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On June 6, 1944, as Allied forces landed on Omaha Beach, disaster loomed. The 741st Tank Battalion lost 27 of 29 DD Sherman tanks before they even reached shore—sunk in six-foot waves their “floating bathtubs” were never designed to survive.

But the 743rd Tank Battalion refused to follow a doomed plan.

When Sergeant Thomas “Hawk” Hawkins saw his DD tank’s canvas flotation screen collapsing in the stormy English Channel, he made a split-second decision that defied orders—and saved his crew. With nothing but rope, canvas, and sheer grit, his team jury-rigged a sinking Sherman into a fighting machine that helped crack open the German defenses on Omaha Beach.

This is the untold story of:

The fatal flaw in the DD tank’s design
Why the 741st was nearly wiped out while the 743rd succeeded
The “insane” field modification that shocked even Eisenhower
How American ingenuity under fire turned disaster into victory
Featuring real veteran accounts, technical breakdowns, and the dramatic contrast between rigid doctrine and battlefield improvisation—this is D-Day as you’ve never seen it.

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