"Attention All Hands" - The Mighty Mule's 14th Annual Reunion will be held in Norfolk, VA in April of 2009

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June 24, 2008

•  UPDATE - Ron Johnson's E-mail (1960's shipmate)

June 16, 2008

•   Welcome Jack White to Memorial to Shipmates.
•  Welcome Chuck Rothlingshofer to Memorial to Shipmates.

June 11, 2008

•  Shipmate Roy W. Ernst added to Memorial to Shipmates

May 16, 2008

•  New DRAFT Bylaws for 2009 posted on "Board and Bylaws"

May 8, 2008

•  New random 2008 Reunion photo's from Gettysburg posted on Reunions

May 7, 2008

•  More photos added to ship's "Photo's page

April 4, 2008

•  Shipmates names added to Memorial to Shipmates for 2008

March 26, 2008

•  Hull Number.com added to Links of Interest

March 15, 2008

•  Shipmate Larry Lester's e-mail added to 60's contacts.

March 4, 2008

•  MRTR "Military Reunions to Remember" website added to Links of Interest.

March 2, 2008

•   GREAT NEWS!  The Gettysburg Tour reservation DEADLINE has been extended from February 28th to: March 27th!  Due to overwhelming demand.

February 9, 2008

•  Wall of Honor - added to website.

January 10, 2008

•  REMINDER:  Get your 2008 reunion reservations made NOW!  CLICK HERE

May 1, 2007

•  This New Website is born.

1960's Photo courtesy of Shipmate Richard Leonhardt

Top left: American Campaign Medal - ** (2)Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medals - World War II Victory Medal

• Iwo Jima Operation - Assault & Occupation of Iwo Jima (19 Feb to 4 Mar 45)

• Okinawa Gunto Operation - Assault & Occupation of Okinawa Gunto (1 to 10 Apr 45)

Bottom Left:  Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal - ** Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal

•  Lebanon, (1 Jul 53 - 1 Nov 58)

Specifications:
Displacement 6,458 t.(lt) 14,200 t.(fl.);
Length 459' 2"
Beam 63'
Draft 26' 4"
Speed 16.5 kts.
Complement 429
Cargo Capacity 4,450 dwt
Armament one single 5"/38 DP gun mount four twin 40mm AA gun mounts twelve single 20mm AA gun mounts
Boats 14 LCVPs 1 LCP(L) 8 LCMs
Propulsion geared turbine, single screw, 6,000shp

In 1962 the "Might Mule" participated in  the make of the movie "The Longest Day"  (from the book by Cornelius Ryan).

•  Lyrics to the Longest Day "music"