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Ghost Patrol: A History of the Long Range Desert Group, 1940 - 1945
By John Sadler
The Greatest Raid: St Nazaire, 1942: The Heroic Story of Operation Chariot
By Giles Whittell
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 29841" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Wilson </em></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Samuel Vaughan </em></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 Bn (Red Combat Team) </em></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>First Lieutenant </em></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>0-1290347 </em></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Silver Star,Bronze Star </em></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Burma 1944 </em></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Rice,Prince Edward County,Virginia</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 23.9.1923 Rice,Virginia</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated Rice High School</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>farm hand in civilian life</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>116 Infantry Regiment,Virginia National Guard June 1940-42 (Private</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>enlisted 3.2.1941 Farmville,Virginia (Private First Class 20364880 Infantry)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>PFC - A/First Sergeant 1941-42</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated OCS</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Instructor,Infantry School,Fort Benning 1942-43 (1st Lt)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Merrills Marauders 1943-44</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>OSS 1945</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>also awarded D.S.C. (date/unit ?)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>other appointments include</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Director of Instruction,US Army Special Warfare Center and School,Ft Bragg 1959</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>7th SF Group 1960-61 (LtCol)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Assistant to Secretary of Defense for Special Operations 1961</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>civilian 1964-67</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>recalled to service 1967</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>6 SF Group (C.O.) 1967-70 (Colonel)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Deputy Director of CIA 1976-77 (LtGen)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 10.6.2017 Rice,Virginia</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>IMAGES:</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/s-wilson.29764/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/29/29764-84d927c1f2daaa43fdbfca9e8e1582dc.jpg?1591434607" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/s-v-wilson.750/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/0/750-c4c9ffd03d8db4d54e5c6f737cbf4683.jpg?1591383056" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/s-wilson.29765/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/29/29765-53c7be9beeabf08e8631394005c5f15c.jpg?1591434608" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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