Donald LEPAGE FOIA US Navy Vietnam OMPF

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

OMPF concerning DONALD L. LEPAGE
Branch: United States Navy
Approximate service dates January 1957 to June 1977 active duty.
Service Number: 5160276
DATE OF BIRTH: AUGUST 20, 1939
DATE OF DEATH: JUNE 27, 2008
SSN: ###-##-7520
Rank: E7 Chief Petty Officer
please provide the following documents:
1) History of Assignments NAVPERS form 601-5
2) all Navy Occupational training history NAVPERS 601-4 , Cumulative transfers and receipts NAVPERS 601-12, administrative remarks
3) Silver Star Medal Award Citations
4) Navy Commendation Medal citations
5) Bronze Star medal award citations
5) Unit award citations, badges
Awards include Bronze Star Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, Navy good conduct medal, Presidential Unit Citation, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation (Civil Actions), Navy Expert Rifleman Medal and other decorations.
Graduated UDTRA Class 19 (BUD/S), NAB Coronado. Navy SEAL. Served with SEAL Team ONE Vietnam War 1967 to 1971. PRU advisor ,Provincial Reconnaissance Unit. NEC 5326 Combatant Swimmer.
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Sincerely,

Eric Bradley

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

Donald LePage, dates of service January 31, 1957 to Jun 27, 1977 Active duty.
Service number 5160276. Retired E7 Chief Signalman SMC.
Completed Underwater Demolition Replacement Training Accession class 19, (UDTRA class 19, now known as BUD/S class 19), November 1957. Service with Underwater Demolition Team UDT-11 1957 to 1965. Reported to SEAL TEAM ONE on June 30, 1965. Departed Conus 15 Feb 1966. TEMADD for a period of about 180 days. Deployed to Vietnam 19 Feb 1966 to 15 July 1966. Reported to SEAL TEAM ONE 18 July 1966. Departed CONUS 22 Nov 66. TEMADD for a period of about 180 days. Second combat tour Republic of Vietnam from 26 Nov 1966 to 15 May 1967. Return to CONUS, Reported to SEAL TEAM ONE 16 May 1967. Special Operations Training Aug-sept 1968 , Camp Machen Niland. Deployed to Vietnam 1968, 1970. Platoon Chief Juliet Platoon Detachment Golf 1970. Four tours of duty, Republic of South Vietnam. Assignment to NASA Huntsville Alabama 1972 to May 1974. RELEASED from Active Duty 27 June 1977, SEAL TEAM ONE.
Awards/Decorations include Silver Star Medal, Bronze Star Medal w/ Combat "V", Purple heart with 1 bronze star (2 awards), Navy Commendation Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, Presidential Unit Citation w/Bronze 3/16 Service Star, Navy Unit Commendation, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon, Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation (Civil Actions) with palm and frame, Vietnam Cross of Gallantry w/ Palm, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal w/ 1960- device, Navy Expert Rifleman Medal, Navy Expert Pistol Shot Medal, Special Warfare Insignia.

SM2 Donald Lawrence LePage ST-1 SEAL TEAM ONE
19 Feb 1966 - 11 July 1966 Vietnam 1st tour Advisor, BUD/S Class 19 WC, fmr UDT-11 59 - 64
NAD DA NANG Naval Advisory Detachment

SM1 Donald L. LePage 2nd tour Vietnam COMNAVFORV
Vietnam Naval Advisory Detachment SOG, Mobile Support Team
26 Nov 1966 - 15 May 1967
NAD Da Nang MTT Seal Team ONE ST-1
on Loan SOG 3 months 1967 CCN Laos

Juliet Platoon, SEAL Team ONE, Detachment Golf , Republic of South Vietnam
29 Jun 1970 - 1 Dec 1970 Long Phu
bassac river Ba Xuyen,Vinh Binh Province
Dung Islang Relieved Charlie Platoon
LT Joseph Quincannon OIC 2nd tour
LTJG Nicolas E Walsh BUD/S class 54
Air Force Academy 1969 Silver Star
*SM1 Donald Lawrence LePage 4th tour RVN
MM2 David L Sitter 3rd tour
RM2 William Bruce "Bill" 2nd tour Vietnam
HM1 Lloyd L Schrier "Doc" 2nd tour SOT 8492 Corpsman
EN3 Walter Baylett BUD/S class 52
SN Timothy R Reeves BUD/S class 53
AO3 Peter Panella
SN Ronald R Weber BUD/S class 53 7 Nov69
Darryl L Young BUD/S class 53
TM Steve Grimes WIA BUD/S 54 13Feb70
RMSN John A Shannon BUD/S class 54
SFPF Barry E Strausbaugh BUD/S class 54 Feb 1970

