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Originally posted by JTF-2:
I thought they lost the tanks, because they let them out of the LVT's to early?
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An order was given not to release them but was not rec'd, the reason they lost the tanks was by navigation error as the tanks were moving forward they changed course heading towards a land mark. The result of this they came in direct contact with a strong tide which swamped them.
In the documentary the under sea divers found all the tanks were pointing in the wrong direction, had they stayed on course a percentage of them would have made it to the shore. I shall try and post the name of the documentary.