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John Pitts Spence (June 14, 1918 – October 29, 2013) was an American diver for the United States Navy and World War II veteran who is widely credited as the country's first combat frogman. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Spence was the first enlisted man to be recruited into a clandestine group, operated by General William "Wild Bill" Donovan of the Office ...
John Spence may refer to: John Spence (frogman) (1918–2013), American World War II veteran, first American combat frogman John Spence (musician) (1969–1987), founding member of the band No Doubt
The word frogman first arose in the stage name the "Fearless Frogman" of Paul Boyton in the 1870s [1] and later was claimed by John Spence, an enlisted member of the U.S. Navy and member of the OSS Maritime Unit, to have been applied to him while he was training in a green waterproof suit. [2]
An incident off the coast of West Africa in late 2021 offered a rare look at the operations of Denmark's Fromandskorpset, or Frogman Corps. Meet the Danish Frogmen who just took down a boatful of ...
John Spence, first American combat frogman [2] [3] David Stoliar, sole survivor of the Struma disaster; Conrad Stoltz, three-time XTERRA off-road triathlon champion; Byron A. Stover, businessman and state legislator; Mickey Tettleton, former Major League Baseball player; Andy Tillman, llama rancher, businessman, and author
That’s when No Doubt co-founder and co-vocalist John Spence, who was about 5’8 with a thin build, sprang into action against the group of tough guys. “John Spence literally grabbed [our ...
John Amos with his first wife Noel “Noni” Mickelson. John Amos played a husband numerous times on-screen throughout his five-decade-long career, and he also exchanged wedding vows in real life.
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