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The Alamo Scouts by Les Hughes © by author 1986 |
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In updating this material, I have benefited from the work and the generosity of Lance Zedric and Russ Blaise. While the Scouts have been the subject of a number of magazine articles, from as early as 1944, it was not until the publication, in 1995, of Mr. Zedric’s book, Silent Warriors of World War II, that a comprehensive history of the unit was available. Mr. Blaise, the son of an Alamo Scout, has constructed a website (www.alamoscouts.org) that is a treasure trove of information and photographs relating to the Scouts, and he has been generous in making that material available to me. Because of the length of the material that follows, I have divided it into two sections: One dealing the the history of the Alamo Scouts; the other with its sleeve insignia. The Alamo Scouts Sleeve Insignia
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In
essence, this is an
article that appeared in the April-June 1986 issue of The Trading
Post, the quarterly magazine of the American Society of Military
Insignia Collectors. That article would not have been possible without
the support and generous assistance of the Alamo Scouts Association and
its Director, the late Col. Robert S. Sumner, who was instrumental in gathering
information regarding the Scouts’ wartime activities and disseminating
it via the Association’s newsletter.