Title: Hunters & Shooters
Subtitle: An Oral History of the U.S. Navy SEALs in Vietnam
First published: July 17, 1995
Description: The U.S. Navy SEALs have long been considered among the finest, most courageous, and professional soldiers in American military history—an elite fighting force trained as parachutists, frogmen, demolition experts, and guerrilla warriors ready for sea, air, and land combat. Born out of a proud naval tradition dating back to World War II, the first SEAL teams were commissioned in the early 1960s. Vietnam was their proving ground.In this remarkable volume, fifteen former SEALs—most of them original founding team members, or "plankowners"—share their vivid first-person remembrances of action in Vietnam. Here are honest, brutal, and relentlessly thrilling stories of covert missions, ferocious firefights, and red-hot chopper insertions and extractions, revealing astonishing little-known truths that will only add strength to the enduring SEAL legend.
Subjects: Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975, United States. Navy. SEALs, Commando operations, United States, Nonfiction, Military, American Personal narratives, Regimental histories, History, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Commando troops, United states, navy, history, Vietnam war, 1961-1975, personal narratives, United states, navy, seals, Vietnam war, 1961-1975, regimental histories, Vietnam war, 1961-1975, naval operations