Collection
Vehicles listed by Camp Pendleton Historical Society reporting. Museum confirmation of on-site designations, markings, and restoration stories is required before production claims.
VEH-01
Roebling Alligator
CPHS: Roebling
Donald Roebling's Florida swamp/hurricane rescue tractor; Life magazine coverage drew USMC interest; predecessor lineage to LVT-1.
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VEH-02
LVT-2
CPHS: LVT2
Improved suspension/hull over LVT-1; first combat commonly cited at Tarawa (Nov 1943).
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VEH-03
LVT(A)-1
CPHS: LVT(A)1 (B7)
Armored amtrac on LVT-2-related chassis; HyperWar lists first combat at Kwajalein; Bailey emphasizes Marshalls fire-support role.
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VEH-04
LVT (designation unconfirmed)
CPHS: LVT (5A-30)
Listed by CPHS among museum vehicles; exact model identity not independently verified from institutional sources beyond the CPHS string.
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VEH-05
LVT-3C
CPHS: LVT3C (1-A-29)
LVT-3 first combat at Okinawa per HyperWar; LVT-3/LVT(A)-4 pair noted as postwar Marine preference in Bailey. Korea-era museum scope stated by CPHS.
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