The Frogmen of World War II: An Oral History of the U.S. Navy's Underwater Demolition Teams

As countless battlefronts in the Pacific, African, and European theaters of World War II called for direct amphibious assaults against islands and beachheads, a small corps of exceptionally skilled fighting men was formed - the U.S. Navy underwater warriors. Here, in their own words, are the true stories of the aquatic commandos whose revolutionary training and fighting methods would evolve into the modern special forces known as the Navy SEALS.