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This day in history (Marines Take Tarawa)
Boston Globe ^ | 11/23/09 | staff

Posted on 11/23/2009 8:36:56 AM PST by Kid Shelleen

In 1943, during World War II, US forces seized control of Tarawa and Makin atolls from the Japanese

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The Bloody Battle of Tarawa 1943
1 posted on 11/23/2009 8:36:56 AM PST by Kid Shelleen
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To: Kid Shelleen

the misnamed APMPHTRACK pictured near the bottom is wrong. this is an LVT(A)-1 which was built after tarawa when the need for light armor in direct support of troop carrying LVTs was needed. (LVT = Landing Tracked Vehicle). it and its cousins, the LVT(A)-4 and LVT(A)-5 were also referred to as AMTANKS.
at tarawa there were LVT-1 and LVT-2 AMTRACS which were lightly armored (by field modifications and not from the factory). they were not designed to be assault vehicles. they were troop and cargo carriers but did not have a rear ramp so marines and soldiers had to climb over the sides to get out. this was changed in the LVT-4 in 1944.
i am building/have built and LVT-(A)-1, 3, 4 (A)-4.


2 posted on 11/23/2009 9:30:00 AM PST by bravo whiskey (If the little things really bother you, maybe it's because the big things are going well.)
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3 posted on 11/23/2009 6:56:47 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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4 posted on 11/24/2009 2:23:40 PM PST by tarawa
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