Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Lieutenant E. Munro, of Dunure, Ayrshire, on LST 3025 in China Seas

From ?Ayrshire Post? dated 22nd February 1946

IN CHINA SEAS

With modern arms it is often impossible to beat the proverbial swords into ploughshares, but Naval vessels in the Far East are doing the next best thing.

Invasion craft which once landed tanks, guns and men on hostile beaches are now carrying life-saving rice to the destitute peoples of South-East Asia Command.

Lieutenant E. Munro, RNVR, 44 Henry Drive, Dunure, Ayrshire, is engineer on such a vessel.
The Lieutenant has served in minesweepers and tank landing craft for six years. He took part in the Normandy landings.

His ship, LST 3025, sailed for the East last July to take part in the planned invasion of Malaya. Fortunately the Japanese surrendered before D-Day and 3025 with an armada of other invasion craft was transferred to essential freight carrying.
Now she is plying between Siam, Malaya, Java, Borneo and Sarawak with rice, cloth and medical supplies for the millions of native peoples for whose well-being the British Government have assumed responsibility.

Lieutenant Munro is enjoying the change.
The China Seas? ports are very different from his native Scottish Harbours.