The warship screened the transports for the remainder of the first day of the Okinawa landings and, after being relieved of that duty the following dawn, visited " White " beach for a conference between UDT-21's commanding officer and the beachmaster on post-assault demolition needs . " Bunch " then left the beachhead at 1500 and took up night screening station A-20.
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Going ashore pre-first wave with roughly 100 soldiers as Forward Observer / Beachmaster in the Easy Red Sector of Omaha Beach, sending back intelligence on enemy troop movements, placement of enemy artillery et cetera to the Commanding General Headquarters V Corp . For his actions on D-Day he was awarded the Bronze Star with arrowhead, Silver Star, Distinguished Service Order from Great Britain and was promoted to full Colonel soon thereafter.
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The Beach Party Battalions joined and formed the Naval Beach Group TWO . Furthermore, in 1949 Boat Unit TWO and Beachmaster Unit TWO were added to Naval Beach Group TWO . Boat Unit TWO originally had LCM-6 craft and later gained the LCM-8 in 1957 and gained LCU's in 1959 when it merged with Landing Craft Squadron TWO . After the merger, Boat Unit TWO changed it name to Assault Craft Unit TWO ( ACU TWO ).
