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On Sun. 28 Nov 1943 Lieutenant General Walter Krueger, commanding offi.....

1943-11-28

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Lieutenant General Walter Krueger, commanding officer of US Sixth Army, established on Fergusson Island, Australian Papua the Alamo Scouts, an all volunteer elite unit consisting of small teams which could operate deep behind enemy lines to gather intelligence for the Sixth U.S. Army

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