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RED BEACH - BAY OF CAVALAIRE

One of four DD (Duplex Drive) tanks from the 756th Tank Battalion attached to the 3rd Division exits the water at Red Beach just in front of LCT 321 with LCT 1144 behind it. A canvas flotation apron was attached to a welded boat-shaped platform on a Sherman tank to make the DD buoyant with a 4-knot water speed from two aft propellers.