The passing of a great Warrior
 

Years ago I met a retired LCDR by the name of Roy Boehm. He was gruff and salty as any sailor that walked the face of the planet. He survived WW2 and shark attacks while waiting for rescue in the briney cold Pacific Ocean. He pulled up the bodies up dead sailors from the sunken wreckages at Pearl Harbor. He went through UDT training when he was 31 years old and President Kennedy ordered him to found the navy SEAL program upon which he did brilliantly. Roy was SEAL #1. His story is one that can only be summized as being a true American war hero. I am proud to have met this man and go only say to all of you that if you want to know the real story of the navy SEALS, then please read "First SEAL". It is a fascinating history of that proud elite organization, which i am sure you will enjoy. Roy died in December of 08 with no fanfare and no media coverage. I guess he wanted it that way.:salute:

Your very priveleged my friend....he was obviously a very special kind of guy :salute:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Boehm

Thanks for the link Buna:salute:

Read his book many years back. Boehm the shark killer! :rock:

Your welcome mate http://www.psionguild.org/forums/ima...s/thumbsup.gif

One of the stories I found fascinating with Roy was about the Cuban Missile crisis. We had photo evidence of them being there, but Roy took a squad of his newly founded SEALS and infiltrated into Cuba and were only yards away from the actual missiles. He was astonished at the lack of security guards surrounding them and if his orders were to place explosives on them he could have done it easily.