@DangerousDan64 -- From SLC !
stated
"One of my favorites is an oldie, “Underwater Warrior” with
Dan Duryea playing a man who can’t swim but who wants to join the Navy frogmen corps during WWII. It’s not a GREAT film but very entertaining, based on a true story and lots of underwater footage. Another one I love to watch over and over is “Creature from the Black Lagoon”. I have it on 3D Blu-ray- shot in the Florida springs so the b&w footage is crystal clear....".
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It was
Dan Daley who played
Francis "Doug" Fane
Doug is considered by many as the father of SCUBA diving in the USN. He was one of the first in the USA to dive with SCUBA and was a big proponent of SCUBA
In 1956 he published his book ,The Naked
Warriors which because of prevailing morals of the 1950s the movie title was changed to The
Underwater Warrors" The book originally published in1956-- LCCC#56-10164 -- H/C c D/J 308 Pages. It was reprinted in 1995 when Doug was 86 years old by Naval institute press ISBN #1-55750-266-8 -- H/C c D/J 308 -- I am fortunate to have known Doug whom I considered a friend and have both books inscribed to me.
It is a great read especially on the early history of the UDT- And especially during those cold SLC winters ! Burrr !
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I was a "patron" for the local play house -- one of the actress was Julie Adams of Black Lagoon fame -- I got to know her and had her autograph a copy of Skin Diver Magazine when she was featured on the cover
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SDM
You might find this tit bit interesting
Los Angeles County Underwater Instructors Program - AKA UICC
The father of all civilian and several military dive training programs
established in the summer of 1954 by the late Bev Morgan and Al Tillman
33 foot dich and recovery in open ocean
99 foot free ascent in open ocean (Catalina Island )
No problems ! Practice and perfect under controlled conditions what must be preformed perfectly under emergence conditions
LA CO always demanded that the applicant was a good waterman prior to acceptance and the non equaled program produced divers - not people who just dove and identified themselves as a diver
I always recall Commander Bond USN 300 + free assent
And less publicized Lt jg Dick Bonin USN free ascent from 200 feet + under artic ice while testing regulators for USN while serving in UDT with Doug Fane
Commander Bond became famous as the father of Sea Lab
Dick Bonin was a co founder of SCUBA Pro
(FYI both have passed on to that big reef in the sky)
So a CESA can be done under controlled training conditions-to prepare the diver for real life emergency conditions .
SDM
