Note 58 — Chapter V · A Day: 20 October 1944
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LST’s approaching Red Beach were under intense enemy fire. Four of them received direct hits.58 Nearly all of the LST’s were grounded 100 to 200 yards from the beach. Only one of them was able to come within forty to fifty yards of the beach, and it succeeded in unloading its cargo of heavy equipment only with considerable difficulty.59 Another put off a bulldozer, which disappeared in seven feet of water. With difficulty the other LST’s withdrew and returned to the transport area.60