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[StartQuote] Morning; Big difference between Alamo Scouts and Beach Jumpers. Alamo Scouts were Army, their training schools were in theatre. They exclusively worked in New Guinea and Philippines. Alamo Scouts were a special forces unit that specialized in Special Reconnaissance, direct action missions(DA), Foreign Internal Defense(FID) and Unconventional Warefare(UW). 138 team members conducted 108 successful "known" missions behind enemy lines with a loss of a single man. Beach Jumpers were Navy, there training was at Camp Bradford, Virginia Beach, Virginia(which today is part of NAB Little Creek) mainly worked in Mediterranean and had their largest success in this theatre. They specialized in deception, diversions, and psychological warfare. They used 63' ASR boats as their primary insertion/deception craft. Two Beach Jumper units were sent to the Pacific, to operate in the Philippines. They shipped out on Orestes, they lost some officers when the Kamakaze hit, and they lost some 16 more guys when Mangarin Bay PT base was bombed on New Years Day 1945. When they finally did get to operate, they were successful, but they were limited to a handful of actions. Take care, TED [EndQuote]
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