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<blockquote data-quote="orangevale" data-source="post: 3714502" data-attributes="member: 12022"><p>What no mention of “Castner's Cutthroats”?</p><p></p><p>From Wikipedia:</p><p></p><p>“Castner's Cutthroats was the unofficial name for the 1st Alaskan Combat Intelligence Platoon (Provisional), also known as Alaskan Scouts. Castner's Cutthroats fought during World War II and were instrumental in defeating the Japanese during the Aleutian Islands Campaign. The unit was composed of just sixty-five men selected to perform reconnaissance missions in the Aleutian Islands during the war.[1]”</p><p></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castner%27s_Cutthroats" target="_blank">Castner's Cutthroats - Wikipedia</a></p><p></p><p>From Historynet:</p><p></p><p>“The Cutthroats were taught how to handle all types of weapons and allowed to carry any one they wanted. Verbeck always carried a knife, which a surgeon had custom designed for him so that when he stabbed someone the blade would go in and out with ease. George Gray and Simeon “Aleut Pete” Pletnikoff each chose to carry an M1 semi-automatic rifle. It was a reliable gun—unless sand got in it—and it could be filed down, making it fully automatic. Ed Walker opted for a Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR), which had consequences he hadn’t initially anticipated. “I chose the BAR, which can spit out 20 rounds of ammunition swiftly,” he said. “So I was in the number-one boat every blasted landing we made.”</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.historynet.com/alaskas-cutthroats.htm" target="_blank">Alaska's Cutthroats</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="orangevale, post: 3714502, member: 12022"] What no mention of “Castner's Cutthroats”? From Wikipedia: “Castner's Cutthroats was the unofficial name for the 1st Alaskan Combat Intelligence Platoon (Provisional), also known as Alaskan Scouts. Castner's Cutthroats fought during World War II and were instrumental in defeating the Japanese during the Aleutian Islands Campaign. The unit was composed of just sixty-five men selected to perform reconnaissance missions in the Aleutian Islands during the war.[1]” [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castner%27s_Cutthroats"]Castner's Cutthroats - Wikipedia[/URL] From Historynet: “The Cutthroats were taught how to handle all types of weapons and allowed to carry any one they wanted. Verbeck always carried a knife, which a surgeon had custom designed for him so that when he stabbed someone the blade would go in and out with ease. George Gray and Simeon “Aleut Pete” Pletnikoff each chose to carry an M1 semi-automatic rifle. It was a reliable gun—unless sand got in it—and it could be filed down, making it fully automatic. Ed Walker opted for a Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR), which had consequences he hadn’t initially anticipated. “I chose the BAR, which can spit out 20 rounds of ammunition swiftly,” he said. “So I was in the number-one boat every blasted landing we made.” [URL="https://www.historynet.com/alaskas-cutthroats.htm"]Alaska's Cutthroats[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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