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US LCT-1043 |
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US LCT-1043 |
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More WW2 Photos from Paul
Hummel
This page is a mirror of the web page first put up by Sunset Hayes on the LST 996 web site.
I thank Mrs. Dore Rhyme ( Hummel ) for her permission to post her father's history on our
site and Sunset Hayes for her page design, I only changed the background and updated the links.
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Landing Ship Dock (LSD) Photo of LCT 1043 inside a Landing Ship Dock (LSD) for repairs to a bent prop after the invasion. LSDs were very large ships capable of taking smaller landing craft through a stern transom like a drydock. |
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Convoy Photos
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 A convoy of LCTs probably heading back to North Africa at the breakneck speed of 7 knots! |
LCTs heading out |
| Crew Members - LCT
1043
Photo on right: Peters, the cook aboard LCT
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Liberty Landing at Manila after the US returned |
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 LCT 1043 Crewmember, note the tires on the LCT alongside. No wonder civilians in the US couldn't get them! <s> |
Skipper Hummel...in casual mode |
 Skipper Hummel in front of wheelhouse, LCT 1043 |
 Hummel standing by wheelhouse with the laundry in front... |
| The Aftermath
Picture on right: German prisoners in Marseilles, France |
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 This is how Toulon & Marseilles Harbors looked when LCT 1043 arrived. Pretty bombed out and scuttled ships all over by the Germans |
An LCM in the harbor Marseilles... a smaller work boat |
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