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| Operations |
| Mediterranean |
| September 8th, 1943 |
| Salerno |
| Operational Group A |
| 5th Army Detachment |
| September 13th, 1943 – October 6th, 1943 |
| Operation Bathtub II |
| Operational Group A |
| General Donovan, present in Algiers, assigns Lieutenant Colonel Serge Obolensky to lead this mission. The primary objectives are to make contact with General Basso of the Italian Army in Sardinia, encourage him to confront evacuating German forces, and seek approval for deploying Operational Group units in the area. Upon their arrival by parachute, Obolensky and his team, including First Lieutenant Michael Formichelli and radio operators Lieutenant James Russell and Sergeant William Sherwood, set out to execute their plan. They successfully make contact with the Italian Air Force at Decimomannu Airport and are escorted to General Basso’s headquarters. Despite presenting their case, General Basso is reluctant to involve American special units in the operation. Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. later arrives to support the mission, bringing additional Operational Group officers to aid in diplomatic efforts and information gathering. Under Roosevelt’s guidance and with Obolensky as his Executive Officer, they conduct extensive surveys of Sardinian military and civilian infrastructure. Their findings lead to the deployment of various Allied support missions on the island. By October 6th, 1943, leadership of the Allied Forces in Sardinia transitions to Brigadier Boulnois. Following this, General Roosevelt and Colonel Obolensky, along with their team, return to Algiers, concluding this phase of the mission. |
| September 17th, 1943 |
| February 27th, 1944 – February 28th, 1944 |
| Operation Ginny I |
| Italian/United States Operational Group, Office of Strategic Services (OSS |
| Fifteen men from the Italian/United States Operational Group, Office of Strategic Services (OSS), U.S. Navy torpedo boats PT 214 and PT 210, Dinghy. Their mission is the purpose of the mission is to destroy a railroad tunnel on the Genoa-Pisa line, in Framura, Italy. The men are transported to the lading area by a PT Boat and are transported to the beach by dinghy. The mission is aborted after the assault force lands to far from the intended landing point. |
| March 17th, 1944 – March 20th, 1944 |
| Operation Detained |
| No. 2 Commando, Yugoslavian/American Operational Group, Office of Strategic Services (OSS), Greek/American Operational Group, Office of Strategic Services (OSS) |
| No. 2 Commando, Yugoslavian/American Operational Group, Office of Strategic Services (OSS), Greek/American Operational Group, Office of Strategic Services (OSS), three Landing Ship Infantry, three Landing Craft Assault. Their mission is to capture or destroy enemy garrison concentrated in town of Grohote, Island of Šolta. The assault force lands unopposed and after moving into their objective area they offer the German garrison to surrender. The Germans refuse and the assault force hits them with everything they have. After some heavy bombing by British aircraft the German garrison surrenders. By 12:30 all actions have seized and the Assault Force reembarks. Another convoy sails to the Island to evacuate every civilian that wants to leave the island. By March 20th, 1944, the operation is ended. The Assault Force suffers two men killed and fifteen wounded, mostly to the effects of bombs from their own aircraft, and the Germans suffered six men killed, and 105 captured, most of the latter in wounded condition. The air attack cost the villagers of Grohota two persons killed and four injured. |
| March 22nd, 1944 – March 26th, 1944 |
| Operation Ginny II |
| Fifteen men from the Italian/United States Operational Group, Office of Strategic Services (OSS), U.S. Navy torpedo boats PT 214 and PT 210, Dinghy. Their mission is the purpose of the mission is to destroy a railroad tunnel on the Genoa-Pisa line, in Framura, Italy. The men land unopposed but due to circumstances the recovery ships are unable to recover them as they are unable to reach their target. The men are discovered and arrested. A few days later they are executed under the Kommando Befehl of Adolf Hitler. |
| April 23rd, 1944 – November 1944 |
| Group I of the Greek/United States Operational Group |
| Group I of the Greek/United States Operational Group, Company C of the 2671st Special Reconnaissance Battalion under command of Captain Verghis. Their main mission is to disrupt and destroy highway and railroad o Epirus, Northwest Greece, Zervas’ Antartes (Partisans), Landing Craft Infantry. The group infiltrates by British Royal Navy Landing Craft Infantry from Monopoli, Italy. |
| May 16th, 1944 – November 1944 |
| Group VII (Balkan Operational Group) Yugoslavian/United States Operational Group |
| Group VII (Balkan Operational Group) Yugoslavian/United States Operational Group, Company B of the 2671st Special Reconnaissance Battalion under command of Captain Andy Rogers, EAM/ELAS Antartes (Partisans). To Northern Peloponnesus, Greece. The group infiltrates by parachute drop. |
| May 21st, 1944 – November 1944 |
| Group V of the Greek/United States Operational Group |
| Group V of the Greek/United States Operational Group, Company C of the 2671st Special Reconnaissance Battalion under command of Lieutenant George Papazoglou. To Mount Paikon, EAM/ELAS Antartes (Partisans), Landing Craft Infantry. The group infiltrates by British Royal Navy Landing Craft Infantry from Monopoli, Italy. |
| June 18th, 1944 – November 1944 |
| Group II of the Greek/United States Operational Group |
| Group II of the Greek/United States Operational Group, Company C of the 2671st Special Reconnaissance Battalion under command of Lieutenant John Giannaris. To Roumeli, with a base about forty kilometres southwest of Lamia. |
| July 16th, 1944 – November 1944 |
| Group VII of the Yugoslavian/United States Operational Group |
| Group VIII (Balkan Operational Group) also known as the Group VII of the Yugoslavian/United States Operational Group, Company B of the 2671st Special Reconnaissance Battalion under command of Captain Ronald Darr, EAM/ELAS Antartes (Partisans), Landing Craft Infantry. To Macedonia near Vermion. The group infiltrates by a British Royal Navy Landing Craft Infantry from Monopoli, Italy. |
| July 19th, 1944 – November 1944 |
| Group III of the Greek/United States Operational Group |
| Group III of the Greek/United States Operational Group, Company C of the 2671st Special Reconnaissance Battalion under command of Lieutenant Michael Manusos, EAM/ELAS Antartes (Partisans), Landing Craft Infantry. To Thessaly, east of Elason. The group infiltrates by British Royal Navy Landing Craft Infantry from Monopoli, Italy. |
| July 19th, 1944 – November 1944 |
| Group VI of the Greek/United States Operational Group |
| Group VI of the Greek/United States Operational Group, Company C of the 2671st Special Reconnaissance Battalion under command of Lieutenant George Chumas, Landing Craft Infantry. To Olympus, Greece. The group infiltrates by British Royal Navy Landing Craft Infantry from Monopoli, Italy. |
| September 8th, 1944 – November 1944 |
| Group IV of the Greek/United States Operational Group |
| Group IV of the Greek/United States Operational Group, Company C of the 2671st Special Reconnaissance Battalion under command of Captain Eichler, EAM/ELAS Antartes (Partisans). To Macedonia northeast of Drama, Greece. The group infiltrates by parachute drop. |
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