Maybe a little off topic but I was just reading that William Hopper was a frogman in WWII. Does that qualify as a seal?
I think they were UDT until 1961 when they became SEAL teams.
https://www.navysealmuseum.org/about-navy-seals/genesis-u-s-navys-sea-air-land-seal-teams
That’s a game for sorority girls. Arguing that a WWII Frogman isn’t a “SEAL”? That’s like saying someone wasn’t a true fighter pilot because they only flew a Wildcat over Guadalcanal rather than an F-15. Or that a Point-Du-Hoc ranger on D-Day wasn’t a real ranger because Ranger School opened in 1950 after his time.