EARLY EPISODE: The Makin Raid (Patreon)

A Marine officer builds a special forces unit on the ideas of Maoism and launches one of the strangest raids of WWII

Sources:

Duane Schultz. Evans Carlson, Marine Raider: The Man Who Commanded America's First Special Forces

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/the-makin-raid-what-really-happened-to-the-marines/

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/raid-on-makin/

https://www.historynet.com/gung-ho-makin-raids-strange-legacy/

https://www.historynet.com/marine-veterans-recount-daring-raid-on-makin-atoll/

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/evans-carlson-forms-carlsons-raiders/