Dedicated to all who served aboard the
USS Harry Lee
This website is dedicated to the
officers and enlisted men
who served aboard the USS Harry Lee, APA-10,
an assault tranport during the Second World War.
The USS Harry Lee participated in
seven (7) initial invasions:
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the first on July 10, 1943, in the
landing at Scoglitti, Sicily.
She returned to the States with German prisoners, who were units of
"The Desert Fox" Rommel's famed "Afrika Korps", which boarded in
Mers El Kabir, North Africa.
Soon after her arrival in the States, the Lee was assigned to the Pacific theater,
where she participated in six more invasions:
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Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, 20 November 1943,
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Kwajelein, Marshall Islands, 31 January 1944,
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Aitape,New Guinea, 19 April 1944,
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Guam, Marianas Islands, 21 July 1944,
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Lingayen Gulf, Philippines, 7 January 1945, and
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Iwo Jima, 19
February 1945.
After months of transferring and
training, the Lee moved from island to island in the months
that followed. Then on 20 July 1945, she got underway for San Francisco, CA, proceeding
independently,
arriving 8 August 1945 - a great day - V.J. Day!
On 29 September, the long-awaited destination: Tokyo, Japan. |
