#shoreparty

Marty Dougherty

Dec 22, 20181 min read

So You Served - Shore Party Crew SYS008 - December 22, 2018

Shore Party Crew in Panama I'm in the picture...can you spot me? In the above picture is Schmidt. His call to fame was that he fell in...

Marty Dougherty

Nov 8, 20181 min read

So You Served - Box Handlers SYS028 - November 8, 2018

Box Handlers Equipment SYS028 One of the pieces of equipment that was used by the boxhandlers section of Shore Party on beach landings....

Marty Dougherty

Oct 24, 20181 min read

So You Served - USS Thuban AKA19 SYS039 - October 24, 2018

USS Thuban AKA19 SYS039 This pictures was taken from the cruise book from our Med Cruise in 1963 with the 2nd Battalion - 8th Marines....

Marty Dougherty

Sep 27, 20181 min read

So You Served - Camp Garcai, Viequz, P.R. - 1963

At a landing on Camp Garcia, Puerto Rico, here is an LST that comes all the way to the shoreline because of its flat bottom. On the side...

Marty Dougherty

Sep 26, 20181 min read

So You Served - Med Cruise - Septmber 26, 2018

This picture is from a Mediterranean Sea Cruise on a deck where we had our Communication Room on the LSD-14 (U.S.S. Rushmore). At this...

Marty Dougherty

Sep 25, 20182 min read

So You Served - Mike Boat - September 25, 2018

This is a picture from Marmaris, Turkey and the seas got a bit nasty and the Mike Boat got stranded on the beach overnight. This is the...