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 [ … ]
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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 [ … ]
Notes from the LCI(G) 70
The Men of LCI 70! At the Nimitz Museum LCI archives dedication: Artist Joe Ortiz poses with his uncle and shipmates from LCI 70. Left to right: Royal Wetzel, Leo [ … ]
Albert D. DiVincenzo Aboard USS LCI(G)373
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 [ … ]
Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire!
By Ralph I. Miller, LCI(M) 805 In the Campaign in the Pacific, LCI’s made a lot of smoke and provided a good cover for the “big boys,” the destroyers, the [ … ]
The “Angels” Came At Dawn
Bob Wheeler served in the USN as a Radioman 2nd Class on the USS Avocet – MHC -16, which was an AMCU and before that it was USS LCI 653. [ … ]
An LCI Ace
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?
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 [ … ]
President’s Message – March 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
Vaughn Hampton, Bootcamp, Aug. 30, 1943, two months shy of his 15th Birthday The minimum age to join the service in WW II was 17, but we have all heard [ … ]
Man Overboard
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 [ … ]
Gordon Smith’s Diving Suit Yarn
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 [ … ]