The "Frogmen" train for D-Day - in their Dunlop diving suits. (Image: Richard Pursehouse) Sign up to FREE email alerts from BirminghamLive - Birmingham Bi-Weekly Nostalgia Email Updates.

Fact Check. A vintage photograph perennially shared on social media purports to show an actual deep-sea diving suit from 1925 that looks more like a mash-up of the Tin Man from "The Wizard of Oz ...

Their equipment was minimalist: swim trunks, dive mask, fins, and a knife for cutting fuses and detonation cord. The Navy SEALs drew many techniques and traditions from the World War II frogmen ...

They had 15-minutes to clear the water of traps - Dunlop's diving suit made it possible. ... Frogman suit designer Wally Gorham also made the tail for the mermaid in the film Miranda in 1948.