From the Feb. 10th Helena (Mt) Independent Record.
The Devil's Brigade was the forerunner of military groups like the Army Green Berets and Navy Seals.
Some, 2,200 men arrived in Helena to become members of the new group. James Wines was from Kansas. While training, he met his wife, Dora, and married her before shipping off to war. They were married for 50 years.
The other two Montana survivors of the Devil's Brigade are Joe Glass and Mark Radcliffe, both of Helena.
The Greatest generation. --GreGen
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
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