Royal Navy commandos and beach teams are described running ashore and turning toward the sea to guide the next landing craft. Their immediate work was to bring vessels in safely despite machine-gun and artillery fire. Large paddles gave visible directions to the approaching craft. The practical aim was to keep landing ships and other vessels from grounding in the wrong place. The example separates the beach-control task from fighting the battle around it.
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Royal Navy beach teams directing landing craft under fire
Beach teams had to face the approaching landing craft and guide them ashore while the fighting continued behind them.