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    D-Day information that only guys like us appreciate

    These assorted landing craft were all designed to operate from ship to beach, not ship to pier.

    By June 6th, 1944, many or all of these designs had proved their worth in the Pacific, then in the invasion of Sicily and Italyicon.

    The LST; my Seabee Uncle Carl, enlisting in his late 30s, rode in one prior to the invasion of Guam.

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    D-Day beach obstacles; details

    It wouldn't have been quite so bad if there weren't men with automatic weapons, mortars and artillery blasting at you and your buddies the whole time.


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    The assault vest - Final photo

    The assault vest. I don't know how extensively these were issued, though I've seen them in photos from the period.
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    If anyone is interested in touring an LST, we have one here in Evansville, Indiana that is open for tours.
    They were made here during the war. The one we have was made elsewhere, Cincinatti, I think.

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    There is a landing craft not mentioned above because it was sort of a SeaBee inventioin. The "Rhino Barge" which was used to take heavy equipment right up to and on the beach.

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    The illustrations of the various classes of landing craft and the scaling are very interesting.

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    The Rhino, great concept

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    There is a landing craft not mentioned above because it was sort of a SeaBee inventioin. The "Rhino Barge" which was used to take heavy equipment right up to and on the beach.

    Art - That Rhino barge was a great example of ingenuity by the Seabees. I believe it started life as an ordinary pontoon. Then the Seabees decided to install enormous outboard engines on the stern. Eureka! A high-capacity, self-propelled barge that served to unload materiel from craft having ramps, then transporting the supplies and vehicles to the beach. Nifty!
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    My father was at D-Day as a motor mac on board an LCI #331 (Landing Craft Infantry). They were small ships with flat bottoms. The ship would run ashore left their troops and equipment off and winch the ship back to deep water. The winch was connected by cable to a large anchor the ship would drop on the way to the beach. Dad's little ship made landings at North Africa, Salerno and Normandy. They made one other landing but I can't remember it tonight. Dad said they dropped their troops and then took out the injured to large hosptial ships. Thanks for an interesting thread.
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    I think the image is from --

    "Spearheading D-Day" -- a very good book on the topic of the technical and doctrinal preparation for the landings, and how it worked out.

    They have a set of images of re-enactors showing the uniforms and gear among their pages. I would have preferred original photos of the guys who were really there but it's a minor beef. Apparently there are Dutch organizations for WW II re-enacting.

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    Louis, thanks for another interesting post. I always enjoy what you come up with.

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