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Old 05-12-2004, 04:00 PM   #3 (permalink)
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@Dec 3 2004, 01:08 PM

I do wonder if the modern 22 SAS regiment is numbered in tribute to these 22 survivors.
It was part of a deception, it waqs to make the germans beleive that there were 21 other battalions!


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Nice one. Actually, the wartime SAS regiments started with 1SAS, 2SAS, not sure if there was a third.
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