Lt Kostelec of 1st Company, 3rd Regiment, is photographed a month after the raid on Mt Difensa on Ja
Lt Kostelec of 1st Company, 3rd Regiment, is photographed a month after the raid on Mt Difensa on January 2, 1944. Notice that his lieutenant bars have been embroidered on to his M43 field coat. Kostelec, originally from Calgary, Alberta, was reported missing in action on March 4, 1944, and was presumed dead. (Lt Frederick G. Whitecombe/ Canada. Dept. of National Defense/Library and Archives Canada/ Pa-183879)Photo and caption featured in Osprey Raid • 48 Storming Monte La Difensa The First Special Service Force at the Winter Line, Italy 1943 by Bret Werner -- source link
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