First SEALs (47 page)

Silvaldi, “Jumping Joe,”
52

Silver Springs (Florida), Underwater Swimmer Group training at,
43–44

Singapore Harbor, British raids on Japanese shipping in,
145–146

Slave laborers, at German concentration camps,
162
,
206
,
208–209

Sleeping Beauty submersibles,
38
,
134
,
142
,
236

Smith, Lloyd

     
Brenner Assignment,
104

     
in Cairo,
51
,
53

     
Donovan and,
101

     
in Italy,
70
,
71

     
life after war,
248

     
rescue of nurses in Albania and,
94–97
,
101–104

     
Yankee
and,
81
,
82

Smith, Walter Bedell,
247

Smith Point (Virginia),
17

SO.
See
Special Operations (SO)

SOE.
See
Special Operations Executive (SOE) (British)

Soltau, Gordon (“Gordy”)

     
life after war,
248–249

     
in Pacific area of operations,
146
,
227

     
training in Thames,
1
31–132

Soltau, Nancy,
249

Sorgetti, Edmondo,
176

Southeast Wall,
160
,
162

Southwest Wall,
152

Special Operations Executive (SOE) (British),
95
,
112

Special operations (SO),
11

     
blending with intelligence gathering,
21

Special Operations (SO) agents

     
local language skills and,
142

     
protection by Maritime Unit operatives,
143–144

Special Operations (SO) branch,
12
,
13

     
in Cairo,
48–49

     
Maritime School and,
13–14

     
Taylor and,
85

Speer, Albert,
233

Spence, John P.

     
death of,
249

     
in first Underwater Swimmer Group,
33
,
36
,
73

     
on Kauffman,
42

     
life after war,
249

     
as part of L-Unit,
79
,
132

     
use of wetsuit,
37–38

SS Schutzstaffel, recruitment for at Mauthausen,
214
.
See also
Mauthausen concentration camp

Stanaway, John J.,
124

Station S,
18

Station W,
18

Stella (agent),
191–193

Stipanovitch (Yugoslav partisan),
88–89
,
99–100

Stransky, Milos,
221

Submersible Operations Platoon,
237

Sumatra, Operational Swimmer Group and,
146

Surface swimmers, San Marco Battalion,
122–123

Surfboard, inflatable,
37
,
42
,
43

Tamiami Champion
(train),
41

Tarawa, battle at,
135

Tartugas
(turtles),
123

Taylor, Jack Hendrick

     
air raid on Bari and,
89

     
as Area D instructor,
19
,
20–21

     
caïques and,
56–57

     
in Cairo/Egypt,
47
,
48–49
,
53
,
54–57

     
capture by Gestapo,
164–165

     
collection of evidence at Mauthausen,
231

     
death of,
238
,
240

     
deployment overseas,
40

     
Dupont mission and,
152
,
154
,
155–164

     
health at Mauhausen,
212–213
,
219

     
in Italy (Bari),
69–71
,
81–82

     
Kelly plan and,
122

     
LARU demonstration at Shoreham Hotel,
1–3

     
Leros mission and,
65–67

     
liberation of Mauthausen and,
219–224
,
229–230

     
life after war,
239–240

     
Maritime School and,
14

     
at Mauthausen,
205–214

     
Mauthausen-Gusen Camp Trials and,
232
,
233–235

     
military structure of Maritime Unit and,
124

     
need for high-speed motorboats/equipment,
68–69

     
Operation Picnic,
109–113

     
parachute insertion and,
69

     
as prisoner of war,
169–173
,
201–203
,
205–214
,
219–224
,
229–230

     
race to catch up with Italians in underwater combat,
23

     
replaced in Yugoslav supply operations,
106

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

     
return to States,
232
,
235

     
Samos mission and,
59–60
,
62–63

     
search for training mission boat and training site,
15–17
,
19

     
search for vessels,
55–57

     
supplying Yugoslav partisans,
70
,
83
,
85

     
test of Browne's diving mask,
25–26
,
31–32

     
test of LARU,
32

     
training in Potomac,
39

     
transfer to Mauthausen,
202–203

     
Underwater Swimmer Group and,
33–37
,
40

Terradura, Walkiria,
184
,
241

Thiele, Alphonse P.

     
deactivation of Maritime Unit and,
216

     
Eighth Army Detachment and,
183–184
,
186
,
190

     
life after war,
241

Thompson, P. R.,
175–176
,
177

Thunderball
(film),
119n

“Tiger's Claw,”
52

Tito, Josip Broz,
69

Tofte, Hans V.

     
as combat instructor,
51–53

     
death of,
248

     
in Italy,
70
,
71

     
life after war,
247–248

     
replaced in Yugoslav supply operations,
106

     
supplying Yugoslav partisans,
57
,
83
,
85

Torpedoes,
Decima MAS'
s use of,
5–7

Toy, the,
38

Treasure Island (Bahamas), underwater training at,
74–78

Truman, Harry S,
172
,
232

Turkey, black market in,
63
,
65

2677th Regiment OSS,
124

UDT.
See
Underwater Demolition Teams (UDT)

UDT 10.
See
Underwater Demolition Team 10 (UDT 10)

Underwater combat swimmers

     
LARU demonstration and,
2–3

     
San Marco Battalion,
122

Underwater Demolition Teams (UDT),
43
,
236
,
237

Underwater Demolition Team 10 (UDT 10)

     
invasion of Philippines and,
140–141

     
Peleliu reconnaissance,
134–135

     
preparation for invasion of Peleliu and Angaur and,
138–140

     
reconnaissance mission near Yap,
137–138

Underwater submersible craft,
35
,
38

Underwater Swimmer Group L,
73n
,
131–134

Underwater Swimmer Group (USG),
33–40

     
equipment,
37–39

     
Fort Pierce training,
41–43

     
increase in numbers,
73

     
Silver Springs training,
43–44

     
training schedule,
34

     
See also
Operational Swimmer Groups

Underwood (Austrian DV)

     
capture and imprisonment by Gestapo,
164–165
,
169

     
Dupont mission and,
158
,
160
,
163–165

     
escape from Nazis,
221

     
as prisoner of war,
202

     
selection for Dupont mission,
152–153

United States

     
desire to replicate
Decima MAS,
8

     
lack of intelligence agency,
9
,
10

U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Berets),
3n
,
52
,
142
,
237

U.S. Naval Reserve,
42

U.S. Navy

     
creation of SEALs,
237–238

     
Maritime School and,
14

     
underwater combat troops after the war and,
235–238

     
Underwater Demolition Team program,
134–141

U.S. Navy SEALs

     
beginnings of,
3

     
creation of,
237–238

USG.
See
Underwater Swimmer Group (USG)

Valcagno, combat diving/sabotage school at,
117–118

Valdène, Jean de,
38

Vis,
97
,
99
,
128

Von Papen, Franz,
178

Voyage: A Novel of 1896
(Hayden),
241

Wadley, Frederick James

     
life after war,
247

     
L-Unit and,
79
,
132
,
133

     
test of Browne's lung and,
31