A tale o'war

[ambrafoxtrot]

but the foundation of the US Navy UDT and SEAL teams has its origins in the Navy Scouts and Raiders which were formed in 1942 when Italy was at war with America

Correct again: WWII was not over yet, when the Americans started to use Italian GAMMA operators personnel to train and put together their first combat swimmers team to employ in the Pacific.

A bunch of traitors (or patriots) depending on the what point of view of the Italian Civil war 43-45 you see that from, accepted the American "request" to help create a "pilot" team of US swimmers, reverse engineer Italian classified equipment, and instruct the Americans on all the operative procedures of the GAMMA operators of the X MAS

Source OSS declassified documentation. Let me know if you want me to send you a PDF copy.

As for the Sahayetet 13 creation back in the late forties, you just have to Google the name of the Grandfather (and honorary commander) of the unit:

"Fiorenzo Capriotti"

greetings

ambrafoxtrot

P.S. the pictures...can you see them ?