JAMES WILLIAM CHANDLER
WORLD WAR II
GUNNERS MATE


USS LST-289-TANK LANDING SHIP
They carried Tanks, wheeled vehicles, artillery equipment.
Note the cranes used to offload materials and vehicles had a way off.
It was hit by torpedoes from German Torpedo Boat (E- Boat) off of Devon shore, England.




HE IS LISTED IN THE ;

TABLETS OF THE MISSING AT CAMBRIDGE AMERICAN CEMETERY, CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND

Photos from Navy Archives.

Fort Worth Star-Telegram
26 May 1944.
Everyone in the rear of the ship were killed or badly wounded. 13 men died. James W Chandler was listed first as MIA. Then as KIA.
He was a Gunners Mate so the upended turret in the photoraph is likely where he was.
They were practicing for D-Day (June 6th) The 'operation' was called Exercise Tiger (1944)

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