"SWIMMANDO" UNITS.
NEW U.S. TROOPS IN TRAINING. P.A. Cable. NEW YORK, Oct. 17. The army is developing a new raiding unit, the "swimmandos," 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 tommy-guns and ammunition on tiny rafts. ! r
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Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVI, Issue 246, 19 October 1942, Page 5
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64"SWIMMANDO" UNITS. Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVI, Issue 246, 19 October 1942, Page 5
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