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	Devils brigade - SpecEncycloforum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The 1st Special Service Force was officially activated on July 20 1942 under the command of Lt. Colonel Robert T. Frederick.
		Force members received rigorous and intensive training in stealth tactics, hand-to-hand combat, the use of explosives for demolition, amphibious warfare, rock climbing and mountain fighting, and as ski troops.
		During Operation Shingle at Anzio, Italy, 1944, the Special Force were brought ashore on February 1st, after the decimation of the U.S. Rangers, to hold and raid from the right-hand flank of the beachhead marked by the Mussolini Canal/Pontine Marshes, which they did quite effectively.
	www.specencyclopaedia.com /forum/showthread.php?t=50 (1158 words)

	Devil's Brigade - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1st Special Service Force was officially activated on July 20, 1942 under the command of Lt.
		The 1st Special Service Force was activated on July 9, 1942 as a joint Canadian-U.S. force of three small regiments and a service battalion.
		During Operation Shingle at Anzio, Italy, 1944, the Special Force were brought ashore on February 1, after the decimation of the 1st and 3rd Ranger battalions at Cisterna, to hold and raid from the right-hand flank of the beachhead marked by the Mussolini Canal/Pontine Marshes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Devil's_Brigade (1675 words)

	The Devil
		The First Special Service Force arrived in Italy in November 1943, as the 5th U.S. Army was preparing to capture the mountains that guarded Cassino to the south.
		The Force promptly took over one-quarter of Anzio's thirty-mile-long front, and in a week forced the Germans to withdraw more than a mile from the Mussolini Canal, which was situated at the right flank of the bridgehead.
		The Force had spent nearly a hundred days in continuous action and so when it came out of the line at Anzio, was given an opportunity to rest and reorganize.
	www.mysteriesofcanada.com /Military/devil_brigade.htm (1686 words)

	Fifth Army At The Winter Line: Drive Up to the Gustav Line
		These units combined with the 1st Special Service Force to form Task Force B, whose specific mission was to continue the flanking maneuver, establish a base near Hill 1109 to further the attack against Mount Trocchio, and protect the right flank of II Corps.
		While Task Force B was winning the heights, the 168th Infantry had the task of driving the Germans from the middle and lower slopes of the mountains flanking the Rapido Valley (Map No. 24, page 92).
		At dawn of 6 January the 1st and 3d Battalions were ready to resume the effort toward their objective; the 2d Battalion came into the center of the line to join the assault, which began at 0700.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/wwii/winterline/winter-drive.htm (5397 words)

	WW2Forceman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The 1st Special Service Force was a joint American-Canadian commando unit.
		Mountain parkas issued to the Force were olive drab, reversable to white with a fur ruffed hood.
		Unique to the Force was the Johnson M1941 light machine gun, for which they traded the Marine Corps two tons of demolition charges in exchange for 125 of the lightweight weapons.
	www.tekawiz.com /WW2Forceman.html (289 words)

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		On 24 June 1957 the 1st Special Forces Group was activated on Okinawa, and in the course of the year a team from this unit trained fifty-eight men of the Vietnamese Army at the Commando Training Center in Nha Trang.
		Special Forces detachments were assigned-to the U.S. Mission in Saigon to provide training and advisory assistance in the conduct of these programs, which eventually came to be known collectively as the Civilian Irregular Defense Group (CIDG) program.
		One of the primary missions of Special Forces men at a camp was to advise and assist in the training of paramilitary forces recruited in that area.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/vietnam/90-23/90-231.htm (3885 words)

	Canadian special forces - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Special Forces duties in Canada began to be performed by a Counter-Terrorism unit known as JTF2 (Joint Task Force 2) in 1993.
		The Joint Task Force 2 (JTF2) is a Special Operations Forces unit responsible for federal Counter-Terrorist operations whose mission is to provide a unit capable of rendering armed assistance in the resolution of an incident that is affecting, or has the potential to affect, the national interest.
		Canadian Forces members have the opportunity to undergo rigorous training of a variety of types; these soldiers are not necessarily employed in "special forces" roles.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canadian_special_forces (1972 words)

	Tracy-Paul Warrington (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		At the Anzio beachhead, the 1st Special Service Force occupied 1/3 of the perimeter; while the other 2/3 were held by five divisions.
		Special Forces got the call to send teams to brigade-level and higher headquarters of the allied units to act as liaisons.
		Special Forces came back into the limelight after the Gulf War because of the refugee camps they set up for the Kurds and Shiites near Iraq.
	www.navyseals.com /dropzone/interro/tracy.html (5172 words)

