Sounds like an awesome guy. I once met a guy who was UDT on D-Day. He and his team swam in the night before and set some charges in the surf to destroy some of the iron barriers, then swam back to the raft.
He got shot while on a landing craft later in the day and never landed on the beach.
Pure guts. All of them. Every last one.
yep.
My scout master was in a UDT team at the time. Several months before the invasion, they came ashore on cloudy, moonless nights to gather samples of sand from each of the proposed invasion beaches. Like the guy you knew, on the night before the invasion his team was setting demo charges on underwater obstructions.
My scout master was in a UDT team at the time. Several months before the invasion, they came ashore on cloudy, moonless nights to gather samples of sand from each of the proposed invasion beaches. Like the guy you knew, on the night before the invasion his team was setting demo charges on underwater obstructions.
No argument here.
They’d have found me clinging to the back of one of the landing platforms.
Either that or crying in the front.
Truly brave men one and all
I often wonder which Spec Operators are the baddest of the bad.
Army Rangers have more skills then the basic infantry grunt.
Army Special Forces and Delta are even more highly trained with more skills.
Marine Force Recon have similar skills.
Air Force ground controllers go through much of the same training.
CIA combat operatives ... well who knows?
They all have jump wings as far as I know. I could be out of date on that.
However, only SEAL's can wear the Trident that comes with being the first called for high risk missions. Unlike the other SpecOps guys, every SEAL is trained to perform the same duties. It's just a matter of pay grade.