From the Dec. 13, 2012, Yahoo! News Christian Science Monitor" by Nick Squier.
The amphibious vessel sank in Lake Garda, killing 23 U.S. soldiers just days before the end of the European fighting. Amateur historians have been searching for it for months.
The 6-wheel, 2-ton amphibious DUKW sank April 30, 1945 while carrying supplies and ammunition to the American Army near the town of Torbole in Italy's north. The vessel was hit with gale force winds,causing it to sink.
It had on board a truck carrying 24 American soldiers ages 18 to 25 from the 10th Mountain Division. Only one survived from the 605th Field Artillery Battalion. as well as the driver from the Quartermaster Corps.
The Duck was found in 905 foot deep water.
The group next will try to find any human remains in the area, but it is too deep for divers.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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