Operation Thunderhead
In June of 1972, Grayback delivered a team of Navy SEALs to the Vietnam coast, where they were based. He and his comrades had been sent to Vietnam for Operation Thunderhead, which was an effort to save two U.S. airmen who they thought would have managed to escape from a Viet Cong camp for prisoners of war. Unbeknownst to them, however, the Navy’s race for freedom was called off. In the course of trying to find the guys, one SEAL in the name of Lieutenant Melvin Dry, was killed when he jumped out of a helicopter during the search.
Operation Thunderhead
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