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The LVT, or Amtrac, was originally conceived as a rescue vehicle for use in the Everglades. The lives it saved ended up being Marines in the Pacific. Less well known is that the Army also operated several thousand LVTs both in the Pacific and some on Europe.
The LVT, or Amtrac, was originally conceived as a rescue vehicle for use in the Everglades. The lives it saved ended up being Marines in the Pacific.
Less well known is that the Army also operated several thousand LVTs both in the Pacific and some on Europe.
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Funny you should post this clip. I’m reading Holland “Howling Mad” Smith’s book “Coral and Brass.” In it he relates the tribulations he had in getting the Navy to adopt Ramped Higgins Boats and the LVT.
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