sentences:  During World War II, "LST-996" was assigned to the European theater and participated in the Operation Dragoon, the invasion of southern France, in August and September 1944.Transferred to the Asiatic-Pacific theater, she engaged in the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto in April through June 1945.She returned to the United States and was decommissioned on 22 April 1946 and struck from the Navy list on 8 May that same year.