D-Day

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2 years 7 months ago #235748 by Hank

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This Spring 1944 photo shows bulldozers at the Engineer Depot, Thatcham, England in preparation for the D-Day invasion, 6 June 1944.

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2 years 7 months ago #235749 by bursitis

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i had a friend who unloaded an rd6 onto some kind of landing craft from the side of a ship. he said they lost many dozers over the side trying to get them ashore because of the rough sea. he also told me a few stories of driving the rd6 across france and into germany

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2 years 7 months ago - 2 years 7 months ago #235781 by npalen

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Any idea what they were pulling with the RD6's?

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2 years 7 months ago #235790 by bursitis

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his tractor was equipped with a cable control and a bulldozer blade. i think i remember him saying that he occasionally pulled an artillery piece but i think that was rare. pulling stuck trucks and equipment pushing damaged equipment from roadway and clearing bombed out buildings from streets along with just about anything you can think of.

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