This just came in from "Renbuild1" in response to an old Surfmatters post, here...
"The shot with the astronauts is fun. Most are NOT Team guys. You can
tell by their swimsuits. UDT swim trunks are all we ever wore. The guy
in the front row on the left definitely IS. He’s wearing UDT swim
trunks with web belt and K-Bar knife. We always wore our watches on our
right wrist, because we didn’t want the snare to catch our watch during
cast and recovery ops. On his left wrist he’s wearing a compass and
depth gauge. He recently got out of the water since his trunks are
still wet. I don’t know his name, but it’s likely he’s East Coast, UDT
22.
The dark haired guy on the far left in the wetsuit top is
Corney Leyden. He was a master chief in UDT 22 when I was there from
‘67-71. He was our diving Department chief and knew tons about all
three of our diving rigs and kept us all current. Corney is wearing
issue booties that we’re a MUST with Duck Feet, because the fins would
tear up your feet without them."
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