Green Berets to commemorate WWII brigade

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Green Berets to commemorate WWII brigade




Staff report
Posted : Monday Dec 3, 2007 5:36:05 EST

A wreath-laying ceremony hosted by 1st Special Forces Group will open a three-day event beginning Tuesday at Fort Lewis, Wash., to celebrate the 63rd annual commemoration of Menton Week.
Static displays, a combined U.S./Canadian airborne operation at Rogers Drop Zone, and a joint rifle and pistol shooting competition are among the activities planned for the Dec. 4-6 event.
Menton Week commemorates the Dec. 5, 1944, inactivation in Menton, France, of the combined U.S. and Canadian First Special Service Force, an elite unit that is credited with a distinguished record of unconventional operations behind enemy lines during World War II.
The unit was commonly referred to as the “Devil’s Brigade,” and was one of the first Special Forces units activated.
The wreath-laying ceremony will take place at 3 p.m. at the 1st Special Forces Group Memorial Grove located at Chapman Circle, on the group’s compound.
Names of 1st Special Forces Group soldiers who have died since the 1957 are inscribed on the Memorial Wall.
Go to www.firstinasia.com/menton.htm for a schedule of events.



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If I were on the West Coast, I would go to that.