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The Office of Strategic Services or OSS was the forerunner of
the U.S. Army Special Forces (USSF) and the Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA). The OSS was formed during World War II to provide
the United States with an organizaton that could perform
intelligence and unconventional warfare operations in all
theaters of the war.
One of its units was called "Detachment 101". This unit
served in the China-Burma-India (CBI) theater conducting
long-range reconnaissance and special operations. On
April 14, 1942 (1), Detachment 101 was activated for service in
Asia. It was formed under the Office of the Coordinator of
Information (COI) just weeks before the COI became the Office of
Strategic Services (OSS).
References
OSS Detachment 101, WikipediA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSS_Detachment_101
Detachment 101, soc.mil
https://www.soc.mil/OSS/det-101.html
"A Special Forces Model: OSS Detachment 101 in the Myitkyina
Campaign, Part I", by Troy J. Sacquety, PHD, Veritas,
Vol. 4, No. 1, 2008.
https://arsof-history.org/articles/v4n1_myitkyina_part_1_page_1.html
"A Special Forces Model: Detachment 101 in the Myitkyina
Campaign, Part II", by Troy J. Sacquety, PHD, Veritas,
Vol. 4, No. 3, 2008.
https://arsof-history.org/articles/v4n3_myitkyina_part_2_page_1.html
"The Failures of Detachment 101 and its Evolution into a
Combined Arms Team", by Troy J. Sacquety, PHD, Veritas,
Vol. 2, No. 3, 2006.
https://arsof-history.org/articles/v2n3_det_101_page_1.html
"OSS - Support of Detachment 101 to India China Wing of Air
Transport Command", (1944), CIA Reading Room, PDF, 80 pages
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP13X00001R000100370006-8.pdf
OSS - 101 Association, Inc.
https://web.archive.org/web/20161004092058/http://oss-101.com/
Top Image.
Army Heritage Museum Collection
Endnotes
1. Some sources indicate that Detachment 101 was activated on
April 22, 1942.
https://www.soc.mil/OSS/det-101.html
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