WWII SPECIAL UNITS/GEOGRAPHY

What group was made up of the first African-American combat pilots in the U.S. military?

• The All-Americans
• The Screaming Eagles
• The Tuskegee Airmen
• The First Special Service Force

What WWII unit that specialized in amphibious operations is considered by many to the first modern U.S. special operations force?

• Marine Raiders
• 101st Airborne
• OSS
• Navy Seals

What WW2 unit was comprised of Nisei, or Japanese-Americans and fought in Europe with distinction? (one of the most highly decorated units in WW2)

• Red Ball Express
• Tuskegee Airmen
• 442nd Regimental Combat Team
• 761st Tank Battalion "Black Panthers"

What unit was trained in British commando-style tactics and participated in the D-Day landings, famously scaling the cliffs at Pointe du Hoc? "____ Lead the Way!"

• 442nd Regimental Combat Team
• Army Rangers
• 1st Special Service Force
• 761st Tank Battalion

Which country was NOT a part of the Axis Powers in WW2?

• Germany
• Japan
• Italy
• Soviet Union

What enabled the Japanese to capture so much territory in the Pacific region in WW2?

• Attack on Pearl Harbor
• German Blitzkrieg tactics
• invasion of Manchuria in 1931
• conscripting Chinese soldiers into their army

What unit was made up of "frogmen" who specialized in underwater operations and were predecessors to U.S. Navy SEALs?

• Naval Combat Demolition/UDTs
• Rangers
• 1st Special Service Force
• Navy Manatee Weapons Project

Which unit specialized in airborne operations (jumping out of planes) and famously fought through the Battle of Bastogne despite being surrounded by Germans?

• Seabees
• 442nd Regimental Combat Team
• 101st Airborne
• Navajo "Windtalkers"

Which unit specialized in espionage/covert operations and was the predecessor to the CIA?

• Office of Strategic Services
• First Special Service Force
• 101st Airborne
• Navy Underwater Demolition Teams

Which unit specialized in coded communications by using a specific language, frustrating Japanese efforts in the Pacific?

• 101st Airborne
• 82nd Airborne
• First Special Service Force
• Navajo "Windtalkers"