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The pride of Evansville, IN LST 325 is the only Navy monument capable of independent movement. LST 325 is a faithful restoration of a working "workhorse of the sea" that carried US soldiers and Marines to war during WWII and Korea. The Memorial is also a tribute to the city's contribution to the war effort which saw 167 LSTs and 34 other ships of various types produced at the local shipyards making Evansville the highest producing of all the inland shipyards.
R. Ruetter, Evansville, Indiana
Mosiers Raiders Soft Cover
Author David Bronson
Back of the Book
The LST was a ship designed to perform a dirty and dangerous task, to land on an enemy-held beach and disgorge her load of tanks and men. LST stood for “Landing Ship, Tank,” but to the sailors who served aboard these ungainly ships it also meant “Large Slow Target.” The LST wasn’t very pretty to look at, and it wasn’t as glamorous as the powerful battleships and legendary aircraft carriers whose names have gone down in history. In fact, LST’s weren’t given the honor of a name at all, they would only be known by their hull number.
Mosier’s Raiders is the story of one of these ships, the USS LST-325, a veteran of the invasions of Sicily, Salerno and Normandy. Drawn from extensive interviews with the men who served aboard her, Mosier’s Raiders is not just the story of a ship; it is about a group of strangers coming together as a team, and the bond of brotherhood that carried them through the worst war had to offer.