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, formed by Lieutenant Colonel Robert T. Frederick of the Operations Division of the U.S. General Staff.
Personnel being briefed before setting out on a patrol at the Anzio beachhead
Plaque on Interstate 15 between Helena and Great Falls.
As part of the brigade's 65th anniversary celebration, a Canadian special operator arrives at Fort Lewis.
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 nicknamed the "Devil's Brigade", and the 1st Allied Airbor
First Special Service Force
…The 1st Special Service Force (FSSF) was an elite joint American–Canadian commando unit in World War II, formed by Lieutenant Colonel Robert T. Frederick of the Operations Division of the U.S. General Staff. During the Italian campaign of World War II, it was commanded by Frederick and attached to the…
Robert T. Frederick
Frederick, pictured here as a brigadier general, while commanding the 1st Special Service Force