Both the LVT1 and the LVT2 were used to cross Betio's expansive reef, saving hundreds of lives.
Ed Caudle was a corpsman attached to the 2nd Amphibious Tractor Battalion.
Waves of LVTs heading for the beach as seen from the air.
Heading for the beach.
LVT 9
LVT 28, "Wiskey Sour"
LVT 14
LVT 23 on Red Beach 3.
Below is Maj.Crowe at the Red 3 CP behind this vehicle.
LVTs bringing in supplies
LVT 27 and LVT 39
LVT 33
More wrecked LVTs
LVT 44
LVT 49, "My Delores"
LVT 54
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Created 14 January 2001 - Updated 27 May 2001
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