First Special Service Force, Fort Harrison, Helena Montana

[Garry Shipton (RIP)]

As a coincidence ,watched the documentary on the unit yesterday on History Channel.The day the unit was disbanded,the Canadian officer ordered the Canadian troops standing at attention in the intermingled ranks with their US counterparts, to step forward and form ranks for transport movement.Only 150 survivors stepped forward,and as they moved off to their trucks,as one veteran interviewed said,"their was not a dry eye in the whole unit"The US soldiers still in formation,left open the spaces in their ranks that their Canadian brothers had recently left vacant,without reforming ranks.Very interesting documentary.I highly recommend it to everyone.