The FReeper Foxhole Reviews The Sixth U.S. Army Special Forces - Alamo Scouts - April 18th, 2004

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[snippy_about_it]

Lord,

Keep our Troops forever in Your care

Give them victory over the enemy...

Grant them a safe and swift return...

Bless those who mourn the lost.
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for all those serving their country at this time.


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Alamo Scouts



The Sixth U.S. Army

The Alamo Scouts were organized on Fergusson Island, New Guinea, on 28 November 1943 to conduct reconnaissance and raider work in the Southwest Pacific Theater under the personal command of then Lt. General Walter Krueger, Commanding General, Sixth U.S. Army.

Named for his beloved association with San Antonio, Texas, and the Alamo, Krueger envisioned that the Alamo Scouts, consisting of small teams of highly trained volunteers, would operate deep behind enemy lines to provide intelligence-gathering and tactical reconnaissance in advance of Sixth U.S. Army landing operations.



From their first operational mission in the Admiralty Islands in February, 1944, to the end of World War II, the Alamo Scouts performed 106 known missions behind enemy lines in New Guinea and in the Philippines without losing a single man killed or captured.

During these two years the Alamo Scouts liberated 197 Allied prisoners in New Guinea, and provided forward reconnaissance and tactical support of the Sixth Ranger Battalion in the liberation of the Cabanatuan Prisoner of War Camp on Luzon, in February 1945, freeing 511 Allied prisoners. In addition, the Alamo Scouts captured 84 Japanese prisoners of war.



The Alamo Scouts evolved from a simple reconnaissance unit in New Guinea to a sophisticated intelligence collection group which supplied and coordinated large-scale guerrilla operations on Leyte and Luzon.



In July 1945, the Alamo Scouts were training to conduct pre-invasion reconnaissance of Kyushu in preparation for OPERATION OLYMPIC, the first step in the proposed Allied invasion of the Japanese homeland. Following the Japanese surrender, the Alamo Scouts landed in Wakayama and became part of the occupation army

They were unceremoniously disbanded at Kyoto, Japan, in November 1945, never to be reconstituted.

The Alamo Scouts have the finest record of any elite unit of World War II and, arguably, one of the finest in the history of the United States military.



In 1988, the Alamo Scouts were individually awarded the SPECIAL FORCES SHOULDER TAB for their services in World War II and included in the lineage of today's U.S. Army Special Forces.

Missions:



The Alamo Scouts conducted 106 known missions during World War II totaling 1482 combined man-days behind enemy lines. Due to the top secret nature of their operations and limited contact with other teams, the extent of their operations may never be known.



The Alamo Scouts battle credits include the Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Leyte, and Luzon Campaigns. Throughout the Bismarck Archipelago and New Guinea Campaigns, the Alamo Scouts conducted 37 known missions."

Beginning in October 1944, the Alamo Scouts conducted 13 missions in support of the Allied landings on Leyte, Philippine Islands.



From 9 January to 30 June 1945, the Alamo Scouts performed 43 missions behind enemy lines on Luzon, Philippine Islands.



From 1 July to 15 August 1945, the Alamo Scouts conducted 11 missions on Luzon in support of the Eighth U.S. Army.

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[stand watie]

HI, snippy!

free dixie,sw

[snippy_about_it]

Male Language Patterns...
"Uh huh," "Sure, honey," or "Yes, dear." REALLY MEANS," Absolutely nothing. It's a conditioned response like Pavlov's dog drooling."

LOL. Yep! Good morning Valin.

So is today your only "day off" this week?

[snippy_about_it]

Snippy and I look forward to it each day.

It's true we really do. Not just the graphic but knowing that behind it we have a dear friend. ;-)

[snippy_about_it]

Good morning PE. Do you get to rest any today? More prep work for Abigail to do today? How is Msdrby doing?

[snippy_about_it]

Good morning Mayor. I see the east is having a warm spell. Did it last for the whole weekend? We have rain off and on for the next few days. Temps in the 50's.

[Professional Engineer]

Today we finish the flowers. YAY!

BTW, the dog is a patriot! Msdrby was playing the Stars and Stripes Forever for Spider-boy, and Chelsea was up wagging in time to the music.

The cat hates it. I always suspected cats might be commies.

[E.G.C.]

How's it going where you are?

[snippy_about_it]

Hi stand watie.

free dixie bump!

[snippy_about_it]

LOL.

I always suspected cats might be commies.

Spies I tell ya, they're spys! Always watching, acting like they could care less.

[snippy_about_it]

It's going great. I'm getting settled in and learning my way around. I've been told to tell everyone it's horrible here so we won't have a land rush in Oregon but I have to say (at least to our Foxhole folks) that I just love the weather and the terrain here.

[Professional Engineer]

I pulled up the Marine's Hymn from The President's Own website. Spider boy was marching at attention. I kept waiting for him to snap a salute. Oh Lord, what have we done? It seems we have a future Jarhead on our hands. ;-)

[msdrby]

yes, he just told me that he hated the Navy Hymn. My response was, "You had better not!"

[msdrby]

Ben seems to appreciate the Navy Hymn more than elf-boy. He only has one ear cocked awry.

[The Mayor]

Right now it's 66 and sunny. It was bad this am, a thunderstorm came thru, 60 mph winds and hail.

It's beautiful now, we just may get a spring this year, YaHoo!

The weeks outlook isn't bad either, 60's and low 70's with a chance of rain for the next cpl days.

[SAMWolf]

Good Morning PE. Doing stem painting today?

[SAMWolf]

Good Morning Mayor.

[SAMWolf]

Nice story PE.

[stand watie]

!!!!!!!

[SAMWolf]

Morning stand watie.

[SAMWolf]

I always suspected cats might be commies.

LOL!