	U.S. Army Special Operations History
		Known more formally as the 1st Special Service Force, the Devil's Brigade was a joint Canadian-American venture that began July 9, 1942, at Fort William Henry Harrison, Montana.
		Its forte was close-quarter combat against numerically-superior forces, a task which it accomplished with a raw power that gave the brigade its nickname.
		Darby's Rangers was the moniker given to the 1st Ranger Battalion in honor of its commander, Maj. William 0.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/arsoc-history2.htm (888 words)

	Canada classifies Devil's Brigade history as top secret - Military Photos
		The name of the First Special Service Force, better known as the Devil's Brigade, has been censored from all the records that outline which unit has the closest historical military links to Canada's existing commando unit, Joint Task Force 2.
		According to the Defence Department, revealing the words First Special Service Force would be ''injurious to the conduct of international affairs, the defence of Canada or any state allied or associated with Canada or the detection, prevention or suppression of subversive or hostile activities.''
		In addition, the name of the First Special Service Force and the locations where it fought were censored because such details are considered part of advice provided to government.
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/showthread.php?t=93585 (2528 words)

	Special Service Force
		The Force was the brainchild of Englishman Geoffrey Pyke, an inventor, propagandist, statistician, financier, economist, and foreign correspondent.
		The Force hovered around twenty-three hundred men and was staffed with roughly equal numbers of Canadians and Americans, with Americans slowly coming to outnumber Canadians as time went by.
		Thus one of the toughest fighting units of the war was born, and the modern U.S. Special Forces, considered by many the elite of the elite, trace their lineage to this group.
	www.worldwar2history.info /Army/elite/Special-Forces.html (597 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| World War II \| U.S.-Canadian 1st Special Service Force in World War II
		U.S.-Canadian 1st Special Service Force in World War II Called thugs, cutthroats, 'Braves,' the 'Black Devils' and the 'Devil's Brigade,' the soldiers of the U.S.-Canadian 1st Special Service Force may also have been some of the finest fighting men of all time.
		A split second later, the policeman was lying next to the ID card, his jaw already beginning to swell from the force of the blow that had just been delivered by the mustachioed general.
		Since there was no precedent for the type of multinational guerrilla force he was forming, Frederick was given carte blanche to build the unit as he saw fit.
	www.historynet.com /magazines/world_war_2/3037896.html (1245 words)

	Special Operations.Com - Delta Force
		The U.S. Army's 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (1stSFOD-D) plans and conducts a broad range of special operations across the operationalcontinuum.
		Delta is organized for the conduct of missions requiring rapid response with surgical applications of a wide variety of unique skills,whilemaintaining the lowest possible profile of U.S. involvement.
		Assignment to 1st SFOD-D involves an extensive prescreening process,successful completion of a 3 to 4 week mentally and physically demandingAssessment and Selection Course, and a 6 month operator Training Course.Upon successful completion of these courses officers are assigned to anoperational position within the unit.
	www.specialoperations.com /Army/Delta_Force/default.html (417 words)

	Vietnam War Era - HISTORY of the 5th Special Forces
		One year after the 5th Group was organized, elements of the 5th Special Forces Group began serving temporary duty tours in the Republic of Vietnam.
		The 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) remained at Fort Bragg, North Carolina until 10 June 1988, when the Group colors were cased at a ceremony marking its departure from Fort Bragg.
		The border surveillance mission assigned the 5th Special Forces was among the most vital in providing "ground truth" tothe American and Pan Arab Forces.
	www.livinghistorysociety.org /Nam/printable_history.html (721 words)

	insigne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		During the short time the backing oval was worn by the Force, from 1942 to January 1943, it was not worn only over the left breast pocket of the US uniform.
		Canadian officers wore them on their Service Dress Uniforms, and both officers and OR’s (and a couple of Americans who bartered for the blouse in the cold climate) are known to have worn the Canadian battledress blouse with the oval and US parachute badge attached.
		The Force, with the exception of a few high rankers and men of the Base Echelon (who did not take part in parachute training) situated in Naples or Nice, did not wear Class “A” uniforms in Italy or in Southern France.
	www.insigne.org /FSSF-oval.htm (1958 words)

	The Great Pumpkin: The Devil's Brigade
		The Devil's Brigade, a one-of-a-kind military unit that never failed to achieve its objective, was disbanded by the end of the War.
		Like World War II, Canadian JTF2 members and American Delta Force members were united again into a special assignment force for the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan.
		And from there we were sent to our different Companies of the First Special Service Force.
	pumpkin-watch.blogspot.com /2005/11/devils-brigade.html (930 words)

