DUVAL COUNTY LST 758
Ship Name and Designation History
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.
Laid down June 5 1944 - Launched July 25 1944 |
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This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).
Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.
- Covers Page 1 (1969)
Postmarks
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.
A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an
image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.
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USPO |
1969-07-10 |
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The ship had no postal facilities.
Other Information
LST-758 earned three battle stars for World War II service...
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Iwo Jima operation
Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, February 19-26 1945
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Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, April 2 to May 30 1945
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Minesweeping Operations Pacific
Fukuoka (Kyushu-Korea Area), November 28 to December 14 1945
Earned four battle stars for Korea...
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UN Summer-Fall Offensive
July 12 to September 2 1951
October 29 to November 23 1951
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Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952
November 14-20 1952
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Third Korean Winter
December 10-18, 22-23 1952
January 3-31 1953
March 14-30 1953
April 7-12 1953
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Korean Summer-Fall 1953
July 7-8, 13, 24-27 1953
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3)- World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korean Service Medal (4) - Armed Forces Service Medal (1-Cuba) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal
NAMESAKE - Duval County, Florida
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