✦ PACIFIC THEATER · 1944–1946
One ship. Many lives.
A Pacific story, preserved.
Step aboard through the photographs, records, and memories of the people who were there.
Explore the archive Read the ship’s story
01 / THE STORY
A shared historyFrom Iwo Jima and Okinawa to the long journey home, LST-726 carried more than men and matériel. It carried a crew, and each man had a story.
This archive brings their world closer: faces on the deck, a ship at work, moments between voyages. Its foundation is the World War II photo album of Frederick Lee Oselett, preserved and placed in context by Mike Grobbel.
Meet the sources behind the archive02 / THE VOYAGE
1944 → 1946Follow the ship from commissioning to its return home. Each stop is drawn from Mike Grobbel’s original historical account.
These short introductions are editorial summaries. The complete source account retains its original wording.
Read the full account03 / THE COLLECTION
The album, openedLook closer. Photographs retain their original captions; family documents carry their own descriptions and credits. Open any item to see its largest preserved file.
Photographs and family documents are shown as preserved. No AI-generated images or reconstructed faces.
04 / THE RECORDS
Go to the sourcePRESERVED PRIMARY MATERIAL
Find enlisted personnel in a searchable transcription of three pages from the 30 September 1944 commissioning muster. Each name has its own link and a citation to the original scan. The separate 31 March 1945 muster roll is also preserved below.
The crew index covers one enlisted muster, not everyone who served.
March 1945 PDF · 34 pages · 4.5 MB · Not fully text-searchable
USS LST-72605 / KEEPING THE HISTORY
For the entire crew of USS LST-726, and the families who keep their stories alive.
Mike Grobbel created the original website using the World War II scrapbook of his friend’s father, Frederick Lee Oselett (1926–2002), Yeoman Second Class and a member of LST-726’s original crew. The historical text and maps are credited to Mike Grobbel.
Unless an individual caption says otherwise, photographs are from Fred Oselett’s album. Photographs contributed by Doug McCoy, grandson of John L. Marshall, retain that credit.
The website capture of 11 October 2026 contains four original pages, 156 image files (including thumbnails, maps, and ribbons), and one PDF. Original files are retained unchanged; lighter display copies make this edition easier to browse.
The crew-name index transcribes three supplied pages of the 30 September 1944 enlisted muster, with direct links to each source image on Fold3. It is separate from the original website capture and the March 1945 PDF. Uncertain readings are flagged; officers and other wartime musters are outside its scope.
Arthur T. Jones’s shellback certificate was shared by his son Bob Jones. This personal document is a separate contribution, with the original upload preserved unchanged. View the certificate and source notes.
Names and descriptions follow the original captions, including unknown or uncertain identifications. Family identification notes are clearly labeled and kept separate from the original captions. Search covers captions, family notes, the certificate description, the historical account, and the three-page commissioning crew index. It does not cover the complete March 1945 scanned muster roll or provide a complete wartime crew list. No identity is inferred by AI from a face.
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