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ONE OF THE BEST KEPT SECRETS OF WORLD WAR II
Snapshot photo by Robert L. Dennebaum, U. S. Navy, taken from LST-272
| West Loch (Pearl Harbor) – LST explosions May 21, 1944 ravage Saipan Invasion Forces. |
Snapshot photo by Robert L. Dennebaum, U.S. Navy, taken from LST-272
| Catastrophe in West Loch (Pearl Harbor), May 21, 1944 when fire and explosions killed or injured 559 men and destroyed six LSTs (Landing Ship, Tank) and three LCTs (Landing Craft, Tank), plus critically needed supplies for the Saipan Invasion Forces. |
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