First SEALs (41 page)

  
94
      
“
When the brass . . . the States
.” Hayden,
Wanderer
, 312.

  
94
      
“
like we were . . . a bank
.” Ibid.

  
95
      
“
I arrived at . . . partisan territory
.” Lloyd Smith, “Report on Rescue of Nurses,” Smith Personnel File and Albanian operations, NARA.

  
96
      
“
We have people . . . your help
.” Ibid.

  
96
      
“
It was still . . . out again
.” Ibid.

  
97
      
“
Crawl up. . . . rope tight
!” Lawrence O. Abbott and Clinton W. Abbott,
Out of Albania: A True Account of a WWII Underground Rescue Mission
(Lulu Press, 2010), 173–176.

  
97
      
“
to find out . . . landing forces
.” Hayden's Silver Star Award and memo from Tofte, NARA.

  
97
      
“
Captain [Hayden] managed . . . the 25th
.” Ibid.

  
98
      
“
However, Captain [Hayden] . . . the Jeep
.” Ibid.

  
98
      
“
After a hazardous . . . 27 December
.” Ibid.

  
98
      
“
No Allied aircraft . . . by hand
.” Hayden,
Wanderer
, 316.

  
98
      
“
On the way . . . to be
.” Ibid.

  
99
      
“
immediate steps were . . . temporary standstill
.” Hans Tofte, Hayden's Silver Star Commendation, NARA.

  
99
      
Scene with
British general and Yugoslav partisans
. Hayden,
Wanderer
, 315–316.

CHAPTER 13: BACK TO ALBANIA

101
      
“
We're sending you back in
.” Author interview with Smith.

102
      
“
This cousin was . . . entirely theirs
.” Lloyd Smith to Chief, Special Operations, Cairo Section, “Evacuation of Three American Nurses from Albania,” March 29, 1944, NARA.

102
      
“
We always tell . . . to do
.” Ibid.

103
      
“
We waited in . . . just shivering
.” Ibid.

103
      
“
If my cousin . . . on him
.” Ibid.

103
      
“
was awakened . . . bring them
.” Ibid.

104
      
“
in the best . . . had received
.” Ibid.

104
      
“
The coast was . . . German-held shore
.” Ward Ellen memo and commendation, NARA.

104
      
“
about thirty of . . . in circles
.” Hayden,
Wanderer
, 316–317.

105
      
“
No one said . . . a time
.” Ibid., 317.

105
      
“
I had agreed . . . We go
!” Ibid., 325.

106
      
“
were suddenly relieved . . . figure heads
,” Ellen memo on MU Italy, 1944, NARA; also “History of the Maritime Unit.”

106
      
“
Since the British . . . to them
.” Ellen memo on MU Italy, 1944, NARA.

106
      
“
18,932 rifles, . . . American divisions
.” Hoffmann,
OSS Partisan Supply Operations
.

107
      
“
the cost of . . . of OSS
.” Ibid.

CHAPTER 14: NO PICNIC

109
      
“
supplying ten tons . . . starving islanders
.” Taylor, résumé of activities, 1944, NARA.

109
      
“
using British pinpoints . . . greater independence
.” Commanding Officer, Hq. SBS to Operations Officer, OSS Algiers, “Report on ‘Picnic' Operation,” April 5, 1944, NARA.

109
      
“
strongly recommended that . . . practically over
.” Ibid.

110
      
“
because he had . . . and judgment
.” Ibid.

110
      
“
We discovered that . . . yards apart
.” J. H. Taylor, “Outline of Duties with Office of Strategic Services,” October 4, 1945, NARA.

110
      
“
Since the sector . . . everything possible
.” “Report on ‘Picnic' Operation,” NARA.

111
      
“
pyrotechnic signal flare . . . port side
.” A. C. Young to the Commanding Officer, “Report on Picnic II,” April 4, 1944, NARA.

111
      
“
The vessel returning . . . without water
.” Taylor, “Outline of Duties.”

111
      
“
At all times . . . radio transmitter
.” “Report on ‘Picnic' Operation”; also documents relating to Taylor's Navy Cross commendation, Taylor personnel file, NARA.

112
      
“
dodging Germans and unfriendly Albanians
.” Taylor, “Outline of Duties.”

112
      
“
The enclosed communications . . . in advance
.” Taylor, Mission Report, 1944, the cover letter from Donovan is also included in the report, NARA.

113
      
“
Full political . . . into consideration
.” Ibid.

CHAPTER 15: THE KELLY PLAN

116
      
“
Realizing: (a) The superb . . . Italian personnel
.” Richard M. Kelly, “Kelly Project,” NARA.

116
      
“
MU-OSS is the . . . the British
.” Ibid.

