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 [ … ]
Category: Stories
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 [ … ]
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 [ … ]