laurenzo, RM-1/C, LCI 47, 409 NASB: James 4:14,15; John 1:12; II Cor 6:2; Prov 27:1; I Tim 6:17; I Cor 2:9; Isiah 64:4; Heb 4:13 Amplified version Ephesians [ … ]
Some Observations from Officers Country
By Robert E Wright Jr., President and Treasurer This is the first issue of the New Year 2019 and the 104th issue of the ELSIE ITEM. Most of you were [ … ]
Memories of LCI(G)-455
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 [ … ]
Post-VJ Day LCI
by Vernon Wallace as told to Tom Gorham PROLOGUE From our 2019 perspective, knowing that VE and then VJ Day were just few months away, it may seem strange that [ … ]
Memories of the LCI(L)-41
Story originally published in Elsie Item #25 June 1998. Submitted By Ken Stern LCI 41 started out as a regular square-conn in the l to 350 class of LCIs. The [ … ]
Vaughn Brown’s LCI(R) 1077 Career
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 [ … ]
30 Days
By Robert E Wright Jr Preface I have often asked the question of the Association’s WWII Veterans “What did you do during the war?” That usually results in the same [ … ]
A Lucky Japanese Dive-Bomber Spoils the Day for the LCI(G) 23 Gunboat
By Sgt. BILL ALCINE, YANK Staff Correspondent (submitted by Robert Wright, Jr.) BATABAGNON,THE PHILIPPINES It was. a beautiful day. The Philippine sun re-flected on the wave-dimpled surface of small Opong [ … ]
Guns Behind Palagi Rock
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 [ … ]