by Orr Kelly
Government House, 237, 240
Grabowsky, Theodore, 104, 127–28, 146, 301, 304
Grayback, USS, 174, 179, 193
Great white shark, 104
Grenada, 3, 237, 238, 239, 244, 245, 249, 255, 257, 270, 274, 284, 312
Grenades: Combo Sting Ball, 233 Magnum Star Flash, 233 Multi-Flash, 233 Multi-Star Flash, 233 Star Flash Stun, 233 Sting Ball Stun, 233 Thunder-Flash Stun, 232
Grenville, 246
Griffin, Vice Adm. Charles D., 88
Growler, USS, 193
Guam, 39
Gulf of Thailand, 151
Gulf of Tonkin, 173
Hagensen, Lt. Carl P., 24
Hagensen pack, 24, 254
Haiphong, 174
Half Moon Bay, 275
HALO (high-altitude, low-opening) parachutes, 89
Hambleton, Lt. Col. Iceal, 166–67, 168
Hamilton, William H. (“Bill”), 77, 86, 87, 88, 90, 223, 225, 300
Hanlon, Captain B. Hall(“Red”), 42
Happy Valley, 56
Haskin, Command Master Chief Herbert H., 192, 198, 308
Hawkins, Thomas L. (“Tom”), 145, 190, 217, 305, 308
Hayden, Chief Warrant Officer Roger, 282, 315
Heat loss, 195–96
Heckler & Koch MP-5 submachine gun, 101
Heckler & Koch P-9S pistol, 101
Helicopters, 78
Hell Box, 99
Hell Week, 20, 96–97
Hiroshima, 46
Hitler, 16
Ho Chi Minh Trial, 151; electronic monitoring system, 160
Holloway, Adm. James, 87
Hon Me island, 125
Hon Nieu island, 125
Hong Kong, 57
Hostages, 208
House Armed Services Committee, 266, 295, 308, 314
Howard, Walter W., 308
Hudak, Warrant Officer George, 99, 301, 316
Hussein, Saddam, 272, 278
Huth, Douglas P., 169, 306
Hypothermia, 104, 105; treatment of, 105
Inchon landing, 80
Independence, USS, 242
International Control Commission, 126
Iran, 208
Iraq, 272, 287
Iron Eagle, 227
Irrawaddy River crossing, 53
Island class Coast Guard cutter, 289
Italians, leaders in small submersibles, 180
Italy, 55; use of combat swimmers, 49
Iwo Jima, 42
Jamaica Bay: world’s largest dredge, 137
Japan, plans for invasion of, 46
Japanese frogmen, 46
Japanese minisubs in Pearl Harbor attack, 186
Jedi warriors, 215, 217
John Marshall, USS, 194
Johnson, President Lyndon B., 150, 205
Joint Chiefs of Staff, 208, 210, 220
Joint Special Operations Command, 219, 238, 246, 247
Jubayl, 275
Jukoski, Michael, 167–68, 306
Just Cause. See Operation Just Cause
Kaine, Francis Riley (“Frank”), 40, 66, 68, 151, 298, 303; “MacArthur’s frogman,” 41, 60
Kamikaze, 43
Kauffman, Draper L., 16, 32, 42, 44–45, 46, 55, 151; article in Saturday Evening Post, 42; resists use of UDT men as infantry, 38
Kelly, Hull Maintenance Technician Third Class Paul P., 95
Kennedy, President John F., 85, 86, 87, 90; expands special operations forces, 86
Kerrey, Joseph R. (“Bob”), 156, 306; awarded Medal of Honor, 157
Khafji, 273
Kiet, Nguyen Van, 168
King, Admiral Ernest J., 16
Kissinger, Secretary of State Henry, 202
Kistiakowsky, George, 21
Klein, Assistant U.S. Attorney John, 235
Koenig, Johnny, 237, 239
Korean War, 77, 78, 80, 83, 99
