I don't discount his service--he did serve in the Navy. I do, however, challenge what was said in the obituary...which is normally written by a relative and placed in the paper. Therefore, it is nearly certain that DeFord fed his family a lot of happy horses**t heroic tales of his time in the service...which, according to the ffolkes at the UDT/SEAL Museum are untrue. 
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Gene F. DeFord is a real piece of work, the untruths he has stated are too many for me to take time to list. Let me just say the WWII UDT guys were NEVER trained in England but instead Fort Pierce, Florida, which by-the-way the UDT-SEAL Museum is located there for just that reason. Also he is not listed in our database, as a result he was NEVER a member of the Scouts & Raiders (which were the name of original WWII UDT Guys), UDT (The name changed around 1950) or SEAL Teams. Curtis
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Richard's $.02 
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