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Into enemy waters : a World War II story of the demolition divers who became the Navy SEALs / Andrew Dubbins.
Dubbins chronicles the story of the pioneering Underwater Demolition Teams (UDT) and George Morgan, one of its last surviving members, as they cleared a path for Allied invasion forces and helped win World War II. The Navy's World War II combat demolition unit was a top-secret special operations group, selected from the best swimmers in America's armed forces. George Morgan's first assignment: Omaha Beach on D-Day. As the frogmen moved closer to the enemy homeland, Japan's fortifications became more elaborate and its defenders more fanatical. Dubbins follows the story of the pioneering Underwater Demolition Teams (UDT) as they cleared a path for Allied invasion forces and helped win World War II. And he chronicles the story of Morgan, one of its last surviving members, -- adapted from jacket.
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- ISBN: 9781635767728
- ISBN: 1635767725
- Physical Description: xv, 317 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Diversion Books edition.
- Publisher: [New York] : Diversion Books, 2022.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-312) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue -- Part I The Atlantic. The crash ; Shadow of war ; Bomb disposal ; The lifeguard ; Coastal defenses ; Fort Pierce ; The demolitioneers ; Overlord ; Rising tide -- Part II The Pacific. Amphibians ; The lagoon ; Combat swimmers ; The whale ; Setting sail ; The elite ; The floating city -- Part III Into enemy waters. Sulphur Island ; Falling leaves ; Black sand ; The catchers ; Blessman ; The flag ; The reef ; Kamikaze ; Pulling teeth ; East ; Typhoon ; Black skies ; R&R -- Part IV The last island. The big one ; The sword ; Coronado -- Epilogue. |
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