TY  - BOOK
AU  - O'Donnell,Patrick K.
TI  - First SEALs: the untold story of the forging of America's most elite unit 
SN  - 9780306821721 (hardback)
AV  - D794.5 .O37 2014
U1  - 940.54/8673 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Boston, MA
PB  - Da Capo Press
KW  - United States
KW  - Navy
KW  - Commando troops
KW  - History
KW  - SEALs
KW  - Underwater Demolition Teams
KW  - Office of Strategic Services
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Commando operations
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - Mediterranean Region
KW  - Italy
KW  - Austria
KW  - Amphibious operations
KW  - HISTORY / Military / World War II
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - HISTORY / Military / Special Forces
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - "The rich history of SEAL Team 6 that captured Osama bin Laden stretches back to World War II when US intelligence officials formed a team of special-operation combat swimmers. Under the leadership of Captain Jack Taylor, a California dentist, the Maritime Unit (MU) started training in 1942, learning underwater and covert operation techniques, as it developed an array of James Bond-like new equipment, including the recently invented underwater breathing apparatus, limpet mines, silent electric motors, and a collapsible eight-foot submarine. Finally deployed in 1944, the unit conducted some of the most daring, behind-enemy-lines operations of the war in Italy, where they linked up with fearsome Italian commandos. In one of its greatest coups, they captured the plans--and the architect--of Germany's famed Gothic Line, resulting in the Eighth Army's partial breakthrough. Filled with unforgettable characters, including the unit's charismatic leader, a Hollywood star, and a gritty New York City gas station owner, The First SEALs cinematically narrates one of the greatest untold stories of World War II and links their storied past to today's gloried US Navy SEALs"--
ER  -