Wally Rudd of Cove holds a 50-caliber bullet on Nov. 17, 2020, at his home in Cove while recounting his experiences while serving as a Navy frogman in World War II.

SAN DIEGO – John Spence, a diver often credited as the first U.S. combat “frogman” in World War II and an important figure in the rigorous training that led to the establishment of the Navy ...

Watts, a former Navy SEAL, said he hoped the new gallery would pay tribute to the frogmen who served their country during World War II. “For those of us who came later, we stand on your ...

Banslaben, who died in Las Cruces on June 10 at age 93, was a veteran of World War II and the last member of an elite unit of "frogmen" serving in one of the U.S. Navy's Underwater Demolition ...

That World War II experience created the mold for the frogmen for generations. They were part of the Navy, but not really sailors. The Navy needed them but didn’t necessarily want them.

But he was a seaman first class, not, as he claimed, the Navy’s youngest lieutenant commander or a member of the elite Underwater Demolition Teams, known as the Frogmen.

National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum. What: The ground upon which the museum and memorial stands is recognized as the birthplace of the Navy Frogmen. A renovated World War II exhibit will reopen in the fall.

Navy SEALS - Their Untold Story, a two-hour documentary premiering tonight on PBS, tells the story of the commando units starting with their Navy Frogmen predecessors in World War II all the way ...

CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - When Andrew Nelson was 16 years old, he snuck out of school, exaggerated his age, forged his mother's signature, and joined the Navy -- all to fight for the United States in ...