Two Beaver County residents lost their lives 81 years ago in a German minefield explosion that killed hundreds of soldiers aboard LST-422. PFC Peter Dudenich of Ambridge and PVT William Patrick ...

# During World War II the loss of the nondescript wooden Canadian cargo ship Bernardo to fire off Governor’s Harbour would probably been overlooked except this happened while a search was underway for ...

A flotilla of 13 LSTs (Landing Ship Tank) sailed from Naples to begin the amphibious landing on Jan. 26, 1944. Aboard LST-422 were Companies C, D, and the Headquarters Company of the 83rd Chemical ...

A service of celebration has been held for a D-Day veteran who died in December. William Wake, from Ulgham near Morpeth, ...

Members of the 83rd Chemical Mortar Battalion and the 68th Coast Artillery Regiment, they were aboard LST-422, one of 13 craft designated as Landing Ship, Tanks that sailed north together from ...

Ace in a day' is a rare distinction. Among the earliest American pilots to do so, Jim Swett was credited with seven victories ...

He then joined UH-2, which operated from Q-009, the former landing ship tank LST-488 converted to a helicopter support ship. “He was always ready for any rescue mission, no matter how dangerous ...

Bill Wake recalls his memories of bringing injured soldiers back from D-Day - and the occasion he confronted an wounded German officer.

He had just finished training and was stationed on the south coast when he was told he would be leaving on an LST tank landing ship. Once the tanks rolled off, he helped collect the wounded.

PHOTO PROVIDED A photo shows the World War II tank landing ship LST-422 with her front bay doors open. As part of World War II’s strategy to liberate Italy from the Nazis, the Allies sent an ...

A flotilla of 13 Landing Ship Tanks sailed from Naples to begin the amphibious landing on Jan. 26, 1944. Aboard LST-422 were Companies C, D, and the Headquarters Company of the 83rd Chemical ...