THE MISSION OF THE USS LST SHIP MEMORIAL, INC. IS TO EDUCATE ITS VISITORS TO THE ROLE OF THE LST IN WORLD WAR II, KOREA, AND VIETNAM. IT IS OUR DESIRE TO PRESERVE THE MEMORY OF THESE SHIPS AND ALL THE COUNTLESS HEROIC MEN WHO DIED IN BATTLE DURING THE SERVICE TO THEIR COUNTRY. THE NAMES OF ALL WHO DIED WHILE SERVING ON LSTS WILL BE DISPLAYED ON THE SHIP. BY PRESERVING THIS PRICELESS PIECE OF AMERICAN HISTORY, WE WILL BRING HONOR TO THE AMERICAN SHIP BUILDING INDUSTRIES THAT PRODUCED THEM, THE CREWS WHO SERVED AND DEFENDED THEM, AND THOSE WHO WERE CARRIED ONTO THE INVASION SHORES BY THEM.