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CLEARING THE WAY
  Frogmen & Special Forces in Normandy

     7-day exclusive tour • August 21–27, 2022

Normandy Beaches • Arromanches • Sainte-Mère-Église
    Bayeux • Pointe du Hoc • Falaise • Chambois

                    Featuring US Navy SEAL and Author
                    Benjamin H. Milligan

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Dear Frogmen,

                               Today’s Navy SEALs trace our lineage to the UDT (Underwater Demolition Unit) and NCDU
                               (Naval Combat Demolition Unit) teams of World War II. Following the disaster at Tarawa in
                               1943, when amphibious vehicles stalled on a previously unknown reef, leading to the deaths
                               of countless Marines, the Navy began looking into ways to detect and destroy such obstacles.
                               Lt. Commander Draper Kauffman first came up with the idea for an elite group that would
                               literally swim out to a reef or beach to reconnoiter or destroy any obstacle ahead of an invasion.
                               Kauffman produced the nucleus of the training modern day SEALs go through, including “Hell
                               Week” and Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training (BUD/s). The Frogmen of WWII went
                               into battle with nothing more than Navy issued swim trunks, a facemask, a knife, a pistol, and a
                               clipboard with a charcoal pencil.

                               During the lead up to the Normandy invasion, UDT and NCDU teams trained at Fort Pierce,
                               Florida in amphibious landings before departing for Great Britain. On D-Day, NCDU teams,
                               augmented with Army combat engineers, landed on Utah and Omaha beach. Wearing a full kit,
                               including a 20-pound satchel of explosives, the Frogmen on Utah went to work blowing beach
                               obstacles. The casualty rate among the teams was high due to the small amount of men in
                               the units. On Omaha, the casualty rate was much higher. When the teams landed, they found
                               infantrymen hiding behind the obstacles they needed to blow. Some of the obstacles even had
                               teller mines attached to them. NCDU teams worked hard to not only blow the obstacles under
                               fire, but also convince infantrymen to get away from the blast radius. By the end of the day, the
                               teams suffered 91 casualties out of a force of 175 men, 52 percent of the force.

                               In August 2022, we are partnering with The National WWII Museum to bring you a unique
                               and exclusive opportunity to dive into our history in Normandy during a tour of this historic
                               region of France. Fellow SEAL Benjamin Milligan joins the tours to bring an added level of
                               expertise that only he can offer, having done extensive research for his recently released book
                               By Water Beneath the Walls. Also drawing on the historical expertise and wide-ranging archival
                               collections of our museums, you will be taken back in history to walk (and swim!) in the
                               footsteps of our predecessors, to honor those who served before us.

                               Sincerely,

                               CDR (SEAL) Grant Mann, USN (Ret)
                               Executive Director, National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum

                               Photo: Class photograph of NCDU on Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, June 1944. Courtesy of The National Navy
                               UDT-SEAL Museum. Donor's quote: "All that were left are not in picture but there were not too many more." Jerry Markham
AERIAL VIEW OF POINTE DU HOC   seated second from the right, Francis X Darcy, is standing 3rd row on the right. His helmet is tilted to the side an back some.”

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FEATURED GUEST                                                                            FEATURED GUEST

                                                                                          CDR (SEAL)
                                                                                          Grant Mann, USN (Ret)
                                                                                          Executive Director,
                                                                                          US Navy SEAL Museum

