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 [ … ]
Category: September 2018 (No. 102)
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 [ … ]
Fond Memories of LCI 35 and a Dance Floor in Brighton, England
By Jeff Veesenmeyer There was a strange silence on board the LCI 35…and on the streets of Brighton too. The Normandy invasion had begun. Over 280,000 men were crossing the [ … ]
A Word from Officer’s Country
By Robert E Wright Jr., President and Treasurer To paraphrase an old song made famous by General Douglas MacArthur in his final speech to Congress, Old Sailors never die, they [ … ]