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To: Kathy in Alaska

My dad's boat, LCT 457:

Flotilla 4, Tare Green Sector, Utah Beach. He had an Army engineer company with bulldozers and TNT.

This picture was taken in February 1944. Looks like a VIP tour.

19 posted on 06/05/2012 6:42:25 PM PDT by real saxophonist (The fact that you play tuba doesn't make you any less lethal. -USMC bandsman in Iraq)

To: real saxophonist

82 posted on 06/06/2012 1:07:08 PM PDT by real saxophonist (Proud to have been beat up and shot by the late Paul Gomez. RIP, 'Gnomez'.)

To: real saxophonist

Thanks, real saxophonist, for sharing your Dad's experience. And we thank him for his service to our country.

85 posted on 06/06/2012 2:12:09 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))

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