First SEALs (45 page)

     
rescue of nurses in Albania and,
94–97
,
102

     
Samothrace
and,
56

     
supplying Yugoslav partisans,
57
,
70–71
,
82
,
83
,
85–86

Hearn, George,
127
,
216–217

Heisenberg, Werner,
185

High-speed boats, arrival of,
70

HMS Jarvis
(destroyer),
8

HMS Queen Elizabeth
(battleship),
7
,
8

HMS Valiant
(battleship),
6–8

Holocaust,
162

Honduras, Lost City of the Monkey God,
178

Hoover, Herbert,
9

Hull, Cordell,
112

Human Terrain Teams,
63n

Hvar,
97

Insulin, procuring on Turkish black market,
63
,
65

Intelligence analysis,
11

Intelligence gathering

     
in Adriatic,
97–99
,
104–106

     
blending with special operations,
21

     
Dupont mission and,
155–164

     
in Greece,
48

     
in Pacific,
134–135
,
137–138
,
139
,
141–143
,
144
,
146
,
226–227

     
See also
Missions/operations

Irene
(caïque),
60

ISIS.
See
Italian Secret Intelligence Service (ISIS)

Italians, loyalties after leaving Axis,
67

Italian Secret Intelligence Service (ISIS),
121

Italy

     
Allied offensive in,
215–217

     
area of operations,
84
,
157

     
Ligurian Coast operations,
195–197

     
surrender of German forces in,
217

     
surrender to Allies,
82

     
Taylor and Maritime Unit in (
see
Bari [Italy])

     
underwater combat swimming (
see
Decima MAS
)

Ivosevitch, Voyeslav,
82
,
106

Jacinto,
Kapo,
209

Jodl, Alfred,
233

John Harvey
(freighter),
87–88

Kamp, James J.,
132

Karavostosi,
78

Kauffman, Draper,
42–43

Kayaks,
13
,
20
,
38
,
141
,
142
,
144
,
145

Kelly, Richard M.

     
deactivation of Maritime Unit and,
216

     
life after war,
241

     
missions,
181

     
Morde and,
178

     
Operation Ossining I and,
125–126

     
pursuit of Kelly Plan,
115–116

     
success of unit,
186
,
189

     
training San Marco Battalion,
122–124

Kelly Plan,
115–124

     
Ossining operations,
125–128

     
Packard mission,
129–130

Kennedy, John F.,
237–238

Kenworthy, Robert,
139–140

Kesselring, Albert,
215–216

Kleni
(caïque),
62

Korcula,
97–98

Korean War, underwater combat and,
237

Kos

     
battle on,
62–63

     
fall to Axis,
68

     
raid on,
54

Kosiek, Albert J.,
222–224
,
230

Koulias, Charles N.,
36
,
37

Krajcovic, Vojtech,
208
,
212

Kupi, Abaz,
112–113

Kyaukpyu, OSS in,
144

Lambertsen, Christian,
3
,
24n

     
awards,
242–243

     
death of,
243

     
LARU and,
26–30
,
144–145
,
236–237

     
life after war,
242–243

     
Operational Swimmer Group II and,
79
,
142–143
,
144–145

     
swimmer groups' development and,
73

     
testing LARU after the war,
236–237

Lambertsen Amphibious Respiratory Unit (LARU)

     
after the war,
235
,
236

     
demonstration for Kauffman,
42–43

     
demonstration of Woolley,
2–3

     
description of,
29

     
development of,
26–28

     
enhancing,
144–145

     
OSS selection of,
32–33

     
problems in cold water,
133

     
Underwater Demolition Teams and,
136

     
for Underwater Swimmer Group,
33

Legion of Merit, awarded Woolley,
243–247

Leros (Greece),
63
,
65

     
fall to Axis,
67–68

Leyte,
140–141

Lichtman, Alfred,
44
,
179

Ligurian Coast,
195–197

Limpeteers, in Livorno bay,
175–177

Limpet mines,
39

“The Little Pearl Harbor,”
88

Livorno (Italy), underwater sabotage in,
175–177
,
179

Local language experts, need for,
142

London, L-unit,
131–133

Lovell, Stanley,
26
,
43

Lung, Browne's,
25–26
,
28
,
31–32

L-Unit,
73n
,
131–134

Lupo (“Wolf”) mission,
180–181

Lusitainia
(passenger ship),
25

Lysander training,
154

MacArthur, Douglas,
135

MacMahon, John,
137–138

Maiali
(pigs),
5
,
7

Malacarne, Bruno Oswaldo,
176

Maletto, Antonio,
187
,
188

Maribel
(cabin cruiser),
15–16
,
19

Maritime Authority,
13

     
Underwater Swimmer Group and,
33–40

Maritime School,
13–14

Maritime Unit (MU)

     
Allied offensive in Italy and,
215–217

     
Area D,
17–21
,
36–37

     
caïque fleet,
56–57

     
Caprice V mission,
227–228

     
of Company D,
175–181
,
195–197
,
215
,
216

     
covert night-landing operation,
21

     
deactivation of,
227

     
disbandment of,
232

     
equipment,
131
,
133
,
134
,
235–236

     
establishment of,
12
,
39–40

     
ferrying operatives from England to France,
131–134

     
focus on Pacific following end of war in Europe,
226–228

     
increasing military structure of,
124

     
integrating
Decima MAS
into,
115–124

     
life of members after war,
239–250

     
mines on Ligurian Coast and,
195–197

     
Morde and,
177–179

     
need for training boats,
15–16

     
Operation Picnic,
109–113

     
operations in Pacific,
141–146
,
226–228

     
parachute insertion and,
69

     
rescue of American nurses in Albania,
93–97
,
102–104

     
Samos mission,
59–63

     
supplying Yugoslav partisans,
57
,
69–71
,
82–86
,
106–107
,
128

     
training facility in Egypt,
54–55

     
Underwater Demolition Team program and,
135–136

Marsyl
(boat),
16
,
19
,
37

Martellini, Capt.,
191
,
192

Mary B.
(caïque),
62
,
63
,
65–67

Maryk,
94

MAS (Torpedo Armed Motor Boat),
67

Mauthausen concentration camp,
202–203
,
205–214

     
Communist control of,
230–231

     
conditions at,
207–209
,
212

     
crematorium at,
209–211

     
death toll following liberation,
231

     
execution of prisoners,
211–212
,
221
,
230
,
234–235

     
film crew documentation of,
229–230

     
gas chamber at,
210–211
,
235

     
liberation of,
219–224

     
prisoners' trust of Taylor as American,
213

     
recruitment for SS at,
214

Mauthausen-Gusen Camp Trials,
232
,
233–235

May, Col.,
65–67

McConnell, Catherine Devine,
241

McCulloch, John B.,
151–153

     
Dupont mission and,
155–156

McFadden, George (“Daffy”),
55–56

ME-102 course,
154

Mediterranean area of operations

     
Churchill and,
53–54

     
Kos,
62–63

     
map,
61

     
Samos,
59–63

Mersa Matruh (Egypt),
55