Ebook: Into Enemy Waters: A World War II Story of the Demolition Divers Who Became the Navy SEALS

With echoes of Unbroken; the derring-do and bravado of The Right Stuff; and the battle-forged camaraderie of Band of Brothers, this is the World War II story of 95-year-old veteran George Morgan and the
Underwater Demolition Teams. Forerunners of the Navy SEALs, the elite
unit was given nearly impossible pre-invasion missions from D-Day to the
most crucial landings in the Pacific Theater.

Into Enemy Waters
details the origins and heroic missions of World War II's most elite
and daring unit of warriors, told through the eyes of one of its last
living members, 95-year-old George Morgan.





Morgan was just a wiry, 17-year-old lifeguard from New Jersey when he
joined the Navy's new combat demolition unit, tasked to blow up
enemy coastal defenses ahead of landings by Allied forces. His first
assignment: Omaha Beach on D-Day.





When he returned stateside, Morgan learned that his service was only
beginning. Outfitted with swim trunks, a dive mask, and fins, he was
sent to Hawaii and then on to deployments in the Pacific as a member of
the elite and pioneering Underwater Demolition Teams. GIs called them
"half fish, half nuts." Today, we call them frogmen-and Navy SEALS.






Led by maverick Naval Reserve Officer Draper Kauffman, Morgan would
spend the fierce final year of the war swimming up to enemy controlled
beaches to gather intel and detonate underwater barriers. He'd have to
master the sea, muster superhuman grit, and overcome the demons of Omaha
Beach.





Moving closer to Japan, the enemy's island defenses were growing more
elaborate and its soldiers more fanatical. From the black sand beaches
of Iwo Jima to the shark infested reefs of Okinawa, to the cold seas of
Tokyo Bay, teenaged George Morgan was there before most, fighting for
his life. And for all of us.