# New Color D Day photos released. Cool amphibious car. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 8, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-color-d-day-photos-released-cool-amphibious-car/624544 "2012-06-08T20:04:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-color-d-day-photos-released-cool-amphibious-car/624544/1 "2012-06-08T20:04:08Z")
LIFE magazine released another batch of D Day color photos from their archives. Some are of the celebrations as towns got liberated. The most interesting to me is what looks like an amphibious car. Note the boat shape. What the heck was it called? That’s not a jeep. There’s also a rare photo of recently captured Germans. I haven’t seen many pictures of POW’s before. Doesn’t the Geneva Convention prohibit photos of them in a disrespectful manner? This photo is respectful. I hope LIFE releases more from their archives. > **[Fighting for freedom: Extremely rare colour photographs paint the picture of...](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2156252/D-Day-Rare-colour-pictures-World-War-II-depict-invasion-new-hue.html)** > > Extremely rare Life Magazine photos of the days leading up to and after the historic D-Day invasion have been put on display, nearly 70 years after World War II's dramatic turning point. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-color-d-day-photos-released-cool-amphibious-car/624544/2 "2012-06-08T20:19:40Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > The most interesting to me is what looks like an amphibious car. Note the boat shape. What the heck was it called? That’s not a jeep. [Schwimmwagen.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Schwimmwagen) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2012, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-color-d-day-photos-released-cool-amphibious-car/624544/3 "2012-06-09T00:56:14Z")
Need one of those amphibious cars myself. 😉 The US had a small amphibious troop carrier. A lot were sold as surplus. Hot Springs Ark takes tourists around in them on land and in the water. ---
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-color-d-day-photos-released-cool-amphibious-car/624544/4 "2012-06-09T15:48:49Z")
I love photos like these. Thanks for sharing! ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2012, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-color-d-day-photos-released-cool-amphibious-car/624544/5 "2012-06-09T16:20:26Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Need one of those amphibious cars myself. 😉 > > The US had a small amphibious troop carrier. A lot were sold as surplus. Hot Springs Ark takes tourists around in them on land and in the water. That would be the [DUKW](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DUKW). Not the most catchy of names. ---
**Author:** ![gunnergoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e95f7d/32.png) [@gunnergoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gunnergoz)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-color-d-day-photos-released-cool-amphibious-car/624544/6 "2012-06-10T19:12:58Z")
> [@Shakester](#): > > That would be the [DUKW](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DUKW). > > Not the most catchy of names. There was also an amphibious Jeep or GPA: [http://www.4wdonline.com/Mil/Seep/Seep.html](http://www.4wdonline.com/Mil/Seep/Seep.html)