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1 online resource (279 pages) |
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Although bad eyesight kept him from receiving a commission in the U.S. Navy when he graduated from the Naval Academy in 1933, Draper Kauffman became a hero of underwater demolition in World War II and went on to a distinguished naval career. Today Admiral Kauffman is remembered as the nation's first frogman and the father of the Navy Seals. His spectacular wartime service disarming enemy bombs, establishing bomb disposal schools, and organizing and leading the Navy's first demolition units is the focus of this biography written by Kauffman's sister. Elizabeth Kauffman Bush, who also is th. |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Foreword by George H.W. Bush; Preface; 1 An Ambulance Driver in Alsace-Lorraine; 2 A Yank Joins the Battle of Britain; 3 Return to U.S. Shores; 4 Setting Up an Underwater Demolition School; 5 On to the Pacific; 6 The UDTs Come of Age in the Marianas; 7 Three Stripes, Three Stars; 8 The Final Stretch: Iwo Jima and Okinawa; 9 End of the War; Epilogue; Appendix A: Summary of Duty Assignments; Appendix B: Selected Documents; Index; About the Author. |
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Kauffman, Draper L. (Draper Laurence), 1911-1979.
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Kauffman, Draper L. (Draper Laurence), 1911-1979. |
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United States. Navy. Underwater Demolition Teams -- History.
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United States. Navy. Underwater Demolition Teams. |
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History. |
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United States. Navy -- Officers -- Biography.
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United States. Navy. |
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Biographies.
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Admirals -- United States -- Biography.
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United States. |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States.
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Admirals. |
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western. |
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Armed Forces -- Officers. |
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Regimental histories. |
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World War (1939-1945) |
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1939-1945 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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Print version: 9781591140696 |
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9781612512983 (electronic book) |
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1612512984 (electronic book) |
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