On December 12th, 1941, General Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered Major Quintin Maxwell, the Army's leading expert on commando/unconventional warfare, to form a small special operations group to be designated as the 1st Special Missions Unit. Eisenhower informed Maxwell that he wanted a unit able to "take the war right to the enemy in a big way".
November 2, 2001 - 9:00pm