New book includes Hadley battle at Okinawa

I met Ron MacKay at the LSM/LSMR Association Reunion in Buffalo. My father served on LSMR 411. Ron has authored the book “The U.S. Navy’s Interim LSMRs in WWII”. He shared the following excerpt from his book describing the scene on 11 May 1945 after the Hadley’s famous battle. Ensign Paul S. Vaitses, Jr., the Executive Officer aboard LSM(R) 193, …

Welcome to the USS Hadley blog

This new feature to our website will allow you to communicate with shipmates and their families. It is the perfect forum for anything related to the USS Hadley. You can post news about shipmates, make comments to blog posts, ask questions or learn what’s new on the website. The old dotcom website is pushing 20 years old. It has not …