Hello Fellas,
Sorry for the long delay.
First of all the photos Kim posted (please tell me how you managed to post them) YES #45 is on Red-3 but its not as near to the pier as you may think.
The second photo with LVT #10 on RED-2's seawall. This is confusing without knowing the date the photo was taken. Tom's aerial photo of Red-2 with an unknown LVT on the seawall, might be #10, stuck there after the 1st wave landing. But if this is the LVT that Lilly landed in, then the right tracks would have been blown off and repair parts were not available during this battle, the track would have remained unrepaired. The battle damage report on #10 only shows a few machine gun holes.
Looking at the seawall photo of #10, there is very little "battle debris" around #10 (no packs, ammo boxes, bodies) #10 is seen landing elements of 10th Marines with thier 105mm howitzer from a higgins boat from the LaSalle (AP 102) The 10th Mar/4 Bat (105mm howitzers) did not land until the morning of the 23rd of Nov (D+3).
How did #10 got on the seawall ..It is possible that #10 landed on the first wave on the seawall and was abandoned when the crew was killed, after the fighting moved inland, a substitute crew took over, removed it form the wall and put it back in service but... with the lack of battle debris around it, a bulldozer near it and the one marine under with a second standing guard (or making jokes) on the seawall make me think the driver accidentally got it stuck!
Al