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| Amphibious Assualt ships Amphibious Assualt Vehicles & Small Crafts AMTRACs - LCVPs |
| Four LST's tied up at Subic Bay in February 1966. Left to right: USS St. Clair County LST 1096 USS Henry County LST 824 USS Snohomish County LST 1126 USS Polk County LST 1084 (Photo by Tom Crosswhite) |
| USS Frederick - LST 1184 Showing rear docking ramp for disembarking amphibious vehicles at sea. You can see how they used the proven design of the LSD in designing this new version LST |
| Cua Viet Ramp, Vietnam The Snohomish County was involved in the first beachings at this ramp in Vietnam in March 15, 1967, delivering Marines, ammunition and equipment from Okinawa and Japan. The landing was televised and shown on national TV. |
| LCVP's Bringing troops to shore from ships at sea |
| World War Two Memorial Washington, DC Pacific - Atlantic Campaigns (Photo By SeaBat) |
| AMTRACS landing in Vietnam during exercise |
| USS Snohomish County LST 1126 Beached in Taiwan |
| LST's Beached in Korea |
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| Cua Viet in later years The grass always looks greener from the other side. Certainly not as the troops remember it. |
| What did he say?? Once while we were out to sea for a few days, there came this message over the PA system. First the Boson whistles, then the message: "All those who have not done so, do so immediately." It was only said once, and usually all call outs are repeated. I guess everyone (including myself) just looked at the person next to you with a deer in the headlights stare, waiting for the repeated message. When it didn’t come, of course everyone started asking each other or anyone near "What the hell did he say?" Most were answering "I didn't hear it all". Then, another message came (you can bet all went quiet) and after the whistle: "All those who took two, put one back." Now we have another problem, not only have we "not done so", we never even "got one". There seemed to be quite a rush to the Conn for some clarification. Of course they were standing there laughing at the congregation. |