{"id":58102,"date":"2015-02-07T08:00:38","date_gmt":"2015-02-07T13:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=58102"},"modified":"2015-02-06T18:54:28","modified_gmt":"2015-02-06T23:54:28","slug":"devils-brigade-honored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=58102","title":{"rendered":"Devil’s Brigade Honored"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 1st Special Service Force was formed and trained at Fort William Henry Harrison near Helena, Montana in 1942. Their nickname was The Devil’s Brigade and consisted of volunteers from the US and Canada and modern special forces of both countries trace their lineages to the unit despite the fact that it was disbanded in 1945. Their training focused on fighting in alpine terrain in Europe. <\/p>\n

According to legend, they got their name from a journal that they found at the Anzio beach landing written by a Lieutenant in the Herman Goering Division. The entry read; “The Black Devils are all around us every time we come into the line. We never hear them come.”<\/p>\n

Last year Congress honored the unit by awarding them the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest US civilian medal, and that ceremony happened this past week. We had a correspondent on the scene who took these pictures;<\/p>\n

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About 40 of the surviving members were able to make the trip to DC;<\/p>\n

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From the Associated Press<\/a>;<\/p>\n

By the time the war ended, the brigade had captured more than 30,000 prisoners, won five U.S. campaign stars and eight Canadian battle honors \u2014 and played a key role in the 1944 liberation of Rome from German forces.<\/p>\n

“These men saved the free world,” said a tearful House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thanks to Green Thumb for our exclusive pictures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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