By Jeff Veesenmeyer Ensign Joseph Vahgi couldn’t sleep. He was playing cards below deck on Coast Guard LCI(L) 88 (Landing Craft Infantry Large). The flat bottomed, 300-ton amphibious ship rolled [ … ]
Category: LCI(L)
LCI 476 Memories
by Jud Ashmore Got a call recently from an LCI veteran from Texas, Jud Ashmore. I was excited because we are always looking for good stories and Texans [ … ]
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 [ … ]
The Story of the LCI(L) 93 and LCI(L) 487 at Normandy
Updated October 24, 2018 with the addition of a memorial to Gunners Mate 2C Patrick O’Donnell who passed away recently. Scroll to the bottom to view a video of his story. [ … ]
LCI(L) 618 – History of LCI Flotilla 22
by Jim E. Talbert Notice: Is your ship listed here? If so, then this is part of your history: Ship No. 62 – 63 – 328 – 333 – 334 [ … ]
LCI(L) 489 – The Engineering Officer’s Point of View
by Chuck Phillips On June 6, 1944, I was Lt (jg) U.S.N.R. Engineering Officer aboard LCI (L) 489. On December 22, 1943 we removed our sisal lines where we were [ … ]
LCI(L) 489 – By Karl J. Bischoff (Machinist Mate)
by Karl J. Bischoff I was an 18-year old sailor on the LCI 489. I am now 74 years old. LCI 489 was built in New Jersey. Our captain was [ … ]
LCI(L) 489 on D-Day, Omaha Beach, June 1944
By James Roland Argo (Pharmacist Mate) I am 79 years old and for years tried to forget the pain and suffering I witnessed in World War II, particularly June 6th [ … ]
USS LCI(L)330 and USS LCI(G)418
By Charlie Savary, Saturday, 29 Jan 2000 My name is Charlie Savary, I was a “Plank holder” of the LCI L 330 and the last man of the original crew to [ … ]
On the Fourth They Fought Back
July 4th, 1943 With Flotilla Five On That Unforgettable Day at Rendova Harbor, New Georgia By Zach S Morris My grandfather, Stephen Ganzberger, was part of Task Unit 31.9.1—LCI [ … ]
The Journal of Arden Lee Hunt, LCI 226
Submitted by Arden R. Hunt My father was Arden Lee Hunt but he was known as Al Hunt. He served as a signalman on LCI 226 from July 18, 1944 [ … ]
Emergency Surgery on LCI 226
By Kim Kromer Capt. Hime S. Poliner, former Easton physician, now in the U.S. Army Medical Corps in the Pacific,has received another citation for his surgical work, this time for [ … ]
LCI(L)-96
By Richard “Dick” Kliemt My name is Richard (“Dick”) Kliemt. I was a Lieutenant in the US Coast Guard and the Engineering Officer aboard the USS LCI 96 during World [ … ]
Coast Guard Ship: Served in Normandy and Okinawa
for John Gre The LCI’s arrived on the East coast, after the Normandy invasion, to be refitted. They then sailed through the Panama Canal to San Diego, California and were [ … ]
“Firefight on the Mindanao River”
By Don Hawley The symbol for taking back the Philippines was a six-sided coffin, and LCI(G)66 was part of the convoy to drive home the last nail–the invasion of the [ … ]