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Subject: RE: LST 325 |
Author: Buddy LST 1126
Date: 1/26/2012 2:07 pm CDT
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Thanks for your comments. I get LST 325 alerts when something is discussed in the news. Time after time I read the report by either a LST 325 member or the columnist who wrote the story and the game is the same ... WWII ship that was at Normandy. Truly that is a great part of the history of the ship, but for the LSTs that were at Inchon or cruised the brown waters of Vietnam it doesn't do them justice. Now and then there is mention that LSTs served in other wars. At one time the WWII vets were dying at a faster rate than Korean War vets, but now its about the same. Soon the Vietnam vets will enter into the same dwindling percentage. If they don't do something for these "other war" vets, they won't have a chance at all.
I'm sure some of the personnel that work on the ship are as you noted, reliving their past. However there are many who really care for the ship and the history it delivers on the tours and while in port at Evansville. Should the ship move to Peoria as they have discussed, the following would be small I believe from Evansville and a new working and sailing crew would have to be developed. Not an easy task. I surely don't have all of the information available, but it appears Evansville has held up to their part of the contract as now written. |
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Buddy LST 1126 |
1/25/2012 9:48 pm CDT |
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WE |
1/26/2012 8:35 am CDT |
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Buddy LST 1126 |
1/26/2012 2:07 pm CDT |
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Jim Craven |
1/26/2012 6:44 pm CDT |
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Buddy LST 1126 |
1/27/2012 10:01 am CDT |
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Sabrina Dawber |
2/19/2012 5:20 pm CDT |
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Buddy LST 1126 |
2/20/2012 9:26 pm 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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