![]() ![]() This led to the formation of the 8240th Army Unit by the Miscellaneous Group of the Guerrilla Section, G-3, Eighth U.S. 2įEC began to develop an unconventional warfare capability in 1950 to take advantage of the large number of North Korean partisans who had settled on the off-shore islands. organization collecting intelligence on Kim Il Sung’s Communist government. In June 1950, the KLO was virtually the only U.S. Willoughby, formed the Korean Liaison Office (KLO) during the interwar period to collect information about North Korea by inserting agents across the border. His G-2 (Intelligence), Major General Charles A. 1 General Douglas MacArthur commanded FEC and was “triple-hatted” to serve as the Supreme Commander, Allied Powers (SCAP) and as the commander of the U.S. FEC was a joint headquarters operating from the Dai’ichi Building in Tokyo, Japan. Formed after World War II, the United States Far East Command (FEC) was responsible for combat operations in Korea. Army, but the Navy, Air Force, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Republic of Korea as well as the United Nations, and began to take shape before the war started. The organization and conduct of unconventional warfare in Korea was complex and involved not only the U.S. The 8240th was the Eighth Army unit responsible for the employment of the partisans. The headquarters building for the 8240th Army Unit in Seoul. The training and employment of these partisan units became a major part of the U.S. A significant percentage of these anti-Communist refugees formed guerrilla bands and fled to the islands off the east and west coasts of Korea near the 38th Parallel. The NKPA rapidly overran the south during this first year resulting in a large number of anti-communist North Koreans fleeing their homes in the north and moving into South Korea. Unconventional warfare was a feature of combat operations throughout the war, which began when the North Korean People’s Army (NKPA) invaded the Republic of Korea in June 1950. The partisan forces occupied the off-shore islands on both coasts. By 1951 the Korean War had reached a stalemate with both sides improving defensive positions in the vicinity of the 38th Parallel. Today the 38th Parallel remains the most heavily defended border in the world. The armistice agreement of 27 July 1953 brought an end to active combat, but did not end the war. The first year of fast-paced, fluid, conventional combat up and down the Korean peninsula was followed by a gradual stalemate as the armies of both sides hardened their defensive positions and jockeyed for the most advantageous terrain. The Korean War (1950-1953) ended in an armistice with the armies of North Korea and Communist China facing the forces of South Korea, the United States and the other countries of the United Nations coalition across the 38th Parallel. Special Forces soldiers from the 10th Special Forces Group advised the partisans and conducted unconventional warfare operations on the mainland. North Korean partisan units, known as WOLFPACKS and DONKEYS, were advised by Americans as they raided the enemy from islands off both coasts of the Korean Peninsula. A noteworthy aspect of the Korean War was the first combat employment of U.S. ![]()
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