Navy Seals

Description

For the first time with the full cooperation of the UDT/SEAL Museum Association in Florida, author Kevin Dockery has compiled the most in-depth and revealing history of the U.S. Navy SEALs from their roughshod origins as the daring Underwater Demolition Teams, Scouts, and Raiders of World War II, to the formation of the modern fighting force known as Navy SEALs. Illustrated with archival photos throughout, and supplemented with in-depth interviews with veteran UDT divers and SEAL personnel, this book chronicles the formation of an elite fighting force unsurpassed in combat on land, air, or sea-and captures the spirit of those rare men who make up the finest fighting force in the world. - Publisher.

First Sentence

The Vietnam War had been a testing ground for the SEALs where they not only proved that the concept behind their creation was sound, but that it was outstanding.

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Other Editions

• Navy Seals: A History Part III - Post-Vietnam to the PresentBerkley Hardcover2003-09-02
• Navy SealsHardcoverBerkley Hardcover2001-08-07
• Navy SEALsBerkley Books2002-01-01
• Navy SealsHardcoverBerkley Hardcover2002-08-06
• Navy SealsHardcoverDiane Pub Co2003-01-01
• Navy SealsBerkley Books2004-01-01