Canadian veteran of famed Devil’s Brigade dies within hours of American comrade

[Omaha Steve]

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/canadian-veteran-famed-devil-brigade-dies-within-hours-204426389.html

By Steve Mertl | Daily Brew

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Joe Glass sits in the kitchen of his Helena, Montana home, on Thursday October 26, 2006.


A Canadian member of the legendary Devil's Brigade has died within hours of an American comrade in Helena, Mont., where they both lived.

Ottawa-born Joe Glass, 92 and Mark Radcliffe, 94, originally from Farmington, New Mexico, lived not far from the Montana military base where the Canadian-American commando unit trained in the Second World War.

According to the Tribune of Great Falls, Mont., Glass's death was announced by the Washington office of Sen. Max Baucus.

"Montana and our nation have lost a true hero," Baucus said in a statement Monday. "In a group of hard and brave war heroes, Joe was among the toughest. He endured significant injuries in World War II for our freedom and my thoughts and prayers are with the Glass family at this time."

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[1620rock]

1. RIP heroes.