Special Mission Group organization
also: SMG, Special Group CI, special group augmented, deliberate shadowy unit, the special group, Maxwell Taylor's special group
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Koreacountry · 2Japancountry · 1Hans Tofteperson · 1Guadalcanal campaignoperation · 1Wantuckplace · 1
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Vincent Dutch proposed
Special Mission Group host_asserted
“had realized that the guerrilla raids were futile. And after his lack of success, he tried a few different other things. And based on the success of the Marine coastal raids in the World War II Guadalcanal mission, they proposed creating a …”
▶ Operation Gladio - Korea part 3 @ 23:45
Hans Tofte established
Special Mission Group host_asserted
“Specifically for covert operations and intelligence collections, concerns about compartmentaling the special military group, referred to as SMG, from other guerrilla activities and training prompted Hans Tochte to establish a more isolated …”
▶ Operation Gladio - Korea part 3 @ 24:16
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▶ 23:45
had realized that the guerrilla raids were futile. And after his lack of success, he tried a few different other things. And based on the success of the Marine coastal raids in the World War II Guadalcanal mission, they proposed creating a …
▶ 24:16
Specifically for covert operations and intelligence collections, concerns about compartmentaling the special military group, referred to as SMG, from other guerrilla activities and training prompted Hans Tochte to establish a more isolated …
▶ 26:10
When our ranges were done, we built the locals a volleyball court. The Japanese army base before World War II had been transformed, surrounded by open water on three sides. We just watched for ships entering and leaving the harbor because t…
▶ 27:07
They learned hand-to-hand combat, guerrilla tactics. Now, they're teaching not just some of the Americans that don't know all of these equipment. They're teaching also these paramilitary guerrillas how to use all of this shit. And the prima…
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Two of the SMG missions were full-up unit and they turned out very disappointing. The CIA guerrilla raiders launched from a place called WANTUK, W-A-N-T-U-C-K, to ambush a North Korean truck convoy. They were to capture some drivers and ide…