The Alamo Scouts: One of the Most Daring U.S. Army Special Operations Units of WWII

Before there were Special Forces, there were 6th Army Special Reconnaissance units known as the Alamo Scouts. Alamo Scouts Established, 28 November 1943 By Ruth Quinn Lieutenant General Walter Krueger assumed command of the newly activated Sixth Army in early 1943 and then established an operational Task Force, nicknamed Alamo Force, also under his command. …