12-289 Garand Picture of the Day

[Mark in Rochester]

LCI (L) 326 carried men of the 359th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division to Utah Beach, landing on the 6th of June.

Picture taken by Harold A. Barclay aboard the LCI(L) 326 commanded by Lieutenant Samuel W. Allison USCGR who received the Silver Star on this day. It carried troops of the 359th Infanty Regiment as well as its crew and black soldiers of the 320th Balloon Bn who were tasked with flying a barrage balloon over the vessel.


LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large): •Laid down, 22 December 1942, at Brown Shipbuilding Corp, Houston, TX.
•Launched, 2 February 1943
•Commissioned USS LCI(L)-326, 15 February 1943, at Orange, TX., LT Samuel W. Allison, USCGR in command
•USS LCI(L)-326 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater, LCI Flotilla Four, Capt. M. E. Imlay, USCG in command, (Flotilla Ten at Normandy) and participated in the following campaigns:



Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns


North African occupation
Tunisian operation, 1 June to 9 July 1943
Salerno landings, 9 September 1943
Sicilian occupation, 9 July 1943
Invasion of Normandy 6 to 17 June 1944





•USS LCI(L)-326 was reassigned to the Asiatic Pacific Theater and departed San Diego, 3 April 1945, for Okinawa
•Upon reaching Okinawa on 28 May 1945 USS LCI(L)-323 was assigned to:
LCI Flotilla Thirty-Five, CDR. H. J. Wuensch, USCG;
LCI Group One Hundred Three, LCDR. B. A. Walliser, USCGR;
LCI Division Two Hundred Six and participated in the following campaign:



Asiatic-Pacific Campaign


Campaign and Dates

Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 29 May to 30 June 1945


•Following World War II USS LCI(L)-326 proceeded to Sasebo via Nagasaki, Japan and was assigned to C.T.G. 55.2 at Nagoya for Navy Occupation Service from 2 September to 25 November 1945
•Decommissioned, 7 May 1946, at New Orleans, LA.
•Struck from the Naval Register, 5 June 1946
•Final Disposition, sold, 13 December 1946, fate unknown
•USS LCI(L)-326 earned five battle stars for World War II service

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