USS LST-761 Esmeralda County was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II and was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, February and March 1945

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Coast Guardsman Edward Sulewski, Coxswain
June 7, 1945

USS LST-761
LST Flotilla 29, Group 85, Division 170
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Ed, Marie and Grandson Jimmy 1989
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American Bridge Company, Pittsburgh PA
Department of the Navy -- Naval Historical Center
LST files, Coast Guard Historian's Office
Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945
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