Memorial Day: A look at our first secret forces and their sacrifices

Memorial Day: A look at our first secret forces and their sacrifices

Your mission, should you choose to accept it With Memorial Day tomorrow and Tom Cruise’s latest ‘Mission: Impossible’ film in theaters, we shift the focus from action heroes to real heroes, including the U.S. and Canadian 1st Special Service Force, which sustained high casualties during World War II. A special set of skills In July 1942, the first top-secret unit made up of Americans and Canadians became the 1st Special Service Force. The unit w…