	FSSFHomepage01
		My name is Alastair Neely and since I was in high school in the early 1970's I have always been interested in the First Special Service Force, I have visited Helena, Montana twice to do research, Washington D. once, and Ottawa on a variety of occasions.
		On the 1st June 44, in the vicinity of Artena, Italy, Lieut Marchessault was leading the left flank assault platoon on an attacking company.
		Assuming command of the 2d Battalion, 2d Regiment, First Special Service Force when other officers had become casualties, Major Waters and his men, just prior to crossing the line of departure, were subjected to intense machine gun fire and deadly concentrations of artillery.
	www.execulink.com /~kiska/FSSFHomepage.index01.html (15131 words)

	Welcome to 1st Special Service Force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Army Special Forces trace their direct links back to the 1st Special Service Force, the Devil?s Brigade, which drew personnel from the US and Canada and established a lasting reputation for its performance in the Italian Campaign during World War II.
		After the disbandment of the 1st SSF and a number of organizational changes, the Green Berets were organized in the 1950s and earned fame during the Viet Nam conflict.
		As low-intensity conflicts have proliferated in the post-Cold War world, the importance of Army Special Forces to overall mission success has further increased.
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageFullText/1,13476,101306,00.html (93 words)

	First Special Service Force Living History Group
		Unique during World War II, the First Special Service Force evolved as the amalgam of two Armies, Canadian and American, and the men who filled its ranks were among the hand-picked best from throughout North America.
		Their diverse and intensive training took them from the dust-covered prairies of Montana, to the bitterly-cold peaks of the Great Divide, to the waters of Chesapeake Bay.Their skillfulness, their remarkable esprit de corps, and their legendary endurance saw them through tough combat missions in both the Asiatic-Pacific and the European Theaters of Operation.
		It is the mission of the First Special Service Force Living History Group to accurately portray the First Special Service Force, in both its appearance and spirit as it existed during WWII.
	members.tripod.com /fssflhg (249 words)

	Battlefront - Producers of fine metal and resin miniatures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Popularly known as the Devil’s Brigade, the 1st Special Service Force (FSSF) was a joint American-Canadian commando-style unit originally raised to operate in Norway in an attempt to prevent the Germans from obtaining that country’s critical raw materials and to knockout strategic targets such as hydroelectric power plants.
		Originally conceived as a three-battalion force, initially 1600 volunteers were carefully selected with preference being given to men previously employed as lumberjacks, forest rangers, hunters, game wardens and the like.
		The force was activated on July 20th, 1942 at Fort Harrison near Helena, Montana under the command of LTC Robert T. Frederick.
	www.battlefront.co.nz /Article.asp?ArticleID=998 (1935 words)

	Ebay 1st Special Service Force Jacket - Wehrmacht-Awards.com Militaria Forums
		Wall was from Albany, NY and was in the Headquarters Det. of 1st Bn, 2nd Regt.
		Now, it is sure possible that the SSI was hand sewn first and the chevrons were a later addition, but these jacket seem to have been issued just prior to Plough and then virtually disappear from sight among vintage photos of the force in Italy.
		Third, the fact that the man was KIA makes me question how combat clothing (or equipment) would have gotten back to the states after the man's death.
	www.wehrmacht-awards.com /forums/showthread.php?t=57118 (1273 words)

	1st Canadian Special Service Battalion
		Burhans, Robert D. The First Special Service Force : a war history of the North Americans, 1942-1944.
		The North Atlantic Triangle and the formation of the First Special Service Force.
		Yeats, Catherine C. The worst was yet to come : the genesis and evolution of the First Special Service Force--1942-43.
	www.regiments.org /regiments/na-canada/specfor/1SS.htm (440 words)

	Special Operation Forces
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	www.oldmp.com /art/sof.htm (4289 words)

	eHistory - eHistory Explorer Issue 1.1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		ORIGIN OF THE U.S. Origin of the Special Forces
		This article is from the book "Vietnam Studies: U.S. Army Special Forces, 1961-1971"]
		General Marshall concluded that an elite force recruited in Canada and the United States would be the best military organization for conducting the raids and strikes; he selected an American, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Tryon Frederick, to assemble, organize, train, and command the U.S.-Canadian 1st Special Service Force.
	ehistory.osu.edu /world/explorer/ExplorerDisplay13.cfm (894 words)

	US 1ST SSF SPECIAL SERVICE FORCE DI'S DUI'S
		US 1ST SSF SPECIAL SERVICE FORCE DI'S DUI'S
		G.I. JOE 49 NM ~1st SERPENTOR~ GI JOE
		General Service Medal - Original - Named - Borneo Clasp
	www.sakozicki.com /us.htm (623 words)

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