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 [ … ]
Category: March 2019 (No. 104)
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 [ … ]