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Special Ops: Four Accounts of the Military's Elite Forces

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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

 

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