To: real saxophonist; Jeff Chandler
This is of the 208th Engineer Combat Battalion landing at Utah Beach, June 1944.
This could have been Real Saxophonits's Father's ship.
13 posted on
05/29/2017 9:44:38 AM PDT by
yarddog
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To: yarddog
Great picture. That’s an LST (Landing Ship, Tank). Dad was on an LCT (Landing Craft, Tank), about 110 feet long.
16 posted on
05/29/2017 10:20:14 AM PDT by
real saxophonist
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To: yarddog; real saxophonist
My father fought in the European theater. Their job was to conduct commando raids ahead of the front lines, secure river beachheads and have the bridges built by the time the front lines caught up with them, then disassemble the bridges after the regular troops had crossed the river.
Rinse and repeat.
19 posted on
05/29/2017 10:29:28 AM PDT by
Jeff Chandler
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