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    World War 2 In Review No. 40: American Fighting Vehicles
    World War 2 In Review No. 40: American Fighting Vehicles
    World War 2 In Review No. 40: American Fighting Vehicles
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    World War 2 In Review No. 40: American Fighting Vehicles

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    Merriam Press World War 2 In Review Series. This issue covers the following American military vehicles of World War II: (1) Amphtracs Away! (2) LVT: Landing Vehicle, Tracked (3) The “Jeep”: Truck, ¼-ton, 4x4 (4) Dodge WC Truck Series. 491 B&W/color photos/illustrations.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateJan 29, 2018
    ISBN9781387553747
    World War 2 In Review No. 40: American Fighting Vehicles

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      World War 2 In Review No. 40 - Merriam Press

      World War 2 In Review No. 40: American Fighting Vehicles

      World War 2 In Review No. 40: American Fighting Vehicles

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      Hoosick Falls, New York

      2018

      First eBook Edition

      Copyright © 2018 by Ray Merriam

      Additional material copyright of named contributors.

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.

      The views expressed are solely those of the author.

      ISBN 9781387553747

      This work was designed, produced, and published in the United States of America by the Merriam Press, 489 South Street, Hoosick Falls NY 12090.

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      Mission Statement

      This series presents articles and pictorials on topics covering many aspects of World War 2. In addition to new articles and pictorials on topics not previously covered, future volumes may include additional material on the subjects covered in this volume. The volumes in this series will comprise a single source for innumerable articles and tens of thousands of images of interest to anyone interested in the history and study of World War 2. While no doubt some of these images and other materials could be found online, countless hours could be spent searching thousands of web sites to find at least some of this material.

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      This series of publications utilizes the editor’s collection of tens of thousands of photographs and other illustrative material acquired since 1968. Hundreds of sources over the years have been searched for material on every subject.

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      Welcome to No. 41 of the World War 2 In Review Series

      The following articles are in this issue of World War 2 In Review:

      (1) Amphtracs Away!

      (2) LVT: Landing Vehicle, Tracked

      (3) The Jeep: Truck, ¼-ton, 4x4

      (4) Dodge WC Series

      with 491 B&W and color photographs and illustrations.

      Watch for future issues of this series with more articles on the history of World War II.

      Amphtracs Away!

      by Victor J. Croizat, Major, U.S. Marine Corps

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      LVT-2 Water Buffalo.

      The author commanded Co. A, 1st Amphibian Tractor Battalion, during the landings on Guadalcanal and later commanded the 10th Amphibian Tractor Bn. during landing operations in the Marshalls, at Saipan, and Tinian, and in the Iwo Jima campaign. At the time he wrote this article, he was serving with the Ordnance Section, Headquarters Service Command, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific.

      The basic mission in war is to reduce the military potential of an enemy so that the occupation of his country becomes possible. All weapons and devices are designed to accomplish this mission. The problem then, in the final analysis, becomes one of placing and supporting friendly troops on enemy soil.

      With all the latest developments available in World War II, objectives were subject to bombardments never before equaled in destructive power; yet it was never possible to destroy an entrenched enemy completely. Ultimately the battle resolved into a primitive man-to-man affair where the rifle and the grenade became as important as the bomb, rocket, or naval shell.

      Since it was admittedly impossible completely to destroy the Japanese Army from the sea or air, the problem of landing troops and supplying them in the face of intense resistance without prohibitive losses became a difficult one. To a great extent the amphibious tractor solved this problem.

      In landing operations, the fundamental requirements were that a man be placed ashore at the proper time in the proper place, ready to fight. This man had to be disposed tactically so that he could assist others and, in turn, be assisted in the taking of his objective. He had to be continually supplied and also cared for if wounded.

      After an objective had been decided upon, the selection of the proper place to land was influenced by the strength and disposition of the enemy plus the existing hydrographic and geographic conditions. If boats were the only mechanical means available for the transportation of troops ashore, the landing area had to permit beaching.

      It was also very desirous that the distance from the water line to the first inland cover be short so that the dash of the landing personnel from boat to cover would be as short as possible. On islands such as are found in the Central Pacific, there are few if any areas where a boat may beach, and every sector was presumed to be defended.

      Rapid movement of critical supplies from ship to using personnel was essential. However, on beaches under fire, it became extremely difficult and in many cases impossible to unload boats, establish dumps, and get the supplies to the troops. Even assuming that it was possible to land some form of mechanical transport, the absence of roads and the general conditions which prevailed on a beach in the early hours of a landing precluded the use of motor transport.

      Thus, at the time when it was vital that assault infantry be supplied and the lines consolidated in order to repel the usual counterattack and permit further coordinated progress inland, the problem of moving supplies

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