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The US 6th Army Alamo Scouts were activated on November 28,
1943 on Fergusson Island, New Guinea. The Alamo Scouts or U.S. 6th Army Special
Reconnaissance Unit served in the Pacific region during World
War II. The unit liberated the Japanese POW camp near
Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija, Philippines that detained American
prisoners of war in January 1945. The Great Raid
(movie) depicts the liberation of the POW camp.
References
Alamo Scouts - WikipediA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamo_Scouts
The Alamo Scouts - National Museum of the United States Army
https://armyhistory.org/the-alamo-scouts/
Alamo Scouts Historical Foundation
http://www.alamoscouts.org/
Articles
"The Alamo Scouts", by Dr. Michael E. Krivdo, Deputy USASOC
Historian, Army.mil, November 28, 2018.
https://www.army.mil/article/214389/the_alamo_scouts
"Rescue at Cabanatuan", by Dr. Michael E. Krivdo,
Veritas, Vol. 14, No. 2, 2018.
https://arsof-history.org/articles/v14n2_cabanatuan_page_1.html
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