Enlarged View of WWII LSD 553

Built in Evansville, Indiana, in the good old days when America was a world manufacturing giant

Matthew's grandfather's served on LSD 553, shown off the beach on Okinawa in 1944 during WWII, after the Japanese surrendered the island

Grandfather, Ernest Kallback, emigrated from Sweden in the early 1920s through Ellis Island

Wife and sons arrived from Gothenburg, Sweden, at Ellis Island on October 9, 1926. Matthew's grandfather was five years old. Click here to see full manifest.