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Alamo Scouts Historical Foundation, Inc. The U.S. Sixth Army Special Reconnaissance Unit of World War Two The Admiralties - New Guinea - Leyte - Luzon - Japan

Formed as a top secret ad hoc unit by LTG Walter Krueger on 28 November 1943 to conduct raider and reconnaissance work in the Southwest Pacific, the Alamo Scouts performed a known 110 missions behind enemy lines without losing a single man killed or captured. Of the more than 700 candidates selected for training, only 138 were retained as Alamo Scouts and were formed into elite six-to-seven man te

ams. Throughout the war the Alamo Scouts conducted the doctrinal missions of Special Reconnaissance, Direct Action, Foreign Internal Defense, and Unconventional Warfare. In less than seventeen months in the field the Alamo Scouts earned 118 combat decorations and numerous other awards. The unit was unceremoniously disbanded in late November 1945 with a war record unmatched in United States military history. In 1988 the Alamo Scouts were awarded the Special Forces Tab recognizing the unit as a forerunner of the modern Special Forces.

This is a re-post. The date was changed to June 11th: KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THE ALAMO SCOUTS/ WILLIAM NELLIST TO BE FEATUR...
05/06/2026

This is a re-post. The date was changed to June 11th: KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THE ALAMO SCOUTS/ WILLIAM NELLIST TO BE FEATURED IN AN EPISODE ON JUNE 11TH ON A SERIES CALLED, SECRETS DECLASSIFIED. I WAS TOLD IT’S ABOUT THE LIBERATION OF POWS AT CABANATUAN. THAT’S ALL I KNOW. SECRETS DECLASSIFIED CAN BE SEEN ON DISNEY+/HULU. ITS HOST IS DAVID DUCHOVNY. "THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE"

We are looking for someone who has a copy of the book, The Golden Cross: A History of the 33d Infantry Division in World...
02/23/2026

We are looking for someone who has a copy of the book, The Golden Cross: A History of the 33d Infantry Division in World War II. It was first published in 1948. We need a high-definition scan of the photo on page 62. The photo shows three men who were graduates of the Alamo Scouts Training Center. If anyone can help us, it would be greatly appreciated. -Russ

81 years ago today, Terry Santos, a 4th Class graduate of the Alamo Scouts Training Center, was the 11th Airborne lead s...
02/23/2026

81 years ago today, Terry Santos, a 4th Class graduate of the Alamo Scouts Training Center, was the 11th Airborne lead scout on the Los Baños prison camp raid. The raid took place on February 23, 1945. Video shows the aftermath of the raid:

Los Banos Raid Aftermath

The Alamo Scouts historian, Lance Zedric, talks about “Who Were the Alamo Scouts?” An excerpt from Episode One, “An Intr...
02/16/2026

The Alamo Scouts historian, Lance Zedric, talks about “Who Were the Alamo Scouts?” An excerpt from Episode One, “An Introduction to the Alamo Scouts,” of the War Room Broadcast podcast:

Lance Zedric talks Alamo Scouts.

Galen C. Kittleson earned the Silver Star on Noemfoor with the 503rd RCT and graduated from the 4th Alamo Scouts Trainin...
02/13/2026

Galen C. Kittleson earned the Silver Star on Noemfoor with the 503rd RCT and graduated from the 4th Alamo Scouts Training Class in 1944, later helping liberate POW camps at Cape Oransbari and Cabanatuan and serving in protective roles for Generals Krueger and MacArthur. He accompanied the Alamo Scouts to Japan after the war and re-enlisted in 1956, serving with the 101st Airborne during the federally protected integration of Little Rock Central High School before entering U.S. Army Special Forces in 1961. While serving in Vietnam, he participated in the Son Tay Raid and is the only U.S. service member known to take part in four attempted POW liberations across two wars. The subject of Raider, he retired as Command Sergeant Major of the 7th Special Forces Group and is an Individual Member of the Special Forces Hall of Fame.

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