Detachment Golf Jul 66 SEAL Team ONE COMNAVFORV
2nd group sent to Vietnam 4 officers 20 enlisted men
LT Maynard R. Weyers 2nd tour OIC
Rung Sat Special Zone Vietnam Nha Be

Golf Platoon, SEAL TEAM ONE (14) COMNAVFORV
8 July 66 - 7 Nov 66 Nha Be Rung Sat Detachment Golf
Direct Action Platoon VIETNAM
LTJG Thomas R. Truxell Golf Plt OIC UDTR class 30E East coast
LTJG William R. Pechacek UDTRA class 32 WC 1964
fmr UDT11 WIA Medevac 7 Oct 66
BM1 Roger J. Moscone UDTRA class 20 - Jul58 (now known as BUD/S class 20)
SM2 John G. Campbell
PR2 Richard A. Pearson
BM2 Leon F. Rauch WIA
EN1 Robert M Henry WIA 3rd tour
WIA Medevac 7 Oct 1966 spent about nine months in rehab.
RD2 Billy W. Machen class 24 WC Age 28
KIA 16Aug66 Silver Star pointman
EM2 Charles J. Shenners
ET1 John V. Wilcoxen WIA navy47-1968
HM1 Robert B. Cline (Golf Platoon) 8492 SOT Corpsman
John H Penn shrapnel arms Loss one eye WIA Medevac 7 Oct 1966
^SM3 Reinold L. Benzschawel WIA SEAL TEAM TWO Plankowner UDTR class 25 EC (little creek)
7 Oct 66 Direct motar hit, Mike boat
16 men wounded. 3 seriously
LT William Salisbury fmr udt11 replacement
2nd tour Vietnam
Platoon returned to CONUS 10nov66
Mike boat ambushed and I was shot in the head on 7 OCT 66. Out of twenty-eight on board (three of were not SEALS) there were twelve of us in the Third Field Hospital, Saigon the next morning.

SEAL Platoon, SEAL TEAM ONE (12) ST1
20 July 66 - 12 Dec 66 Nha Be
Rung Sat Secret Zone Detachment Golf
LT Ronald K. Bell OIC
LTJG Michael E. Tomsho AOIC
GMG2 Robert L. Parsons Fmr UDT-12
HM1 Issac L. Suazo hospital corpsman 8492
DM1 Alwyn John Smith "AJ" 3rd tour Nam
PH2 James K. Pahia, Jr. 2nd tour Fmr UDT-11
SF1 Ted D. Mathison 2nd tour
BM2 John M Eschete Fmr UDT-12
FTG2 Carl Marriott 3rd tour
EN1 Billy G Davis 2nd tour Fmr UDT-11
EA1 William E Raschick 2nd tour vietnam
BT2 Leonard J Van Orden UDT class 26

EM1 Franklin Delano Flynn ST-1
UDTRA (BUD/S class 19 - 23 Nov 1957)
PRU Advisor 15 July 67 - 23 Nov 67
Chuong Thien Province Det Bravo CIA

*BM1 Ted A. Kassa ST-1 4th tour Vietnam
27 May 67 - 24 Nov 1967 Vinh Binh province
PRU Advisor Detachment Bravo CIA Phoenix Program

Alpha Platoon, SEAL Team ONE (12)
13 Aug 1967 - 23 Feb 1968 -- Nha Be
Rung Sat Secret Zone
LTJG Joseph G DeFloria 36W OIC 1st squad
MM1 Phillip L Martin BUD/S class 35 3rd tour
*AK2 Ronald A Ostrander BUD/S class 36 WC
BM3 Ronald A Byrum BUD/S Class 37 W
SK2 Walter W Gouveia 2nd tour
BM3 Al Williams "Apache"
LTJG Lawrence W Nelson "Tommy" class 35W
PT1 Gerald M Bowen "ACE" fmr UDT-11
PHC James M Cignarella Korea 53 UDT3
HM1 Lin A Mahner "Doc" 8492 SOT Corpsman
QM2 Talmadge Wayne Bo Bohannon class 37W
ICFN Emile Paul Guidry Jr