116
      
“
would in a . . . any theater
.” Ibid.

117
      
“
suggesting methods not . . . Majesty's Navy
” “History of the Maritime Unit.”

117
      
“
the sinking or . . . temperature, etc
.” Ibid.

117
      
“
a large swimming . . . an hour
.” OSS Documents on Decima MAS, NARA.

118
      
The operators intensely trained for a year
. Greene and Massignani,
The Black Prince
, 26.

118
      
“
Thus, by proper . . . by sabotage
.” “History of the Maritime Unit.”

118
      
“
1. A close-fitting rubber . . . to swimming
.” Ibid.

119
      
“
Italian divers and . . . while closed
.” Ibid.

120
      
“
make available the . . . Marco Battalion
.” Ibid.; also various documents associated with MU and the Mediterranean theater.

120
      
“
about fifty years . . . the Allies
.” Morde letter, NARA.

120
      
“
fanatic in the . . . mysterious guile
.” Doug Henwood, “Spooks in Blue,” in
Namebase.org
., accessed March 2014,
www.namebase.org/campus/henwood.html
.

121
      
“
take over the . . . the Pacific
.” MU memo dated 1944, NARA.

121
      
The OSS cataloged . . . the Pacific
. Frank J. Rafalko, ed.
Counter Intelligence in World War II, A Counterintelligence Reader, Vol. 2.
(National Counterintelligence Center),
www.fas.org/irp/ops/ci/docs/ci2/
.

122
      
“
It was the . . . valuable work
.” “History of the Maritime Unit.”

122
      
“
lack of German . . . sabotage activities
.” Ibid.

122
      
“
rough but accurate . . . German fortifications
.”
War Report of the OSS
, II:70.

122
      
“
take charge of . . . and demolitions equipment
.” “History of the Maritime Unit.”

123
      
“
The duke and . . . could operate
.” Morde letter, NARA.

123
      
“
The main charge . . . the stern
.” Washington to Algiers, Incoming message/cable, June 9, 1944, NARA.

124
      
“
because of commitments . . . this matter
.” Washington to Algiers, Incoming message/cable, May 1, 1944, NARA.

124
      
“
Lt. Kelly immediately . . . of Italy
.” “History of the Maritime Unit.”

CHAPTER 16: OSSINING

125
      
“
Considerable [enemy] personnel . . . at traffic
.” “History of the Maritime Unit.”

126
      
“
intelligence information, which . . . high priority
.” Ibid.

126
      
“
not adept at . . . up bridges
.” Morde letter, NARA.

126
      
“
They are cocky . . . and gratitude
.” Ibid.

127
      
“
Handling other trainees, . . . field man
.” Training records, NARA.

127
      
“
to destroy two . . . of Pesaro
.” “History of the Maritime Unit.”

128
      
“
four Nazi armored . . . several days
.” Ibid.

128
      
“
A seven hundred . . . downed airmen
.” Ibid.

128
      
“
all personnel escaped without injury
,” Ibid.

128
      
“
Although the Maritime . . . in Italy
.” Ibid.

129
      
“
excellent point to land
.” Packard Mission Report, NARA; also after-action debriefing, NARA.

129
      
“
The region was very . . . natural hiding-place
.” Ibid.

129
      
“
[Crossing the highway] . . . stopped us
.” Ibid.

130
      
“
was of the . . . and urgency
.” Ibid.

130
      
“
were of tremendous help . . . their breakthrough
.” Ibid.

CHAPTER 17: SWIMMER COMMANDOS

131
      
Opening scene from author interview with
Gordon Soltau
and various memos on Operation Betty.

131
      
“
reduce the striking power
.” “History of L-Unit,” NARA.

132
      
“
Right before D-Day, . . . was scrubbed
.” Ibid.

132
      
“
The most conspicuous . . . definite missions
.” “History of the Maritime Unit.”

133
      
“
It was obvious . . . than this
.” Ibid.

133
      
“
when he became . . . Lambertsen unit
.” Ibid.

133
      
“
Dampness and cool . . . of depth
.” “History of L-Unit.”

134
      
The acronym
SDV
can refer to “swimmer delivery vehicle” or “SEAL delivery vehicle.”

134
      
“
whenever a particular . . . never materialized
.” Ibid.

136
      
“
the [OSS swimmers] . . . by then
.” Edwin P. Hoyt,
SEALs at War
(New York: Dell Publishing, 1993), no page number available.

137
      
“
in distress and . . . swim further
.”
Operatives, Spies, and Saboteurs
; also “Report on Burrfish” and “Report on Mission to Yap,” NARA.

137
      
“
they abandoned all . . . no success
.” Ibid.