Navy Seals I A History of the Early Years

by Dockery, Kevin

• ISBN13: 9780425188514
• ISBN10: 0425188515
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: Berkley Trade

Summary

With the full cooperation of the UDT/SEAL Museum Association, author Kevin Dockery has compiled the most extensively illustrated, candid and revealing history available of the Navy SEALs. With archival photos throughout--and in-depth, exclusive interviews with veteran UDT divers and retired SEAL personnel, this book chronicles the formation of an elite fighting force unsurpassed in combat...and reveals the nature of those rare men who make up the finest fighting force in the world.

Author Biography

Kevin Dockery has been a soldier in the President's Guard under Presidents Nixon and Ford, a grade-school teacher, radio broadcaster, gunsmith, and historian. He also spent time in Iraq and Kuwait during Desert Storm as what he refers to as a "corporate mercenary." A noted military historian, he has written a number of books on the Navy SEALs.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
The Navy Seals	1	(1)
World War II: The Origins	2	(10)
The Naval Construction Battalions: The Seabees	12	(3)
Scouts and Raiders (Joint)	15	(4)
North Africa: Operation TORCH	19	(4)
The Establishment of the Naval Combat Demolition Units	23	(24)
NCDU Assignments	47	(11)
Tarawa	58	(17)
Normandy and Southern France	75	(15)
The Gap Assault Teams at Normandy	90	(13)
The UDTs' Organization and Legends	103	(19)
The OSS Maritime Unit	122	(6)
Kamikaze	128	(19)
Prisoners of War	147	(10)
The Last Invasion	157	(11)
Scouts and Raiders	168	(10)
SACO and Amphibious Group Roger	178	(5)
The Cost	183	(5)
Outbreak of the Korean War	188	(16)
Rotations	204	(5)
Recons	209	(8)
Heat and Cold: Mines and the Korean Winter	217	(13)
The Lighter Side	230	(6)
Cold Waters, Cold Stares, Cold Rides	236	(12)
Beach Jumpers	248	(7)
Materials, the Tools of War	255	(10)
Leaders and Losses in the Teams	265	(7)
The Creation of the Navy Seals	272	(17)
The Commissioning and Mission of the Seals	289	(16)
The First CO	305	(12)
Skills	317	(3)
First Combat	320	(9)
The Job	329	(14)
The Testing Ground	343	(4)
Index	347