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Old January 16th, 2003, 04:46 AM
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SAS and the raid on Rommel

The group was led by Col. Keyes and was largely composed of the members of the LRDG, SAS and SBS. http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Qu...7414/imag.html
This is not slightly inaccurate it's wrong. The new SAS did not take part in the raid on Rommel. They were on a separate mission which failed. The raid on Rommel was led by Keyes junior but comprised extensively No.11 Commando remustered into the Middle East force with some members of the SBS with specific duties of getting the Commandos ashore. The role of the LRDG was in meeting the Commandos after the raid to transport them back to base, which never happened.

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