By Chief James Watson, Kevin Dockery
Leader Petty Officer James "Patches" Watson used to be there at first. one of many first to return out of the famed Underwater Demolition workforce 21, he was once an preliminary member -- a "plank proprietor" -- of America's deadliest and so much elite battling strength, the U.S. army SEALs.Through 3 excursions within the jungle hell of Vietnam, he walked the purpose -- staying alert to journey wires, booby traps and punji pits, guiding his squad of amphibious warring parties on missions of rescue, reconnaissance and demolition -- confronting a war's designated terrors head-on, unprotected . . . and unafraid.This is the tale of a hero instructed from the center and from the intestine -- an actual travel of responsibility with some of the most mythical commandoes of the Vietnam warfare.
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Let me tell you it is one very proud group of dirty, exhausted, water-soaked, sand-covered sailors who are still standing at the end of Hell Week. There is still a lot of training yet to do, but the instructors seem to respect the trainees just a little bit. Swimming is, of course, a large part of the training. Starting off with simple pool swims of only a few hundred yards back at Little Creek, the swims gradually get longer and much harder. When we had completed a mile-long swim, they awarded us our first pair of swim fins.
Andrews—“Hoot” Rudolph E. Boesh—“Uncle Rudy” Donald Stone*—“Doc Stone” * Assigned as corpsmen, not UDT-qualified. 49 50 / POINT MAN MEN Harry M. Beal—“Short Meat” B. Benzschawel—“Bennie” Pierre Birtz Wayne Boles—“Kahuna” Ron Brozak—“Bro” William Brumuller—“Panda Bear” Charles Bump William E. —“Billy” A. D. Clark—“AD” John W. Dearmon George W. Doran James F. Finley Samuel R. Fournier Ronald G. Fox William H. Goines William T. Green Tom Iwaszczuk Stanley S. Janecka Charles W. Jessie—“Jess” Rex W.
Ours was the first class to go to Puerto Rico at this stage in our training. We departed on the USS Plymouth Rock (LSD-29) on February 6. On board the Rock for three days traveling to Roosevelt Roads, all they did was burn us out with PT—something of a break for us, there being no sand runs aboard a ship. We did get some classroom training, and something they don’t teach as much now, the history of the Teams. We learned about Admiral Kauffman, the father of the UDTs, who landed the NCDUs (Naval Combat Demolition Units) at Normandy.