EM1 Gordon Curtiss Brown 5th tour vietnam ST-1 SEAL TEAM ONE
PRU ADVISOR 11 Dec 67 - 19 May 68 KIA Kien Giang Province KIA Detachment BRAVO
Provincial Reconnaissance Unit advisor, Phoenix Program

MM1 Kenneth J. Estok ST-2 SEAL TEAM TWO
PRU Advisor Phong Dinh Province
11 Nov 1967 - 2 Mar 1968 2nd tour Vietnam
Provincial Reconnaissance Unit Detachment BRAVO Phoenix Program

SF1 Ted D. Mathison 3rd tour Vietnam SEAL Team 1 ~ Nov 67 - Apr 68
PRU Advisor Kien Tuong Province
Provincial Reconnaissance Unit Det Bravo

CSC Robert A Tolison 2nd tour Vietnam
PRU Advisor Vietnam Nov 67 - Feb 68
Sa Dec Province Detachment Bravo
Phoenix Program

Albert Huey "AL" ST-1 UDTRA Class 2 WC Korean War 1951 Navy 1949-74.
UDT-3, UDT-12, BUD/S Instructor 65-67 Apr - Sept 68 An Xuyen province PRU Advisor

BT1 Peter P Slempa 4th tour mar-sep68
PRU Advisor Vietnam Chau Doc province Mar 68 - Sept 68
Phoenix Program Detachment BRAVO CIA

AK2 Ronald Ostrander 2nd tour RVN
28 May 1968 - 24 Nov 1968 PRU Advisor Kien Tuong Province
Phoenix Program Detachment BRAVO
Apr6-May10, 1968 Seal Team Advance Training

BM2 James Girardin ST-1
2nd tour Vietnam 16 May 68 - 1 Nov 68
NAD Da Nang Vietnam MTT Advisor Naval Advisory Detachment
Biet Hai commandoes advisor

BT2 Leonard J. Van Orden ST-1 2nd tour Vietnam
16 May 68 - 25 Oct 68
NAD Da Nang Vietnam MTT Advisor
Naval Advisory Detachment

SK3 Donald H Zillgitt BUD/S class 41 WC July 1967 COMNAVFORV
Join Seal Team ONE Aug 1967
PRU Advisor 11 Feb 68 - 12 May 68 KIA, Detachment Bravo Tra Vinh, Vinh Binh Province
Provincial Reconnaissance Unit routed the Viet Cong who left 17 of their dead. charging a VC who had come out of a spider hole and was shot.---WO Boles
Silver Star Medal On the morning of May 12, 1968, the hamlet of Giang Lon, located about 3 miles northwest of Phu Vinh, was attacked and overrun by the Viet Cong. Fifty-three members of the Tra Vinh Provincial Reconnaissance Unit (PRU), led by SK3 Donald H. Zillgitt, USN SEAL, and two companies of Regional Force troops were dispatched to counter-attack and drive the enemy from the hamlet. At about noon the PRUs landed just south of the hamlet where they were immediately in heavy contact with the enemy. The unit was soon pinned down in a rice paddy by the voluminous hail of automatic weapons fire. Petty Officer Zillgitt, realizing the threat of being overrun, skillfully deployed his troops to counter the threat. Heroically exposing himself, he then led his unit in the attack against the Viet Cong positions, forcing the enemy to withdraw. Still facing intense fire, and with Zillgitt still in the lead, the PRUs once again drove into the enemy with unwavering determination to defeat the communist aggressors. It was in this charge that Zillgitt fell mortally wounded when struck down by enemy gunfire. The PRUs continued their press forward, gained their objective and routed the Viet Cong who left 17 of their dead and 8 individual weapons on the battlefield. The heroism and leadership of Petty Officer Zillgitt prevented the PRUs from being overrun by the Viet Cong in the initial engagement and later enabled the PRUs to gain the initiative and drive the Viet Cong from their prepared positions.

