United States Navy Landing Ship-Tank
Photos taken while the LST-726 visited various ports in the Western Pacific
Umless otherwise noted, all photos are from the album of Frederick Lee Oselett (1926-2002)
Yeoman Second Class, United States Navy
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Honolulu, Dec. 1944
Left to right: Henry W. Wright, MoMM2c, George Elmer Johnson, MoMM1c
(photo courtesy of Doug McCoy, grandson of John L. Marshall, Cox)
Sasebo, Japan, Oct. 1945
 Woman Carrying Bucket |
 Woman Carrying Firewood |
 Daily Shopping |
 Directing traffic in downtown Sasebo |
 Going Home |
 Humble Servants |
 Local Scene |
 Japanese Aircraft Carrier |
 Peace Envoy's Airplane |
 "Ship Ahoy" |
 Two Girls |
 Smiling Girls |
 On the Waterfront |
 Left to right: Charles "Bill" Williams, SK2c. Fred Oselett, Y2c and Ted "Smitty" Karaszkiewicz, SC2c |
 Charles "Bill" Williams, SK2c |
 Fred Oselett, Y2c and friend |
 Theodore J. "Smitty" Karaszkiewicz, SC2c |
 Fred Oselett, Y2c, Chester A. Stitler, Jr., SM2c,Ted Karaszkiewicz, SC2c |
Butch - the LST-726 Mascot
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Okinawa Photos - Nov. 1945
 George W. Cameron, S1/c, Jade House, Okinawa, Nov. 1945 |
 Gordon D. Brindley, S2/c, Japanese Shrine, Okinawa, Nov. 1945 |
Guadalcanal and American Samoa Photos - early 1946
LST-726 on the beach at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
 Tied up in Pago Pago, American Samoa |
 Robert A. Traetta, SF2/c, native girl, Hughie T. Gay, BM2/c ("SNAFU" written on truck in background) |
 Bob Traetta |
 Hughie Gay |