The humble beginnings of the US Navy SEAL may be traced from its participation in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Due to the efforts of then President John F. Kennedy, this special training group was formed. Primarily, the goal of the troop was to check on the spread of communism in the Asian continent. The [...]

The Herald Tribune shares the war time memories from World War II of Gordon Brooks, one of the original members of the Underwater Demolition Team (UDT). The feature gives us a first-hand account of what life was like during World War II for those who had to fight it. Gordon Brooks enlisted in 1943, when [...]