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Old 25-01-15, 18:56
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Originally Posted by Jon Skagfeld View Post
I've just finished reading the book.

I wondered why the Canadians landed with American SP Priests, while the Americans landed with Canadian built Sextons?
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Jon, it was the British on Gold Beach who landed with the Sextons and not the Americans. The original Sexton I was built to fill a British order.
The Americans tried to land with 105mm guns firing from DUKWs, but due to high seas all but two were swamped and sunk well short of the beach.
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