[AnAmericanMother]

My dad served with the old 79th Cameron Highlanders (since amalgamated out of existence) in Italy in WWII.

He always has told me that the Highlanders are great guys, fun to be with, polite to a fault . . . but don't p**s 'em off! He said without a doubt they were man for man the best fighting men he ever saw.

(How a Combat Engineer from Rome GA wound up serving with the 79th is a story for another day . . . )

[yarddog]

Interesting as my Father was also in the combat engineers in WWII.

I have never heard him mention serving with the Scots but he did say they were under Montgomery for a while. BTW, unlike everyone else, he really liked Montgomery.