8th Eighth Platoon SEAL Team TWO, Detachment ALFA
17 Dec 67 - 15 Jun 68 Binh thuy
Chau Doc Province, Phong Dinh Province
LT Richard Marcinko "Demo Dick" 2nd tour
LTJG Frank Gordy Boyce 2IC UDTR class 37E
^Louis A Kucinski "Hoss" class 10 EC 2nd tour
Platoon Chief Assistant Squad Leader
Harry R Humphries UDTR class 29E Silver Star
SK1 Jack Norman Saunders UDTR class 18E
^EN1 Frank Scollise class 2E 1947 korean War 1950-51
HM1 Guy R Nixon "Doc" 8492 SOT hospital Corpsman
BM2 Ronald J Rodger 2nd tour WIA
Dewayne G Schwalenberg Wally UDTR class 35 EC
*SK3 Dennis Arnold Drady UDTR class 33E
WIA purple heart 5ft 3in height Silver Star MEdal
John Adam Engraff
EM2 Fredrick L Toothman udtr class 34E oct65
*AMH2 Clarence T Risher III UDTR class 29E
KIA 31Jan 1968 Tet Offensive Chau doc

Ron Rodger PRU advisor 7Feb-13Apr 68
Phong Dinh Province WIA 2Mar1968
Detachment Bravo Purple Heart BSM V

On 17 February, LT(jg) Frank G. BOYCE,
PRU ADVISOR Ba Xuyen Province
USN, attached to SEALTeam Detachment ALFA, Eighth Platoon, led 60 Vietnamese Provincial Reconaissance Unit (PRU) troops in a mission agairst a Viet Cong- .controlled area The PRUs captured 23 Viet Congand accounted for a possible 20 Viet Cong killed. One PRU was killed.

GMG2 Francis Frederick Thornton ST-2
Vietnam 1st tour 12 months MACV
Detachment Echo. NAD Da Nang
PRU Advisor 31 Apr 1967 to 10 Feb 1968 Detachment Bravo
Chau Doc province With Drew Dix army. CIA Jim moore. Bronze Star Medal
morning of January 31, an estimated two VC battalions moved into Chau Phu, capital of Chau Doc province, in the Vietnamese-Cambodian border region
15 March - 6 April 1968 LDNN advisor
Return to CONUS 1 May 1968

Charlie Platoon, SEAL Team ONE DETACHMENT GOLF
25 Nov 1968 - 20 May 1969 Nam Can
Vinh Long province 3 mos, Chau Doc Province
U Minh Forest Kien Giang Province
LTJG Robert Francis Mozes OIC BUD/S class 40 (W)
*WO2 Donald Wayne Boles 2IC 2nd tour warrant officer
*Paul Lee Pittman WIA 14Jan69
BM2 Frank J Czajkowski BUD/S class 42 (W)
SM1 David Allen Wilson 4th tour KIA 14Jan69 Stepped on 105mm booby trap
*PT3 Michael Jerry Walsh BUD/S class 43 WC
Michael Crisp "Mike"
BT1 Michael E McCollum 2nd tour
MM2 Lowell W Meyer BUD/S class 43 KIA 17 May 69
AE1 Kenneth E Van Hoy KIA 17 May 69
4th tour Vietnam 6th BSM w/ V
HM2 Lin Albert Mahner KIA 25 May 1969 2nd tour wounds from May 17
QM2 Ronald E Pace fmr UDT-11 67-68
KIA 17 May 1969, attempting to disarm a Chicom 82 mm mortar round in the MACV compound at Rach Gia when the ordnance exploded.

PR1 Richard A Pearson 3rd tour Vietnam
PRU Advisor Moc Hoa, Parrots beak
Plain of Reeds Kien Tuong Province Provincial Reconnaissance Unit
Detachment Bravo 28 Sept 68 - 4 Feb 69
Kicked out of country, forced out of ST-1
went to UDT-11 under CO Chuck Lemoyne and XO Lawrence Tommy Nelson

EMC Franklin D Flynn ST-1 PRU Advisor ST-1 , SEAL TEAM ONE
Rach Gia, Can Tho 29 May 68 - 23 Nov 1968
Kien Giang Province Detachment Bravo
SEAL TEAM ONE 2nd tour Vietnam Phoenix
Replaced Gordon C Brown, SEAL TEAM TWO
Frank volunteered for a critical and hazardous mission against North Vietnam Operation Night Boat. Maynard Weyers and Frank were to sink a submarine in the channel at Haiphong Harbor. Frank was to be the SDV driver. This operation was an excellent concept that would have been detrimental to the VC efforts if the President had approved it.

