This elderly gentleman told me a story about his experience of the LST. The shop had a dog and one time the dog fell overboard. When the captain was informed, he broke formation and turned around to rescue the pooch.
One sailor jumped in and then this man did as well. However, the huge swells caused him not to be able to swim and he ended up being rescued as well. A line was thrown into the water and he climbed up it.
The dog was rescued as well.
Another time, they gave some chickens to some islanders who then proceeded to come out to the LST (somewhere in the 480s, LST-485, as they were not given names) in small boats, picked the crew up and they had a picnic on the beach.
His LST participated in the majority of actions in the 1944 and 1945.
I told him about the LST-325 and gave the woman accompanying him the number, LST-325) and location of it, Evansville, Indiana, a fitting place because LSTs were also built there, although not this one.
I Would Have Liked to Have Talked with Him Some More. --DaCoot
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