Today in SF History: December 31

Today in Special Forces History:

1968: Special Forces officer James N. "Nick" Rowe escapes from Viet Cong captivity.  

1943: 62 Americans arrive in the UK -- candidates for the radio operator position on Jedburgh teams. 

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.