| Links to Park County related photos, articles and readers stories. |
| Home Port-Guam |
| Subic Bay, P.I. |
| Danang, Vietnam |
| Cua Viet, Vietnam |
| Hong Kong |
| Japan |
| Misc, P.C. related photos |
| General P.C. photos (many) |
| New! Awards to PC for service in VN |
| Crew Contributed photos and stories |
| Howard Benedict
A comprehensive history of LST 1077 in WWII |
| Bruce Carson
Photos and story |
| John Gannon Photos and articles |
| James Richter and Jule Boyer Photos and memorabilia |
| John Nugent Photos |
| Mike Kempf Photos |
| Tom McKenzie Photos |
| Alan Sandoval Photos |
| Wikipedia Park County page |
| PC history from "Mobile Riverine Forces" |
Below is a partial list of crew members of the Park County. If you know anyone who should be included please contact the webmaster.
USS Park County, LST 1077 was first commissioned in May, 1945. Park County saw service in WWII, the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War. Here you will find many stories, photographs and articles contributed by sailors who manned the Park County during her various services in the United States Navy.
Park County Reunion Planned!
A reunion for all Park County (and possibly other LST) crew members is planned for July 10th-12th 2009 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Contact Mike Kempf for details. m.w.kempf@sbcglobal.net
The reunion has been posted on the
Military.com web site.
Glynn Q. Lane Jr., Captain of the USS Park County beginning in July, 1968 passed away on Friday, May 27th 2005.
Naval Advisory Detachment information and links USNAD was supported by the Mobile Support Team, based at the Naval Amphibious Base in Coronado, CA. NAD conducted clandestine operations in the waters of Vietnam from a base in Danang. The main craft used in these operations was the Norweigan designed PT boat named "Tjeld", translated to "Nasty". The US Navy designation of these boats is PTF-Nasty. |
NAD and PTF related links and stories |
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| PTFNasty.com The definitive web site for everything relating to the boats, the units and the missions. |
| CombatantCraft.org Working to preserve small military watercraft |
| Warboats.org More information and links to small boat resources |
| Wikipedia "Tjeld" (PTF-Nasty) page |