GUERRILLA GROUP ENDS REUNION HERE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000300630002-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 17, 2003
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: June 28, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

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America's first special forces'
guerrillas, the famed O.S.S.I
Detachment 101 that fought.,
behind Japanese lines in!
.World War II's China-Burma;
-India theater, met at the May- I
flower Hotel yesterday to hear
two old comrades in arms.
They were former Assistant
Secretary of State for Far.
Eastern Affairs Roger Ilils-~
man and Rep. Clark Mac-'
Gregor (R-Minn.), both vet-I
erans of sabotage and intelli
gence operations against the
Japanese.
Detachment 101, the grand-
daddy of the Defense Depart-f
ment's current Special Forces l
guerrilla teams operating in
the- jungles of South Viet-Nam!
and elsewhere in Southeast
.Asia, held its biennial national
convention in Washington Fri-
day and yesterday.
Its membership roster in-
eludes some of the Nation's
key intelligence and military
figures presently active in
f?,~. !directing training and oper-
;ations of Special Forces and
intelligence groups.
Brig. Gen. William R. Peers,
a former commander of the
O.S.S. Rangers in the CBI
Theater, is chairman of the
board of the 101 Association.
Ale now is on orders to the
Pentagon, where he will be
Special Assistant for Special
! Warfare Activity. Air Force
Col. Julian Niemczyk is presi-
dent.
The 101 Association mem-
bers began their reunion by
placing a wreath at the grave
of President John F. Kennedy,
who was ? instrumental in
bringing their experience tol
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