8240th Army Unit

The 8240th Army Unit also known as 8240th AU was a guerrilla unit. They specialized in Guerrilla warfare, they were based in South Korea , US Army adviors trained South Korean troops.

8240th Army Unit
ActiveJuly 1951–November 1952
Allegiance UN
RoleGuerrilla Warfare
Special operations
Size100[1]
Websitehttps://www.8240th.com/
Commanders
Unit CommanderCaptain Donald Seibert

History

The one of predecessors of 8240th Army Unit was Korea Liaison Office formed in 1949.

In July 1951, Korea Liaison Office was incorporated into the 8240th Army Unit.

The 8240th AU during a Parachute exercise.

The 8240th AU has mainly trained South Korean troops, they also used Guerrilla warfare as their main tactic. The Captain Donald Seibert lead the 8240th AU. There were 4 Donkey Units.

(Left to right) Captain Donald Seibert, Lt. Jim Mapp, and Lt. Ben Malcolm.

The Unit was changed the name to United Nation Partisan Forces Korea in November 1952.[2]

8240th AU Donkey leaders

Units

Donkey units (1–21) and Wolfpack units (1–8) were main guerrilla units.[3] Donkey-3 and Donkey-4 unit's nickname was White Tiger.[4]

They all had the same job and task.[5]

Heritage and commemoration

A documentary about the unit has been produced by the History Channel as part of their Heroes under fire series.[6]

The unit is widely seen as the second steppingstone towards the setting up of a permanent special forces doctrine in the US Army.[7]

See also

References
  1. "In 1953 approximately 100 personnel from the 10th Special Forces Group". specialforceshistory.
  2. The Army’s Guerrilla Command in Korea
  3. Wolfpacks and Donkeys
  4. 안악골전투와 유격전
  5. "The 8240th AU donkey units". The 8240th AU.
  6. "The White Tigers" The History Channel DVD series Archived December 22, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  7. 백호 게릴라 부대 활약상과 말콤 전 대령의 회고

Further reading
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