Today in SF History: December 23

Today in Special Forces History:

1943: 55 American officers arrive in the UK as candidates for the Jedburgh three-man international clandestine operations teams.  

1942: Joint Chiefs directive authorizes the formation of OSS Detachment 101 for th China-Burma-India theater of war. 

source: The Special Forces Regimental History Calendar, 1993. Special Forces Historical Society Research Organization, Seminole, FL, 1993. (privately printed)

The SFHS in turn credits the Office of Command Historian, USASOC, Fort Bragg, NC. 

The same information, uncredited, is online here. 

Many online sources and SF-community sources are being used to expand these posts. The online sources will be linked in the text.