3 Feb 2021 Garand Picture of the Day

[Mark in Rochester]

Hugging the ground while bullets sing.

Leyte Island, P.I. ... Yankee invaders bellyflop into the sands of Leyte island's beaches. After rushing ashore from the landing barges of coast guard-manned invasion transport at the height of the beachhead battle in the central Phillippines. Jap snipers and machine gunners poured it at the invaders as they hit the shore. In the background, a pair of LSM'S have just been strafed 11-13-44



LSM-21 Class Landing Ship Medium:
Laid down, 24 April 1944, at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX.
Launched, 14 May 1944
Commissioned USS LSM-21, 19 June 1944, LT. Clarence L. Crayne, USN in command
During World War II USS LSM-21 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign


Leyte landings, 13 October to 29 November 1944
Ormoc Bay landings, 7 to 8 December 1944 Consolidation of the Southern Philippines;
Mindanao Island landings, 10 March 1945, 17 to 23 April 1945, 3 May 1945

Mindoro landings, 12 to 18 December 1944
Lingayen Gulf landing, 16 to 18 January 1945

Balikpapan operation, 26 June to 6 July 1945
Manila Bay-Bicol operations;
Mariveles-Corregidor, 14 to 28 February 1945

Following World War II USS LSM-21 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 9 September to 16 November 1945
Decommissioned, 23 March 1946, at San Diego, CA.
Struck from the Naval Register, 12 April 1946
USS LSM-21 earned five battle stars for World War II service
Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 21 December 1946, to National Metal & Steel Corp., Terminal Island, San Pedro, CA.

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