The goal of our non-profit Westchester County LST 1167 Association is to memorialize these fallen brothers by strategically placing memorial stones throughout these United States so …

USS Westchester County (LST-1167) was a Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy at the tail end of the Korean War. Named for Westchester County, …

USS Westchester County (LST-1167) moored on the Bode River, South Vietnam in 1970 as Seawolf gunships land on the ship. The ship is at yoke moor, which provided a wind from port …

"Wounded and temporary unconscious in his devastated berthing compartment, HM1 Sullivan regained consciousness and stayed in the explosive area leading two of his injured shipmates …

LST 1167 was commissioned on 10 March 1954, Lt. Commander Leonard F. Lacey at the command. LST 1167 departed New Orleans on 8 April 1954 and reached the Naval …

USS Westchester County LST 1167 Remembering the Westchester County mining in the Mekong Delta on November 1, 1968. Two mines exploded next to the operations and first-class …

For exceptionally meritorious service from 16 March 1966 to 30 April 1972, in providing logistic support to U. S. Navy, U. S. Coast Guard, and Free World Naval Forces in Military Regions …

Dec 22, 1998 · The LST served as a Mobile Riverine Force support ship in the Mekong Delta from 24 October through 31 December 1967. Westchester County spent the early weeks of 1968 …

Preserve the military record, and naval history of the U.S.S. Westchester County, LST 1167, and to perpetuate the memory of her service. Honor those who gave their lives in the service of …

I want to remember the Westchester County LST 1167, my ship. On November 1, 1968, the Wesco as it was known, was anchored on the muddy My Tho River, upstream from Vung Tau, …