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Praise for Operation Thunderhead An amazing story of survival. --Publishers Weekly Praise for Kevin Dockery's Navy SEALs series A collection of oral histories knitted together with carefully researched narrative...traces the sea, air, and land force's evolution from its WWII precursors to its current highly trained, high-tech incarnations. --Publishers Weekly [An] oral history of the teams' harrowing combat duties in Vietnam. Loosely organized around the chronology of the conflict in Southeast Asia, the book at its heart is a tribute to the collective spirit exhibited here. A commitment to teamwork and excellence echoes throughout. --Kirkus Reviews Dockery blends oral history and conventional narrative with consummate skill. --Booklist

Praise for Operation Thunderhead An amazing story of survival. --Publishers Weekly Praise for Kevin Dockery's Navy SEALs series A collection of oral histories knitted together with carefully researched narrative...traces the sea, air, and land force's evolution from its WWII precursors to its current highly trained, high-tech incarnations. --Publishers Weekly [An] oral history of the teams' harrowing combat duties in Vietnam. Loosely organized around the chronology of the conflict in Southeast Asia, the book at its heart is a tribute to the collective spirit exhibited here. A commitment to teamwork and excellence echoes throughout. --Kirkus Reviews Dockery blends oral history and conventional narrative with consummate skill. --Booklist

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Kevin Dockery has been a soldier in the President's Guard under Presidents Nixon and Ford, a grade-school teacher, radio broadcaster, gunsmith, and historian. He even spent time in Iraq and Kuwait during Desert Storm as what he refers to as a ""corporate mercenary."" As a noted military historian, he has written a number of books on the history of the Navy SEALs and the lives of the men who lived that history. He is the author ofWeapons of the Navy SEALs,Future Weapons, Stalkers and Shooters, Operation Thunderhead, and the Navy SEALs Oral History series.

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