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Lavaca Sailor Sees Tokyo Bay Occupation Duty
Still aboard the attack transport USS Lavaca, Seaman Second Class William H. Bruns of Lincoln Highway New Lenox enters Tokyo Bay with occupation forces. The Lavaca helped end the war in the Pacific, carried troops to key sites, commissioned December 17 1944, crossed the equator eight times.
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Lavaca
William H. Bruns
Lincoln Highway
New Lenox
Tokyo Bay
Pacific
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