First SEALs (46 page)

Mess, Walter,
143–144
,
147

Mihailovic, Draza,
69

“Mincemeat” (disinformation operation),
54

Mines, Ligurian Coast and,
195–197

Missions/operations

     
Bionda,
187–189

     
Caprice,
146
,
227–228

     
Dupont,
151–173

     
Eagle,
248

     
Gina,
189

     
against Gothic Line,
129–130

     
Lupo,
180–181

     
Operation Audrey,
82–86

     
Operation Betty,
132

     
Operation Cincinnati,
75–78

     
Operation Ossining 1,
125–126

     
Operation Ossining 3,
127–128

     
Operation Ossining 4,
128

     
Operation Ossining 5,
128

     
Operation Picnic I,
109–113

     
Operation Sugarloaf 2,
146

     
Packard,
129–130

     
PIA,
216

     
Samos,
59–63

MO.
See
Morale and Operations (MO)
;
Morale Operations (MO)

Monopoli (Italy) maintenance base,
86
,
89
,
99

Montanino, Giuseppe,
187
,
188

Monte Cassino, fighting around,
185

Monteleone, Frank,
185
,
185n

     
life after war,
249

Morale and Operations (MO),
153

Morale Operations (MO),
12

Morde, Ted

     
death of,
242

     
as executive officer of Company D in Italy,
177–179
,
195–196
,
197

     
life after war,
241–242

     
in Pacific,
226–227

Morgan, Charles,
7–8

Mortzinplatz IV Gestapo (Vienna),
170–173
,
201–202

Motorized Submersible Canoe,
134

MTM explosive craft,
123

MU.
See
Maritime Unit (MU)

Mustard agent,
87–88

Nationalists (Ballists),
95–96
,
102–103

Navy Cross, awarded to Jack Taylor,
239–240

Nimitz, Chester,
135

Novorossiysk
(battleship),
226

Nuremberg Trials,
233

     
Mauthausen death books and,
231

O'Donnell, Patrick K.,
248

Office of Strategic Services (OSS)

     
blending special operations with intelligence gathering,
21

     
Coordinator of Information as forerunner of,
8–14

     
covert marine bases in Aegean,
59–60

     
cultural awareness and,
63n

     
disbanding of,
232

     
recruitment of Taylor,
2

     
training grounds in Washington area,
18

Ohio Chemical and Manufacturing Company,
27
,
29
,
37
,
39

Olterra
(tanker),
119

Operational Swimmer Group I, Underwater Demolition Team program and,
135

Operational Swimmer Group II, reconnaissance in Burma and,
141–143

Operational Swimmer Group III, in Pacific,
146

Operational Swimmer Groups,
73

     
deployment of,
78–79

     
Kelly plan and,
124

     
recruitment for,
74

     
training in Bahamas,
74–78

Operation Audrey,
82–86

Operation Betty,
132

Operation Cincinnati,
75–78

Operation Ossining 1,
125–126

Operation Ossining 3,
127–128

Operation Ossining 4,
128

Operation Ossining 5,
128

Operation Picnic I,
109–113

Operation Sugarloaf 2,
146

OSS.
See
Office of Strategic Services (OSS)

OSS-METO,
124

Otter, Richard,
227n

Ourtland, Henry,
34

P-568,
86
,
197

P-583,
128

P-584,
86
,
197

Pacific area of operations,
76

     
combat swimmers in,
134–146

     
Maritime Unit and,
226–228

     
Operational Swimmer Group III in,
146

Packard mission,
129–130

Paddleboards,
35

Parachute insertion, Maritime Unit and,
69

Parachute training, Taylor and,
154

Pat Harrison
(American Liberty ship),
119

Peleliu (Southwest Pacific)

     
preparation for invasion of,
138–139

     
reconnaissance on,
134–135

Perkins (Austrian DV)

     
Dupont mission and,
153
,
158
,
161
,
164

     
escape from Nazis,
221

     
in Gestapo custody,
171

     
as prisoner of war,
202

Peterson, George,
31–32

Philippines, invasion of,
140–141

PIA mission,
216

“Pinpoint,”
109

Pirelli,
24n

Pissouri (Cyprus) (“Cincinnati”),
59

Po River, Lupo mission and,
180

Potomac River

     
Maritime Unit training on,
16–17

     
training on,
39

     
See also
Area D

Pound, Ezra,
120

Prellberg, Hans,
206
,
209

Prisoners of war

     
British,
162–163

     
Taylor as,
169–173
,
201–203
,
205–214
,
219–224
,
229–230

Prize crew operations,
146

Psychological Operations,
11
,
12

PT boats, Taylor's request for,
55

PTSD, Taylor and,
235
,
240

Quayle, Anthony,
95

R&A.
See
Research and Analysis (R&A)

Rabat David Airport (Haifa, Palestine),
154

Ramree Island, invasion of,
144
,
145

Ras el Kenayis (Egypt),
54–55

Rathburne
(destroyer),
138–139

R&D.
See
Research and Development (R&D)

Rebreathing device

     
designing,
23–30

     
MU training and,
136

     
See also
Lambertsen Amphibious Respiratory Unit (LARU)

Red Cross, at Mauthausen,
220–221

Research and Analysis (R&A),
12

Research and Development (R&D),
12
,
43

Roeder, Howard,
137–138

Rommel, Erwin,
47

Romney, Lionel,
208

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

     
Casablanca Conference,
53–54

     
Donovan and,
10–11

     
establishment of Coordinator of Information,
9–11

     
mustard agent and,
88

     
on Operation Cincinnati,
78

     
rescue of American nurses in Albania,
96

     
Shoreham Hotel and,
1

Roth, Martin,
209

Royal Air Force, parachute training,
154

Royalists (Zogists),
95
,
112–113

Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve,
42

Russ, Martha,
201–202

Sagona
(tanker),
7
,
8

Sagu Island reconnaissance,
144–145

Saint Margarethen (Austria),
153

Saint Stephens Church (Virginia),
17

Samos

     
British Governor General and,
70

     
delivering medical supplies to,
59–62

     
evacuation of,
68

     
missions to,
59–62
,
65

Samothrace
(yacht),
55–56
,
59

San Marco Battalion,
5

     
Eighth Army Detachment and,
186–189

     
following Italian surrender,
115–116

     
Kelly plan and,
120
,
121–122

     
Operation Picnic I and,
111

     
operations under Kelly,
125–130

Santa Monica (California), test of Browne's lung in,
31–32

Savoia
(plane),
190

Schmeisser (prisoner of war),
202

Sciré
(Italian submarine),
5
,
8

SCUBA (self-contained underwater breathing apparatus),
2
,
24
,
29

Scuchek, Louisa,
173

SDV.
See
SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV)

“Sea Elephant” (clandestine base),
1–2

SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV),
134

SEALs

     
beginnings of,
3

     
creation of,
237–238

Secret Intelligence (SI) agents in Albania,
95–96

Secret Intelligence (SI) branch,
12

     
in Mediterranean,
48

     
Operational Swimmer Group II and,
146

     
use of caïques,
56–57

Severn
(submarine),
146

Shadow warfare,
11

Shark repellent,
75

Shoreham Hotel (Washington, DC), LARU demonstration at,
1

SI.
See
Secret Intelligence (SI)

Sicily, invasion of,
53
,
54