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Combat Intelligence Platoon
Alaska Defense Command, 1941-1943
The roster of the Combat Intelligence Platoon of the Alaska Command, World
War II, is derived from the personal records and memories of former members Ed
Walker, George Bishop and Bob Garr, as well as Army payroll rosters for August
and December 1943.
Under Colonel Lawrence Castner's instructions,
the platoon below was recruited from Alaska Scouts -- trappers, hunting guides,
commercial fishermen, miners, prospectors, Eskimos and Indians. The
platoon would become known as "Castner's Cutthroats."
Their assignment was to scout and head
reconnaissance missions, particularly on the Japanese-occupied islands of Attu,
Agattu, and Kiska, the Alaska Peninsula and the Bering Sea. During the
American recapture of Attu, Alaska Scouts led fighting units ashore, across
rugged Attu and into battle. The battle of Attu was considered one of the
most costly American battles in the Pacific, ranking second only to Iwo Jima.
*Deceased
| *Colonel Lawrence V.
Castner |
*Captain Robert H.
Thompson |
| *Lieutenant Colonel
William J. Verbeck |
Lieutenant Earl
C. Acuff |
| *Daniel Wayne ("Red") Adney |
*Rex H. Langham |
| *Theron G. ("Glick") Anderson |
George Lapp |
| Joe Apodruk |
Chadwick B. Leighton |
| *Daniel W. ("Eddie") Bagby |
Albert L. Levorson |
| William B. ("Sam") Bates |
*Harry D. Lyons |
| Larry Beloff |
Marvin M. Mancil |
| Rhinehart M. Berg |
James F. Maxwell |
| Alfred A. ("Al") Brattain |
*Joe ("Trader Joe") Mello |
| *George ("Pop") Bishop |
*Frederick J. Miller |
| Ralph B. Bonney |
J. V. Nelson |
| *William H. ("Billy") Buck |
*Bernard O'Leary |
| Donald W. Buck |
Charles A. O'Leary |
| *John L. ("Jack") Bullock |
Norton Olshausen |
| *Wilbur A. Church |
Woodrow W. L. Page |
| Raymond F. Conrad |
Charles J. Pericone |
| Leros E. ("Ross") Cook |
*Clyde K. Peters |
| John J. Cornellison |
*Leonard ("The Quill") Peterson |
| *Willis ("Bad Whiskey Red") Cruder (KIA, Attu) |
*James F. ("Big Jim") Picken |
| *Andries A. Curtain |
Simeon ("Aleut Pete") Pletnikoff |
| Stanley J. ("Moosejaw") Dayo |
James N. Radford |
| Drafin ("Buck") Delkettie |
Gerald Revard |
| Hubert W. ("Dirty Dick") Dickinson |
George E. Ruef |
| Thomas J. Donavan |
Joseph C. Rosenauer |
| *Truman ("Slim") Emberg |
Thomas H. Sandford |
| Woodrow W. ("Hank") Farrington |
*Martin Sather |
| *Elmo George ("Quicksilver") Fenn |
William L. ("Diamond Jim") Seaton |
| Daniel R. Ganske |
*Ernest C. Shupert |
| Robert L. Garr |
*Dale D. Sims |
| *George R. Gray |
*Ivar Skarland |
| Paul Gunderson |
*Donald Spaulding |
| William R. Harvey |
*Jaccob A. ("Jake") Stalker |
| Nels Hedlund |
*Leslie J. Storey |
| John G. ("Jack") Heiman |
*Fuller S. ("Bucko") Thompson |
| Kenton B. Hill |
*Joseph D. ("Indian Joe") Traversie |
| Herbert V. Holmes |
Pete Trefon |
| Severt ("Big Jake") Jaobson |
James F. Twohy, Jr. |
| *James C. ("Jimmy") Johnson |
*Arthur R. Upickson |
| Sievert Johnson |
Edgar M. ("Hiram") Walker |
| Elmer L. Jones |
William ("Billy") Westddahl |
| *Joseph D. ("Gentleman Joe") Kelly |
*Aden E. Winkelman |
| Philip W. ("Doc") Kendrick |
Morris D. ("Waterbucket Ben") Young |
| Vincent J. Kerdook |
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