USS LANSING DE 388 
Richard B. Knowlton FC2c
photos taken while aboard DE388    1944-1945


Photos provided by Ruth Knowlton
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Best scene in the world. The skyline of the big city taken from near Governors Island.   Aug. 1944

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Skyline of N.Y.C.   Aug. 1944


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The Lady in the Bay.    Aug. 1944


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Memorial to soldiers of World War I in Oran.    Jan. 1945


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Roman Catholic Church in Oran. Statue of Joan of Arc in front.    Jan. 1945

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Entrance to the ships canal in Bizerte.    Aug. 1944


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View of waterfront in Oran Looking North.    Jan. 1945


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The base ball team.   Aug. 1944


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Aircraft graveyard outside of Bizerte. All types of enemy and friendly planes here.   Aug. 1945


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Ashore in Bizerte Aug. 1944


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Gross C.G.M    Paskman C.Y.    Perry C.R.M.   Averill C.Ph.M    Aug. 1944

 
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View of waterfront in Oran looking West.     Jan. 1945 

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View of waterfront in Oran looking east.  Jan. 1945


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Statue of Garibaldi outside of railroad station in Palermo Sicily.   Oct. 1944


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Street scene in Termini, Sicily.  Oct. 1944


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Cart on the street in Palermo, Sicily.   Oct. 1944


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Cathedral in Palermo still protected by sand bags.   Oct. 1944


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Overlooking Bizerte from East side of channel. Taken from inside an Italian Prisoner of war camp.   July 1944


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Catacombs near Palermo, Sicily.  Oct. 1944

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Ruins of a Roman Catholic Church in Bizerte.   July 1944.

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5 Destroyer Escorts. (388 is 3rd from left) and Coast Guard Cutter Bibb moored to pier in Bizerte.  July 1944.


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Native boat to buy cigarettes ($12 per carton). Destroyer Escort in background.  Oct. 1944.


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DE 387 (USS Vance) and DE 389 (USS Durant) moored at Bizerte.  Oct. 1944

 

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