U.S. Navy Beach Jumpers - Amphibious Forces, U.S. Navy Monument

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U.S. Navy Beach Jumpers

Loop Shack Hill

Advanced Amphibious Training Base, Ocracoke (AATB)

December 1943 to January 1946

In December 1943, the U.S. Navy Section Base became the Advanced Amphibious Training Base (AATB) for the Beach Jumpers. Experienced officers and men from earlier ...