12-18-2004, 00:52
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I imagine many will know who this gentleman with the distinctive lapel insignia is, but may not have seen this color photo before.
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12-18-2004, 01:14
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Originally Posted by Airbornelawyer
I imagine many will know who this gentleman with the distinctive lapel insignia is, but may not have seen this color photo before.
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Colonel Frederick?
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12-20-2004, 14:11
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Colonel Frederick?
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Yes. That would be my guess too! The Father of the FSSF "Devils' Bde." 
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12-20-2004, 14:25
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Yes. That would be my guess too! The Father of the FSSF "Devils' Bde." |
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"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1910
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12-20-2004, 14:32
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That was cropped to show the lapel insignia. Here is the full version (turned sideways because the size restrictions for attachments are for landscape-oriented photos rather than portrait oriented ones):
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12-20-2004, 14:59
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Another item: a letter from the CG, US VI Corps, (then) MG Lucian K. Truscott, Jr., commending the 1st SSF's actions in the invasion of Southern France. Truscott, of course, knew a little about commando operations, having been at Dieppe and having been in charge of the formation of the 1st Ranger Battalion.
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