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Originally Posted by CaberTosser
Yep . Black Devils, Devils Brigade, etc. That movie from the '60's about the unit was all Hollywood and little to do with the FSSF save for that it had both US and Canadian soldiers in it. The film portrayed it as consisting of various misfits and ex-cons, lol. The mountain climbing aspect where they scaled the backside of Monte Cassino to take the Nazi stronghold was true though.
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When I was a kid I was in the Toronto Scottish cadet corps for a bit.
I remember being told by my older brother ( Militia cadre at the time ) the commanding officer was ex Devil's Brigade.
I asked him last year about Captain MaGee, because I was pretty sure he told me and he said
" ALL the senior cadre were Devil's Brigade! MaGee recruited them when he started the cadet corps up!"
I had no idea!!
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