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/PRNewswire/ -- Raft, a full stack engineering and digital consultancy serving defense and intelligence agencies, today announced retired Colonel Frederick...

What began as an unfeasible plan to open a second front in frozen Norway, ultimately created one of the finest special forces in the proud history of two armies—American and Canadian.

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Victoria Cecelia Pierscinski Johnston “Centenarian Mother of Seven” July 16, 1920 - September 24, 2020 Born in San Francisco to Polish Immigrants, a first generation American, Victoria grew up in San Francisco then moved to farms and the coast of California as a child. Her father was the lighthouse keeper at Yerba Buena Island and Palos Verdes. Thriving in the 20’s despite the poverty of the great depression, she proudly enrolled at U.C. Davis as a home economics major just before th...

Operation Torch: Why Did America Fight French Forces in 1942? Instead of welcoming American troops with brass bands, Vichy France’s colonial forces fought back with everything they had. Heres What You Need to Know: Early in the North African campaign, American tankers battled the Vichy French. Lucian Truscott needed a cigarette. The 47-year-old brigadier general was having the worst night of his life. Earlier that day, American troops under his command charged ashore on the Atlantic coast of...

Devil’s Brigade: This Legendary Fighting Force Gave Rise to U.S. Special Forces The 1st Special Service Force gained its place in history with daring exploits in combat in France and Italy. Heres What You Need to Know: The Devil’s Brigade, which inflicted an estimated 12,000 casualties on enemy forces and took 7,000 prisoners during the war, gave rise to the U.S. Special Forces. When General George C. Marshall visited London in April 1942, the new chief of the British Combined Operations...

Col ‘Shep’ Sheppard, soldier and colonial policeman who survived bombs and bazooka attacks – obituary On the school run in Aden his children knew to ‘get down!’ in case of sniper fire, while at home Sheppard kept his pistol within easy reach Sheppard outside the Police HQ in Crater, Aden, before a royal inspection (date unknown) Colonel Frederick “Shep” Sheppard, who has died aged 95, had a distinguished career as a soldier and then a police officer; serving in Second, Palestine, ...