Title Spare not the brave : the Special Activities Group in Korea / Richard L. Kiper

Published Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 337 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps Contents Land of the morning calm -- War -- Deception at Kunsan : scOPLAN/sc 100-A -- Kunsan -- Kimpo Peninsula -- North Korea -- From the North -- Back to the South -- Chang-to -- Another mission -- Decisions -- The rest of the story -- Appendix A: Three were dead -- Appendix B: Organization charts Summary The Special Activities Group (SAG) and its subordinate companies have received little attention from historians, despite being an elite combat unit and participating in highly classified and dangerous missions in Korea. Rarely receiving more attention than a footnote, their story usually begins and ends on the night of September 12, 1950, with an amphibious raid near Kunsan. Until their inactivation on March 31, 1951, SAG simply disappears from most Korean War histories. Spare Not the Brave corrects this omission. Spare Not the Brave tells the story of the extraordinary missions carried out by this group of extraordinary soldiers. Recruited primarily from the Far East Command headquarters, these men received six weeks of training and then were thrust into combat in Korea. Boarding rubber boats in the Yellow Sea and paddling to shore far behind enemy lines, they conducted a diversionary landing near Kunsan, then landed at Inchon, and sailed to the Wonsan area of North Korea. There, SAG was augmented with a battalion of South Korean soldiers. Together they conducted counter-guerrilla operations until overwhelming Chinese intervention forced all Allied units to withdraw from the North. Those critical missions continued into the difficult fighting of early 1951. Much of this volume is based upon the words of the participants themselves. Using previously obscure primary sources, oral histories, and official records, author Richard L. Kiper tells this unit's riveting tale. Wherever possible, first-person accounts have been verified and supplemented with official reports, maps, and documents. Drawing on his twenty-six years of infantry and special forces experience, Kiper brings critical analysis and insight to this previously untold story. Spare Not the Brave fills a gap in the historiography of the Korean War and adds a valuable chapter to the history of U.S. Army special operations Notes Originally published 2011 under title: Army raiders Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-319) and index Notes English Print version record Subject United States. Army. Special Activities Group. SUBJECT United States. Army. Special Activities Group fast Subject Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Biography Soldiers -- United States -- Biography Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Campaigns. Counterinsurgency -- Korea -- History -- 20th century Raids (Military science) -- History -- 20th century Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Participation, American Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Regimental histories -- United States HISTORY -- Asia -- China. HISTORY -- Military -- Korean War. Counterinsurgency Military campaigns Military participation -- American Raids (Military science) Regimental histories Soldiers Korea United States Genre/Form Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781612778570 1612778577 9781612778563 1612778569

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