Monday, September 9, 2013

WWII-era Amphibious Truck Found in Italian Lake

On April 29, 1945, members of the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division crossed the lake—Italy's largest—in a duck to overtake the villa of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, who was operating the Italian Social Republic from Lake Garda's western shore.
But a violent storm sank the vehicle and took all but one of its servicemen down with it—leaving 24 missing.
The discovery of the rusted duck—which rests 600 feet (180 meters) below the surface of the lake—could lead to the recovery of these missing servicemen's remains and their possible return to the United States.

Read the full story here.

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