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The Dambusters - 'Was it Worth it?'
By John Sweetman
In Rommels Backyard: A Memoir of the Long Range Desert Group
By Alastair Timpson, Andrew Gibson-Watt
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 31063" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Anderson </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Franklin W. </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>U.S.N. Seal Team 1 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lieutenant + Lieutenant Commander </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Legion of Merit with "V" device,Silver Star,Bronze Star with "V"device </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>South Vietnam 1964-68 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>native of Pagosa Springs,Colorado</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born April 1934</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of Lloyd Anderson</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated Pagosa Springs High School 1952</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated Fort Lewis College 1954</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated Colorado State University 1956</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>enlisted USN October 1956</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Ensign 1957</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>UDT-11 1957 (Exec.Officer 1961)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Seal Team 1 1961-65</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>South Vietnam 1964 (Silver Star,Bronze Star with "V",Cross Of Gallantry (Vietnam))</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Naval Ops Support Group,Pacific (Ops and Plans) 1965</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lieutenant Commander 1966</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Seal Team 1 July 1966 - July 1968 (C.O.)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>South Vietnam (Legion of Merit with combat "V")</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Naval Special Warfare Officer for Plans,CINPAC 1969-72</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Commander 1972</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Naval Ops Staff,Pentagon 1972</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Naval Special Warfare Group,Atlantic until July 1976</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Director of Basic Unit Seal Training July 1976 - May 1977</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>retired May 1967</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Martha Kuhnel 1962 (4 children)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>residing Tiffany,Colorado 1998 </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/f-anderson.4258/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/4/4258-0ebd68c4870e3e5cc4dbb2b80da7e79e.jpg?1591383975" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/f-anderson.4257/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/4/4257-fbc5a28545f63233edd742fe07af3671.jpg?1591383975" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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