Amtracs at Normandy

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Gerry,

I looked into this subject many years ago after seeing the LVT-2 wrecks in Normandy. There are many AFVs on display in Normandy which are not genuine D-Day relics, but put there as memorials after decades of service with the French Army. Reportedly the LVT-2´s at the Utah Beach Museum (see below, one was recently removed and most likely scrapped) are believed to have been used in 1944 in that area.

I do not have the details at hand now, but IIRC Steve Zaloga found some references in US archives when triggered by questions about the Utah Beach survivors. Common wisdom had it the LVT was not used during D-Day. It transpired LVT-2´s were indeed not used during the June 6 assault, but for ferrying supplies sometime shortly after by a transportation unit (Amphibious Truck Company). They were used for a short period, mainly in the flooded aera/marshes behind Utah Beach.

This French web page reportedly shows wartime pictures?

Please point us to the other site so we can review the (photographic) evidence as brought to bear by others.

Regards,
Hanno