| Description |
xv, 170 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
Introduced to the top secret nature of our LCS(S) rocket boat program : Ltjg. Charles S. Reder, ensigns Albert M. Low, Harry W. Tennant -- Rocket boats vs. PT boats : ensigns Albert M. Low & Harry W. Tennant -- Invasion of Sicily, operation Husky first deployment of LCS(S) rocket boats : July 10th, 1943, Ltjg. Charles S. Reder, ensigns Roscoe C. DuMond, Robert H. Goldsmith -- Expansion of the LCS(S) rocket boat program, in preparation for D-Day : Oct. 1943 - Feb. 1944, Ltjg. Charles S. Reder, ensigns Charles Roscoe Lomas & Stanley K. Jones -- Crossing the Atlantic via LST convoys : Feburary 18, 1944 - April 4, 1944, ensign Albert M. Low, gunner Yngvar Tjersland, MoMMs Jess Delgadilla & Walter V. Varnum, seaman Yogi Berra -- Arrival at England's advanced amphibious training bases : March 26, 1944 - April 20, 1944, ensign William H. Palmer -- D-Day operation Overlord at Utah Beach, northern France : June 6, 1944, ensigns Ralph Frede, Lemuel C. Laney, Albert M. Low & Stuart P. Hurley , MoMM Albert W. Coogan, S1c Harry M. Fleisher, S2c Yogi Berra, James J. Houde -- D-Day operation Overlord at Omaha Beach, northern France : June 6, 1944, ensigns Curtis L. Attwood, Herman F. Vorel, Edwin H. Lemkin, Nicholas J. Zuras, gunner Bethel Payne, coxswain George A. Bosler -- D-Day operation Dragoon, southern France : August 15, 1944, ensigns Roscoe C. Dumond, Peter J. Lojko, Nicholas J. Zuras, Leslie H. Dause, Albert M. Low, coxswain Newell Freer, gunner Clinton E. Birch, William Lowell Ford -- Evolution of rocket boat program for the invasion of Japan : phase out of 36' LCS(S) rocket boat, phase in of LSM(R), LCI(R), LCM(R), ensigns Harry W. Tennant, Herman F. Vorel. |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Amphibious operations.
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Amphibious assault ships -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Landing craft -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy -- Sicily.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France, Southern.
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| ISBN |
9781434900104 |
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143490010X |
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