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Water Buffalo amphibious tank aids Pacific invasions
The Water Buffalo amphibious tank, costing 30000 dollars and weighing 17 tons, ferries troops and supplies from LSTs to beaches under fire. Built from peacetime alligator hunting origins, Marines found it excels in Gilberts Marshalls Mariannes and Palau campaigns, swimming ashore and entering attacks with crews safe unless hit by direct mortar or mine.
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