U.S.S. LST-847
WW II Landing Ship, Tank
Introduction | Specifications | Official History | Crew | Deck Log Summary
Letters | Photos | Repatriation Duty | Links

Repatriation Duty

"Gobs, Marines 'Bitter' About Repatriation Job"

Newspaper Article about the 78th Amphibious Force's Repatriation of Japanese Civilians from China to Japan During the Winter of 1945-46

This clipping from the Feb. 13, 1946 "Stars and Stripes - China Edition" was enclosed with a letter written by Robert Grobbel, Cox, USN to his parents from Sasebo, Japan on Feb. 19, 1946. He was stationed on the USS LST-847, which had arrived the day before from Tsingtao, China carrying 1,190 Japanese civilians.

The original newspaper clipping has been scanned into 5 separate images totalling 1.23 MB and are spread across three web pages.

Begin reading the newspaper article by clicking here.


PREVIOUS | NEXT

Introduction | Specifications | Official History | Crew | Deck Log Summary
Letters | Photos | Repatriation Duty | Links


This website created and maintained by Mike Grobbel
This website is best viewed at 800 x 600 screen resolution and with browser View/Text Size set to Medium.
This page was created on: 27 Feb 2004; it was last revised on: 29 June 2004
The URL for this page is: http://lst847.grobbel.org/repat.htm

visitors since
May 24, 2004