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 eyes…
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