Kuwait, 272, 273, 277, 287
Kwajalein, 33, 53
Kytoon, 76
Lambertsen, Dr. Christian J., 48, 49, 52, 53, 62–63, 67, 299; innovations during World War II, 54
Lambertsen Amphibious Respiratory Unit (LARU), 48, 53, 63, 66
Landing Craft, Mechanized (LCM), 115
Landing Craft, Vehicle and Personnel (LCVP), 115
Laos, 115, 151; SEAL operations in, 159–60
LARU. See Lambertsen Amphibious Respiratory Unit
Lawson, Capt. Thomas N., 285–86, 315
LDNN. See Lien Doc Nguoi Nhia
Leap Frogs, 94
Lee, Lt. Comdr. Derek A., 54
LeMoyne, Irve C. (“Chuck”), 72, 157, 163, 245, 267, 300, 306, 314
Leonardo da Vinci, 49
Leyte Gulf, 41
Lien Doc Nguoi Nhia (LDNN) (Vietnamese frogmen), 129, 166, 169, 170
Light SEAL Support Craft (LSSC), 144
Limpet mine, 55, 253–54
Lindsay, Gen. James J., 249, 255, 258, 314
Lingayen Gulf, 42
Loch Cairnbawn, 185
Long Beach, USS, 174, 176, 177, 179, 180
Lon Nol, 211
Lon Non, 211
Lowe, Lt. Comdr. Doug, 192, 308
Luehrs, Ens. Lewis F., 31
Lundberg, Quartermaster First Class Kevin, 244
Lutz, Lt. (jg) John C, 175, 178
Lutzow, 185
Lyons, Vice Adm. J. A. (“Ace”), 221, 229, 235, 243, 311
M-14 rifle, 102
M-16 rifle, 101; special naval version, 101
M-60 machine gun, 101
MacArthur, Gen. Douglas, 40, 53, 80
Machen, Radarman Second Class Billy W., 173, 304; first SEAL killed in a fire-fight, 133
Machrihanish, 252
Macione, Jack, 206
Macklin, Theodore (“Ted”), 212, 310
Maddox, USS, 126
Maiale (the pig), Italian manned torpedo, 182
Malta, 182
Manchuria, 83
Manned torpedoes, 182
Marble Mountain, 118
Marcinko, Richard, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214–16, 220, 222, 223, 228, 229, 230, 233 234, 310, 311; “Demo Dick,” 211; and drinking, 218
Marianas, 34
Mariner’s Rest, 231
Marines, 203
Marines, 4th Division, 29
Marines, 2d Division, 5
Mark XV underwater breathing device, 67
Mark 37 torpedo, 190
Martin, Warrant Officer One P. L., 175, 178
Mason, John, 230, 233 234, 239–40, 311
Maui, 53, 95
Mauna Loa, 61
Mayaguez, 202, 203, 253, 309
McConnel, Seaman, 179
McFaul, Chief Petty Officer Donald L., 264, 266
McGrath, Tom, 179, 254, 256, 258, 262
Mediterranean Sea, 216, 275
Medium SEAL Support Craft (MSSC), 144
Mekong boat flotilla, 115, 303
Mekong River, 131
Men with green faces, 140
Middendorf, Navy Secretary J. William II, 168
Mike boat (Landing Craft, Mechanized [LCM]), 144
Miles, Capt. Milton E. (“Mary”), 55, 91, 299
Mine warfare, 199
Mister (William Bruhmuller’s Viet Cong source), 154–55
Mob Six, 212, 216
Monkey Mountain, 118
Morris, Hull Technician First Class Stephen, 244
Mountz, Comdr. Thomas, 213, 217, 310
Muford, Michael L., 122, 124, 127, 304
Multiplatoon operations, 216, 257, 269, 276, 287, 288, 290
Mussolini, Benito, 181
Nagasaki, 46–47
Naked warrior, 21, 47, 280
Nakhon Phanom, 160
Nasty class Norwegian torpedo boats, 122
NATO, 212
