On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:48:06 -0700 Charles Curley <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Also, the US Army put together something called the Alaska Territorial > Guard. They were guides and other folk familiar with Alaska, and > provide their own kit, including weapons. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Territorial_Guard I seem to recall > something not mentioned in the Wikipedia article, that ATG members > were part of the invasions of Attu and Kiska, scouting the islands > prior to regular Army landings. > Two errata. * The ATG was a Territory of Alaska operation, not a US Army operation. * The unit the Army put together was the 1st Alaskan Combat Intelligence Platoon (Provisional), also known as Alaskan Scouts and Castner's Cutthroats. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castner%27s_Cutthroats -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
