February 7, 2025
LVT-4 Amphibious Tractor (Buffalo), 11th RTR, 1st Army Tank Brigade, 79th Armored Division, Belgium or Holland, October/ November 1944.
This regiment had been selected for the top secret CDL (Canal Defense Light) in 1943 and arrived in Normandy in August 1944. In September, the CDL Grant Tanks were turned in and they received LVT Buffaloes to allow amphibious transportation of troop and materials in the Sheldt area (waterway approaches to the Port of Antwerp, Belgium and operations in Holland. The Regiment transferred to the 33rd Armored Brigade as the 1st Army Tank Brigade was disbanded in December 1944. The 11th RTR and their Buffaloes remained with the 33rd AB and the 79th AD until VE Day, taking part in the Rhine Crossings in Germany in the Spring of 1945.