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On 3 December 2021, the History Office formally dedicated its building in memory of Major General Robert T. Frederick, who commanded the First Special Service Force (FSSF) from 1942 to 1944. The FSSF was a combined U.S.–Canadian unit specializing in mountain warfare that made decisive contributions to the Allied victory in World War II. Disbanded on 5 December 1944, commemorated annually as ...
"The First Special Service Force: A War History of the North Americans, 1942-1944," manuscript by Robert D. Burhans, with comments by Robert T. Frederick Declassified U.S. government records 1942-1950
The FSSF was commanded by Coast Artillery Corps Lieutenant Colonel Robert T. Frederick, a 1928 U.S. Military Academy graduate. Frederick’s executive officer was Canadian Lieutenant Colonel John G. McQueen. An eclectic mixture of volunteers arrived at the Montana post in the summer of 1942, and began a grueling program of physical fitness ...
The fight at Monte La Difensa on December 3, 1943, was swift but brutal as members of the First Special Service Force, a combined unit of U.S. and Canadian soldiers under the command of American Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick, captured the promontory in the mountains of Italy. The highly trained troops had scaled the rough rock walls of the ...
18. Okt. 2023 · The 1st Allied Airborne Task Force then moved up the French Riviera coastline, taking Cannes unopposed on Aug. 24, 1944, and linking up with Frederick’s old unit, the 1st Special Service Force. The Gen. Robert T. Frederick statue will be a bronze life-size sculpture, placed in a public park near his first command post in La Motte, France. The ...
In the summer of 1942, American Lieutenant Colonel Robert T. Frederick, a War Department staff officer with no prior combat or command experience, is summoned to Britain where he is selected by Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten to raise a commando force composed of both American and Canadian personnel for operations in German-occupied Norway. Back in the U.S., Frederick arrives at the derelict ...
9. Sept. 2010 · During World War II, Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick commanded the First Special Service Force “Black Devils.” He personally selected recruits who were strong, relentless and independent thinkers. Today, Frederick’s namesake award is presented to both Canadian and American Special Forces operators who exhibit the qualities Frederick sought. This year’s American recipient is Master Sgt ...
