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There was the time when two B Company NCOs decided to take a couple of M-41 Walker Bulldogs out for a communication check one weekend. I was the TC in the lead tank and I had to watch out for both tanks. We churned up the countryside for an hour or so then headed back to the motor pool. There was a water crossing at “Old Forge Bridge” because the tanks could not use the bridge itself. As there was only room for single file, the tank behind decide to be first. When I told the sergeant that the corporal was coming around, I only had time to secure my hold as we accelerated to keep the lead. The corporal never wavered until we got to the crossing. He did slow down to fall behind, but the sergeant never let up. When the glacis plate entered the deep water I happened to look into the turret as it filled with water. As we gained the other bank we pulled over so the sergeant could open the escape hatch to drain the mess. The corporal had slowed to avoid a similar fate. Upon our return to the motor pool, it was I who got to hose the tank out. Remember those large pink hoses at the wash rack? That day they were worth every penny they had cost.
USNS General Alexander M. Patch (T-AP-122)
Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 4 June 2001, to Esco Marine Inc., Brownsville, TX.
USNS General Maurice Rose (T-AP-126)
The General Rose was scrapped in Texas during the year 2000."
USNS General Simon Bolivar Butler (T-AP-123)
Final Disposition, dismantled in May 1999 at International Shipbreaking Co., Brownsville, TX.
Have you heard of any other ships that transported our units to Europe?
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