Joint Advisory Commission, Korea
The Joint Advisory Commission, Korea (JACK; Korean: 주한합동고문단) was a U.S. covert operations unit that participated in the Korean War.
Operating under the direction of the Central Intelligence Agency, JACK was responsible for inserting and extracting U.S.-trained Korean agents into North Korea, conducting covert maritime raids along the North Korean coast, and providing escape and evasion support for downed Air Force pilots.[1]
Yong-do Group (영도유격대) based in Yeongdo District, Busan was the main guerrilla unit.[2]
See also
[edit]- Korea Liaison Office
- 8240th Army Unit
- United Nations Partisan Infantry Korea
- Former United States special operations units
- Special Activities Division
References
[edit]- ^ Dwyer, John B. "Korean War: CIA-Sponsored Secret Naval Raids". From Military History, Dec. 2002. HistoryNet.com. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30.
- ^ "Guerrilla Warfare History of Korean War - Institute for Military History in South Korea Ministry of National Defense" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-09-05. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
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