Navy NCDU Teams
On the beach invasions of Normandy, one of the marines commented, “Jesus, we don’t
even have control of the beach yet and already the tourist are here!”. This is the normal response that the men of UDT get, during WWII in the pacific campaign. They would paint themselves with steaks of blue and white. They were the first ones on the beach and the last ones to leave. They carried no weapons except for a combat knife used for cutting, and crimping the fuses of their explosives. Some say that you would have to be “half nuts and half fish” to join the UDT. But, besides being courageous and saving the lives of many a thankful marine(although they will not admit it) the UDT did something historical that NO HISTORY BOOK for that matter has cared to mention. They
launched the United States into a whole new type of warfare, consisting of underwater
commando’s who could rise up out of the water and devastate an enemy, and disappear
just as fast, or slip onto an enemy held beach, undetected, and bring back almost any type of information you needed. The latter probably saved hundred’s upon thousand’s of
marines lives alone. My report will show you the mysterious, and secret world of the
UDT.
The first Naval Combat Demolition Unit started with thirteen volunteers who were near
the end of their basic training in the Dynamiting and Demolition School at Camp Perry,
Virginia. They were sent to the Naval Amphibious Training Base at Solomon Island,
Maryland, in Chesapeake Bay where they were joined by other enlisted demolition men
and eight officers. Lieutenant Fred Wise from the Sea Bees (Construction Battalions) was
designated Officer in Charge.
They were given a quick, intensive course in blowing channels through sandbars with
explosive hose, and in working from rubber boats to place explosive charges on
underwater obstacles which had been modeled by Army engineers. Then they sailed for
the assault on Sicily. Twenty-one men under LT Wise debarked from three attack cargo
ships off Scoglitti, Sicily, on the morning of July 10, 1943 and waited patiently for orders that never came. The landing waves either found enough water over the sandbars or used alternative beaches. For the next two days the demolition units did useful work salvaging stranded boats, buoying channels through the sandbars, and surveying the be...
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...tion units received the only Navy
Unit Commendation awarded for the Normandy landing. Navy Crosses were awarded to
Ens. William R. Freeman, Gunner's Mate Robert W. Bass, Gunner's Mate John H. Line,
Chief Jerry N. Markham, Chief Aviation Ordnanceman Loran E. Barbour, LTJG William
M. Jenkins, and Ens. Lawrence S. Karnowski. There were also a number of Silver Stars
and Bronze Stars to others who were especially outstanding in a day of widespread
heroism.
The NCDU regrouped and Lieutenant Commander Herbert Peterson, in charge of Naval
Combat Demolition Force "U", with ten veteran UTAH units, embarked in a
Mediterranean-bound convoy for Salerno. Here they trained for the upcoming invasion of
Southern France. As these combat demolitioneers proved once again the need for and the
success of underwater demolition, the newly organized Underwater Demolition Teams,
UDT, were proving their worth in Saipan. Many NCDU men stayed in demolition and
got to the Pacific in time for the occupation of Japan, but the end of World War II
brought the end of Naval Combat Demolition Units. Many NCDU men brought their
experience and expertise to the Underwater Demolition Teams.
...l the way to war termination, not chance, that ultimately allowed the Japanese to achieve their military and political goals.
The message that ultimately lead to this mission being carried out was intercepted and decoded on April 13, 1943 at the naval
By the summer of 1943 the Allied Powers had finished their campaigns in North Africa. Their next objective was to move into Sicily and invade Italy to cause the Germans to move northwest from the coast. This came to be known as “Operation Husky which was designed to open the shipping lanes in the Mediterranean, eliminate it as an Axis base, and to aid in the fall of Mussolini’s government” (Hickman n.d.). In July 8th, 1943 Mowat, now an intelligence officer was ordered to head to Sicily to participate in Operation Husky. They left the night of the 8th and encountered terribly rough seas due to the sirocco. The sirocco is an intense wind that comes off of the Sahara. It looked as though Operation Husky would be cancelled. Fortunately, later that night the wind slowed and the platoons were able to continue with the operation. The invasion commenced on the night of July 9th, landing on the west side of the Pachi...
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