Month: May 2019

By George McClure, ENS, (’55-’57) – Winter Park, Fla. Here’s how we got “Music for Dining” on the T-bonne during the time I was on board. There was a FM station in Norfolk, WRVC, owned […]

Hollywood Role for LST 1156 Away All Boats By Gary Benson, YN2 (’54-’56) – HUDSON FALLS, New York In the spring of 1955 off the Island of Vieques, the USS Terrebonne Parish (LST 1156) was […]

he Cuban Missile Crisis, October 18-29, 1962 U.S. Navy helicopter hovers Russian submarine  October 28, 1962 As crewmembers of the LST 1156 well know, the ship played a key role, as a part of the […]

Harold C. Babson All hands on deck, skipping the bonds of land to embrace the sea. Port to starboard, Terrebonne rolls adroitly, tap dancing digestive tolls. Men of courage and firm resolve imprint its deck […]