2671st Special Reconnaissance Battalion (United States)


The 2671st Special Reconnaissance Battalion was an elite light infantry battalion unit that specializes in frontline military intelligence gathering and special reconnaissance in behind enemy lines areas.
It was organized at Caserta, Italy on 1 August 1944 under the sponsorship of U.S. 5th Army. It immediately was transferred to the Office of Strategic Services, where it remained for the duration of the war. It had been originally organized as the OSS Operational Group in North Africa on 4 May 1943.

Campaign participation Credit

  1. Naples-Foggia
  2. Rome-Arno
  3. North Apennines
  4. Po Valley
The battalion was located in Salzburg, Austria on 14 August 1945
The battalion was disbanded in Austria on 1 October 1945.