Goring's Narrow Escape

The British had scarcely announced the formation of super-tough raiding forces to be known as Commandos (TIME, Oct. 20) when the Commando legends began to fly. Last week London reported a wow:

A detachment of Canadian Commandos crossed the Channel with sealed instructions to proceed to a certain building on the French coast. The building turned out to be Le Touquet Casino, where a dance was in progress. Their mission turned out to be to capture Field Marshal Hermann Goering, carry him, if they could, to their fast boat, and take him, if he did not sink it, back to England. They entered the hall, shot all officers present, returned emptyhanded. Reason for the failure of the mission: the fat man wasn't there.

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