Marines debarking from LST-202, Cape Gloucester
Gift of Lucille M. Farella
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Photograph. 1st Marine Division Marines debarking from USS LST-202 onto a beach; another LST [Landing ship, tanks] is in the background. Official stamp on reverse: "LST 202 'Debarking at Cape Gloucester' / Out of the jaws of a U.S. Coast Guard manned LST (Landing ship, tanks) at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, come the Marines. Coast Guard and Navy manned LSTs participated in the invasion. 'Official U.S. Coast Guard Photo.' / LST 202 Built By: / Chicago Bridge & Iron Company / Shipbuilding Division / Seneca, Illinois. / Launching Date: March 16, 1943 / Sponsored by: Mrs. Alice Birchard." Cape Gloucester, New Britain. No date
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1943-12-
1944-02-
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Collection consists of four official United States Navy and Coast Guard photographs of LSTs [Landing ship, tanks]. The bulk of the photographs depict United States Marines debarking from the LSTs in the Pacific Theater of Operations.
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Gloucester, Cape
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Landing craft--American--New Britain
Marines (Military personnel)--American--New Britain