Naval Coastal Systems Center, 187, 308
Naval Combat Demolition Training and Experimental Base on Maui, 31
Naval Combat Demolition Unit, 22, 23
Naval gunfire support, 33
Na
val Investigative Service, 226
Naval Medical Research Institute, 110
Naval special warfare, 16, 27
Naval Special Warfare Center, 169
Naval Special Warfare Command, 269, 285, 315
Naval Special Warfare Group One, 269, 273
Naval Special Warfare Group Two, 216, 138, 257, 309
Naval Special Warfare Task Group, Central, 273, 315
Newport News, USS, 170
New York Times, 140
Nha Trang, 156
Nimitz, Admiral Chester, 6
Nixon, President Richard, 150, 157, 166, 172, 201
Norfolk Naval Base, 219
Noriega, Gen. Manuel Antonio, 1, 255, 258, 262, 263
Normandy, 16, 22, 297
Norris, Thomas, 167, 241, 306; awarded Medal of Honor, 168
North, Chief Quartermaster Nick, 308
North Africa, 55
North Vietnam, 150; secret SEAL operations in, 129, 160
North Vietnamese Army, 115; 1972 offensive, 166
Nuclear weapons, 191
Nunn, Senator Sam, 247
Odum, W. T. (“Tom”), 187, 300, 308
Office of Strategic Services (OSS), 47, 52, 63, 67, 299; operational swimmers, 52
Okinawa, 43, 44, 202, 284, 298
Omaha Beach, 23, 24; casualties, 27
Onderdonk, Lt. (jg), A. B., 31
OP-06D, 222, 223
Operation Fishnet, 82, 83
Operation Flintlock, 28
Operation Just Cause, 3, 251, 253, 258, 270, 285, 313
Operation Plan 34A, 118, 127
Operation Thunderhead, 173, 180, 188
Operation Torch, 11
Operation Urgent Fury, 251, 284
OSS. See Office of Strategic Services
Outward Bound, 77
OV-10 fixed-wing aircraft, 144
Overlord, 22
Paitilla Airfield, 1, 2, 3, 4, 252, 255, 261, 262, 266, 270, 288, 295
Palermo, 184
Panama, 251–52, 270, 276, 285
Panama Canal Control Commission, 259
Panama City, Panama, 1, 252, 258
Panama Defense Force, 252
Parachute demonstration teams, 94
Parachute maneuvers, 94–95
Parachutes, salvaged and modified, 91
Parks, James L. (“Gator”), 177, 199
Pastore, Rodney, 138, 304
Patuxent River Naval Air Station, 94
PC (patrol ship, coastal), 288
Pearl Harbor, 19, 31, 194
Pearl River, 57
Peleliu, 39
Pennsylvania, USS, 61
Pentagon, 208
Persian Gulf, 275
Persian Gulf War, 274
Philippines, 202
Phillips, Mike, 263
Phnom Penh, 115
Phoenix program, 165
Plank owner, 91
Point Salines Airfield, 238
Ponson, Master Chief Pierre, 95, 301
Presidente Porras, 259, 260, 313
Proceedings, U.S. Naval Institute, 291
Provincial Reconnaissance Units (PRU), 161, 293
Pueblo, USS, 76
Puerto Rico, 244
Pullar, Walter S., 315
Pyle, Ernie, 42
Quang Khe, 119
Queen Elizabeth, HMS, 183
RAMCO, 232, 234
Rangers, 25, 244
Ras al-Gar, 275
Ras al-Mishab, 275, 279, 282
Raven (Virginia Beach bar), 218
Raynolds, John, 77, 81, 300; “sinks” carrier Bon Homme Richard, 77
Reagan, President Ronald, 209, 225, 238
Reconnaissance by fire, 99, 237
Red Cell, 222, 223, 224, 311
Red Sea, 275
