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Dickenson County Herald
Clintwood, Dickenson County, Virginia
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Morris Carico, a first-class seaman from Dickenson County, Virginia, served aboard USS LST 264 during the D-Day invasion, crossing the English Channel to French beaches on June 6, 1944. He had been in English waters prior and previously served in North African and Italian waters.
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There is indirect but positive information that one Dickenson county lad was in the great invasion. First class seaman Morris Carico's ship moved in the mighty fleet across the English Channel to the beaches of France.
A relative identified Carico's boat, the U. S. S. LST 264, by number in a news reel of the invasion. It was known that young Carico had been in English waters for some time before June 6.
This boy lived for several years with relatives at Freeling before he entered the navy June 4, 1943. He had his boot training at Bainbridge, Md., and was assigned to an LST. His ship was in North African and Italian waters before going to Great Britain.
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Beaches Of France
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June 6
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First class seaman Morris Carico from Dickenson county was aboard USS LST 264, which moved in the invasion fleet across the English Channel to the beaches of France. A relative identified the ship in a news reel. Carico had been in English waters before June 6, entered the navy June 4, 1943, trained at Bainbridge, Md., and his ship served in North African and Italian waters before Great Britain.