Papers, 1944-1945.

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Papers, 1944-1945.

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This collection contains materials related to LCTs and their use in the Allied landings at Balikpapan during Operation Oboe II in July 1945. There are two series. In the first are documents describing the configuration of LCTs and the Navy's official crew specifications for the craft. Series II contains clippings, operational planning documents, and Mugalian's description of Oboe II. Also in this series are 39 photographs taken during Oboe II showing tanks loaded onboard LCTs, the use of destroyers and cruisers offshore, and troops approaching and landing on the beach at Balikpapan. The photographs were numbered and described by Mugalian.

0.25 cubic ft.

Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7667734

Operational Archive Branch, Naval History Center

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Robert H. Mugalian served in the Southwest Pacific during World War II. As an Ensign, he commanded USS LCT 373 during Operation Oboe II, the third Allied landing on Borneo, on 1 July 1945. LCT 373 was one of ten LCTs to take a squadron of Australian Matilda tanks to the beach in the sixth wave. Promoted to Lieutenant (jg), he continued his service with the 7th Amphibious Force until the end of the war. From the description of Papers, 1944-1945. (Navy Department Library, Naval History...

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...