Snow Plough and the Jupiter Deception, Joyce, Kenneth H.

Snow Plough and the Jupiter Deception: The Story of the 1st Special Service Force and the 1st Canadian Special Service Battalion, 1942 – 1945, Joyce, Kenneth H. Published by Vanwell Publishing Ltd., St Catharines, Ontario, 2006. First Edition. 8vo up to 9½” tall., 320pp. with Photographs, Illustrations, Appendix, Notes, Bibliography, Index. Black boards with silver titles. Volume is in fine conditions; dustjacket has rubbing to top right cone rans a small closed tear top rear edge. Joyce recounts the history of the Canadian contingent of the Force, the 1st Canadian Special Service Battalion (1CSSB). He also explains how the formation of the 1CSSB was intertwined with the development of a Canadian military parachute capability. Utilizing firsthand accounts from veterans and official records, Snow Plough and the Jupiter Deception describes the formation, training, and operational deployment to the Northern Pacific, Italy and Southern France.