Navy SEALs: a history of the early years

This book includes revealing history of the Navy SEALs from their roughshod and haphazard origins in such groups as the daring Underwater Demolition Teams and Scouts and Raisers in World War II to the formation of the modern fighting force known as Navy SEALs.

  • OCLC #: 47018518
  • ISBN #:
    • 0425178250
    • 9780425178256
  • Call #: VG87.D6297 2001
  • Publisher: New York : Berkley Books, 2001.
  • Edition:
    • 1st ed.
  • Physical Description: viii, 358 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • General Notes:
    • Includes index.
  • Contents:
    • Foreword / Bud W. Brutsman
    • The Navy SEALs
    • World War II : the origins
    • The naval construction battalions : the Seabees
    • Scouts and raiders (joint)
    • North Africa : Operation TORCH
    • The establishment of the Naval Combat Demolition Units
    • NCDU assignments
    • Tarawa
    • Normandy and southern France
    • The gap assault teams at Normandy
    • The UDTs' organization and legends
    • The OSS Maritime Unit
    • Kamikaze
    • Prisoners of war
    • The last invasion
    • Scouts and raiders
    • SACO and Amphibious Group Roger
    • The cost
    • Outbreak of the Korean War
    • Rotations
    • Recons
    • Heat and cold : mines and the Korean winter
    • The lighter side
    • Cold waters, cold stares, cold rides
    • Beach jumpers
    • Materials, the tools of war
    • Leaders and losses in the teams
    • The creation of the Navy SEALs
    • The commissioning and mission of the SEALs
    • The first CO
    • Skills
    • First combat
    • The job
    • The testing ground.
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