recomendation needed

[libriut99]

could some one recomend a good book about the navy SEAL's ? I recently read the book UDT\SEAL's operations in vietnam ( excellent book ) but I'm looking for a book that would give me a more overall perspective about the teams. So , any recomendations you have I will apreciate.
Thx.

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[DFC5343]

Element of Suprise by Darrell Young

[Coppermine]

"Us Navy Seals in Action" and "Us Navy Seals" (The Power Series) both by Hans Halberstadt.
Two great books I would recommend to anyone.

[Travis Arnold]

Well, I've always thought Combat Swimmer by Robert Gormly was a good book. Rogue Warrior by Richard Marcinko is great, so long as you don't become one of the thousands trying to imitate him after reading it. http://www.socnetcentral.com/ubboard/biggrin.gif Death In The Jungle by Gary R. Smith and Alan Maki is a good one about SEALs in Vietnam. The Teams: An Oral History of the U.S. Navy SEALs is a compilation of different SEALs stories over the years, and I enjoyed the different view points it offered. There are tons of books out there on SEALs, so take your pick. http://www.socnetcentral.com/ubboard/smile.gif

[RUSH]

"Inside the US Navy SEALs" by Stubblefield and Halberstadt. Nice perspective on NSW.

[OleBert]

"Good to Go" by Harry Constance is the first SEAL book I read, its good but based around his personal story. R.M.'s "Rogue Warrior" book is awesome too. Yeah the Power series books are good too, lots of info AND pictures http://www.socnetcentral.com/ubboard/smile.gif

Bert

[MADMIK]

Hutchins, Joel. Swimmers among the trees: SEALs in the Vietnam War. (Presidio, 1996) is shit. Hutchins was not a Navy SEAL, but was a Navy corpsman in Vietnam.

[JSOCMarine]

"Swimmers among the Tree's" has been conclusively exposed as a fabrication of stories by a lying NBTNDT. I personally know some of the SEAL officers and CPO's who played a role in exposing it for the piece of garbage that it is.

The publisher admitted that he did not check the authors credentials prior to printing the book. Once the sad truth was exposed the book was no longer printed by that publishing house.

[MADMIK]

Went to the public library last Saturday to re-read Stolen Valor.

Other books written by "Navy SEALs" but they were fakes are:

Barnes, Scott. Bohica

Billac, Pete. The last medal of honor. Billac was a Navy seaman.

Block, Mickey. Before the dawn.
Block was a crewmember of a PBR river patrol boat.

Dux, Frank. The secret man: an American warrior's uncensored story.
Dux "Bloodsport" was not a Navy SEAL.

Reeves, James. Meking! The Authentic Novel of Naval Special Forces in Vietnam.
No Navy SEAL by the name of James Taylor.

Valentine, Douglas. The Phoenix program.
Elton Manzione, John Laboon, Eddie Swtz, and Kenneth Van Lester were in the Navy, but not as SEALs.

Smith, Warner. Covert Warrior: fighting the CIA's secret war in Southeast Asia and China, 1965-1967.
Smith was a Navy aviation maintenance officer in Luzon.

Taylor, James and James Reeves. Covert Actions.
Taylor was a Navy mechanic.

The only Marine in Stolen Valor was:
Brinkley, Dannion. Saved by the light: the true story of a man who died twice and the profound revelations he received.
Brinkley was a Marine truck driver, not a sniper.

Books written by "Special Forces" but they are not are:

Barnes, Scott. Bohica.

Billac, Pete. The last medal of honor.
Army enlisted, as well as Navy seaman.

Cramer, Lenox. Slow dance on the killing ground.
Real name is Michael Erik Cramer. Army clerk-typist. in jail for murder.

Katakis, Michael. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
mentioned Sgt. Major Charles 'Chuck' Eatley.

Kimball, William. Vietnam: the other side of glory.
no SF officer named Captain David Shaffer.

Lee, Eric. Saigon to Jerusalem: conversations with U.S. veterans of the Vietnam War who emigrated to Israel.
no SF officer named William Northrop.

Maurer, Harry. Strange ground: an oral history of Americans in Vietnam, 1945-1975.
Yoshia K. Chee never was in SF.

Mustain. Gene and Jerry Capeci. Murder machine: a true story of murder, madness, and the Mafia.
Dominick Montiglio was never in SF. [FBI failed their background check]

Sanders, James D. Soldiers of misfortune: Washington's secret betrayal of America's POWs in the Soviet Union.
Larry Pistilli, Army communication clerk.

Spencer, Duncan. Facing the wall: Americans at the Vietnam veterans memorial.
Bill Callahan was a carpenter in Vietnam.

And the real name of Cincinnatus, the author of Self-destruction, the disintegration and decay of the United States Army during the Vietnam era, is Cecil Currey, a chaplain in the U.S. National Guard and never was in Vietnam.

That's all folks, with the exception of Shelby Stanton, who served in Thailand, not Vietnam, as he mentioned.

Mike

[Hawkens85]

Try some books by Kevin Dockery. Great guy. Bravo Zulu, Doc.

Hawk out.

[navigator]

Originally posted by RUSH:
"Inside the US Navy SEALs" by Stubblefield and Halberstadt. Nice perspective on NSW.

This is one of my favorites. Also read Brave Men, Dark Water by Orr Kelly.

Will

[MADMIK]

There was another Marine mentioned in the Stolen Valor book.
One Tough Marine: the autobiography of First Sergeant Donald N. Hamblen, USMC. by Major Norton. (Ballantine Books, 1993. It was about 1st Sgt. Donald Hamblen. Burkett wrote that Hamblen never went into North Vietnam with MACV-SOG or with the Marine Corps, said Hamblen's former CO, Major Pat Carothers (http://www.gov.state.ak.us/press/00272.html)

However, I read years ago that Recon Marines went into North Vietnam to survey beaches as possible amphibious landing sites. Those beach recon missions by determined and deadly Marines were never acknowledged nor discussed during the war. Marines also served in MACV/SOG. Since the USMC is heavily made up of NCOs, sometimes officers won't know what the other hand is doing. Since Burkett was Army, he won't know. WTF, I don't know too.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by MADMIK:

The only Marine in Stolen Valor was:

[armybrat04]

I liked "The Commandos" by Douglas C. Waller. it was has a good section of SEAL training and BUDS.

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[dragonrain]

The mobile Gorrila Force Books (3) by Jim Danahue are some of my Favorite Viet books. Also All the 101st LRRP books, Bueford,Chambers, etc. I just enjoy reading them.


Case

[realpolypro]

Originally posted by OleBert:
"Good to Go" by Harry Constance is the first SEAL book I read, its good but based around his personal story...
Bert

How about the part when he steps in like 3 or 4 holes. I was rolling!

[OleBert]

Yeah that was hilarious....I think he feel in more holes than that, thats one lucky SEAL. Id like to meet that guy one day, he da' man.

Bert