{"id":987,"date":"2010-12-06T08:27:25","date_gmt":"2010-12-06T15:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/?p=987"},"modified":"2011-01-04T13:03:35","modified_gmt":"2011-01-04T20:03:35","slug":"lst-325-at-home-under-the-full-moon-in-evansville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/?p=987","title":{"rendered":"LST 325 at home under the full moon in Evansville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/LST-Full-Moon1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1598\" title=\"LST Full Moon\" src=\"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/LST-Full-Moon1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/LST-Full-Moon1.jpg 612w, http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/LST-Full-Moon1-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>July  22, 2010-by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor. The full moon is  Saturday night. This picture was shot one month ago as a waxing moon  rose over Marina Point and the LST 325.<\/strong><br \/>\nThe boat is a Landing Ship Tank, this LST that was  similar to those made in in Evansville during World War 2. As such we  use it as a tourist attraction to memorialize the War.<\/p>\n<p>Lots of ground soldiers were transported on LSTs as they invaded places like Normandy Beach on D-Day.<\/p>\n<p>We always celebrate war in Indiana as if it is a good thing. At least as long as we win.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 22, 2010-by John Blair, valleywatch.net editor. The full moon is Saturday night. This picture was shot one month ago as a waxing moon rose over Marina Point and the LST 325. The boat is a Landing Ship Tank, this &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/?p=987\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=987"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1599,"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987\/revisions\/1599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/valleywatch.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}