*EN1 Frank Willis Bomar 2nd tour Vietnam ST-1 , SEAL TEAM ONE
25 May 68 - 18 Nov 68 PRU Advisor NAVSUPPACT SAIGON RVN
Kien Hoa Province Detachment Bravo Provincial Reconnaissance Unit (PRU)
Silver Star Medal 18-19 July 1968 Phoenix Program CIA
Special Operations Training Mar-Apr68

*AO1 Charles Bump 3rd tour Vietnam ST-2 SEAL TEAM TWO NAVSUPPACT SAIGON RVN
PRU advisor Chuong Thien Province
12 May 1968 - 20 Nov 1968, Detachment BRAVO, Provincial Reconnaissance Unit assistant advisor

*EN2 David Bodkin 3rd tour Vietnam NAVSUPPACT SAIGON RVN
ST-1 PRU Advisor 8 May 68 - 25 Sept 68 Dinh Tuong Province Detachment Bravo
Provincial Reconnaissance Unit assistant advisor

GM1 Carl E. Swepston 4th tour SEAL TEAM ONE NAVSUPPACT SAIGON RVN
ST-1 PRU Advisor Sept 68 - Feb 69 assistant advisor
Dinh Tuong Province Detachment Bravo relieved Dave Bodkin

*SM2 Donald L. Lepage PRU Advisor ST1 ST-1 , SEAL TEAM ONE
3rd tour Vietnam 21 Oct 68 - 11 April 69 NAVSUPPACT SAIGON RVN
Kien Hoa Province Silver Star Medal Provincial Reconnaissance Unit assistant advisor
18 December 1968 Detachment Bravo, Phoenix Program CIA
Special Operations Training Aug-sept68
BRONZE STAR MEDAL award citation
"For meritorious achievement whle serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in armed conflict against the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong aggressors in the Republic of Vietnam from 24 october 1968 to 15 April 1969. As United States Advisor to the Provincial Reconnaissance Unit (PRU), Petty Officer LEPAGE trained and directed an unconventional irregular force of 115 indigenous combatants in paramilitary warfare designed to gather intelligence and neutralize the Viet Cong political infrastructure operating within his province. He planned, coordinated and directed over 400 intelligence and small unit reaction operations, coming under enemy fire on numerous occasions. He was continually required to effect liaison with high ranking United States and Vietnamese military and civilian officials. Petty Officer LEPAGE and his PRU were respinsible for 194 Viet Cong killed, 127 viet cong captured and the capture of numerous small arms, documents and several heavy enemy weapons. He led over 60 combat operations subjecting himslef to great danger due to the distance from, or inaccesssibility to, supporting forces. Petty Officer LEPAGE's professional competence, courage under fire, and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service." Petty Officer LEPAGE is authorized to wear the Combat "V"
For the President
JOHN J. HYLAND
Admiral, U.S. Navy
Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet

SILVER STAR MEDAL Citation
DONALD L. LePAGE
SIGNALMAN FIRST CLASS UNITED STATES NAVY
for service as set forth in the following:
"For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action in the Mekong Delta Region of the Republic of Vietnam on the morning of 18 December 1968. While serving as Provincial Reconnaissance Unit (PRU) Advisor and leading his unit on a prisoner snatch operation deep into an enemy controlled area, Petty Officer LePAGE distinguished himself by his heroic and selfless courage and exemplary leadership. After successfully targeting the enemy, the P.RU force led by Petty Officer LePAGE, immediately began to withdraw from the target area. The unit had proceeded only a few yards when it came under heavy enemy automatic weapons and rocket fire. Despite the firepower of the PRU, they were incapable of suppressing the heavy enemy fire. Realizing the seriousness of the situation, Petty Officer LePAGE immediately ordered a slow organized leapfrog withdrawal from the area, while continually exposing himself to enemy fire. The Viet Cong, a large and unseen force, constantly attacked from changing points along the line of the PRU's rear but were beaten back on each occasion through the efforts and leadership of Petty Officer LePAGE in his placement of covering fires. Upon reaching paddy area the PRU force commenced to receive additional enemy fire from four points consisting of rocket fire. During this initial barrage, a U. S. Artillery Observer accompanying the operation was seriously wounded. Petty officer LePAGE immediately moved to his location and administered first aid, exposing himself to enemy fire. Once in the open terrain, ħe directed gunships on the Viet Cong positions as he supervised the withdrawal of the PRU force. The courageous actions demonstrated by Petty Officer LePAGE contributed wholly to the success of the operation. Petty Officer LePAGE's heroic response while leading this Vietnamese force, demonstrated initiative and valor under concentrated enemy fire upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service."
For the President
JOHN J. HYLAND
Admiral, U.S. Navy
Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet

