Phony Navy SEAL of the Week? The Omaha Beach Landing Dude.
Phony Navy SEAL of the Week? The Omaha Beach Landing Dude. Many THANKS FOR the support... http://www.6juin1944.com/assaut/omaha/en_page.php?page=oo144Your Grandfather was indeed a WWII Frogman and I found much information on him including the attached picture, Erin.
I’ll translate the UDT/SEAL Database entry 'below' of your Grandfathers Service with Naval Special Warfare.
On March 1st, 1944 Billie left a Seabee base in Williamsburg Virginia (WIMVA) and traveled to Fort Pierce Florida for 'NAVY COMBAT DEMOLITION Training'. He was in NCDU and not UDT at that time. (I’ll explain NCDU-UDT later)
A little over a month later he traveled to Lido Beach New York for Fleet transfer to the Atlantic Theater with NCDU130 also known as Cheney’s Chaingang and he landed on Omaha Beach in Normandy France on D Day destroying obstacles that would hinder the invasion.
On October 10th, 1944 he returned to Lido Beach and traveled again to Fort Pierce for UDT Training. In March, 1945 he traveled to Davisville, Rhode Island and was transported to the Pacific Theater 5 months before WWII ended on August 15th, 1945 so he may certainly have landed in Okinawa.
3/1/44 WIMVA to Pierce; 4/13/44 to Lido-FFT; 6/6/44 to Omaha/ Normandy, Pres Unit Citation Ribbon , Croix de Guerre Ribbon; 7/44 to 7th BB; 10/10/44 Lido to Pierce; 3/317/45 to Davisville; to Pacific
NCDU’s were small groups of men and operated in Atlantic. UDT’s were much larger teams and operated in the Pacific. It seems your grandfather was in both units.
http://navysealmuseum.pastperfectonline.com/photo/C896B05F-DF00-4ABB-9674-205237389638
HippenStash
01/26/2019
21:13:11
Awesome!!! Thank you, so very much, for this video. I'm so glad you were able to find out all this info for his proud Grand-daughter
Sandhill Grunt
01/26/2019
19:35:44
I'm a history buff, love hearing the history of early UDT and Omaha beach. Thanks Don
nbattistone
10/26/2018
20:22:26
Great video! Loved the SEAL and UDT history lesson! Would like to see more videos like this! What a phenomenal and honorable history!!
BoyScout
08/07/2018
11:51:22
FYI. 2019 will be the 75th anniversary of the D-Day Normandy Landings. Thanks for sharing Don. Like to hear about the legit guys as well.
lori
06/25/2018
19:47:18
Hearing the history... amazing.... Honor Respect Remember
Abida Babida
06/02/2018
14:51:57
a true hero
Hogan
05/30/2018
00:24:11
Great job providing that grand daughter such detailed info.
Ole Dave
05/20/2018
20:46:54
Excellent
JimmyJames
05/08/2018
20:46:38
This is one of my favorite videos so far. So much important history. The amazing untold stories that deserve to be heard. Thank you for what you have done and continue to do Mr. Shipley.
DerekNoble
04/24/2018
15:00:36
So in short your grandfather was a certified badass!