Editing First Special Service Force (section)

===Aleutian Islands, 1943===
In February 1943,[[Norwegian heavy water sabotage| Norwegian SOE agents]] destroyed the heavy water and deuterium plants.<ref name="arsof-history.org">The First Special Service Force in the Italian Mountains. https://arsof-history.org/articles/v5n2_better_country_page_1.html</ref>

To prevent the FSSF from being disbanded, Frederick proposed using it against the Japanese in Alaska.<ref name="cmh">{{cite journal|journal=Canadian Military History |volume=12 |issue=4 |year=2003 |title="Matters Canadian" and the Problem with Being Special Robert T. Frederick on the First Special Service Force. |author=James Wood |page= 23 |url=https://scholars.wlu.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1344&context=cmh}}</ref> It was decided that the FSSF would be used against [[Aleutian Islands Campaign|Japanese forces occupying islands off Alaska]]. The FSSF arrived at the [[Fort Mason|San Francisco Port of Embarkation]] on 4 July 1943.<ref name="autogenerated191">Stanton, Shelby (2006). ''World War II Order of Battle: An Encyclopedic Reference to U.S. Army Ground Forces from Battalion through Division, 1939-1946''. Revised Edition. Stackpole Books. p. 191</ref>

On 10 July the Devil's Brigade sailed for the [[Aleutian Islands]] off Alaska. On 15 August 1943, the FSSF was part of the [[Operation Cottage|invasion of the island of Kiska]]. The Japanese had evacuated the island, so the FSSF re-embarked. They returned to [[Fort Ethan Allen]], arriving 9 September 1943.<ref name="autogenerated191"/>