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The 8231st Army Unit was a classified cover designation for
U.S. Army Special Operational Detachments (12th, 13th, and 16th
SFODs) activated in 1956 at Fort Bragg, NC that moved to Camp
Drake, Japan in 1956 and later Okinawa in 1957.
The 12th and 13th SFODs were subordinate to the 16th SFOD.
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It would form the nucleus of the 1st Special Forces Group
(Airborne) when it merged with the 14th Special Forces
Operational Detachment (SFOD) on June 17, 1957. It was
established to spearhead unconventional warfare in the
Asia-Pacific theater.
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Endnotes
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"Special Forces Detachment 39", arsof-history.org, From
Veritas, Vol 2. No. 1, 2006.
References
History of the 13th SFOD according to "SF History", Special Forces Association, Chapter 47.
https://www.sfa47.org/about/sf-history/
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