                                                                                          Commander Mann was born in
                                                                                          Toronto, Canada. He was raised in
                                                                                          Vero Beach, Florida, and enlisted
                                                                                          there in 1986. He immediately
                                                                                          reported to Boot Camp and was
                                                                                          subsequently assigned to the USS
                                                                                          Harry W. Hill (DD 986), homeported
                                                                                          out of San Diego, California. After
                                                                                          two years on board, he was selected
                                                                                          and attended Basic Underwater
                                                                                          Demolition/SEAL Training Class
                                                                                          162, graduating in October 1989.
                                                                                          Commander Mann’s enlisted
                                                                                          operational assignments include
                         Benjamin H. Milligan                                             two tours onboard DD 986 as a
                         US Navy SEAL and Author                                          Boatswain Mate, two deployments
                                                                                          at SEAL Team FIVE, and seven
 Ben Milligan became a US Navy SEAL in 2001 and served until 2009. He is the              years at SEAL Team SIX. Upon
 recipient of the Bronze Star and other awards. A native of Indianapolis, he received     commissioning in November 2000,
 a BA in History at Purdue University and an MA in International Relations at the         he was assigned to Naval Special
 University of San Diego. His first book By Water Beneath the Walls was released in       Warfare Unit One in Guam as the Training Officer. He returned to SEAL Team SIX
 2021. Told through the eyes of notable leaders and racing from one longshot, hair-       in June 2004 and was assigned as the Command Training Officer overseeing
 curling raid to the next, this book is a tale of the unit’s heroic naval predecessors,   the assessment, selection and training of all command personnel. In May 2012
 and the evolution of the SEALs themselves. But it’s also the story of the forging of     he was assigned to NSW Group-2 Training Detachment and completed his
 American special operations as a whole—and how the SEALs emerged from the                Executive Officer tour. He returned to SEAL Team SIX in 2015 and assumed
 fires as America’s first permanent commando force, when again and again some             Mobility Squadron Commander, then in 2016, he moved departments to fill
 other unit seemed predestined to seize that role. Milligan thrillingly captures the      the Selection Training & Enhanced Performance (S.T.E.P) director position. He
 outsize feats of the SEALs’ frogmen forefathers in World War II, the Korean War,         subsequently returned to the Command Mobility Squadron in 2018, serving as
 and elsewhere, even as he plunges us into the second front of interservice rivalries     the Squadron Commander until his retirement in May 2020. His operational
 and personal ambition that shaped the SEALs’ evolution. In equally vivid, masterful      overseas deployments were in support of Operation Desert Shield/Storm, Bosnia,
 detail, he chronicles key early missions undertaken by units like the Marine Raiders,    Philippines, Iraq, Afghanistan, and East Africa. He trained with foreign forces from
 Army Rangers, and Green Berets, showing us how these fateful, bloody moments             Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan, Canada, Australia, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Japan,
 helped create the modern American commando—even as they opened up pivotal                Korea, Tonga, France, Germany, and the UK. Commander Mann is the recipient of
 opportunities for the Navy. Written with the insight that can only come from a           a Bronze Star Medal and numerous other awards over his 34 years of service.
 combat veteran and a member of the book’s tribe, By Water Beneath the Walls is
 an essential new history of the SEAL teams, a crackling account of desperate last        He and wife Wendy have been married for 34 years and have a daughter,
 stands and unforgettable characters accomplishing the impossible—and a riveting          Savannah, and son, Breton. He presently serves as the Executive Director of the
 epic of the dawn of American special operations. Milligan currently lives in the         National Navy SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce, Florida.
 Chicago area with his three sons.

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VETERAN SPOTLIGHT

        THROUGH THEIR EYES
              REMEMBERING THE FALLEN IN NORMANDY   George Morgan joined the US Navy at the age of 17. Morgan’s time as a
                                                   lifeguard made him a perfect candidate for amphibious training, and he and
                                                   a number of other qualified sailors received specialized training in underwater
                                                   demolitions.

                                                   Morgan learned the art of destroying beach obstacles for amphibious landings,
                                                   most importantly to set the twenty-pound Tetrytol explosives to different
                                                   obstacles expected in combat. During “Hell Week,” the “frogmen” swam at
                                                   least eight miles a day, ran several miles, performed hours of calisthenics,
                                                   and undertook various other physical and mental activities with little sleep or
                                                   time to eat.

                                                   After training in Florida, Morgan and two dozen other frogmen transferred
                                                   to Great Britain, where they trained for the invasion of Normandy. On D-Day,
                                                   Morgan and his NCDU team landed on Omaha Beach with several men losing
                                                   their explosives in the choppy water. Morgan remembered G.I.s trying to hide
                                                   behind the very beach obstacles he was sent to destroy.

                                                                “I didn’t know if I’d see the sunset that day,
                                                              I was so scared…[thinking] what in the world
                                                                             am I doing here?”
                                                   He compared the noise on the beach to a continuous crack of lightning and
                                                   slap of thunder right above you that cannot be escaped. The carnage George
                                                   witnessed on Omaha remained vivid in his mind the rest of his life.
                                                   GEORGE MORGAN
                                                   After D-Day, George Morgan transferred to the Pacific, where he saw combat on
                                                   Iwo Jima and Okinawa. On Iwo Jima, Morgan and his team collected sand from
                                                   the beach for analysis prior to the invasion. He later swam to shore again to
                                                   place a small light on the beach for navigational purposes. During the invasion
                                                   of Borneo, later that year, Morgan was wounded when he was blown out of the
                                                   water. He then had the honor of witnessing the formal surrender of Japan, from
                                                   his ship in Tokyo Bay.

