D-Day for a Naval Diver in Recon Units

The UDTs were led by two officers who had no prior Naval Combat Demolition experience. They deployed ahead of the landing troops to clear obstacles in order to avoid infantry hiding behind them and hampering their demolition efforts. The problem arose across the beaches is, you know, infantry were hiding behind the obstacles or tragically instances of friendly fire stymied their demolition efforts on Omaha Beach. By the time they got to the Pacific,. the, the UDTs are deploying in swim trunks, a day or sometimes days before the landing forces so they can work on hindered. It's terrifying being the first to swim into an enemy beach. But they were able to use the, use the ocean