He proudly displays his uniform, decorated with a Bronze Star for valor and a Purple Heart he earned in Okinawa from grenade wounds.” It also states that “For years he’s volunteered on the USS Yorktown, now a museum docked in Charleston” “You had to be lean and mean, which I was, and stupid, which I was. “You had to be a good swimmer, which I was,” Andy said. When normal sailor’s duties didn’t suit him, he joined the elite force called FROGMEN, the forerunners to today’s Navy SEALS. At 16 and a half, he forged his mother’s signature and joined the US Navy to fight in World War II. WWII & Korean War Vet interview Double amputee WWII Veteran walks againĪndrew did an interview (video) and it states: “81 year old Andy Nelson was never one to sit around. In a War stories article, there is a picture of Andrew when he was younger which shows him wearing a UDT insignia. Many active duty and retired SEALs became skeptics by Andrews statement. UDT in WWII were considered “naked warriors” which operated in the water clearing obstacles for allied troops to land on shore, at most UDT went no further than hinterland. Nelson, a Navy frogman, was charged with “killing as many enemies as possible” during his Pacific tour in World War II.” (ARTICLE) This statement was made regarding his time in WWII. Nelson III, 78, wearing his original issue 1943 uniform, tours the World War II Monument Friday, in Washington D.C. Military Phonies was informed about Andrew through numerous newspaper articles and interviews for being a WWII vet and a member of UDT.Īn older article stated that “Andrew W. Nelson III, 90 years of age comes to us from Mount Pleasant, SC.
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