            George robert Morgan                   After the war, Morgan received a Fleet Appointment to Annapolis by Lt.
                                                   Commander Draper Kauffman. However, after two fainting spells while on leave,
                                 UDT-SeAL          Morgan was discharged from the Navy. He then went to college on the GI Bill.

                             1926–2018
                                                                              Hear George’s’ story in his own words in the
                                                                              Digital Archive of The National WWII Museum.
                                                                              To view the oral history of George Morgan, visit:
                                                                              https://www.ww2online.org/view/george-morgan
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BRINGING HISTORY TO LIFE

              HEAR THEIR STORIES                                          TM

                                                                                          LEARN THEIR                                   STAND WHERE
                                                                                            NAMES              TM
                                                                                                                                     HISTORY WAS MADE                        TM

                                                                                            Dennis Shryock                                   Omaha Beach
                                                                                      Already a member of the Illinois Reserve       Between 6:33 and 6:35 am on
                                                                                      Militia when war broke out, Dennis             June 6, 1944, Naval Combat
                                                                                      Shryock joined the US Navy after               Demolition Unit Force Omaha
                                                                                      the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor.           landed on what would become the
                                                                                      Assigned to a Naval Combat Demolition          most contested of the five landing
                                                                                      Unit, the 21-year-old sat in his ship as it    beaches. The time schedule was
                                                                                      circled the English Channel on June 5,         precise. The NCDUs would destroy
                                                                                      1944. “The seas were bad, but I never got      the obstacles to allow the armor and
                                                                                      seasick,” he later said. His ship received     successive waves of infantry to move
                                                                                      word that the invasion was on and he           forward and take the draws leading
                                                                                      landed on Utah Beach the next morning.         off the beach and past the bluffs.
                                                                                      Lucky for Dennis and the rest of the men,      German resistance was fierce, and
                                                                                      the landing craft were blown off course        the plans had to be altered on the
                    Special Forces in Normandy                                        to an area with lighter defenses. Even         ground. The NCDUs worked to blow
                                                                                      with a favorable landing zone, Dennis          gaps in the beach obstacles, and
           Specialized forces operated throughout Normandy on D-Day to                saw plenty of death. He remembers that         suffered 52% casualties on D-Day.
          supplement the work of the Naval Combat Demolition Units. The               the sea “looked like pure blood.” Shryock      By the end of the day, the beach
        British sent commando units to Sword and Gold Beaches, in addition            worked with his team to open up gaps           was in American hands, and the
           to parachute and glider troops along the flanks. The Americans             in the beach obstacles, all while under        massive unloading and resupply
        dropped two divisions of paratroopers along the Cotentin Peninsula            constant fire. Miraculously, the only injury   efforts began.
       to capture bridges, destroy gun emplacements, and capture key road             Dennis suffered that day was a chipped         PHOTO: GUESTS AT POINTE DU HOC.
       junctures. U.S. Army Rangers climbed a 100-foot cliff at Pointe du Hoc         tooth due to shrapnel.                         COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM.
          with the goal of neutralizing a potentially dangerous gun battery.

                                                                                                             Hear Dennis’ story in his own words in the
         US ARMY RANGERSTRAINING WITH THE “LADDER OF SUCCESS” ON POINTE DU HOC. US                           Digital Archive of The National WWII Museum.
         NAVY OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH, GIFT OF CHARLES IVES, FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE
                                  NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM.                                                      To view the oral history of Dennis Shryock, visit:
                                                                                                             https://www.ww2online.org/view/dennis-shryock

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MAP AND PRICING                                                                                                INCLUSIONS

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              CLEARING THE WAY
                  Frogmen & Special Forces in Normandy                                                           • Travel in the company of special guests CDR (SEAL) Grant Mann, USN (Ret),
                                                                                                                   Executive Director of the Navy SEAL Museum and Benjamin H. Milligan,
                        7-day exclusive tour • August 21–27, 2022                                                  Navy SEAL and Author

