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General Douglas MacArthur coming ashore from an LCVP on Lingayen Gulf Blue 1 landing beach, Luzon, Philippines, 9 Jan 1945. Note Chief of Staff Lt General R.K. Sutherland beside him. | General Douglas MacArthur in an LCVP getting ready to go ashore on Lingayen Gulf Blue 1 landing beach, Luzon, Philippines, 9 Jan 1945. Note Chief of Staff Lt General R.K. Sutherland beside him. |
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LSTs and LCVPs unloading men, equipment, and provisions on White Beach Two in Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 9 Jan 1945. | USS LCT-1030 and USS LST-731 beached at Beach Blue Two at Iwo Jima, shortly after the 19 Feb 1945 landings |
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USS LST-731 beached at Beach Blue Two on Iwo Jima, shortly after the 19 Feb 1945 landings | US Marines burrowing in the volcanic sand on the beach of Iwo Jima, Japan, 20 Feb 1945; note LST-264 and Mount Suribachi in background |
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Vehicles on Iwo Jima's Red Beach, circa 25 Feb 1945; LST-884 and LST-929 in background | Aerial photograph of Iwo Jima's east landing beaches as LSTs, LSMs, and LCTs unloaded supplies, circa late Feb 1945 |
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Destroyed American amtracs and other vehicles on beach of Iwo Jima, Japan, Feb-Mar 1945 | LST-764 unloading on an Iwo Jima beach, circa late Feb 1945 |
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LST-1041 loaded with Higgins 78-foot PT-Boats (PT-626, PT-627, PT-628, & PT-634) in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, Mar 1945. These boats were taken to Puget Sound where they were transferred to the USSR | USS LST-646 and USS LST-662 entering the floating drydock USS ABSD-6 in Apra Harbor, Guam, 29 May 1945. |
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African-American members of the US Army Air Forces 1909th Engineers Aviation Battalion aboard LST-683, 15 Aug 1945 | US Army CCKW 2 1/2-ton 6x6 cargo truck carrying airfield support supplies exiting USS LST-475 beached at Yokohama, Japan, 13 Sep 1945; the ship was the first LST landing in Japan after surrender |
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Chiang Kaishek and Song Meiling visiting USS LST-1050 of US Navy 7th Fleet, early 1946; seen in 15 Feb 1946 issue of The China Press | Liberty Ship IX-229 Inca/IX-227 Gamage and LST-823 aground and stripped in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, late 1940s |
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