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The gentlemen is listed on page 304 of the  book"The First Special Service Force.A war history of the North Americans 1942-1944 published in march 1947.He was a member of 3-2. You may wish to consult the following:http://www.firstspecialserviceforce.net/ Good luck

Promises...promises.As you said earlier,little brown bottles might have just been fine  "as a cold war thing" but this is 2011 and anything in a bottle that's not at least 15 years old is ....well no human should ingest that. Sooo I do hope that your penalty budget will be adequate! Waiting......

Aviator....you know if I was any close it would cost you errrr  many many penalties! Rush  job or not!

There are some days in life that have a special  meaning and,today is most certainly one of those. Kindly forgive me for posting this.I am an OLD man and although I do not post here normally because I am from another generation of soldier,I want to mention this. That being said,today is special...

Infanteer, For more information,please see  http://users.eastlink.ca/~clawback1/. The matter being that some retired members are seeking the removal of the deduction of the bridge benefit at age 65.That is what is being referred as a CLAWBACK.One must understand that those who were in the...

Interesting responses.Let me just say,for the benefit of the younger generation,that back in 1964,65 and 66 when then CPP was rolled in,we,who were in the Canadian Army then,had NO such things as SCAN seminars.The rules then was"That's how it works and shut your mo#$@^"No explanations were...

C.W.Shaddock,Ingersol,ON is listed at page 367 of the 1947 Infantry Journal book on the FSSF.There is no mention of co or Regt with his name. You may wish to contact the FSSF association in Helena Mt.Or contact Charlie Mann at mankin at hurontel,on.ca.Mr.Mann is a member of FSSF and can...

Mr. Aviator, From both of us,on the other side of the planet... [HAPPY BIRTHDAY :king: Susie and the Old guy

X-Armoured Welcome to the world of civilian life..indeed there is life after death. I left in 1986(WOW,I must be real old) after 22 years and still miss it ..somedays. There are great opportunities out there for ex-servicemen.Employers are looking for people that have the "Can do attitude". I...

Well,it seems that i got beaten to it.As I am an old guy ,could not keep awake till midnight. But Pat here's to you... HAPPY BIRTHDAY Have a good one and a beer too..well maybe two Susie and G. :-*

My father -in-law was a member of 4-3 FSSF and I am looking for information about the upcoming reunion in Ottawa.Mainly,I would like to take my Wife's mom (83 Years old) to the memorial service or parade of the surviving members.Does anyone know what the program for the reunion is or an e-mail...

Par hasard j'ai lu votre message sur la chanson "les gars de la Marine".Je ne sait pas quelle age avait votre mere mais je peut vous dire que je connais cette chanson.Elle fut chantee dans le film"Capitaine Craddock" par C.Boyer.Il est probable que votre Mere la connaisse de ce film ou, si elle...

I am not familiar with Sigs qualifications but,I can tell you that former servicemen are a great asset to any company in the after life.Foremost those who have served in the Forces have the correc t attitude that an employer seeks this is "the can DO" approach.Then these people are motivated and...

After reading these 4 pages of comments on this issue,I am still wondering why this debate is still going on.We MUST understand that the people of QC want only what most people want.Health care that works,education system that educates our kids,roads that do not look like a third world...

RUNNER, Many thanks for the info.Meanwhile I have spoken to a Lcol who happens to live close to me and he put me in contact with a charming lady from the release sect.in St-Jean.She has sent me a form and insructions and replacement is on the way.I do not know her name but I must say she was...

P N P , I have read your post with high attention and as I was never engaged in war I will not comment on whether other soldiers are your peers or not or as to REMF's are in tune or  not. just say that one of the reasons that those of us who were lucky enough to serve in peace time do not join...

Mr.Bobbitt, I have been visiting your site for quite a while now as also.other similar sites.Most of your members are highly interesting and do come up with valid arguments.Most are highly skilled in the art of putting their point across and the Mods are doing an excellent job in keeping order...

Upon my release in1986,I was issued a CF 75 Record of service and identification which looks like a  service ID card.That document was put away and only recently retrieved and eventually it is long expired.I would like to know if this document still exists and if affirmative can it be replaced...

West germany indeed but looking at the original,I was mistaken as far as the tanks are concerned,they are British...sorry...I am really getting old :-[

Ah....some connoisseurs...Yep centurions and 3/4 tons infantry carriers. Tanks probably from RCD's or LDSH(can't remember) and trucks from 1st  Vandoos in Soltau Germany