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Article: HERITAGE, HONOR CONTINUE WITH PRESENTATION OF 2009 FREDERICK AWARD
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 30, 2009
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HALIFAX, Canada, Aug. 28 -- The U.S. Army Special Operations Command issued the following news release:
The men of the 'Devil's Brigade' have been coming together for 63 years to reminisce about their service, share their stories and remember their hardships many years ago. Their combat experiences do not compare to the history reports and only in talking to them directly can one truly understand what they carried out. They don't consider themselves heroes and most conveyed that they were merely doing their job.
The First Special Service Force was formed in 1942 as a light infantry raiding force to be used in cold, high mountainous terrain; specifically, operations in Norway. This joint ...