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Operation Thunderhead Overview
In 1972, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff authorized U.S. Pacific Command to execute Operation Thunderhead in which a small group of hand-picked SEALS were employed to assist in the rescue of Prisoners of War being held in North Vietnam.
A number of POWs were planning to escape, steal a boat, and flee via the Red River to the Gulf of Tonkin.
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Although mission training, planning, and rehearsal was conducted, many the POWs were moved prior to their escape without the SEALS knowledge, and no POWs were rescued. The operation was the first combat-use of a mini wet-submersible SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV).
The operation would be conducted in two parts: surveillance to detect the escapees, and the rescue.
Lt. Melvin S. Dry commanded Alfa Platoon, SEAL Team ONE. His forces would depart a submerged submarine, the USS Grayback (SS 574) off the coast of North Vietnam in the Red River delta area and position themselves to make an early sighting of the e