Red River, 173
River Patrol Boat (PBR), 144
Rivero, Adm. Horacio, 87
Rodman Naval Station, 258, 259, 262
Rodriguez, Petty Officer Isaac C., 266
Roi-Namur, 29
Rommel, Field Marshal Erwin, 8, 23
Rudman, Senator Warren, 249
Rufus round, 256
Rules of engagement, 267
Rung Sat Special Zone, 131, 143, 145, 153
Saigon, 125, 130, 131, 135, 201
Saipan, 27, 32, 34, 53
Salerno, 16
Salzer, Vice Adm. Robert S., 146, 150, 305
Sam Houston, USS, 194
San Clemente Island, 98–99, 101, 301
San Mariel harbor, 114; secret SEAL mission in, 111
Sandoz, Capt. John, 257, 258, 262, 270
Santo Domingo, 206
Saudi Arabia, 272, 273
Saunders, Comdr. David G., 66
Schaible, D. L. (“Dave”), 158, 248
Schamberger, Senior Chief Engineman Robert, 244
Scharnhorst, 185
Schlesinger, Secretary of Defense James, 202, 205
Scholtes, Brig. Gen. Richard A., 246
Schropp, Jack, 219, 311
Schwarzkopf, Gen. Norman, 275, 278
Scoon, Governor-general Paul, 237, 238, 239, 240
Scotland, 252
Scout dogs, 145
Scouts and Raiders, 11, 20, 22, 29
SCUBA (self-contained underwater breathing apparatus), 65, 107, 120, 280
SDV. See SEAL Delivery Vehicle
SDV Team Two, 190, 308
SEA LORDS (South-East Asia Lake, Ocean, River and Delta Strategy), 151
Sea of Norway, 184
Sea of Thailand, 202
Sea Wolf (UH-1 helicopter gun-ships), 144
Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) Teams, 124
Seabees, 31
SEAL, physical characteristics of, 110
SEAL badge, Budweiser, 108
SEAL Delivery Vehicles (SDV), 173, 174–75, 175, 199, 283, 284, 289, 308; Mark 1 SPU (swimmer propulsion unit), 188; Mark 2, 187; Mark 6, 188; Mark 7, 176, 188; Mark 8, 189; Mark 9, 189, 308
SEAL Team One, 115, 117, 131–32, 156, 160, 161, 175, 177, 201, 301, 305; deploys to Vietnam, 116; accidental deaths, 143
SEAL Team Two, 3, 129, 135, 148, 153, 167, 211, 212, 252, 253, 270, 301; casualties in Vietnam, 141; experiments with scout dogs, 145; work with Father Wa, 152
SEAL Team Three, 267
SEAL Team Four, 238, 244, 245, 246, 251, 254; at Paitilla Airfield, 1
SEAL Team Six, 210, 212, 216, 217, 219, 220, 224, 225, 226, 229, 230, 231, 234, 235, 236, 238, 241, 242, 244, 247, 257, 270, 284, 287, 288, 293, 309, 310, 311, 312; and Mercedes Benz sedans, 220; new cover name, 217
SEAL team assault boat (STAB), 144
Sealink 78, 212
SEALs, first two teams commissioned in January 1962 89; shift attention to South Vietnamese delta, 130; in Operation Thunderhead, 173; combined with UDT in 1983 190; in Grenada attack, 237, 238; four men lost off Grenada, 244
Senate Armed Services Committee, 247
Shanghai, 56
Sharp, Vice Adm. Ulysses S. G., 86
Shepherd, Comdr. Bill, 212–13
Sicily, 13, 55
Sig Sauer P-226 pistol, 101
Simmen, Clifford R., 227–28, 230–31, 311
Sisk, Lt. Comdr. Richard (“Rick”), 101
Skim boat, 69
Sky hook, 70–71, 73, 74; maritime version for swimmer pickup, 74–75
