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U.S.S.  L.S.T. - 766  Mascot  name ?


* ? If you know the name of the puppy that the crew of The U.S.S. L.S.T. - 766 had
[LET US KNOW !]
The question above has been answered !
Member Dan 266 who's Grandfather was a crewman on L.S.T. 766 states that the L.S.T. 766 actually had 2 dogs onboard the dog above was named PERF.
Outstanding ! Thanks Dan



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U.S.S. L.S.T. - 766 ASIATIC PACIFIC THEATER TIME LINE


August 30th, 1944 : Launched. Commenced fitting out for trip down The Ohio and Mississippi River to New Orleans.

September 25th, 1944 : Commissioned. Commenced fitting out for shake down training.
Shake down training out of Panama City, Fl at St. Andrews Bay, two weeks later retuned to New Orleans to make ready for her trip to The Pacific Theater of War.

October 28th, 1944 : Departed Gulf Port for Panama Canal and then to Pearl Harbor
Reported to CinCPac for Duty Assignment.

December 10th, 1944 : Arrived Pearl Harbor and engaged in Amphibious Training in the Hawaiian Area.

DATE CLASSIFIED : Departed The Hawaiian Islands.

Febuary 19th, 1945 : Arrived early morning off The Coast of Iwo Jima
Orders - Commence assualt on Iwo Jima and Occupy the island at the earliest possible moment.
After completing operations at Iwo L.S.T. - 766 returned to Hawaii for more Amphibious Training.

April 26th, 1945 : Completed Amphibious Training.

DATE CLASSIFIED : L.S.T. - 766 Proceeded to The Atoll of Eniwetok then Guam and Saipan. Arrived Okinawa

August 14th, 1945 : Arrived at Saipan engaged in transport dutys back and forth to Guam.

September 22nd, 1945 : From Guam departed for Hagushi and then on to Okinawa for the second time.

September 27th, 1945 : Arrived Okinawa.
From Okinawa she went to Tsingtao, China for occupational dutys

October 26th, 1945 : Returned to Guam for 3 week layover

December 16th, 1945 : Arrived in San Francisco

March 19th, 1945 : Decommissioned





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JustinWeber March 28th & 29th 1945, LST 766 activity 0 Dec 4 2009, 12:29 PM EST by JustinWeber
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In a note I have detailing my grandfather's service, he states that he was transported from Panay Island (Phillipines) to Negros Island (Phillipines) on LST 766 on March 28th to March 29th 1945.
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dan266 I know the dogs name 0 Jan 6 2009, 9:48 PM EST by dan266
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Name is Perf
e-mail = aroll999@aol.com
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