USS Thomas Jefferson Muster Rolls, Operation Husky

I have downloaded from Ancestry.com the Muster Rolls
of the USS Thomas Jefferson for June and July 1943.

The TJ participated in Operation Husky, the allied invasion
of Sicily on 10 July 1943. One of its crew, Seaman John Henry
Jones of Louisville, KY, was lost on the beaches near Scoglitti when
two landing crafts in the second wave collided, spilling GIs of the 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division, into the water. Twenty-three men
of the 157th drowned.

Samuel Eliot Morison and Rick Atkinson (citing the former) state
that 38 men drowned but they did not consult the regimental casualty
or MIA lists or the Morning Reports of E, F and H Companies, which I have.

If anyone had a relative on the TJ then, I will be glad to provide a copy
of the Muster Roll.


Dave

 

john Henry Jones was my grate uncle i would love to have any info on this



jeff jones

 

Jeff,

Do you have any photos of your great uncle?

Give me your email address and I will send you the documents I have on the TJ,


Dave

 

Since my original post, I have now determined that 25 men of the 157th Infantry Regiment drowned
during the landings on 10 July.

Seaman Jones is the 26th confirmed fatality.


Dave

 

The transport USS Thomas Jefferson (APA-30) has a nice wiki page (with information probably lifted from HyperWar).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Thomas_Jefferson_%28APA-30%29

I gather the Jefferson was carrying the 2d Battalion, 157th Infantry for HUSKY.

From the official history (gratis HyperWar)

Map link (45th ID bottom right):
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-MTO-Sicily/maps/USA-MTO-Sicily-IV.jpg

Does Morison provide any details about all the ships/craft carrying the 157th RCT? Transports, LCI's, LCT's, escorts, others?

 

Left is Leroy Jones (my grandfather) and to the right is Seaman 1st class John Henry Jones (my great uncle),


My email address is foreman_41164_4x4@yahoo.com. I would appreciate any information you can send me about July 10, 1943, Operation Husky.



Thanks,
Jeff Jones

 

Jeff, I sent you the page of the Muster Roll. Let me know if you get it.

Also, I just uploaded the USS Thomas Jefferson Operation Husky Action Report to Dropbox.
It is 66 pages and 54 megabytes. In 2010, I paid a researcher to scan it for me.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/85766695/USS%20Thomas%20Jefferson%2C%20Operation%20Husky.pdf


Dave

 

thanks Dave i got it

 

Great, Jeff.

I sent you a couple more pages of John Henry's MR records.


Dave