Secret Warriors

There's effectively two lineages. The OSS provided the operational heritage, especially as it was led by an Army general, "Wild" Bill Donovan, and the first group established, 10th SFG(A), was founded by an OSS veteran, COL Aaron Bank. FSSF provides the regimental/organizational lineage and its associated symbols.

some tough guys and true patriots, I saw a documentary about Camp X in UK where the early training took place, it had some good interviews and a piece on Fairbairn and his hand to hand training, also knife, that has become a standard (Fairbairn-Sykes), think it was on Smithsonian Channel maybe, which is about all that I find fit for human consumption besides History and AHC/Military

I ran across this on USMC Times just now and am not surprised that little history on OSS is readily available considering their mission(s). The joint US-Canada 1st SSF was originally supposed to operate in this AOR. They were formed as part of a concept of Geoffrey Pyke called Project Plough in Norway, but the mission was handled by more clandestine forces so they were almost disbanded. They caught the attention of Lt Gen Mark Clark, 5th Army to use them in Italy. They were first employed in the Aleutian Islands in August 1943 but the raid force at Kiska determined the Japanese were gone. Their assault on Monte La Difensa, Italy was epic, as were later engagements at Anzio and in France until they were disbanded on 12/5/1944.

http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/norway-spy-mission-marine-cia-colby

LTC (Join to see) - Chris, have a question for you. Do you think if Chiang Kai-shek would have stayed in power. Do you think that Ho Chi Minh would have gone communist after we said no to him for Aid? Or do you think he was a fake as far as being a fan of the American Revolution? Castro lied to us do you think she meant would Castro lied to us do you think Ho Chi Minh was also a liar?

Sir, I think there's too many "what-ifs" and no one sees themselves as the bad guy. This could easily go down the path of a Turtledove novel. I think Ho only became a commie because no one else would help him expel the French. But being educated in Moscow probably sealed his radicalization and he probably wouldn't give up on communism. I'm sure he did admire our revolution. He probably just saw his own as being the same goal by a different means and influence. I think it's too easy for us to view these issues in black & white when they're likely viewed by the participants as a hybrid.

I think it's also important to remember that successful communist insurgencies never occurred in countries where the incumbent government provided security and protected free markets for all of the populace. Castro wouldn't have gained traction if the Bautista regime weren't a kleptocracy. The failure to understand this cost us several times because we sometimes backed awful leaders who actually fulfilled the commies worst propaganda about capitalists, Diem's a good example. "The Ugly American" is a good read on this.

I knew General Singlaub when He was Commander of 8th ID in BK Germany '68-69... my dad was his S-1 and I was in school with his Daughter...
On weekends He Used to come in and check on the Daily reports and Talk with Duty Officers...
I would Spit Sine Boots for $1 a pair... for the Officers...
He used to Tell the Young Officers of his exploits in WW II and Korea... He is and was A really Good Officer by any ones Standards...