JAMES GIBSON wrote on 2003-05-16 00:00:00.0
Comments: HI HAL, I WAS ABOARD THE USS PRESIDENT JACKSON, APA 18, INVASION OF INCHON KOREA WE PICKED UP THE 1ST MARINE DIVISION IN SAN DIEGO CALIF., SAILED 14 AUGUST 1950, FOR JAPAN, ARRIVING KOBE JAPAN, 29 AUGUST TO PREPARE FOR THE INVASION AT INCHON, WE LEFT KOBE 11 SEPT. WITH VESSELS OF TG 90.2, WE UNLOADED ON THE ASSAULT BEACHES OF INCHON, WE WERE AT THAT TIME An AMPHIBIOUS SHIP, WE LANDED THE FIRST DIV, AND THEN SERVED AS A CASUALTY RECEIVING SHIP, AND THEN EVACUATED THE CASUALTIES TO YOKOHAMA, AND SAN FRANCISCO., WE WERE A 12 SHIP CONVOY, THE BIG MOE WAS RIGHT THERE WITH US, WITH 16 INCH GUN'S. I WAS JUST PRINTING INFORMATION ON MY SHIPS, AND RAN ACROSS YOUR COLUMN, AND THOUGHT I WOULD DROP YOU A LINE. MY COUSIN RICHARD ALLEN WAS ABOARD THE USS FISKE DDF842, ALSO IN KOREA, LISTED AS THE FORGOTTEN WAR, BUT I WILL NEVER FORGET. JAMES E. GIBSON, JAMESEGIB@AOL.COM 4316 FOXBERRY RUN. LOGANVILLE, GEORGIA, 30052.
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