We need to carry more Veterans

In 2018 the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development did a study and it showed that more then a half billion people experienced homelessness and 7.5% were veterans. That’s over 40,000 of our veterans were homeless. We need to do a better job to take care of people who have served and protected our country. 


This morning when I was leaving Muskegon, Michigan I stopped at the Veterans Museum on board the LST (Landing Ship Tank) US 393.  I was surprised to see a real

“Willy” on board.


During World War II LST 393 carried over 9,000 soldiers ok four years. We need to carry and lift about more of our soldiers. 


Excerpt from her website: 

The USS LST 393 was launched in Newport News, Virginia on November 11, 1942. Immediately after sea trials, she went to work in the defense of her country in Europe. Over nine thousand soldiers made their way to the front aboard LST 393, as well as 3, 248 vehicles. She also carried over five thousand prisoners and, during her service, logged 51, 817 nautical miles. The LST 393 made 75 voyages to foreign shores on three continents, including 30 round trips to the beaches of Normandy. She won battle stars for her service in the occupation of Sicily, the invasion of Salerno, and the D-day invasion at Normandy and was decommissioned in 1946.

In the ensuing years, LST 393 became a merchant ship, carrying automobiles from Muskegon, Michigan to Milwaukee, Wisconsin.















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