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Before they were SEALs They Were Frogs

The Last of the Original Frogmen, Bill Dawson Celebrates 94th Birthday

By Steve Balestrieri | April 24, 2019 Heroes of U.S. Special Operations, History, Inside the Team Room: U.S. Navy SEALs, Navy, Sea Power, SOF, SOFREP News, SpecOps, US SOCOM

The very last of the original “frogmen”, the forerunners of the Navy SEAL teams was honored on the date of his 94th birthday amid his family, friends, and family members. Bill Dawson, who grew up in Washington D.C. was working at the D.C. Shipyard in 1943 and enlisted in the U.S. Navy when he was More »