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1 posted on 06/06/2019 12:05:22 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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bttt


2 posted on 06/06/2019 12:09:27 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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3 posted on 06/06/2019 12:12:10 PM PDT by Fido969 (In!)
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A friend of my father in law drove one of these on D-Day and Iwo Jima. He just passed away a couple months ago.
He was the most mild manner of men.


4 posted on 06/06/2019 12:16:23 PM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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They have an original Higgins Boat on display at the WWII museum in New Orleans. Ridiculously flimsy but served it’s purpose. That museum is a must visit if you’re ever in New Orleans.


5 posted on 06/06/2019 12:17:16 PM PDT by hardspunned
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OK, I’m confused: was the Higgins Boat a PT Boat or a Landing Craft?


6 posted on 06/06/2019 12:18:57 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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the Plywood Boat that Helped Win WWII

And do not forget the plywood gliders from D-Day.

11 posted on 06/06/2019 12:38:04 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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Makes a good partner to the plywood Mosquito.


13 posted on 06/06/2019 12:42:28 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is The I read in the papers.)
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The bravery of those guys in those boats when that front ramp dropped down. Stephen Spielberg did us great favor by giving us at least an inkling of what that must have been like.


18 posted on 06/06/2019 12:50:16 PM PDT by Yardstick
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Plywood boats were nice...I grew up with a wood boat (from 1961 to 1974, when my dad bought a Sea Ray), but wood boats were a pain...


21 posted on 06/06/2019 1:25:03 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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https://youtu.be/R7mW_0YwE84

The History Channel, Higgins Boat

10 minutes


22 posted on 06/06/2019 1:28:42 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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Plywood? I believe it was mahogany from the Philippines.


23 posted on 06/06/2019 1:38:19 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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The other plywood craft of WWII.


27 posted on 06/06/2019 1:49:10 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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The Lt Krulak mentioned was Victor Krulak, who went on to become a LTG in the USMC, and was father of Gen Charles Krulak, 31st Commandant of the Corps...

A good read about Victor Krulak: Brute: The Life of Victor Krulak, U.S. Marine

Standing up to LBJ over tactics and policy (ROE), and the conduct of the war in Vietnam in general cost him a fourth star and Commandant of the Marine Corps...He is credited with saving the USMC from being sub-summed into the Army, and relegated to a seagoing police force, while reinforcing civilian control over the military...


28 posted on 06/06/2019 1:59:07 PM PDT by elteemike (Light travels faster than sound...That's why so many people appear bright until you hear them speak)
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Repects and thanks to all who helped win the war.


35 posted on 06/06/2019 3:26:39 PM PDT by bgill (when you badmouth women, you are badmouthing your mama and the good women on FR)
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PFL


49 posted on 06/07/2019 11:57:57 AM PDT by Batman11 ( The USA is not an ATM!)
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