A week from now, a World War II-era vessel is headed to Riverside Park in La Crosse. The LST 325 (landing ship tank) was used on D-Day to bring troops and equipment to storm the beach. Veteran Ken Rupp, who works in the engine room on the ship, joined just a few minutes before the LST castoff on its journey from Evansville, Ind., to La Crosse over the next week. Rupp talked a bit about the trip itself, the tours of the ship happening Aug. 31-Sept. 1 and some of the ship's history. 

A week from now, a World War II-era vessel is headed to Riverside Park in La Crosse. The LST 325 (landing ship tank) was used on D-Day to bring troops and equipment to storm the beach. Veteran Ken Rupp, who works in the engine room on the ship, joined just a few minutes before the LST castoff on its journey from Evansville, Ind., to La Crosse over the next week. Rupp talked a bit about the trip itself, the tours of the ship happening Aug. 31-Sept. 1 and some of the ship's history.

WIZM's LaCrosse Talk. News and talk about the issues of the day for Western Wisconsin.

WIZM's LaCrosse Talk. News and talk about the issues of the day for Western Wisconsin.

WIZM - La Crosse  Talk Interviews

The talk of the town is La Crosse Talk with Mike Hayes. Catch all the best interviews from La Crosse Talk and Scott Robert Shaw's As I See It editorial.

The talk of the town is La Crosse Talk with Mike Hayes. Catch all the best interviews from La Crosse Talk and Scott Robert Shaw's As I See It editorial.

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