Synopses & Reviews
For the first time the full story of U.S. amphibious special warfare units during World War II and the Korean War is revealed in gripping, painstakingly researched accounts of battles that few knew even occurred. Author and historian John B. Dwyer spent years gathering these first-person accounts of amphibious commando operations in Europe, North Africa, the Pacific, China, and Korea. From secret joint military-OSS and CIA missions and thrilling submarine ops to river raids deep into Nazi-controlled North Africa to the training and insertion of Korean commandos for a secret war in North Korea to fatal engagements with Japanese occupation forces in China, Dwyer chronicles the heroic feats of men who were willing to try anything and go anywhere to accomplish their dangerous missions. With dramatic action shots of amphibious commandos in action, Commandos from the Sea is the definitive history of America's waterborne warriors of World War II and the Korean War.
Synopsis
These are the true tales of the United States' top secret amphibious commandos who gave their all during WWII and the Korean War. Today's Navy SEALs, Force Recon Marines and Army Rangers and Green Berets are the progeny of these most daring of men, and Commandos from the Sea details in magnificent fashion their feats, which have remained hidden for far too long in the shadows of history.