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The Frogmen is a 1951 American black-and-white ... During World War II, Navy Lt. Cmdr ... "Frogmen is a new type of movie experience roughly equivalent to ...
The Underwater Demolition Team (UDT), or frogmen, were amphibious units created by the United States Navy during World War II with specialized missions. They were predecessors of the Navy's current SEAL teams. Their primary WWII function began with reconnaissance and underwater demolition of natural or man-made obstacles obstructing amphibious ...
The Radio Times Guide to Films gave the film 3/5 stars, writing: "This distinguished British war film celebrates the exploits of celebrated Royal Navy frogman Lt Lionel "Buster" Crabb, played here by Laurence Harvey, whose explosive temperament is a perfect match for the volatile character he plays. The underwater shooting is well done, and the ...
US Marine fighter pilot in Pacific Ocean theater of World War II: 1951 United States Force of Arms: Michael Curtiz: US Fifth Army in Italian Campaign: 1951 United States The Frogmen: Lloyd Bacon, Dick Mayberry: US Navy underwater demolition team divers/commandos in South West Pacific Theatre: 1951 United States Go For Broke! Robert Pirosh
The word frogman first arose in the stage name the "Fearless Frogman" of Paul Boyton in the 1870s [1] and later was claimed by John Spence, an enlisted member of the U.S. Navy and member of the OSS Maritime Unit, to have been applied to him while he was training in a green waterproof suit.
Pearl Harbor films (1 C, 19 P) Pages in category "Films about the United States Navy in World War II" The following 65 pages are in this category, out of 65 total.
Created in 1957, the Danish Frogman Corps traces its lineage in World War II and the British special-operations units that fought the Germans and Italians in North Africa and Europe.
In 2006 the admiralty of the Italian republic recognized the Xth M.A.S. RSI veterans as combatants of WWII and gave the association the battle flag. Counter-operations against Italian frogmen by British frogmen in Gibraltar was the subject of a 1958 British film The Silent Enemy based on the exploits of the team of Lionel Crabb.