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Scouts and Raiders: The Navy's First Special Warfare Commandos

Autor John B. Dwyer
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 17 mar 1993
The history of the Scouts & Raiders of World War II is the story of the original ancestors of today's elite SEAL teams. As the Navy's first special warfare commandos these highly trained and skilled officer/enlisted boat crews conducted pre-assault recons of landing beaches, hydrographic recons, marked assault beaches, and guided in assault waves from 36-foot Scout boats, rubber boats, and kayaks at North Africa, Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, Southern France, and Normandy, earning numerous decorations for heroism, including 8 Navy Crosses. In the Mediterranean, S&Rs trained elite units such as Rangers and the 1st Special Service Force, and were assigned to Special Operations Task Group 80.4 and the Adriatic Special Operations Group, working with Allied units supporting Tito's partisans.

In the Pacific, S&Rs served as Scout Intelligence Officers, Amphibious Scouts, Beachmasters, and with Underwater Demolition Teams with 5th and 7th Amphibious Forces from Kwajalein to Okinawa and in the Philippines campaign. They served in Admiral Milton Miles' U.S. Naval Group, China, training Nationalist Chinese guerrillas, participating in raids and ambushes and conducting behind-the-lines overland recons, disguised as coolies to escape detection by Japanese forces. Highly trained, skilled and brave, the Scouts & Raiders were the Navy's first special warfare commandos. This book will be useful for anyone interested in military/naval history, amphibious operations and special warfare. It tells, for the first time, the story of the Scouts & Raiders, a unique World War II unit.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780275944094
ISBN-10: 0275944093
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.51 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

Amphibious Origins and Training
North African Baptism of Fire
ATB Ft. Pierce
Hazardous, Prolonged, Distant Duty
At Normandy Beaches
Elba, The Adriatic and Southern France
Scout Intelligence Officers and Transport Duty
Amphibious Scouts in the South-West Pacific
Okinawa
Amphibious Roger
With SACO in China
Glossary
Select Bibliography
Index