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Souvenir of a U.S.S. Bayfield Crewman

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The U.S.S. Bayfield was an attack transport commissioned in 1943 and served the U.S. Navy for 25 years earning Ten Battle Stars. The Bayfield supported the Normandy Invasion at Utah beach, Southern France, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. It’s no wonder that some unknown sailor wanted to commemorate his service by painting footnotes of his service on a captured Japanese helmet shell.

The ship served on after WWII in Korea and Vietnam, finally being decommissioned in 1968.

A very interesting oral history of a WWII Coast Guardsman who served aboard the Bayfield during WWII can be found at:

URL: http://www.uscg.mil/history/WEBORALHISTORY/Marvin_Perrett_Oral_History.asp

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