First SEALs (48 page)

     
training report on,
36

     
Underwater Swimmer Group and,
33
,
73

Wallace, Henry A.,
171–172

Wanderer
(Hayden),
241

Washington Navy Yard

     
possibility of underwater swimming and,
23–24

     
test of Browne's diving mask at,
25

Washington Yacht Club,
15–16

“Water Lilies,”
131

Wetsuits,
37–38

Wicker, Norman W.

     
assignment to Italy,
124

     
L-Unit and,
79

     
Underwater Swimmer Group,
33
,
36
,
73

Wiener Neustadt (Austria),
152

Wilson, Henry Maitland (“Jumbo”),
54

Wolff der Waffen, Karl,
217

Woolley, Herbert George Arthur (“H. G. A.”),
3

     
approval of Taylor's request for overseas duty,
40

     
attempt to recruit Browne,
32–33

     
closing Maritime Unit,
232

     
Donovan's choice of,
13

     
increase in swimmer groups,
73

     
inflatable surfboards and,
37

     
Legion of Merit awarded to,
243–247

     
life after war,
243–247

     
Morde and,
178

     
rebreathing device design and,
23–26
,
28
,
30

     
request for PT boats,
55

     
search for training boats and training site,
15
,
16–17

     
study of enemy underwater combat operatives,
228

     
Taylor and,
14n

     
underwater submersible craft and,
38

X-2.
See
Counter-intelligence (X-2)

Yankee
,
81–82
,
89

     
rescue of American nurses in Albania and,
94–97

Yap (Southwest Pacific), mission near,
136–138

Yugoslavia area of operations,
84

Yugoslav partisans

     
Korcula and,
97–98

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

     
on Vis,
99

Zog I,
95

Zogists,
95
,
112–113