The 1st AmTrac Bn. Forums: Is this really Guam 1944?

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   http://www.usmcmuseum.org/graphics/WWII_ASS5_lg.jpg

This photo, which is in the collections of the National Archives, and the USMC Museum agrees that it's the 3d Division, 3rd Amphibious Tractor Battalion taken on W-Day on Guam. However, it looks like an LVT-1. As far as I know, the LVT-1 was phased out before Guam. 

1.) Is it an LVT-1?
2.) Could it be staged, like a publicity photo, taken during training before 3rd Amphib got LVT-2s?
3.) Is it somewhere else, like Cape Gloucester December 1943?

Thanks
Jason McDonald
Brooklyn, NY

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scotisle Occasional Contributing Member Joined: 18 May 2007 Posts: 1	Topic: Is this really Guam 1944? Posted: 18 May 2007 at 22:02
	http://www.usmcmuseum.org/graphics/WWII_ASS5_lg.jpg This photo, which is in the collections of the National Archives, and the USMC Museum agrees that it's the 3d Division, 3rd Amphibious Tractor Battalion taken on W-Day on Guam. However, it looks like an LVT-1. As far as I know, the LVT-1 was phased out before Guam. 1.) Is it an LVT-1? 2.) Could it be staged, like a publicity photo, taken during training before 3rd Amphib got LVT-2s? 3.) Is it somewhere else, like Cape Gloucester December 1943? Thanks Jason McDonald Brooklyn, NY
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