Saturday, April 7, 2018

Previously unpublished images give a candid look at Helena's 'Devil's Brigade'

Via David

Previously unpublished images give a candid look at Helena's 'Devil's Brigade'

The First Special Service Force, a group of 3,000 American and Canadian soldiers who fought in some of the most dangerous places on earth, trained not far from Last Chance Gulch at Fort Harrison in the middle of World War II. Nicknamed the “Devil’s Brigade," or the "Black Devils" as one German officer reportedly called them in his diary, they were a fearsome fighting force designed to fight where no other group could.

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