Gunston Hall (LSD 5) - Naval Cruise Book

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SUBIC BAY GUNSTON HALL stopped briefly at buckner bay, Okinawa , on the way to subic bay, luzon , PHILIPPINE ISLANDS , FOR AN AVAILABILITY . THE SH I P CARRIED THE RELIEFS FOR THE AFLOAT MARINE BATTALION EMBARKED IN THE THOMASTON (LSD 28) ABOVE, AND THE LENAWEE (APA 195). THE NAVAL REPAIR FACILITY HAD THE WELCOME MAT OUT FOR THE GUNSTON HALL, BELOW LEFT, AND THE CREW LOST NO TIME TYING UP STEM-TO-STEM WITH THE DELTA (AR 9). mwsi

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ONCE THE TROOPS HAD COM PLETED THE I R MANEUVERS ASHORE THEY HAD TO BE RE- LOADED AND HAULED BACK TO INCHON . AT RIGHT, A RETURNING LCU PREPARED TO COME INTO THE WELLDECK TO COM- PLETE THE BACKLOADING. CENTER .TROOPS IN A LCM WAIT TO EM- BARK ABOARD SHIP AFTER A COUPLE OF ROUGH DAYS I N TH E FIELD. BOTTOM, RIGHT, A TANK (WITH TU RRET REVERSED) DROVE DOWN THE RAMP OF ITS LCU INTO THE WELL THROUGH A COUPLE FEET OF WATER. THE FORECASTLE CREW WAITED TO LET GO WHEN INCHON APPEARED OVER THE HORIZON FOR THE LAST TIME .

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KENNETH SEVICK, DUANE EASTER AND GERALD TUCKER HAD THEIR PICTURE SNAPPED AT THE EM CLUB, THE WHITE HAT. ANOTHER GROUP AT THE CLUB INCLUDED NOLAN KENNEDY, JOHN CZERWONDA, DON STEPHENS, JACK EALY , SAM GUGLIOTTA, AND IN THE BACKGROUND AL WILSON.