Editing First Special Service Force (section)

===Disbandment, 1944===
The 1st SSF was disbanded 5 December 1944 in a field near [[Villeneuve-Loubet]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burhans |first1=Robert |title=The First Special Service Force : a war history of the North Americans, 1942-1944 |date=November 1996 |publisher=Battery Press |isbn=0898392616}}</ref> on the extreme southeast Mediterranean coast of France. Villeneuve-Loubet holds a special place in the history of the force, not only because the unit was broken up there, but also because it is one of the villages that the 1st SSF had the hardest time capturing in southern France, on 26 August 1944.

Frederick had come to believe that the Force was now reliant upon assisting units of artillery and tanks, due to the type of assignments they were now being given, and were no longer utilizing special operations skills. This was partly a result of the large numbers of recent recruits who were not trained to the same high standards of special operations as the initial Force members.<ref name="cmh"/>

The day the unit was disbanded, the American commander held a parade honouring the unit. To end the ceremony, the Canadian elements were dismissed by being honoured by the American troops with a Pass in Review, eyes right, officers salute. After the unit's break up, the Canadians were sent to other Canadian units (most of them became replacements for the [[1st Canadian Parachute Battalion]]). Some American members were sent to airborne divisions as replacements, others to Ranger Battalions, and still others formed the [[474th Infantry Regiment (United States)|474th Infantry Regiment]], which served with the Third United States Army and performed occupation duty in Norway. United States Army Special Forces Groups (lineal descendants of 1st Special Service Force) celebrate Menton Day every 5 December with their Canadian military comrades and surviving members of the force. Usually there is a combined parachute jump, a pass in review, and a formal ball.