This was a special infantry regiment that was seconded to the Office of Strategic Services as an operational armed force.

The regiment was organized on 15 July 1944 at Algiers, North Africa, sponsored by the U.S. Fifth Army. It was transferred to Caserta, Italy, where it was absorbed into the Office of Strategic Services Operational Group Command on 27 November 1944.

Honors

Campaign participation credit

• Rome-Arno

References

• of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS).