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...most spectacular feature is her maneuverability. She can spin so fast on her heel that men aboard her literally get dizzy. This agility should make her invaluable for carrying initial assault waves through treacherous coral reefs onto Pacific island beaches. More cumbersome 5,500-ton LSTs can still be used for carting in second and third waves of tanks, trucks, guns...
...Landing Vehicle, Tracked), amphibious "Water Buffalo," 21 ft. long, 20-troop capacity, for storming swamps, coral reefs, otherwise inaccessible places...
...within this coral sand...
...improvised with bombers. In April he and his Liberator crew spotted an enemy fleet gathering in Rabaul harbor, gave a warning that enabled the U.S. Navy to intercept and smash the Japs' task forces in the Battle of the Coral...
Between the water and the sea wall on Tarawa atoll, there was 20 feet of sand and brown-green coral; those 20 feet (for a distance of about 100 yards) were the U.S. beachhead. With the 3,000 Marines, dead and alive, on that tiny beachhead was TIME Correspondent Robert Sherrod, who went ashore with the first waves. Notebook in hand, Sherrod crouched behind the sea wall and jotted down notes for a notable close...