ENGLISH

Hunters & Shooters: An Oral History of the U.S. Navy SEALs in Vietnam

By Bill Fawcett

Book information

Year
2008
ISBN
0061375667, 9780061375668, 9780061576010
Open Library ID
OL24271170M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1084190 bytes)
Pages
400\408
Topic
History
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The U.S. Navy SEALs have long been considered among the finest, most courageous, and professional soldiers in American military history—an elite fighting force trained as parachutists, frogmen, demolition experts, and guerrilla warriors ready for sea, air, and land combat. Born out of a proud naval tradition dating back to World War II, the first SEAL teams were commissioned in the early 1960s. Vietnam was their proving ground. In this remarkable volume, fifteen former SEALs—most of them original founding team members, or "plankowners"—share their vivid first-person remembrances of action in Vietnam. Here are honest, brutal, and relentlessly thrilling stories of covert missions, ferocious firefights, and red-hot chopper insertions and extractions, revealing astonishing little-known truths that will only add strength to the enduring SEAL legend.

Similar books