During the Second World War, my father Bud Lieb served in the US Navy in the Pacific theater as a Signalman aboard an LST (Landing Ship, Tank), number 1083. The LST was the smallest ocean-going ship in the Navy. My mother Betty was living with her parents in Uniontown, PA with my sister Sandra who was about 3 years old. I didn't come onto the scene until 1949. Here are photos, post cards, telegrams, and moving letters from Bud to Betty written from the Pacific and Japan shortly after the Japanese surrender.
Home on leave, in front of Bud's parents' house..
LST 1083
Bud on the left, his friend Jungers on the right..
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An LST doing its thing...
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Another post card from Camp Bradford...
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Bud on the left & two fellow crewmen... |
Two of the officers.. |
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Writing on back of photos... |
More writing on back of photos.. |
Telegram from Bud to Betty..Anchored in San Francisco..Will Call...
Telegram from Bud to Betty..Interested in a plane trip to San Francisco? (She wasn't)...
Telegram from Betty to Bud..Will Meet You At The Station...
Shore Leave Instructions...
The Radar Operator's Night Before Christmas...
First LST in Japan Certificate...
History Of LST 1083
