 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukurwiswa kweamphibious paTarawamukupera kwa 1943, LVTs dzakatanga kushandiswa pakurwisa kwamakungwa nemvura kuti dzipfuure muBarrier Reef, uko Higgins Boats dzakawanda dzakanga dzatsikwa uye dzakanamatira, uye dzakasvika kumahombekombe akadzivirirwa zvikuru ayo vaAmerica vakanga vambosangana nawo muPacific. Iyi yaivawo yokutanga kushandiswa LVT-2 Water Buffalo muhondo. 2nd Amphibian Tractor Battalion LVTs vakatora chikamu mune yekutanga, yechipiri, uye yechitatu mafungu ekumhara uye vakatakura kuenderera mberi kwekupa zvombo, kusimbiswa, uye kutakura vakakuvadzwa. Pa 125 motokari dzakashandiswa 50 itsva LVT-2s uye 75 LVT-1s, 35 chete ndidzo dzakaramba dzichishanda pakupera kwezuva rokutanga, dzichiramba dzichifambisa varume nezvokushandisa kumhenderekedzo yegungwa uye nomumvura isina kudzika kuenda kumhenderekedzo yegungwa. 