After failing in their initial attempts, the men from Beach Jimper Unit-1 were ready for a second try.
On July 11, 1943, as the night waves crashed against the Italian shore, and with an enemy-occupied lighthouse in the vicinity, several US Navy customized 63-foot air-sea rescue boats made their way into the ocean.
The men had one mission, to create as much noise as possible and grab the attention of the enemy troops stationed nearby.
Using jamming transmitters, alarms, special reflective equipment, spotlights, and speakers that created loud sounds that mimicked a D-Day-like beach invasion, one small Navy unit managed to fool the enemy into believing a full-scale amphibious landing was taking place right before their eyesā¦
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My dad was a in Beach Jumper Unit 1 in Viet Nam. Sworn to secrecy upon leaving, about all he ever said about it was; "I had the best sound system in Southeast Asia." RIP Dad.
Thereās a YouTube video of one of these restored, they are INSANELY LOUD so damn cool!
First I ever heard about them. And I am a navy veteran and history WW2 history buff. Great job!!!šŗšøš«”
During the late 80's i was assigned to FDGP and was the best duty I could've hoped for. Thanks for providing this instant history.
Excellent, they sure keep secrets well
Amazing story. I'm interested in the undercover work of WW2.
Better fooled by a non-threat than ABSOLITELY fooled by a REAL threat… just sayin'… š¤Ŗ
You do not need a degree to have critical thinking. The majority of people coming out of the universities have been lobotomized and can not provide for themselves, unless they have a Affirmative Action Job or a Diversity Hire job provided by the Government.
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Had heard of many deception plans and school trained, but they left this one off.
…I always thought he was a better naval officer than an actor….lol, an amazing guy….
…another real story from history that Hollywood is silly to not make a movie about…SMH
Thanks
Extremely well trained and courageous men who gave their all for their country!!! Thank You for Your Service!!!!šŗšøšŗšø
Found this to be very educational, had never heard of this group of heros, so pleased to learn about them.
Dude this video was cool as hell. Iām a Fairbanks on my moms side. Checking with her now but I think Iām related to Douglas. Thanks for the video.
Absolute cure courage, guts, and audacity to do what they did. We cannot thank them enough for their service.
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I consider myself a reasonably well-read follower of WWII (thanks, Dad). I have never heard of the "Beach Jumpers". Thank you for finding this and highlighting these men.
all new to me
"The Beach Jumpers utilized their Big Brass Balls to mislead and harass enemy forces"-
Those guys must've had a blast during ww2 if there was absolutely no casualties in their unit during those raids
Also.. Beach Jumpers sound like a really cool task force/ battle group
I know of a W W 2 Veteran who also happens to be Sicilian and Apache and a US MARINE .
And Argue
That There Are NO Italians on the island of Sicily
Just Sicilians .
Iām glad that the navy had done away the notion of āgentlemen do not read other Mens mailā. The goal is to win and sometimes a Slug fest isnāt enough. Trickery through deception, must be used to achieve success. The concept of fair play should apply to sports and civilian life
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Never knew about the beach jumpers…thank you!
Heroes
Have the original Beach Jumpers individually been recognized/awarded so family members realize just what our GREATEST GENERATION did for us?
I live across the inlet from Ocracoke and never knew about this. Great video!!
Fascinating!
I've watched alot of your videos bro and this was the coolest one yet! That's a high bar to be sure. Keep up the awesome work!
It's "PANTELLERĆA", not "PANTELLĆRIA"
I enjoy the content , but why so speedy?
Very interesting. I too have never heard of these units. Their job is quite impressive and sounds like an assignment that was fully necessary and kinda fun too. The men and officers did a top notch job of keeping secrecy a priority if we're only hearing about this some 70 plus years later…
To date I had only known of the Beech Jumpers involvement in the Champagne Campaign, and that it was then abandoned. I'm impressed that worked too well to be revealed to the enemy for some eighteen years. Thankyou.
We're going to need men like these in the upcoming war against Democrat Fascism.