A group of Navy Amphibious personnel and their LCP's (Landing Craft Personnel) Boats were assigned to the troop ship USS J. Franklin Bell at San Francisco. After the landing at Attu was complete and all troops and supplies were landed we stayed with the army and provided transportation for them as the battle continued. We were a group of sailors who were unassigned and we dressed and looked like the soldiers of the 7th. Maybe the Ship/Unit should be changed to "US Navy Landing Craft Support, Unnassigned!
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The USS J. Franklin Bell by Ed Henleben May 1943