Combat Swimmer: Memoirs of a Navy Seal - Hardcover

Gormly, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525943269 ISBN 13: 9780525943266

Publisher: Dutton and Dial, 1998

Synopsis

A retired Navy SEAL Captain tells his story about the daring top-secret missions assigned to the SEALs in Vietnam, Grenada, and the Persian Gulf and delves into what it takes to be this type of American hero

About this title

From the Author:

A balanced, fast-paced and accurate account of Navy SEALs.
Throughout my years as a SEAL, I worked with some of the most outstanding people ever to serve our country. Any success I had was due to their dedication and support. Being a SEAL means being a part of one of the most tightly knit teams there can be. Our lives literally depended on each other. Most SEALs I know were not Rambo, and they weren't "rogue warriors" either. They were professionals with the toughest jobs in the world. They were highly trained, highly motivated men who executed dangerous missions on a routine basis. For them, it was "another day at the office," even when it involved parachuting into high seas, or moving up a canal through waist-deep mud on the way to attack a Viet Cong stronghold. I am extremely proud to have worked with these men, and honored to have this opportunity to tell a little bit of their history, as I've lived it. This story is as much theirs as it is mine. Certainly the finest compliment I have received on this book is when a former teammate read the book and called me up to say, simply, "Good job." Two small words, but they are the highest praise I could have gotten.

About the Author:

Now living in San Diego, California, Captain Robert Gormly served 29 years as a Navy SEAL, as a platoon leader in SEAL Team Two in Vietnam, as the commanding officer of SEAL Team Two, as the Executive Officer of UDT-22, and as the commanding officer of SEAL Team Six. His awards include the Silver Star, three Legions of Merit, three Bronze Stars (two in combat), The Defense Meritorious Medal, and a Purple Heart.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dutton and Dial
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0525943269
• ISBN 13: 9780525943266
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 232