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>> And Aqua-Lung wasn't available until after WWII. Your on link says it was invented in winter 1942/43, WWII didn't end until September 45. That's plenty of t
by jonwachob91 4y ago
>> And Aqua-Lung wasn't available until after WWII.
Your on link says it was invented in winter 1942/43, WWII didn't end until September 45. That's plenty of time to train, equip, and utilize the technology in warfare. This article may not have been about Aquq-lung, but your book may have been accurate.
"The Aqua-Lung was invented in France during the winter of 1942–1943 by two Frenchmen: the engineer Émile Gagnan and the Naval Lieutenant Jacques Cousteau."
- eesmith 4y agoMy comment at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32080389 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32080389 gives more details. In short, it's therefore impossible for a US frogman in WWII to be using a term which wasn't coined until after the war ended. The CG45 regulator wasn't patented until 1945. It was "commercialized in France as of 1946, [and] was the first to actually be called the "Aqua-Lung"." Furthermore, the book starts a little under two years after Perl Harbor, i.e. 1943.