US Navy Special Warfare Units in Korea and Vietnam

UDTs and SEALs, 1950–73

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US Navy Special Warfare Units in Korea and Vietnam

UDTs and SEALs, 1950–73

Description

This fully illustrated study describes the vital combat roles of the US Special Warfare units, latterly including the renowned SEALs, during two of the deadliest conflicts of the Cold War.

During the Korean War and the Vietnam War, US Navy Special Warfare units played a variety of vital combat roles amid two of the deadliest conflicts of the Cold War. In Korea, underwater demolition teams (UDTs) surveyed beaches for amphibious operations, cleared sea mines from harbors, conducted seaborne raids against inshore targets, and served as scouts for the infiltration of Korean guerrillas and British Royal Marine Commando raids along the North Korean coast. In South Vietnam, UDTs surveyed beaches and demolished Viet Cong bunkers, supply caches, and river obstacles in the Mekong Delta. The SEALs (Sea Air Land teams) deployed entire platoons into the Mekong Delta and the Rung Sat Special Zone to conduct guerrilla warfare against the Viet Cong that included ambushes, reconnaissance, and capturing leaders and supply caches. In addition, the SEALs also played important roles in the Phoenix Program and in rescuing prisoners of war. Fully illustrated throughout, this study explores how the US Navy's specially trained naval commandos accomplished their missions in Korea and Vietnam.

Table of Contents

Introduction
US Navy UDTs in the Korean War: Organization and Equipment
UDT Operations in Korea
US Navy UDTs in the Vietnam War: Organization and Equipment
UDT Operations in Vietnam
US Navy SEALs in the Vietnam War: Organization and Equipment
SEAL Operations in Vietnam
Aftermath
Select Bibliography
Index

Product details

Published Nov 23 2021
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 64
ISBN 9781472846921
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations Black & white and colour photos.
Dimensions 248 x 184 mm
Series Elite
Short code ELI 242
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Stephen Walsh

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