The Special Activities Group (SAG) and its subordinate companies have received little attention from historians. Rarely receiving more attention than a footnote, their story usually begins and ends on the night of September 12, 1950, with an amphibious raid near Kunsan. Until their inactivation on March 31, 1951, SAG simply disappears from most Korean War histories. Spare Not the Brave corrects this omission. The book tells the story of a group of soldiers who were recruited primarily from the Far East Command headquarters. After six weeks of training, they were thrust into combat in Korea. Boarding rubber boats in the Yellow Sea and paddling to shore far behind enemy lines, they conducted a diversionary landing near Kunsan, then landed at Inchon, and sailed to the Wonsan area of North Korea. They then conducted counter-guerrilla operations until overwhelming Chinese intervention forced all Allied units to withdraw from the North. Those critical operations continued into the difficult fighting of early 1951. Much of this volume is based upon the words of the participants themselves. Using previously obscure primary sources, oral histories, and official records, the author tells the tale of this unit. Drawing upon his twenty-six years of infantry and special forces experience, the author brings critical analysis and insight to this previously untold story.
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