110th AAA: Driving Hitler's Crawlin' Coffin

by Lonnie R. Speer

Book Overview

"Hitler's Crawlin' Coffin" was an eighteen-ton M-4 high-speed artillery tractor that crept up out of the surf onto Dog-Green Omaha Beach hauling a 90mm anti-aircraft gun and its crew for the 110th AAA Battalion during the D-Day invasion of Europe. Landing on the beach with elements of the 29th Infantry Division and later supporting the 30th Infantry Division in the breakout of St. Lo, the 110th AAA would become the FIRST 90mm Gun Battalion to shoot...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1425705952
• ISBN13: 9781425705954
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Xlibris
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"