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A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM JOHN HART AND THE FSSF ASSOCIATION.
American parachutists-devils in baggy pants-are
less than 100 meters from my outpost line can’t sleep
at night; they pop up from nowhere and we never
know when or how they strike next. Seems like the
black-hearted devils are everywhere”. (Carter 1951)
His memoir was entitled Those Devils in Baggy Pants. Today, there are many publications that attribute the term Black Devils and Men in Baggy Pants to the 82nd Airborne Division, but the terms originally referred to only the FSSF
The Devil’s Brigade was the title of a 1967 book written about the Force by Robert H. Adleman and George Walton. Their book was the basis for the Hollywood movie The Devils Brigade released by United Artists the following year. The popularity of this nickname for the Force stems from these two works. Gusville was the Force nickname for Borgo Sabotino, and it was the FSSF
command post for Second Company of First Regiment.
Ross S. Carter was a member of the 82nd Airborne Division that was positioned north of the FSSF on the Mussolini canal. Shortly after the war, he wrote a memoir about his war experience. He wrote his own version of Muller’s diary entry and implied that it referred to his division:
