| Gen. Breckenridge,
on way to Guam ‘50 (USS Gen. Breckenridge, AG-112,
a WWII troop ship, has a distinguished history in transporting troops to
Japan for the battles ahead in Korea -- especially remembered by the Marines
it transported during those bleak initial days of the Korean Conflict in
1950-1951. It was initially a Wickes Class Destroyer (DD-148) that was commissioned
in 1919, but was converted to a "Miscellaneous Auxiliary" (troop ship) in
1945. It continued to serve in transporting troops for the first major US
troop buildup to Vietnam in 1965-1966. ) |
