Source:

https://necrocanada.com/obituaries-2019/01/vernon-j-doucette-september-3-1921-january-21-2019/

He was a Member of the elite WWII First Special Service Force.

The 1st Special Service Force (also called 'The Devil's Brigade', 'The Black Devils', 'The Black Devils' Brigade', and 'Freddie's Freighters') was an elite Second World War American-Canadian commando unit under the command of the United States Fif

th Army.

The unit was organized in 1942, training at Fort William Henry Harrison near Helena, Montana, USA.

The Force served in the Aleutian Islands, and fought in Italy, and southern France before being disbanded in December 1944.