LSTs played an essential role during the Dday campaign of June 1944. Not only were they the first line of troop transports onto the beaches. but they completed an evacuation of 41.035 wounded men back across the English Channel. LSTs landed on the beaches of places like Sicily. the Philippines. Iwo Jima. Okinawa. and countless others. They survived kamikaze attacks. ocean mines and enemy submarine attacks. These remarkable vessels and their sailors earned the second most battle stars after destroyers. During the Korean war. LSTs landed at Inchon. In the Vietnam war. they participated in the 1974 refugee evacuations. Also. LSTs provided humanitarian assistance during Operation Desert Shield.