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Before the battle.
By: TRGodwin Date: December 25, 2022, 1:29 pm
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Preparation in NZ ? LVT-1s #7 #11 ; Cherry and China Gal
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Re: Before the battle.
By: gunnygp Date: December 27, 2022, 10:48 am
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Nice find!
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Re: Before the battle.
By: TRGodwin Date: December 27, 2022, 10:39 pm
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Thought so too, Gunny. Screen shots from some film. I don't
think I've ever seen #7 before. Not on Tarawaontheweb.com list.
Little did they know what lay ahead for them....
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Re: Before the battle.
By: gunnygp Date: January 3, 2023, 11:11 am
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The tractor in front of CHERRY seems to have a number starting
with 3 and a name above. The only named tractors in that series
that I know of were 32 Hey Mable, 37 Little Joe, and 38 Sweet
Flo. I'm guessing Sweet Flo because that second number appears
very 'busy' and could be an 8. Just a guess though. This may
well be a practice landing at Efate by the way. Note also the
turret stars painted out but still visible.
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Re: Before the battle.
By: jstevens Date: January 3, 2023, 6:09 pm
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I think I have a couple pictures of this practice landing.
Thanks for posting!
Jon
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Re: Before the battle.
By: Kim Harrison Date: January 3, 2023, 11:09 pm
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Hi Guys
Think this is the video of pratice landings and much much more.
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Re: Before the battle.
By: TRGodwin Date: January 5, 2023, 8:51 am
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Agree that is a 3, gunny on trac in front of Cherry. I thought
the second number might be a 4 but you are right, 34, did not
have a name.
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Re: Before the battle.
By: 1stSgtLewisLutes Date: January 8, 2023, 9:52 am
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Hi Kim thanks for looking that up, do you have a link to the
website? Can't see it on the pic. Thanks!
Mark.
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Re: Before the battle.
By: Kim Harrison Date: January 8, 2023, 9:14 pm
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Hi ya, no worrys
The link is the first thin photo,
So much Norman Hatch Film, miss my talks with him.
Injoy
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Re: Before the battle.
By: 1stSgtLewisLutes Date: January 8, 2023, 11:17 pm
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Yeah I figured it out eventually, what a treasure trove on
there, always wondered if there was more footage out there, I
have pretty much all the movies ever made and even some hard to
find ones but was mesmerized watching the silent footage from
NZ, and Eleanor Roosevelt with sound talking to the GI's. Wow.
Fantastic site. Just incredible. Did searches on Higgins, Hatch,
USMC and everything else I could think of.
I think one of the best ones was the one that had the GI's
marching in formation through town, what a sight that must have
been for the New Zealanders knowing how much a threat the
Japanese were.
Cheers.
Mark.
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