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OSS Maritime Unit
Operational Swimmer Group History

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OSS Maritime Unit
Operational Swimmer Group Photos

(The FROGMEN of the OSS)
Dr. Christian Lambertsen 1942
Father of the OSS FROGMEN
& U.S.Combat Swimmers
Inventor of the Lambertsen Unit

Photo Source: Dr. Christian Lambertsen
Photo of OSS/USCG "Frogman"
LT John Booth (USCG)
Commanding Officer
of Operational Swimmer Group 2.
LARU Pool 1944
Operational Swimmer Group 2 Group Photo,
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba 1944.
Photo Source: Bennett/Harrigan Interview Feb 2007
Front Row L-R: William Fallis (USCG), Jerry Puetz (USCG), Herman Becker (USCG), Mike Priano
(USN), Harry Miller (USCG), Gordon Thorigal (USCG), David Ray (USN), Julius Arenstein (USCG),
George Haber (USN)

Second Row L-R: Bud Abbott (USN), George Webster (USCG), Sam Aquilama (USMC), Carll Spohn
(USCG), Bill Harris (USN), Jack Reeves (USCG) Norman Miller (USCG), John Harrigan (USCG)

Standing L-R: LT John Booth (USCG), Leonard Brown (USA), Ed Morrissey (USA), Smitty (USCM),
Louis Pulgencio (USCG) Jim Eubanks (USCG), Sam Backus (USA), Fred Cook (USA), Bob Holboro
(USA), Jack Carroll (USCG) Jack Kneist (USMC), CAPT French (USA), Don Fulton (USCG), LT
McDevitt (USMC), Herman Reif (USA).
LT John Booth USCGR 1944
Compass, Swim Fins, L Unit
Commanding Officer of Operational Swimmer Group 2

Photo Source: Dr. Lambersten Interview  
26 October 2007
Seven Man Rubber Boat Team of Unit 1

Rear:
Sam Backus (USA) & George Webster (USCG).  Middle: Mike Priano (USN), Jack Reeves
(USCG), & George Haber (USN).  
Left Front: Jerry Puetz (USCG) & Leonard Brown  (USA)

Source: Bennett/Harrigan Interview Feb 2007
Side view of the Lambertsen Unit with Swim Fins

Photo Source: Dr. Lambertsen Interview 26 October 2007
Lambertsen Unit Face Mask 1944

Photo Source: Dr. Lambertsen Interview 26 October 2007
"Sleeping Beauty" one-man submarine used by Operational Swimmer Groups/Date Unknown

Leonard Brown(USA) & George Haber (USN) launching

Source: Bennett/Harrigan Interview Feb 2007
DC Comic from the 1940's titled "the FROGMEN."

A Frogman attaches a limpet mine to the bottom of a Japanese Submarine

Source: Dr. Lambertsen Interview

26 October 2007