              Normandy Beaches • Arromanches • Sainte-Mère-Église                                                • Full-time logistical Tour Manager
                  Bayeux • Pointe du Hoc • Falaise • Chambois                                                    • Expert local battlefield guides
                                                                                                                 • Roundtrip Airport Transfers (when arriving & departing on scheduled group tour dates)
                                                                                                                 • Historic, hand-picked, fully-renovated accommodations in Normandy
       7 DAYS FROM $6,995 $5,995* per person double occupancy                                                    • Four-star Charles de Gaulle Airport accommodations
              $8,995 $7,995* per person single occupancy                                                         • Private, first-class, air-conditioned motor coach transportation
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                                                                                                                 • VIP access to sites not offered on other tours
             Pricing and itinerary subject to change. Airfare is not included in the price listed.
                                                                                                                 • Video Oral History presentations from the Museum’s digital collection
                                                                                                                 • Gratuities to guides, drivers, porters, and servers
                                                                                                                 • Personal listening devices on all included touring
                                                        English Channel
                                                                                                                 • 6 Breakfasts, 4 Lunches, 4 Dinners, and 1 Reception
                                                                                                                 • Beer, wine, and soft drinks with included lunches and dinner
                                       UT
                                         AH                                                                      • Informative map book including useful battlefield maps and archival images
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                                                      Colleville-sur-Ms-sur-Mer
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                                                                                             Pegasus Bridge
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                                                                                                                                                               Paris

                                      Route
                                      Exploration                                                     Chambois
                                      Overnights
                                      Tour Stops                                           Argentan

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                                              Day 1: August 21, 2022
                                              ARRIVE PARIS /
                                              TRANSFER TO NORMANDY
                                              Upon arrival at Charles de Gaulle (CDG) Airport
                                              in Paris, guests are warmly welcomed and trans-
                                              ported by private motor coach to Normandy. After
                                              enjoying some free time to relax or explore the
                                              grounds of the chateau, the group gathers this
                                              evening for a tour overview, introduction of local
                                              experts, a reception, and a welcome dinner.
                                              Accommodations: Manoir de Mathan (R, D)

                                                                                             PHOTO: STREET VIEW IN BAYEUX NORMANDY.

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Day 2: August 22, 2022                                                                                              CROSS OF LORRAINE, JUNO BEACH, NORMANDY

BRITISH SECTORS - PEGASUS BRIDGE /
GOLD, JUNO & SWORD BEACHES / ARROMANCHES
The first full day of touring in Normandy begins with an introduction to the
commando operations of Operation Overlord. Just after midnight, British
glider troops landed just yards from the crucial Pegasus Bridge. Guests
learn about Major John Howard and his men of the “Ox and Bucks” and
how they were able to secure and hold the bridge. The drives along the
British and Canadian sectors become the backdrop for the stories the
observation of the tides and water conditions of the landing beaches. Arrive
at Arromanches, and discover the remains of a Mulberry Harbor. Your guide
offers insight into this great feat of engineering and ingenuity. Following
free time for lunch and exploration in the village, a trip up the commanding
bluff culminates with a viewing of Cinema Circulaire 360 and a visit to the
German gun battery at Longues-sur-Mer.
Accommodations: Manoir de Mathan (B)

                                                                               PHOTO: VIEW OF ARROMANCHES, FRANCE   COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL NAVY UDT-SEAL MUSEUM

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Day 3: August 23, 2022
US AIRBORNE & UTAH BEACH
Today’s touring provides additional context to the beach landings. Travel along rural
lanes, past hedgerows, and over causeways to La Fière, where the 82nd Airborne
fought off four days of attacks from German troops trying to retake this strategic
bridge. The battlefield guide recalls personal stories from the men who fought on
the frontlines. Visit Sainte-Mère-Église, the famous crossroads town where American
paratroopers landed during the predawn hours of D-Day, tour the Musée Airborne,
and visit the church made famous in the film The Longest Day. After lunch with the
group, continue this afternoon to Brécourt Manor, where Dick Winters and some of
his men from “Easy Company” launched the assault on German guns, portrayed in
the book and miniseries Band of Brothers. Conclude the touring day with a visit to
Utah Beach and hear the stories of Naval Combat Demolition Unit (NCDU) Force
UTAH. Their landings occurred on-time, but 1500 yards south of the intended
landing zones. This landing proved fortunate as they were met with less obstacles
and lighter German resistance in this sector.
Accommodations: Manoir de Mathan (B, L, D)                                                                                   UDT WITH HAGENSEN PACK DURING UNDERWATER
                                                                                                                                  DEMOLITION TEAM TRAINING. COURTESY OF
                                                                                        LA FIÈRE, COURTESY OF JOHN SNOWDON          THE NATIONAL NAVY UDT-SEAL MUSEUM.

