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our bare hands. Later, we were loaded on small Coast Guard boats and sailed to Bimini	Island in	the Bahamas	for staging
for a mock	infiltration of	Florida in	the general	vicinity of
Miami.
We boarded Coast Guard patrol boats and, under cover of darkness, headed for Miami, Florida. As we approached the shoreline,	we off-loaded,	by two's,	into small	specially-
equipped rubber boats. My comrade and I had our gear, guns, and dress khaki uniforms secured in sealed plastic bags. Silently paddling our small boat, we sneaked into a covered boat slip owned by local residents. We quickly changed into our dress clothes and headed for the nearest street. Evidently,	the owners of	the boat	slip had seen us and
informed the military because two military policemen challenged us as we approached the street. They told us that they were taking us into custody and ordered us into the back seat of the patrol car.
As the patrol car began to move forward, my friend and I began to put into practice the skills we had been taught. We quickly placed arm locks around their necks while taking their weapons from them. Meanwhile, the patrol car crashed into some roadside shrubbery. In a few seconds, we had them completely subdued. During the brief scuffle, a crowd of local citizens had gathered. We falsely informed them we were military investigators taking two impostors into custody. As the citizenry applauded, we directed our captives to lie on the back floor of the car and remain silent.
While my companion headed the patrol car toward Hollywood, Florida, a small town just north of Miami, I guarded our prisoners. We acquired a motel room and then tied our two frightened patrolmen to beds. Then, we departed for Miami proper. As we approached the center of Miami, we noticed several military patrol cars converging on us. As we came to an abrupt stop at a signal light, we hastily abandoned the patrol car. Next, we ran through a store and into another street, and evaded what would have been immediate apprehension.
Later that evening, we notified our Command Headquarters that we had successfully infiltrated the Miami area. Next, we contacted the Military Police Headquarters and suggested they go retrieve the two military policemen we had detained in the motel in Hollywood, Florida. We impressed upon them that had we been real enemy agents, the two MP's would be dead and the area infiltrated. We then joined our special task force with
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