1953 – United States USA: U.S. LVTP-5 (Landing Vehicle Tracked Personnel-5) and LVTA-5 (Landing Vehicle Tracked Armored-5) in United States.

On this date in history in 1943, the WWII Battle of Tarawa began. The three-day battle for Tarawa in the Central Pacific was the first major trial by fire for the new Marine doctrine of forcible amphibious assault from the sea against a fortified island. Tarawa's coral reef, a barrier to the Navy's landing boats, posed a serious problem. To land the initial attack forces across the reef, the Marines converted their tracked "Alligator" cargo-haulers - civilian rescue vehicles designed to perform

Landing Vehicle Tracked: Armored Ship-to-Shore Movement

1953 – United States USA: U.S. amphibious vehicle LVT 3-C (Landing Vehicle Tracked 3-C) moves up a beach in United States.

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