Frogmen - News item from the Alameda Journal, 13 May 2015

The USS Hornet Museum will host a May 30 talk by World War II veteran and former U.S. Navy frogman William Goehner Jr. on the "Birth of the Original Navy SEAL: The Underwater Demolition Team (UDT)."

Actor Richard Widmark portrayed Goehner in the 1951 Oscar-nominated film, "The Frogmen," which depicted a midnight "suicide" mission successfully led by Goehner in 1944.

Goehner is expected to describe his background, including a mission that he participated in to mine a German submarine base in the Baltic Sea and another mission that led to an encounter with a German soldier at Normandy in France just before D-Day.

The talk will begin at 1 p.m. Normal museum admission prices apply. The USS Hornet Museum is located at 707 West Hornet Ave., Pier 3, in Alameda. For information, visitwww.uss-hornet.org or call 510-521-8448.

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- Alameda Journal

POSTED:   05/13/2015 05:14:34 PM PDT