Reply to thread

Forgotten Voices of the Secret War: An Inside History of Special Operations in the Second World War

By Roderick Bailey

The Commandos at Dieppe: Rehearsal for D-Day

By William Fowler

Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 28102" data-attributes="member: 1"> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">SURNAME</li> </ul> Baker <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">FORENAME</li> </ul> Harold Leroy <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">UNIT</li> </ul> U.S.N. Seal Team 1 (Det Golf) <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">RANK</li> </ul> Radioman Second Class <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">NUMBER</li> </ul><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">AWARD</li> </ul> Navy Cross <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">PLACE</li> </ul> Mekong Delta,South Vietnam 1970 <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</li> </ul> born 3.9.1945 Fort Bragg,North Carolina son of Charles Edward and Evelyn (nee Thomas) Baker retired as Boatswains Mate First Class resided Imperial Beach,California died 7.2.2004 Aberdeen,North Carolina Mount Hope Cemetery,Southern Pines,Moore County,North Carolina Harold Baker was born on September 3, 1945, at Fort Bragg, North  Carolina. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy on June 29, 1964, and completed  basic training at NTC San Diego, California, in October 1964. His first  assignment was aboard the submarine tender USS Nereus (AS-17) from  October 1964 to May 1965, followed by Radioman A School at NTC San Diego  from May to December 1965. Petty Officer Baker served at U.S. Naval  Communications Station Yokosuka, Japan, from January 1966 to October  1967, and then attended Underwater Demolition Team Replacement Accession  training at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, California, from October  1967 to March 1968. His next assignment was with Underwater Demolition  Team ELEVEN (UDT-11) at NAB Coronado from March 1968 to February 1970,  followed by service with SEAL Team ONE at NAB Coronado from February  1970 to July 1972. During this time, Petty Officer Baker deployed with  his Team to Southeast Asia from July to December 1970. He served with  UDT-12 at NAB Coronado from July 1972 to September 1975, and then  returned to UDT-11 at NAB Coronado from September 1975 to December 1978.  Petty Officer Baker next served with Inshore Undersea Warfare Group ONE  at NAB Coronado from December 1978 to December 1979, followed by  service with Naval Special Warfare Group ONE at Coronado from December  1979 to January 1981. He then served with UDT-11 at NAB Coronado from  January 1981 until the UDT Teams disbanded and were absorbed into the  SEAL Teams in 1983, serving with SEAL Team ONE from 1983 until his  retirement from the Navy on July 1, 1984. Harold Baker died on February  7, 2004, and was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery in Southern Pines, North  Carolina. <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/h-baker.26869/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/26/26869-85b9fe886d87b6b7b5adb1f2d1a72391.jpg?1591433620" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></blockquote>

Verification