On this day in U.S. Army SOF history.......27 January 1945

On this day in U.S. Army SOF history.......27 January 1945 – Two teams of Alamo Scouts conducted a reconnaissance of the Cabanatuan prison camp in preparation for the "Great Raid" two days later.

The Alamo Scouts was a reconnaissance unit of the Sixth United States Army in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II. The scouts often operated deep behind Japanese lines.

---Mud