Hi all,
Just came back from an interview with a 93 year old Black Devil vet, one of 17 left in Canada. I had the honor of talking to him and he was very energetic, and had some excellent stories. I took photos and records of everything and am currently in the process of editing them into the video and giving it to a few archives if anyone is interested.
Having a look at his collection was interesting, as all of his original uniforms, cap badges and hats were "thrown away" or "stolen by bloody English bastards" as he liked to say. He didn't have the famous knife either, but a reproduction presented to him, as his original was lost on Monte Cassino. He described the knife as "pretty useless", since you didn't want to get that close to the enemy to use it!
When leaving he gave me this patch which took me by surprise, I asked if he recalled where he got it and he said it was probably one of the extra ones they had that were not on the uniform but he couldn't remember. Any chance this is an original, or perhaps one he was given at a reunion post war?
Many thanks!
15-06-12, 03:37 PM
1st Special Service Force / Black Devil patch, and interview with the vet!! Help?
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