I have my father’s record from WW II and knowing how the orders and endorsements work, I’ve been able to see where he went and when. He was an Engineering Officer on an LST (LST 29) at Tarawa, Kwajelein (sp?), Eniwetok, etc.
One of the orders in his record has a list of the whole crew. They got on a newly launched LST in Pennsylvania, took it down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to the Gulf of Mexico with an instructional crew. Then sailed to Key West where, I think the instructors got off
Then sailed to and through the Panama Canal and then on to WESTPAC for “the duration”. No tour length mentioned…it was ‘til the war was over.
Last edited by navlav8r; 03/02/24.