PRUs were planned and executed under the direct supervision of the CIA. In a practical sense,the CIA POICs controlled the PRUs and used the American PRU advisors to ensure the PRU teams were properly employed on counter-VCI operations. A great deal of authority and independence of action was given to the PRU advisors,often amounting to outright autonomy. Since many POICs were busy with their primary duties, not the least of which was the collection of political and strategic intelligence on the enemy Central Office South Vietnam (COSVN) and the North Vietnamese government, they simply did not have the time to micromanage the PRU advisor. Also,many POICs lacked military experience or their military experience was dated. This meant that they did not feel they had the technical expertise to plan and control the types of operations the PRUs were conducting and preferred to leave the operational details to the initiative of the American PRU advisors. Because the PRU advisors had a great deal of control over how and when their PRU teams were employed,the job required a level of maturity and sophistication not commonly found among the normal soldiers, sailors, or Marines.

THE PRESIDENT of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION TO SEAL TEAM ONE for service as set forth in the following CITATION:

For exceptionally meritorious and heroic service from 16 July 1966 to 31 August 1967, in the conduct of naval unconventional warfare operations against the Viet Cong in the Republic of Vietnam. Although often required to carry out their operations in treacherous and almost impenetrable mangrove swamps against overwhelming odds, SEAL TEAM ONE personnel maintained an aggressive operating schedule and were highly successful in gathering intelligence data and in interdicting Viet Cong operations. On one occasion, a six-man fire team ambushed one junk and two sampans, accounting for seven Viet Cong dead and the capture of valuable intelligence data. During this daring ambush, all members of the fire team remained in exposed, waist-deep mud and water in order to obtain clear fields of fire. As a result of their constant alertness and skillful reading of Viet Cong trail markers, patrols of SEAL TEAM ONE succeeded in discovering numerous well-concealed Viet Cong base camps and supply caches, and captured or destroyed over 228 tons of Viet Cong rice, as well as numerous river craft, weapons, buildings, and documents. The outstanding esprit de corps of the men of this unit was evidenced on 7 October 1966 when a direct hit by an enemy mortar round wounded sixteen of the nineteen men aboard the detachment's armed LCM, and again on 7 April 1967 when three members of the SEAL TEAM ONE LCM were killed and eleven were wounded in a fire fight with Viet Cong positioned along the banks of a narrow stream. On both occasions, SEAL TEAM ONE men who were able, even though seriously wounded, returned to their positions and continued to fire their weapons until the boat was out of danger, thereby helping to save the lives of their comrades. The heroic achievements of SEAL TEAM ONE reflect the outstanding professionalism, valor, teamwork, and selfless dedication of the unit's officers and men. Their performance was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.

LYNDON B. JOHNSON

Lyndon B. Johnson, Presidential Unit Citation Awarded to SEAL TEAM ONE ,USN.

https://web.archive.org/web/20221102052313/https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/presidential-unit-citation-awarded-seal-team-one-usn

Presidential Unit Citation Announcement of Award to SEAL Team One, United States Navy. March 18, 1971
The President today awarded the Presidential Unit Citation to SEAL Team One, a subordinate unit of the Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Vietnam, for extraordinary achievement while participating in combat operations in Southeast Asia in support of United States national policy during the period 22 January 1968 to 20 May 1969. SEAL Team One was cited for its outstanding performance of duty while carrying out its mission of conducting unconventional warfare and special operations in and from restricted waters, rivers, and canals of the Republic of Vietnam. During the period of this award, SEAL Team One had three detachments operating: one based at the Naval Support Detachment, Binh Thuy, one assigned to U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, and the other located in Danang. SEAL Team One employed small unit tactics, operating principally at night, utilizing helicopters, small boats, or whatever type vehicle best suited the specific operation at hand. Carrying the fight into some of the enemy's most secluded and in the past, safe havens, the personnel of SEAL Team One inflicted significant damage on the supplies, bases and morale of hos tile forces. Operating in remote areas, frequently removed from all allied support, SEAL Team One personnel provided a vital contribution to the success of the free world forces in Southeast Asia.

class 19 UDTRA
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