As part of World War II’s strategy to liberate Italy from the Nazis, the Allies sent an invasion force of 36,000 troops with naval ... ship’s hull and detonated munitions and fuel in the LST ...

Ace in a day' is a rare distinction. Among the earliest American pilots to do so, Jim Swett was credited with seven victories ...

As part of World War II’s strategy to liberate Italy from the Nazis, the Allies sent an invasion force of 36,000 troops with naval ... ship’s hull and detonated munitions and fuel in the LST ...

(U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command ... He then joined UH-2, which operated from Q-009, the former landing ship tank LST-488 converted to a helicopter support ship. “He was always ready ...

The U.S. military is working on a new effort to identify the remains of service members killed in the infamous World War ...

Area soldiers who died when the LST-422 sank have been ... rafts for those who had abandoned ship. Many who took to the water died in the frigid sea. A U.S. Navy landing craft, LCI-32, headed ...

After enrolling at Princeton University in September 1941, Koelsch enlisted in the U.S. Navy Reserve on Sept ... the former landing ship tank LST-488 converted to a helicopter support ship.

PHOTO PROVIDED A photo shows the World War II tank landing ship LST-422 with her front bay doors ... the Allies sent an invasion force of 36,000 troops with naval and air support to land behind ...

(AP Photo/Pool) As part of a strategy to liberate Italy from the Nazis during World War II, the Allies sent an invasion force of 36,000 troops with naval ... an LST (Landing Ship, Tanks) craft ...

The Union-Tribune is researching a story that will trace the rise and fall of the ships, including those that operated out of ...