1. On Saturday morning, dozens of amphibious vehicles and air-cushion landing craft ferried men and tanks on to military-designated Red Beach. 2. A company called D.C. Ducks operates a land and water tour of Washington using the DUKW, an amphibious Army vehicle from World War II. 3. Boston Duck Tours offers narrated excursions on renovated World War II amphibious landing vehicles. 4. Discovery Channel Ducks are restored DUKWs, open-air, canopied amphibious vehicles built by General Motors to carry troops in the Allied invasions of Sicily and northern France. 5. Duck may seem an apt name for these amphibious vehicles, but DUKW was actually their production code. 6. During World War II, he was instrumental in developing the DUKW, an amphibious Army vehicle that subsequently earned Stephens a U.S. medal of freedom. 7. Even the last amphibious vehicles to depart were fired upon, but Zinni said it did not seem to be a coordinated attack. 8. Several surface streets were under water, turning cars into amphibious vehicles. 9. The green is reached by a stone path at low tide and by six-wheel amphibious vehicle at other times. 10. The Marine Corps is developing a faster amphibious vehicle for beach landings. |