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Originally Posted by Richard
Not really - it's a bit more convolueted than that. Remember - the FSSF never got to perform the mission for which it was originally developed and trained.
Richard
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That is true they never got to integrate the Norwegians into their commando mission set and perform the deep penetration missions from the North into Germany. Canadian SOF unit JTF2 similar to our JSOC elements were modeled after the FSSF and Ranger unit missions,
IAW the correspondence back and forth between Major General Robert A. McClure, Volckmann, Blackburn, Fertig and Bank the FSSF and the Ranger units were commandos designed for a different purpose than what the OSS did and the capability that Fertig, Blackburn and Volckmann showed as a viable mission, FSSF and or Rangers were commando units have no connection with the development of SF. The only true comparison would be ground branch.