USS Shoshone (AKA-65)
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USS Shoshone was a Tolland-class attack cargo ship of the United States Navy, named after a river in Wyoming. She was designed to carry military cargo and landing craft, and to use the latter to land
USS Shoshone
Operation Magic Carpet
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Operation Magic Carpet was the post–World War II operation by the U.S. War Shipping Administration to repatriate over eight million American military personnel from the European, Pacific, and Asian th
USS Shoshone (AKA-65)
…at Leyte Gulf between 21 and 29 October, and arrived back at Aomori on 5 November. On 19 November, Shoshone sailed from Japan for Seattle with 411 homeward-bound servicemen. Arriving on 29 November, she underwent repairs until 23 December, when she sailed for San Francisco. Between 6 January and 15 February 1946, she made…
Homeward bound GIs onboard the carrier USS Enterprise during Operation Magic Carpet
USS Anzio lying off Shanghai, China on 1 December 1945, during Operation Magic Carpet
A total of 29,204 servicemen returned aboard USS Saratoga, more than on any other individual ship