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Author: Budfdy LST 1126
Date: 3/28/2010 10:26 am CDT
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While on two WESPAC tours, especially in Japan, it always bothered me that the girls in the bars knew where you were going, and when you would return. My main source onboard ship was the cooks. Also, there was usually a civilian worker who would come aboard the ship to help with clothing repairs and putting on stripes. Most of us got snags and rips working around some close places. I also had holes pop up from the battery acid I worked around that he would patch. I also had a problem of getting very sweaty working in some close quarters, and when squatting to get to the equipment my GI skivvies would rip. The guy came aboard one time and I asked him to repair a couple or more pairs and he said he couldn't do it all that day because of the work he already had. I said that we were leaving port the next day and I guess I'd better wait. He said "No problem Joe, I be in Sasebo to meet you when you get there on "day - date". I trusted him with my skivvies, and he showed up in Sasebo to deliver them to me as he promised. So much for security huh? |
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Budfdy LST 1126 |
3/28/2010 10:26 am CDT |
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Tom |
3/28/2010 2:33 pm CDT |
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Budfdy LST 1126 |
3/29/2010 11:18 am CDT |
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On May 21, 2005 a monument was unveiled in Seneca, Illinois, dedicated to all the workers, who built 157 LSTs at the Seneca “Prairie Shipyard” as well as all those who served on any LST during World War II, Korea, and Viet Nam. The monument contains seals of the US Navy, the US Coast Guard, the British LST Association, and the sponsoring organization, the Illinois LST Association.
The monument contains a sculpture of an LST on top of the gray marble center section. On the two flanking black marble sections are etchings of an LST being launched, an LST beached and unloading its cargo of tanks, and a woman shipyard welder. On the sides of the black sections all 157 LSTs constructed at Seneca are listed The monument stands in Crotty Park in Seneca, on property adjacent to the old Chicago Bridge and Iron shipyard.
Approximately 500 people from all over the country and Great Britain attended the dedication. After the dedication, approximately 200 of those in attendance gathered together for a catered lunch.
About 27,000 people worked at the shipyard during World War II. A number of those and/or their descendants attended the ceremony. They are rightly proud of their contribution to the war effort, as is the city of Seneca, Illinois, the home of the “Prairie Shipyard”.
During World War
2 there were 1051 LST's (Landing Ship Tank) built to carry
troops and supplies to American and Allied troops fighting
in Europe and the Pacific theaters. When WW2 ended most of
the LST's were scrapped, modified, or given to Navies of
other countries. Some remained in service and saw action in
Korea, Viet Nam, and even the Cuban Blockade.
A few WW2 type
LST's remain in service today, but not in the USA.
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