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7th Amphibious Force
Special Service Unit #1
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Started in July 1943, the 7th Amphibious Scouts trained in jungle survival, unarmed combat, reconnaissance, and shoreline sketching.
On Sept. 24, 1943, the 7th Amphibious Force Special Service Unit #1, a top-secret scout unit in the Pacific made up of American and Australian military and natives from Papua New Guinea and other Pacific islands, began the reconnaissance of Cape Gloucester.
Inserting themselves from a PT boat, a small element of nine men paddled ashore and concealed their rubber boat in a small inlet. They remained on the island for 11 days during which they avoided the Japanese and pinpointed enemy guns that were later eliminated by U.S. bombers.
(source: USSOCOM Facebook, Sep 23, 2020)
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