A gleaming Curtiss P-40 Warhawk streamed through a warm, still sky over Fort William Henry Harrison s old air strip to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the First Special Service Force
About 1,000 attendees were treated to World War II-era aircraft flyovers Saturday during the First Special Service Force s 80th anniversary at Fort Harrison.
Overshadowed by the Browning Automatic Rifle, Melvin Johnson’s Model of 1941 Light Machine Gun served elite Marine Parachutists and the Army’s Special Service Force with distinction during some of the toughest fighting of World War II.