Small-unit operations, 276
Smart bombs, 285
Smith, Raymond C., Jr., 269, 273, 274, 282, 284, 314; concepts of SEAL employment in Desert Storm, 275
Sniper rifle, .50-cal., 256
SOCCENT. See Special Operations Command, Central
South China Sea, 131, 133, 204
South Vietnam, 115
Southern Command, 289
Soviet Union, 114, 248
Special Forces, 95, 206
Special Operations Command. See U.S. Special Operations Command
Special Operations Command, Central (SOCCENT), 279
Special Warfare Group, Pacific, 151
Star War
s, 215
Stiner, Lt. Gen. Carl, 271
Stingrays, 29–30
Stoner, Vietnam-era automatic weapon, 101
Stress fracture, 96
Stubblefield, Gary, 267, 292, 296, 314, 346
Studies and Observation Group (SOG), 131; directs SEAL operations in Laos and North Vietnam, 159–60
Sturgeon class attack submarines, 194, 289
Subic Bay, 201
Submarine lock out, 112
Super-SEALs, 199
Swatow motor gunboats, 119
Swift boat, 144
Swiftships, Inc., 254
Swimming: five-and-a-half mile swim, 103–04; diving tower, 107
Tang island, 202, 203, 253
Tarawa, 5, 28, 37; neap tide, 7
Teheran, 208
Tesei, Lt. Teseo, 181–82
Tet offensive, 147, 150, 155
Tetrahedrons, 103
Tetryl, 21, 34
Thailand, 202
Thalman, Capt. Edward, 195, 196
Thanh Hoa, 173
Thornton, Engineman Second Class Michael, 169–70, 241, 306; receives Medal of Honor, 171–72
Thrift, Henry S. (“Bud”), 91, 152, 301
Tilghman, Petty Officer Christian, 266
Tinnin, Warrant Officer Eugene S., 141, 305
Tipton, James C., 112
Tirpitz, 184, 185, 186
Tokyo, Doolittle raid on, 34
Tomahawk cruise missiles, 276, 285
Tomlinson, Hospital Corpsman Third Class John Joseph, 106, 301–02
Tonkin Gulf incident, 303
Tonkin Gulf Resolution, 126
Toohey, Pat, 256–57, 258, 262, 264, 265
Toschi, Lt. Elios, 181
Towers, Edwin L., 178, 307
Trondheim, 184
Trondheimfjord, 184
Tunney, Gene, 10
Turner, Admiral Richmond Kelly, 7, 23, 30, 33
Turner Joy, USS, 126
U Tapao, 202
UDT One, 29, 30
UDT Two, 66
UDT Three, 38, 82
UDT Five, 32, 77, 82
UDT Six, 41, 284; at Peleliu, 39
UDT Seven, 31, 43, 298
UDT Eight, 41
UDT Ten, 41
UDT Eleven, 43, 175, 298; finishes UDT Sixteen’s task at Okinawa, 45–46
UDT Twelve, 42, 43, 115
UDT Thirteen, 42, 43, 62
UDT Fourteen, 42, 43
UDT Fifteen, 42, 43; 18 members killed on USS Blessman, 43
UDT Sixteen, 43, 298; fails to carry out mission at Okinawa, 44
UDT Seventeen, 43
UDT Nineteen, 43
UDT Twenty-one, 86, 91, 301
UDT Twenty-two, 114, 190
UDT combined with SEALs, 245
Ulithi, 44
Unconventional Activities Committee, 87
U.S. Naval Forces, Vietnam, 146
U.S. Naval Group, China, 56. See also Capt Miles, Milton E.
U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOC), 3, 247, 248, 250, 251, 255, 258, 267, 286, 288
USSOC. See U.S. Special Operations Command
Utah Beach, 23, 24
Valiant, HMS, 182
VENTED, acronym for symptoms of oxygen poisoning, 64