Gordon Smith was from Wabigoon.
Gordon enlisted with the Canadian Army and trained as a paratrooper.
He was one of the Canadians who served in the joint Canadian/American First Special Services Unit, also known as “The Devils’ Brigade.”
After numerous missions, Gordon went missing December 6, 1943 in Italy. He has no known grave, but is commemorated on Panel 15 of the Cassino War Memorial in Italy.
(William Holden starred in “the Devil’s Brigade,” a movie on this unit but largely disliked by surviving members for being too ‘Hollywood.’)
Images and story provided to Spuro Sourtzis by the Smith family of Dryden in 2006.
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Shoulder patch of the First Special Service Force
