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William H. Hamilton

Night Fighter

An Insider's Story of Special Ops from Korea to SEAL Team 6

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For readers of American Sniper, the stirring account of a life of service by the father of the US Navy SEALs”One month after the Bay of Pigs fiasco, when President John F. Kennedy pressed Congress about America's urgent national needs,” he named expanding US special operations forces along with putting a man on the moon. Captain William Hamilton was the officer tasked with creating the finest unconventional warriors ever seen. Merging his own experience commanding Navy Underwater Demolition Teams with expertise from Army Special Forces and the CIA, and working with his subordinate, Roy Boehm, he cast the mold for sea-, air-, and land-dispatch… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Sasser, Charles W.
  • ISBN: 978-1-62872-683-1
  • EAN: 9781628726831
  • Produktnummer: 31909473
  • Verlag: Simon + Schuster Inc.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
  • Seitenangabe: 352 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 2'091 KB

Über den Autor


William H. Hamilton Jr. graduated from the US Naval Academy in Annapolis in 1949 and served as a fighter pilot in the Korean War. Fascination with unconventional warfare led his involvement in underwater demolition teams. In 1961, he became the commander of UDT-21, in Little Creek, Virginia, where, with Roy Boehm as his operations officer, he was responsible for developing the Navy SEAL program. Hamilton subsequently conducted missions with SEALs and CIA in Cuba, Vietnam, Latin America, and Africa. After the Iran Hostage Crisis, he worked in counterterrorism, and was one of two men responsible for developing SEAL Team Six. He also advised the Reagan White House on the security of the Strategic Defense Initiative. Hamilton retired from the Navy in 1986. He resided with his wife in Virginia Beach, Virginia, until his death in November 2016.Charles W. Sasser, a veteran writer of military history and other books, was himself a member of the Special Forces (Green Beret) and is the bestselling author, with Craig Roberts, of One Shot One Kill and, with Roy Boehm, of First SEAL. Many of his military titles have been main selections at the Military History Book Club. He resides in Chouteau, Oklahoma.

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