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Commando Country

By Stuart Allan

We Few: U.S. Special Forces In Vietnam

By Nick Brokhausen

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Craig Robertson" data-source="post: 60193" data-attributes="member: 6852"> <table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>Photo</td><td><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/attachments/31/31834-838cf79a921b1da83d235f2f5c4c5104.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></td></tr><tr><td>Full Name</td><td>David J. Porter</td></tr><tr><td>Nickname</td><td>Dave</td></tr><tr><td>Number</td><td>2156419</td></tr><tr><td>Rank</td><td>Sergeant</td></tr><tr><td>Nationality</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Date of Birth</td><td>26.12.1922 St Helens, Lancashire</td></tr><tr><td>Date of Death</td><td>10.11.1944 (Aged 21) (Gravestone shows aged 19!)</td></tr><tr><td>Gravesite</td><td>Ravenna War Cemetery, Italy V.A.9</td></tr><tr><td>Father</td><td>Robert</td></tr><tr><td>Mother</td><td>Julia Porter (45 Earl Street, St Helens, Lancashire)</td></tr><tr><td>Enlisted</td><td>19.02.1942 Elgin, Banffshire</td></tr><tr><td>Military</td><td>parent unit Royal Engineers (also served SAS) award D.C.M. joined PPA May 1943 Tebessa KIA near Ravenna with Tpr Croghan (landmine)</td></tr><tr><td>Married</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Further Information</td><td>glass worker in civilian life "Perhaps the greatest PPA product. Stouthearted and unspoiled, a loveable character" (Popski) "Broad and tall, with a round smiling face" (Popski) "Tall and burly, resolute and reliable, unmovable by fear or by excitement, I had always thought him, of all our men,the most comforting to be with in a tight spot" (Popski)</td></tr></table><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/dave-porter.1708/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/1/1708-2d8d03176e33d238365c549f3039de6f.jpg?1591383313" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/bob-porter-eric-moreland-dave-porter.1537/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/1/1537-424eb71693986f9d972f29866abff48a.jpg?1591383269" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/dave-porter.1540/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/1/1540-90a2acbb561fdfc43e960ba2307b338f.jpg?1591383270" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/dave-porter.791/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/0/791-7b40d4148ee8c7ac100e33b9fb011e96.jpg?1591383065" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/d-porter-grave.33639/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/33/33639-34a4e88275e0c3c1ba6474516c04d087.jpg?1594121587" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/ppa-awards.6143/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/6/6143-164d1083de2ff4d2a3da09623a6a382e.jpg?1591388684" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/ppa-group-see-note.1709/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/1/1709-74a6dac144b49524835d4dcde0386a56.jpg?1591383313" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/ppa-roll-of-honour.4832/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/4/4832-5c140607cca8298e261a374cd2997cdd.jpg?1591384140" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></blockquote>

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