Marion: Went on this site early this morning and found MANY , MANY postings from I believe it was "Sato" apologizing ? for Japan in ww 2. Now they are all gone. Looks
like something was incorrect. It was kinda overkill on his part or something strange, what he did. Maybe he wanted a quick promotion? Just thought I would post a pic of
the "supposidly Anphibian tansks" (given to me by a 3rd Div friend) of the anphib tanks that were to be our support in the Rhine River crossing. Believe 4 of them were
used by our usual 765th armoured Bn in the crossing. Four of them tried to cross.
Bad results on all 4. Found out one took a hit, 2 had the canvas flotation torn up by
gunfire and sank and one was just plain missing. After our crossing we had no tank
support for the town of Sandhofen?? and our 3rd Bn. caught hell. Finally we were most
happy to see 4 Shermans appear from the 765tth tank Bn. . Needless to say it was a
while till we found out the fate of the "Anphib. tanks" , but they sure tried their best.
Shortly we were reinforced by more armour.. After capturing the town we prayed for
getting some replacements and continued on. My hat is off to these brave men in these
Anphib. tanks who gave their lives. And no thanks, would rather paddle across and
walk than use these contraptions..
