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Dedication
This page is dedicated to the memory of Lt. Margil Leroy Stokes, USN, 30 July 1907 - 22 December 1990. He was the "Plank Owner" Skipper of the 933 from the date it was commissioned, 20 August 1944 until his reassignment on 5 August 1945. The two battle stars for WWII combat service were earned by the 933 crew during his "watch". He enlisted in the US Navy on 18 October 1924 and saw continuous service until his release from active duty and transfer to the Fleet Reserve on 14 December 1946. On 6 September 1950 he was recalled to active duty until 31 August 1952.
Acknowledgments
933 Shipmates Or Relatives In Touch With Me
Douglas A. Cole (through his niece, Barb Cole.)
Jack T. Day (Jack came on board the 933 in 1946-Thanks for the photos.)
Ray Dial (through Joe Dial and Connie Dial who sent some photos.)
Sigfred "Shiek" Gilbertson (through his brother in law, Bob Jones who has emailed some of the ship's history from Shiek. I was sad to learn that Shiek died on February 13, 2002.)
Clarence P. Graham (Clarence was the last Skipper of the 933 and brought her home for decommissioning. Thanks for the photos and continuation of the ship's history.)
Charles L. Hakl (Charles had served on LSTs in Europe and was sent back to the states to become a plank owner on the 933. Thanks for a copy of your memoirs.)
Elvern "Pops" Kellems (through his grandson, Brad LaGrange. Brad also sent along a copy of Elvern's personal travel log of the 933.)
Romeo Jette (through his son, Steve Jette. Steve is also a "gator sailor" and was surprised to see his dad's photo on the site.)
Richard Maxwell (thanks for the photos and memories.)
Robert A. Morton (email through son, Frank Morton and snail mail with Robert who provided me with many photos, maps and other memories.)
Paul C. Neel. Unfortunately, Paul is no longer with us, but thanks to his family, especially his daughter, Linda Ragazinskas, I received a copy of Paul's almost daily log, numerous photos and other papers. We continue to correspond.
Ed Van Tassel (through his son, Richard Van Tassel. Richard put together a CD of Ed's pictures that is very interesting.)
William Whitesell (through his daughter Patty Kyser, who also sent along a copy of William's personal log of dates and locations along with a number of photos.)
Others That Have Helped
Al Horton, QMCS Ret. author of "The Saga of LCT 1095" which makes mention of the LST933. Thanks for permission to use some of your material.
Pete Reenstra <dutchmansdock.com>, the story of LST1171 for encouraging me to get off my butt and work on a web page.
Members of the "LST Home Port" discussion group for helping this old Army "Grunt" to understand more about the LST (Bill Kaupas and "Buddy" Benton are a couple that come to mind).
Notice: This site is "Under Construction", therefor, if you have comments, suggestions, information, etc., please email me and I will attempt to "fix", "add to", "delete" or whatever is necessary to make it more understandable. Thanks, Bill Stokes.