Robert T. Frederick
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Major General Robert Tryon Frederick was a senior United States Army officer. During World War II, he commanded the 1st Special Service Force, the 1st Allied Airborne Task Force, and the 45th Infantry Division, and was twice awarded the Distinguished Service Cross.
Robert T. Frederick
Frederick, pictured here as a brigadier general, while commanding the 1st Special Service Force
First Special Service Force
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The 1st Special Service Force was an elite joint American–Canadian commando unit in World War II created and formed by Major Robert T. Frederick of the Operations Division of the U.S. General Staff. During the Italian campaign of WWII it was commanded by Frederick and attached to the United States Fifth Army. The Force was later attached to 1st Airborne Task Force which was commanded by then Major General Frederick in August 1944 for the campaign in southern France.
Personnel being briefed before setting out on a patrol at the Anzio beachhead
Plaque located on Interstate 15 between Helena and Great Falls.
As part of the brigade's 65th anniversary celebration, a Canadian special forces soldier arrives at Fort Lewis.