The following history is courtesy of Jack Kappler. The author is curretly unknown, but is obviously writen by one of the men in the detachment.

This is the story of 2662 Mountain Warfare Detachment, as motley a crew of individualists as can be found in the American Army, who despite their violent and sometimes vitriolic arguments have always been proud of their ability to get together when the going was tough and turn out the best possible work in the shortest possible time. It certainly is not a diffident group of men, whatever the rank, and must on occasion have been trying company. But in this outspoken individuality lies the strength of the detachment and the reason for its success in teaching the fundamentals of mountain warfare to units of all nationalities in the 5th and 8th Armies.

For the convenience of the reader, lists of Personnel, Movement Orders, Training programs and other charts have been placed in the Appendix*. Other matters, hastily summarized in the following Introduction are treated at more length under individual headings such as Travel and Personnel, Training*, Equipment* and Morale*.

*Not published on this web site.