First SEALs (44 page)

Clear Springs (Florida), training at,
39

COI.
See
Coordinator of Information (COI)

Combat swimmers

     
in England,
131–134

     
in Pacific,
134–147

     
See also
Operational Swimmer Groups
; Underwater Swimmer Group (USG)

Communists

     
Albanian,
95
,
112
,
113

     
control of Mauthausen concentration camp,
230–231

Company D, of Maritime Unit

     
Allied offensive in Italy and,
215
,
216

     
Ligurian Coast mines and,
195–197

     
sabotage of Livorno harbor and capture of
Decima MAS
frogmen,
175–181

Compass, luminous,
26

Concentration camps

     
Dachau,
203
,
232
,
233–235

     
slave laborers at,
172
,
206
,
208–209

     
trials,
232
,
233–235

     
See also
Mauthausen concentration camp

Congressional Country Club (Bethesda, Maryland),
52

Container School,
154

Cooky, Nick R.,
103

Coolidge, Calvin,
9

Coordinator of Information (COI),
8–14

     
departments,
12

     
recruitment for,
11–12

     
See also
Office of Strategic Services (OSS)

Corfu,
109

Counter-intelligence (X-2),
11
,
12

     
Angleton and,
120–121

Cousteau, Jacques,
24n

Covert night-landing operation,
21

Crematorium, Mauthausen,
209–211

C-47 transport plane,
91
,
91n

Cultural awareness, OSS and,
63n

cummings, e. e.,
120

Dachau Concentration Camp,
203
,
232
,
233–235

Daniel, John Franklin, III (“Pete,” “Duck”),
60
,
65

Das Boot
(film),
146

David Taylor Model Basin (Maryland),
38

Decima MAS (Decima Flottiglia Mezzi d'Assalto),
5–8

     
capture of limpeteers in Livorno Bay,
175–177
,
179

     
integrating into Maritime Unit,
115–124

     
members joining German cause,
176–177

     
MTM explosive craft,
123–124

     
See also
Gamma men
;
San Marco Battalion

Demonstration film, Underwater Swimmer Group,
41
,
44

de Noon, Betty Ann,
241

DESCO.
See
Diving Equipment and Salvage Company (DESCO)

Deserter-Volunteers (DVs),
151–152

Dien, Isabella or Carlotta,
208

Diga Di Marzocco lighthouse,
175

Disney, Walt,
250

Diving Equipment and Salvage Company (DESCO),
25
,
33

Diving mask, test of Browne's,
25–26
,
28
,
31–32

Dixon, B. A.,
198–199

Donovan, William J. (“Wild Bill”),
3

     
approval of Underwater Swimmer Group,
33

     
communication from Zogists,
112

     
creation of COI/OSS and,
9–14

     
death of,
250

     
deployment of Operational Swimmer Groups and,
78

     
establishment of Maritime Unit,
39–40

     
Hayden and,
50
,
51

     
Kelly plan and,
124

     
life after war,
250

     
obsession with Mediterranean,
48

     
thanking Smith,
101

     
the Toy and,
38

     
Underwater Demolition Team program and,
134

Dr. Strangelove
(film),
240–241

Dukati (Albania),
103

Dulles, Allen W.,
217

Duncan, Robert J. H.

     
Clear Springs training and,
39

     
Fort Pierce training and,
41–43

     
Silver Springs training and,
43
,
44

     
Underwater Swimmer Group and,
33–37

Dupont mission,
151–173

     
capture by Gestapo,
164–165

     
insertion and intelligence gathering,
155–164

     
preparation for,
151–154

Durand de la Penne, Luigi,
5–8

DVs.
See
Deserter-Volunteers (DVs)

Eagle mission,
248

Egypt

     
OSS in,
47–57

     
Taylor in,
47
,
48–49
,
53
,
54–57

Eighth Army, offensive in Italy,
215

Eighth Army Detachment,
184–190

     
Allied offensive in Italy and,
215
,
216

     
Bionda mission,
187–189

     
Gina mission,
189

     
Maritime Unit and,
181

Eisenhower, Dwight D.,
54
,
91n
,
250

Eliot, T. S.,
120

Ellen, Ward Evelyn,
23
,
106

     
air raid on Bari and,
89

     
as Area D instructor,
19–20

     
delivery of P-584,
86

     
Kelly plan and,
122–123

     
life after war,
247

     
Lupo mission and,
180–181

     
mine explosion on Ligurian Coast and,
197

     
P-583 and,
128

     
rescue of American nurses in Albania and,
104

     
return to States,
216

     
supplying Yugoslav partisans on Vis,
99

Enzo, Mini,
129–130

Equipment

     
Gamma men,
118–119
,
123

     
Maritime Unit,
131
,
133
,
134
,
235–236

     
Underwater Swimmer Group,
37–39

Eubanks, James,
74
,
144

“Fabulous Five,”
216

Face masks,
118

Fairbairn, William Ewart (“Dan,” “Shanghai Buster”),
52
,
53

Famagusta (Cyprus),
60

Fane, Douglas (“Red Dog”),
236–237

Fins,
118
,
119
,
136

First Army, Hayden and,
198–199

Fleming, Ian,
119n

“Flying Mattresses,”
131

Force #133,
78

Fort Pierce (Florida), Underwater Swimmer Group training at,
41–43

France, invasion of,
53

Frank, John,
29

Gamma men,
5–8

     
equipment,
24n
,
118–119
,
123

     
rebreather,
24n

     
training of,
117–118

     
See also
Decima MAS (Decima Flottiglia Mezzi d'Assalto)

Garrone, Anelo,
187–188
,
189

Gas chamber,
210–211
,
235

General Order Number 9,
39

Geneva Convention,
169

Germany/Germans

     
attack on Bari,
87–89

     
executing Mauthausen prisoners,
211–212
,
221
,
230
,
234–235

     
interception of C-53D Skytrooper plane,
92–93

     
surrender in Italy,
217

     
top-floor prisoners,
172

     
treatment of POWs,
162–163
,
169–173

Gestapo

     
arrest and interrogation of agent Stella,
192–193

     
Mortzinplatz IV,
170–173
,
201–202

     
torture by,
181

Gina mission,
189

Giulio Cesare
(battleship),
226

Goering, Hermann,
233

Gothic Line

     
gathering intelligence on,
189

     
missions against,
129–130

     
San Marco commandos and,
125–126

Grant (Austrian DV)

     
Dupont mission and,
153–154
,
158
,
161
,
164

     
escape from Nazis,
221

     
in Gestapo custody,
171

     
as prisoner of war,
202

Greece, OSS intelligence gathering in,
48

“The Greek Desk,”
48

Green Berets,
3n
,
52
,
142
,
237

Guantanamo Bay (Cuba), underwater training at,
75–78

Guenther, C. B.,
48
,
55
,
57
,
70–71

Gustafson, Gloria E.,
241

Gutterfighting,
52

Hamilton, John.
See
Hayden, Sterling

Hawaii, deployment of Operational Swimmer Group I to,
78

Hayden, Madeleine,
51

Hayden, Sterling

     
air raid on Bari and,
88–89

     
based in Bari,
81–82

     
in Egypt,
48–51
,
53

     
First Army and,
198–199

     
intelligence gathering in Adriatic,
97–99
,
104–106

     
life after war,
240–241

     
replaced in Yugoslav supply operations,
106