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The "mugshot" photos are scans of negatives that Special Forces Historians were given from the Association and they scanned them for us. Huge thanks to Ken Finlayson and Earl Moniz and their team for all the hard work.

This grouping of 4-3 has 80 total
photos

Medric Joseph LeBlanc
Born Oct 6 1923 raised in Saint John N.B. After being struck off strength of the New Brunswick Rangers, summer of 42 and waiting in Halifax for overseas shipment he volunteered for the force and arrived in Helena Montana in  August 1942.

Initially assigned to 4th company, 3rd regiment, then after radio training to 2nd battalion headquarters,3rd regiment(as a T-4) in communications . Wounded in Anzio laying a phone line when hit in the right arm February 14 1944 classified as a 40% disability.

Photo and info submitted by son Thomas LeBlanc


C. W. Charlie Mann

3 Regiment (4 Company)
Rank: Sergeant
Award: Bronze Star
Place: Italy 1944
Additional Information:
from KIincardine, Ontario, Canada
award made 2007

Michael A. McDonald

4-3
Born in 1916 in North Devon, New Brunswick (now Fredericton, NB) and died in 1979


Photos and info submitted by grandson Mike Bakker

John Donald Mitchell

3 Regiment (4 Company)
Rank: Lieutenant
Award: Silver Star - Italy 1944
Additional Information: Canada
from Halifax,Nova Scotia
or Dartmouth,Nova Scotia
Born 1921
Died 1999 Nova Scotia
Picture

Franklin John "Jack" Norton

SSgt. Franklin John Norton
4th Co, 3rd Regiment, FSSF
Became drill sgt after the force disbanded 
Dates of Service: June 25, 1941 - Oct. 7, 1945
Born in Gould City, MI  Aug 1, 1918
Lived in Detroit, Michigan
Died in Texas, Dec 10, 1982

During his time in the Force he most likely went by Jack

Photo submitted by grandson Michael Norton

John A Pinciak

3 Regiment (4 Company)
Rank: Private
Number: 32772054
Date Of Death: 6th November 1944
Gravesite:  
Additional Information: USA
from Bergen County,New Jersey

KIA 6 Nov 1944
Picture

Picture
Carl Wheeler
4-3
PFC Carl Wheeler was wounded in the knee area by a machine gun bullet in June 1944 and was released from the hospital for duty in August 1944.  He transferred to Company A, 474th infantry in Dec 1944 and served the rest of the war in that organization.  PFC Carl Wheeler died in Jan 1970 and is buried in the National Cemetery at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Photo given by Paul Grisham


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