First SEALs: The Untold Story of the Forging of America's Most Elite Unit - Softcover

First SEALs; The Untold Story of the Forging of America's Most Elite Unit

Trade paperback. Zustand: Fair. First Da Capo Press Paperback Edition. xi, [1], 290, [2] pages. List of Maps. Maps. Illustrations. Notes. Index. Some underlining noted. Some damp staining at back of book with some page undulation. Patrick K. O'Donnell is a best-selling American author of books on military history. His books have been chosen for books clubs, including the Military History Book Club. In 2012, the OSS Society presented O'Donnell with the John Waller Award, which recognizes achievement in scholarship related to intelligence and special operations history. O'Donnell currently serves on its board of directors. O'Donnell's book We Were One was chosen for the Commandant's Professional Reading List and is required reading for Marines. He received the Colby Circle Award for Outstanding Military History for Beyond Valour. Beginning in the summer of 1942, an extraordinary group of men-among them a dentist, a Hollywood movie star, an archaeologist, California surfers, and even former enemies of the Allies-united to form an exceptional unit that would forge the capabilities of the Navy's Sea, Air, and Land (SEAL) Teams. Known as the Maritime Unit, it comprised America's first swimmer-commandos, an elite breed of warrior-spies who were decades ahead of their time when they created the tactics, technology, and philosophy that inspire today's Navy SEALs. The pioneering men of the Maritime Unit conducted some of the most daring operations behind enemy lines and even survived one of the Third Reich's infamous concentration camps. Their astonishing record of activity and achievement was classified, lost, and largely forgotten. O'Donnell unearths their incredible history-one of the greatest untold stories of WWII. Artikel-Nr. 77797

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