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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on April 21, 2019, 11:04:46 am
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First Navy SEAL team’s last living member turns 94
April 19, 2019 Cheryl Hinneburg
On Thursday, the last living member of the original Navy SEAL team turned 94-years-old.
Bill Dawson was part of the “frogmen†team in 1943, which was the first team ever of the Naval Combat Demolition Units, known today as the Navy SEALs, NBC 4 reported.
Dawson joined the Navy at the age of 17 during World War II and fought until 1945 when the Japanese surrendered
“Knowing today what I helped start developed into what it is today. It’s one of the greatest outfits in the world,†Dawson said.
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2019/04/first-navy-seal-teams-last-living-member-turns-94/
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It had to have been a real thrill to have this guy administer the enlistment oaths to the new guys. Not even in the Navy one day,and already a part of history.