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Marcinko led the SEAL team in what has become known as the Navy’s most successful SEAL operation during the Vietnam War: the May 1967 assault on Ilo Ilo Han. Marcinko and his men killed many Viet Cong and destroyed six of their sampans, according to the Navy SEAL Museum. Marcinko deployed a second time with SEAL Team Two during the Vietnam War. His platoon assisted Army Special Forces during the Tet Offensive.
Retired Navy SEAL and the first commanding officer of SEAL Team Six, Richard “Dick” Marcinko, has died, according to a post on the Navy Seal Museum’s Facebook page.
He was 81.
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Fair winds and following seas, sir.
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Amen.
DeleteHe wrote some really good books, too!
ReplyDeleteThanks and I wasn't knowledgeable.
DeleteRead all of his books. A tough old bird and what a life and dedication that man had. The world is a little less safe with his passing. If only the admirals and government had let him truly loose, we would not have a quarter of the problems with radical terrorist today.
ReplyDeleteagree, he brought us forward in an area where we needed it at a time it was needed. RIP sir.
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DeleteMet him back in 1993, still have the autographed book. Salute.
ReplyDeleteFortunate and thanks
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