2007-08-31 10:42 Fullbore Friday
Often, the boring is not. The ordinary never is - and the mundane is actually quite sublime. That is where the USS Harry Lee (AP-17/APA-10) comes in. She was built in 1931 by the New York Shipbuilding Company in Camden, New Jersey, the ship was originally a commercial supply ship for American Export Lines as the Exochorda. She worked the New York-Mediterranean run until 1940, when she was acquired by the U.S. Navy. That is when she got to work. Her wartime record :-Harry Lee spent the first few …
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2007-07-21 14:48 Liberation Day - 1944
Marines coming ashore at Agat Beach on Guam July 21st, 1944: A joint operation landed both Army and Marines on two different beach heads, one to the north of Orote Point at Asan, the other to the south at Agat, both on the west coast of the island. The landing forces cut straight across the island to divide the Japanese, then headed north and south to complete the liberation. From the 60th Anniversary Celebration website, a little background: [..] The first European ship to arrive here was under …
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