Solo diving II. In the late 1940s, after the invention of the Aqua-lung by Cousteau and Gagnan, the first retail underwater breathing apparatus for sport was commercially marketed. As the sport expanded through the 1950s, several sporting organisations – notably the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) – began scuba training programmes for swimming enthusiasts, thus began the codification of what was believed to be proper practices for the expanding amateur sport of scuba diving. The buddy system was thought to be a useful corollary to the "never swim alone" edicts of the YMCA swimming and lifesaving programmes. Cousteau independently implemented a buddy
Résistance Joué-du-Plain and the Assassination of Emile Buffon Résistance Joué-du-Plain and the Assassination of Emile Buffon The French Résistance of Joué-du-Plain, and the assassination of Emile Buffon. The events concerns two tenants of Chateau de la Motte during World War II in Lower Normandy, France. The first was the mayor of the commune of Joue du Plain, Emile Buffon, who owned an animal brokering business, and rented the Chateau’s attached farm. Secondly there was Jacques Batchlier, who rented two buildings next to the main house, and had a dairy business. Batchlier lived in Chateau de la Motte with his wife, Denise. Emile Buffon lived at a rented farm