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180 - US Navy Demolition Divers

180 - US Navy Demolition Divers

FromThe WW2 Podcast


180 - US Navy Demolition Divers

FromThe WW2 Podcast

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Length:
43 minutes
Released:
Nov 15, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this episode, we’re going to be looking at US Navy combat divers. The Combat Demolition Unit would land on D-Day with the first wave of troops. It was their job to clear coastal defences that might get in the way of landing craft.  In the Pacific, Underwater Demolition Teams were carrying out similar tasks on islands such as Iwo Jima and Okinawa.  I’m joined by Andrew Dubbins. Andrew managed to track down one of the surviving divers who landed on Omaha beach, then was shipped to the Pacific to land on Iwo Jima and Okinawa. His book is Into Enemy Waters: A World War II Story of the Demolition Divers Who Became the Navy SEALS.   Patreonpatreon.com/ww2podcast  
Released:
Nov 15, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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A military history podcast that looks at all aspects of WWII. With WW2 slipping from living memory I aim to look at different historical aspects of the Second World War.