Navy Seals, Dick Couch
Navy Seals, Dick Couch
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Navy Seals
Their Untold Story

Author: Dick Couch, William Doyle

Narrator: Will Damron

Unabridged: 9 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 11/11/2014

Synopsis

“Captures the essence of Naval Special Warfare from our storied beginnings to the current fight.” —Admiral WILLIAM H. McRAVENWritten with the unprecedented cooperation of the Naval Special Warfare community, this vivid and definitive history of the U.S. Navy SEALs reveals the inside story behind the greatest combat operations of America's most celebrated warriors. Illustrated with forty pages of photographs and based on exclusive interviews with more than 100 U.S. frogmen (including multiple Medal of Honor recipients), here is ""the first comprehensive history of the special operations force"" (Military.com).New York Times bestselling authors Dick Couch—a former SEAL—and William Doyle chart the SEALs' story, from their origins in the daring Naval Combat Demolition Teams, Underwater Demolition Teams, Scouts and Raiders commando units, and OSS Operational Swimmers of World War II to their coming of age in Vietnam and rise to glory in Iraq and Afghanistan after 9/11. 

About Dick Couch

Dick Couch served as a Special Warfare Officer with the SEALs after graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy. While a platoon leader with SEAL Team One in 1970, he led one of the only successful POW rescue operations of the Vietnam War. His nonfiction books include The Warrior Elite, The Finishing School, and Chosen Soldier.

About William Doyle

William Doyle has written or cowritten seven books, including PT 109: An American Epic of War, Survival, and the Destiny of John F. Kennedy and American Gun: A History of the U.S. in Ten Firearms (with “American Sniper” Chris Kyle). He served as director of original programming for HBO and was coproducer of the PBS special Navy SEALs: Their Untold Story. He lives with his family in New York City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gerald on February 13, 2015

Absolutely FANTASTIC! NAVY SEALS - Their Untold Story traces the rich history of the SEALs from their predecessor days as WWII Frogmen and Underwater Demolition Teams doing beach recon and blowing up the German obstacles preparatory to the D-Day landings through the roles they were assigned in the K......more

Goodreads review by Keith on December 06, 2014

If you are looking for the "untold story", as promised by the title - keep looking. There is very little in this history of the Navy Seals that hasn't been written elsewhere. Much of what the authors choose to write about has been covered in much more detail, and with much more engagement of interes......more

Goodreads review by Justin on March 08, 2017

(SPOILER WARNING)the Navy Underwater Demolitions Teams, Couch and Doyle present personal experiences of individual SEAL unit veterans, often through interviews with the authors. The authors also highlight historical aspects of SEAL operations and training that continue to be important today, such as......more

Goodreads review by Mike on February 09, 2018

"In times of war or uncertainty there is a special breed of warrior ready to answer our Nation’s call. A common man with uncommon desire to succeed. Forged by adversity, he stands alongside America’s finest special operations forces to serve his country, the American people, and protect their way of......more

Goodreads review by William on November 06, 2021

I am not a military man, but I admire the people willing to sacrifice their lives for a cause or their country. The United States has five military branches; Army, Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard, and Marines. They added one called the Space Force for a total of six. The one I would be most worried abo......more

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