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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 99244

USS Bayfield
(APA-33)

Offloading a Jeep into a LCM, 1952.
The original picture caption, released by the Public Information Office of Commander Naval Forces, Far East under date of 27 October 1952, reads: "Operation Decoy's Preparation --- A jeep is lowered into an awaiting LCM during pre-operation Decoy exercises. In the Operation, UN forces sailed to the beaches of Kojo, North Korea, and brought out enemy troops so that Naval surface artillery, combined with Marine, Air Force and Navy air units could smash them."

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

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7 April 2004