^^^ oil slick from the Arizona.....
On the subject of WWII landing craft.......
The fellow who runs the local Miracle Ear office (Bruce) and I had a discussion about a year or so ago when I took Mom in for some hearing aid help.
Turns out the founder of the Miracle Ear company was a decorated WWII vet named Ken Dahlberg.
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Ken Dahlberg, founder of Miracle-Ear, was an American through and through. Growing up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin, he milked cows and shot squirrels as a kid. At 24, he joined the Army Air Corps. Ken flew cover for the D-Day invasion in Normandy and shot down 15 German planes to become one of America’s few Triple Aces. He was also shot down three times, escaped twice and ended the war in a POW camp in Moosburg, Germany. Ken was awarded several awards for his service, including the Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
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https://www.miracle-ear.com/blog-news/miracle-ear-founder-ken-dahlberg-story
I ended up getting his book and it's really great:
One Step Forward : The Life of Ken Dahlberg
OK that part has nothing to do with WWII landing craft but on the subject of WWII, Bruce also mentioned the LST production on the Ohio River Evansville, Indiana plant. I think it had something to do with where he first started out with Miracle Ear (Bruce).
After a quick Internet search I found this informative video:
And a chart depicting the various landing crafts is included in this informative article:
https://www.britannica.com/story/types-of-landing-craft-of-world-war-ii-infographic-spotlight
The landing craft in David's New Orleans photos above is the 35' LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel)
More info on the only remaining operational LST (325) on the water located in Evansville:
https://www.lstmemorial.org/history
And it's history (a good read):
https://www.lstmemorial.org/history
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One of the reasons we had this conversation in the first place is because Mom is a WWII US Navy veteran - something that sometimes initiates a conversation whenever we go somewhere....