From: jimweb@endgame.demon.co.uk
Date: Tue Nov 19 2002 - 19:02:43 PST
Wayne Harris wrote:
> I think in one of the John Wayne movies (D-Day, invasion pipe??) one of
> the things they did to take out a pillbox was to push/carry a section of
> pipes to the bunker but I don't remember what came out of it maybe
> flames. If this is not Invasion pipe does anyone knows what this was?
> And if the invasion pipe(see below) is going under water what towed the
> bolster trailer along the bottom? :-))Wayne
The 'bolster trailer' wasn't towed along the bottom it actually floated
and unwound the cable as it was towed along. There was a very good
programme about it on UK TV not so long ago.
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