NEW ASSAULT TROOPS
American “Swimmandos” (Received October 18, 7.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, October 17. The army is developing a new raiding unit, the “swiminandos,” who are trained to swim rivers, raid enemy shore installations, knife sentries and establish bridgeheads for full-scale attacks. The swimmandos, wearing shorts and with knives in their belts and rifles on their backs, carry'tommyguns and ammunition on tiny rafts,
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Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 20, 19 October 1942, Page 5
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63NEW ASSAULT TROOPS Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 20, 19 October 1942, Page 5
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