This is the story of a naval vessel - not
an important ship, not even a well-known
craft. She was one of hundreds of Tank Landing
Craft that took part in the greatest invasion
in history - the most fantastic, awe-inspiring
and comprehensive crusade conceived and successfully
executed by mankind. The D-Day Invasion of
Europe-The Normandy Landings-'Operation Overlord."
This tells the story of one- of those ships
- there is no other story to be told - she
is the only one stilI surviving that was
there when it happened - and then she became
a well-known Night-Club in Liverpool's dockland!
For over over fifty years LCT 5974 MK III
has lain in the Liverpool Docks, providing
a comfortable haven and headquarters for
Members of the Merseyside Master Mariners
Club. Over a million people have walked aboard,
without realising the historical background
behind the grey, riveted steel.
Now is the time for that story to be told
and in doing so to invoke the memory of the
men who gave their lives on those beaches,
so that Europe could be free.
That the vessel is of historical interest
is obvious, and readers can be sure that
the present owners THE WARSHIP PRESERVATION
TRUST are quite aware of the importance of
LCT 5974, and that she will be well cared
for in her retirement as a museum piece.
Why am I writing all this? Quite simply because
of my age I can't have very much longer to
live - I want to record as much as I can
of my experiences for my large family and
for future generations of my offspring. Oh!
And there's something else - I'm having a
lot of fun doing it!
Imperial War Museum Department of Printed
Books
Recommended Reading List (No. 352)
Landing craft and ships, 1939-1940
88.2(41).0/5 Our Accession No: 96 / 2178
EVANS, GEORGE The Landfall Story / by George Evans. Liverpool :
G. Evans, 1972. - 112p.: ill., facsims.,
figs., ports. ; 25cm. Our Classification:
13(41).249 [ LCT 5974]/1
Department of Printed Books
Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, London
SE1 6HZ. Recommended Reading List (No. 352)
Landing craft and ships, 1939-1940 |
This is not a complete bibliography but a
selected list of items that should prove
particularly useful and be relatively widely
available. You are welcome to make an appointment
to consult them in our Reading Room, where
you can also study our catalogues for further
references. The Reading Room is open between
10am and 5pm Monday to Friday and the same
hours on most Saturdays, although this is
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to visit the Reading Room, many items in
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library should be able to provide more details.
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It may be possible to purchase some of the
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