24 July 2021 Garand Picture of the Day

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LCI(L)-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
Laid down, 12 June 1943, at New Jersey Shipbuilding Co., Barber, N.J.
Launched, 10 August 1943
Commissioned USS LCI(L)-447, 21 August 1943;
During World War II USS LCI(L)-447 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LCI Flotilla 22, and participated in the following campaigns:

Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
Hollandia operation 21 to 26 April 1944 Leyte operations
Leyte landings, 12 October to 29 November 1944
Western New Guinea operations
Morotai Island landings, 15 April 1944
Biak Island operation, 27 to 28 May 1944
Noemfoor Island operation, 2 to 3 July, 10 to 14 July 1944 Manila Bay - Bicol operations
Nasugbu, 29 January 1945