US Special Warfare Units in the Pacific Theater 1941–45
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Alaskan Alamo
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Forces
illustrated
intelligence
islands
modern warfare
organisation
PTO
remote
Second World War 2 II
tactic
training
units
WWII WW2
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- ISBN 9781841767079
- Weight: 340g
- Dimensions: 184 x 244mm
- Publication Date: 12 Apr 2005
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The bitter fighting in the Pacific Theater required new forms of warfare, and the gathering of detailed intelligence information on the remote and varied islands and their determined defenders.
As a result, new scout, raider and reconnaissance units were formed the pioneers of today's special forces. Some units were small, while others comprised thousands of men. All contributed significantly to the war effort.
This book examines a wide range of PTO special-warfare units, including the Alaskan and Alamo scouts, 5217th/1st Recon Battalion, Marine Amphibious Recon and Raider units, Amphibious Scouts, and 6th Ranger Battalion.
Gordon L Rottman entered the US Army in 1967, volunteered for Special Forces and completed training as a weapons specialist. He was assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group until reassigned to the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam in 1969–70. He was a Special Operations Forces scenario writer at the Joint Readiness Training Center for 12 years and is now a highly respected and established author.
