When we were preparing to leave Fort Storey, Virginia, to go to Taiwan, we drove the BARCs down to Little Creek Naval Base where the BARCs were picked up (needed a 100-ton crane) and deck-loaded on civilian cargo ships and transported to Subic Bay Naval Base, Philippines, which had the only 100-ton crane available in the South Pacific.  From there we loaded the BARCs on the navy LSD ship, which transported the BARCs to Taiwan.



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BARCs on the beach and coming up on to the beach outside of Kaohsiung,(Taiwan)


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in front of barc 17
picture was taken on the beach outside of koahshung, taiwan  1960
 


http://spiderbites.nytimes.com/pay_1958/articles_1958_11_00006.html

U. S. GIVES TAIWAN 4 CRAFT TO SUPPLY OFFSHORE ISLANDS; Wheeled Amphibious Barcs Can Land 100 Tons Each On Natonalist Outposts

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By GREG MacGREGOR

November 2, 1958, Sunday

Page K1, 400 words

TAIPEI, Taiwan, Oct. 31 -- In line with agreements reached between Secretary of State Dulles and President Chiang Kai-shek, the flow of United States military aid to the Chinese Nationalists has continued to increase.