REUNION INFORMATION
The USS LCI Association has national and regional conventions. All LCI veterans and their families are invited.
For membership information, please click the membership tab above.

Your stories, photographs and memories about LCI life are important to us. We will archive each story we receive. To read past stories, scroll down the screen and click on the story you'd like to read. To submit stories or pictures, please email the story and graphics. Please be patient when waiting for your story to appear online. This website is a volunteer effort, so putting your story online sometimes takes a little time.

Please visit our new Guestbook, to post messages to this website.

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NORMANDY http://www.history.navy.mil/faqfaq109-1.htms/

LCI 93, LCI 487 NORMANDY BY John France, Atlantic Historian whose

father was on the 540 at Normandy

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IWO JIMA LCI 449 IWO---DENNIS BLOCKER STORY--- Pacific Historian

Dennis' grand father was on the 449 at Iwo Jima

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LCI VIDEO BY J.T. DUDROW http://418cervina.info/Video/LCI.wmv

Hal Bleyhl LCI 812

Dennis Blocker LCI 449

John Ruelet & Royal Wetzel, LCI 70

John Cummer LCI 502

Don Reinke LCI 345

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		Albert D. DiVincenzo USS LCI (G) 373 Where did you serve? South Pacific, Philippines and Okinawa Comments: During my service on the USS LCI(G)373, I have experince a friendship with some of my ship mates that is going to last a life time. During my stay I was honored to receive five battle stars, and with the Blessing Of Our Lord made it home to my loving family. Read my story.

		LCI 440 The Story of Domick C. Maurone

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LCI Flotilla 22

Flotilla 22 History By Jim Talbert

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LCI (G) 23
A Lucky Japanese Dive-Bomber Spoils the Day

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LCI 35 Stanley Galik Navy History by son Stan Galik

http://www.galik.com/stanleygalik1922/lci/

“The LCI 35 story taken directly from the deck logs beginning with its commissioning in January 1943 and ending with its decomissioning in November 1944. The story also includes supplemental information related to the invasions of Sicily, Salerno, Anzio and Normandy (Sword Beach Landing) including LCI 35 shipmate accounts, personal and archive photos and other related materials. The site also has a page dedicated to the “Landing Craft Infantry Ship” as well as information related to my father’s service in the Civilian Conservation Corps.”

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LCI 77

Vito Colamussi Ulithi Tale vitocolamussiulithitale

Vito Colamussi Adak and Marianna Tales vitocolamussi-lci77

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LCI 88 Coast Guard ship-- served in Normandy and Okinawa--- for John Grey by son John Grey Landing Craft Infantry - 88

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LCI 222

www.lci222.com Check out Dale Kirkham's Website

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LCI 226 by Landon Miles

MEMOIRS LANDON MILES 226

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LCI 226

The Journal of Arden L. Hunt http://usslci.com/html_L2/stories/lci226new.html

LCI 72 AlHunt'sLCI72Journal Al Hunt photo
Submitted by his son, Ardie Hunt

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LCI 397

LCI 397 LTRS LT. ELIOT ROBINSON JR.

Letters home 1943 to 1946

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Fate, by Leon Fletcher

LCI 450

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The Saga of LCI (G) 450

George Kern USS LCI (G) 450 Memoir's

LCI 450 Poems

LCI 450 Iwo Jima

SPECIAL DISPATCH TO NEW YORK TIMES
"Cussed" LCI Saves 50 From Drowning

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LCI 489, D-Day. 6 June, 1944
One Ship. Different Points of View

The Machinist’s Mate, by Karl J. Bischoff

The Pharmacist Mate, by James R. Argo

Engineering Officers View by Chuck Phillips

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LCI 502

D-Day, June 6, 1944 -- by John Cummer

Landing British troops--Normandy

D-Day,ShortVersion

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LCI 632
Submitted by Wanda Sims, for her father.

Emergency Surgery on LCI 1016
Submitted by Kim Kromer, in memory of his father, Ernest Kromer