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                                                                                                                                 UNDERWATER DEMOLITION TEAM TRAINEES PLACE
                                                                                                                                 FUSES TO SHAPED CHARGES ON THE BEACH
                                                                                                                                 DURING A TRAINING OPERATION. COURTESY OF THE
                                                                                                                                 NATIONAL NAVY UDT-SEAL MUSEUM.
Day 4: August 24, 2022
OMAHA BEACH / POINTE DU HOC /
NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY
Experience an itinerary devoted to Naval Combat Demolition Unit (NCDU) Force
OMAHA and the ground troops who came ashore in the Omaha Beach area. Arriv-
ing between 6:33 and 6:35 that morning, most of the NCDUs landed between 700
and 1,500 yards to the east of their intended zones. German resistance was harsh
and the NCDUs suffered 52% casualties. By the end of the day on June 6, 40% of
Omaha Beach was clear, with 85% of the beach open by June 8. A visit to Pointe
du Hoc highlights another unit, the 2nd Ranger Battalion which faced tough odds
coming ashore before scaling the imposing 100-foot cliff. The afternoon is devoted
to the Normandy American Cemetery, where more than 9,000 Americans are laid
to rest in the ground they helped liberate. Take ample time to walk the grounds,
visit the small interpretive center, and remember the sacrifices made here.
Accommodations: Manoir de Mathan (B, L, D)

                                                                                     AERIAL VIEW OF NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY                   NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY

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Day 5: August 25, 2022
SWIM CHALLENGE† OR DAY OF LEISURE IN BAYEUX
For those interested in testing the waters, return to Omaha Beach for a swim
challenge and an in-depth study of the tides and currents of this historic location.
With support from the local sports organization Club Eolia, guests can opt for
a specially designed swim challenge on Omaha Beach. Club Eolia’s owner Laurent
Villeaubreil Guerin, will discuss the drastic tidal changes along the Normandy
coasts and the often-unpredictable currents that can change throughout the
Omaha landing sectors. At the conclusion of the day’s activities, guests will better
understand why many of the landing crafts arrived in the wrong locations
on June 6, 1944.
For those who wish to take a day at leisure, explore the quaint medieval village
of Bayeux. Famous for the Bayeux Tapestry and gothic cathedral, guests also
enjoy free time shopping and dining in one of Bayeux’s many cafes*.
Accommodations: Manoir de Mathan (B, L*,D)
*
  Guests taking the Bayeux day at leisure will have lunch independently.
† A surcharge for the swim challenge will apply.

                                                                                             COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL NAVY UDT
                                                                                             SEAL MUSEUM.

LES BRAVES MEMORIAL, OMAHA BEACH                                                                                            BAYEUX TAPESTRY

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Day 6: August 26, 2022                                                                Day 7: August 27, 2022
FALAISE GAP / CHAMBOIS                                                                PARIS CHARLES DE GAULLE AIRPORT
This morning, bid farewell to Normandy and return to Paris. Focusing on the           TO THE UNITED STATES
concluding battles of the Normandy Campaign, the first stop is in Falaise, which
lends its name to the Falaise Pocket, where the Allies began a move to encircle       After breakfast, head to the departure terminal at Paris-Charles de Gaulle
the Germans in August 1944. Traveling south from the city, traverse the infamous      (CDG) Airport for individual journeys home. (B)
“Corridor of Death,” where the awful scenes of the routed Germany army were on
display for several months as dead bodies and wreckage covered the landscape.
Memorial de Montormel on Hill 262, where the Poles held off a desperate German
counterattack, commemorates the closing of the pocket and offers an incredible
view across the landscape, and the perfect vantage point for recounting these final
battles. This evening, check-in to the Sheraton Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport and
enjoy an evening at leisure.
Accommodations: Sheraton Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (B, L)

                                                                                                                                                        FALAISE TOWN

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                        Manoir de Mathan                                              Sheraton Paris Airport Hotel &
                                                                                           Conference Center
       This boutique hotel is located in an ideal location to explore the
     beaches of Normandy and the surrounding area. Nestled between            Between the Louvre, the Palais Royal, the Comédie Française, and
         Bayeux and Arromanches, this Normandy farmhouse offers              the Opéra Garnier, the Hôtel du Louvre invites you to take your time
     comfortable rooms, some with original 17th century fireplaces. With       and discover the City of Light. Within walking distance to many
    its beautiful gardens and rich historical heritage, the hotel combines     popular Paris sites, spacious rooms bathed in sunlight welcome
      calm, charm and romanticism with modern day amenities such as             you. Amenities include complimentary internet access, fitness
             free WiFi, flat screen TVs, and handicap accessibility.                               center, and room service.

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Frogmen & Special Forces in Normandy

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AMERICAN SOLDIERS ABOARD AN LCI LANDING CRAFT ON D-DAY.
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