13-142 Garand Picture of the Day - Salerno 9 Sept 1943

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...05/LST11-1.jpg

LST 1

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...USS_LST1-1.jpg

LST-1 earned four battle stars for World War II service.

Does it look like the first guy is carrying an 03?

Posts on the deck were apparently mount points for davits:
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...d_LST292-1.jpg
LST-1 high and dry on the North shore of the Brittany Peninsula during operations against Brest, France, Sept. 1944.

Bob

I does look like an 03 or an A3 for the first guy.

I thought we looked at this one time and figured these were engineer or some such thing...thus the 1903 (A3)? in the order of battle.

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Originally Posted by browningautorifle

I thought we looked at this one time and figured these were engineer or some such thing...thus the 1903 (A3)? in the order of battle.

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#2 Soldier has M1 – off to the right is medic

I think the posts are ventilation stacks that were present on the first design of these ,venting the exhaust gasses from the tank deck , being removed after # 542. # 491 was the first to replace the aircraft type elevator between the top deck and the tank deck with a hindged ramp set up to allow quicker unloading.
Chris