Deathrace

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To my longtime friend and editor, Tom Colgan, who keeps the wheels turning and the books rolling.

To the writers bunch-Cyndy, Mark, Ken, Lee, Peggy, and Rosie — who have given beneficial criticism, comments, and aid in researching. It would have been a lot harder to write this book without the help of all of you.

SEAL stands for SEa-Air-Land. This specialized group of fighting men was created by President John Fitzgerald Kennedy in 1962 to meet special quick-strike needs of the U.S. Navy. Today the Navy SEALs are among the leaders of the elite special-operation forces in the world.

SEALs undergo a six-month training course that is enough to break the back and the will of all but the most dedicated, and the strongest. On average, 60 percent of those who start the SEAL training course drop out.

During the Vietnam War there were only two SEAL teams, One and Two. Each was composed of a number of fourteen-man platoons. Today SEALs function with sixteen- man platoons.

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