Second Battalion Marines Lebanon - Cruise Book

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IJIKILI Tnpleihreat Uperahon WiH1 a Fourth Dimension Of the 1800 Marines hitting the beach at Dikili, Turkey on D - day, June 9th, the majority went ashore in one of three ways --conventional landing craft, amphibious tractors, and heli- copters. Yet in this operation a fourth me ans of transportation, rubber boats, carried one of the battalion's companys ashore. Turkish farmers from this sparsely populated coastal area watched in awe as landing craft rammed the beaches, helicopters disgorged a company five miles inland, and aircraft from the carriers SARATOGA and ESSEX provided close air support. Simulated gunfire from the heavy cruisers DES MOINES and SALEM protected Marines advancing inland'on their objectives. ,,i At 0200, the morning of 9 June, Hotel company kicked off the operation with a pre -dawn raid on assigned objectives ashore -- using rubber boats as their transporta- tion. Above, Turkish military observers inspect one of the boats. Nevv Meets Uld . . . . as advancing Marines respectfully pause to let a more time-honored means of transportation pass.