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Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 2:45 pm Post subject: Surviving LVT-2 ?
Is there any surviving LVT-2 , there's one in the Utah beach was restored but replaced many parts is that still "Original" ?

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Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 3:45 pm Post subject: Re: Surviving LVT-2 ?
There is one other LVT2 at the World War II and Korea LVT Museum in Camp Pendleton, CA. media.photobucket.com/...01.jpg?o=5 Neil

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Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:01 pm Post subject: Re: Surviving LVT-2 ?
- RTY1941 Is there any surviving LVT-2 , there's one in the Utah beach was restored but replaced many parts is that still "Original" ? I would say that the one on Utah beach would now be 90% a reproduction. Pierre-Olivier _________________ soldat_ryan @ hotmail.com Looking for photos of Sherman manufacturer's plates

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Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 3:31 am Post subject: Re: Surviving LVT-2 ?
Thx Neil

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Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 6:35 am Post subject: Re: Surviving LVT-2 ?
Other LVT-2: LVT-2 wreck – Sunked near Saipan Island, Northern Marianas Islands (Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands) picasaweb.google.com/l...1560371650 LVT-2 wreck – Tinian Island, Northern Marianas Islands (Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands) www.flickr.com/photos/.../46007847/ LVT-2 wreck – Peleliu Island (Republic of Palau) www.flickr.com/photos/...372878806/

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Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 4:58 pm
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I saw them there a few years ago. They were in such a state of degradation due to weather that one of the two had been scrapped as it was more than lace.
The second is still on site but in very poor shape. Its shape is actually much similar to those wrecks on the Pacifc islands. Nothing much interesting to see unfortunately...

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Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 10:58 am
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- Manu-Military

I saw them there a few years ago. They were in such a state of degradation due to weather that one of the two had been scrapped as it was more than lace.
The second is still on site but in very poor shape. Its shape is actually much similar to those wrecks on the Pacifc islands. Nothing much interesting to see unfortunately...

it was removed from the Utah Beach museum few yearq ago and it is being restored in Carentan. As said before, it is now 90% a reproduction, since very few parts of the original item were able to be saved.

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Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 4:52 pm Post subject: Re: Surviving LVT-2 ?
You have to wonder if there are any other LVT-2 or LVT-4s buried in the mud of the Maas River or various other waterways in the Netherlands? Or maybe in the Rhine? _________________ Chris Ballance

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