Ranger History: The Ranger Book

Ranger Creed Ranger Thoughts On the Creed Keith Nightingale Wayne Downing Kenneth Leuer William F. “Buck” Kernan Ron Rokosz Keith Antonia Steve Hawk Edison Scholes Validation of the Concept – Colonial Era Benjamin Church Pre-Revolutionary War Ranger Units French and Indian War – 1754-1763 Who Was Robert Rogers? Rogers’ 19 Standing Orders? Rogers’ Rules of Discipline – The Real Version Revolutionary War Thomas Knowlton Nathan Hale Francis Marion – Swamp Fox Daniel Morgan War of 1812 – Indian Wars Civil War Mosby, Ashby, Morgan – Confederate Rangers Unit History and Lineage 75th Ranger Regiment Quick Lineage Reference World War II World War II – Ranger Style The Man: William Orlando Darby John Raaen, Jr. The First of the 1st – Darby’s Rangers Achnacarry Dieppe 2nd Army Ranger School North Africa TORCH The Attack – The Rangers’ First Test St. Cloud – LeMacta Tunisia Sened Station Dernaia Pass Djebel el Ank – El Guettar Trained But Not Used – 29th Infantry Division Rangers 3rd and 4th Ranger Battalions Come On Line Raymond Noel Dye Sicily and Beyond Noel Dye Butera Italy – The Bloody Boot Salerno – Maori Anzio – The End of the Beginning The Hell of Cisterna Noel Dye Darby’s Rangers Spread Their Skills Without Him Birth of the 2nd and 5th Battalions Camp Forrest Rudder – A Short Biography The Mission – D-Day Omaha Beach – Dog Red – Dog White – Dog Green – Charlie Operation Overlord Becomes Reality Ike Eikner John Raaen Charlie Beach – Vierville Draw Thomas Herring – 5th Ranger Battalion Was General Norman Cota Responsible For The Phrase, “Rangers Lead The Way?” Keith Nightingale Tom Herring The Assault On Pointe du Hoc John Raaen Ike Eikner Leonard Lomell at the Pointe Relief Heads For The Pointe John Raaen Casualties – D-Day Frank South – Medic, 2nd Battalion John Raaen Maisy Rest, Then Brest 5th Battalion – Brest Campaign Lochrist Battery Edlin’s Patrol Takes The Prize Saar Campaign – 5th Battalion Trains, Fights, Rests Hurtgen Forest – Hill 400 Vossenack – Germeter Bergstein – Castle Hill 2nd and 5th Battalions Invade Germany Crossing the Rhine 5th Battalion at Irsch-Zerf Harry Herder 6th Ranger Battalion – Pacific Theater Henry Mucci – The Story of a Slave-Driving Man Leyte Gulf Mission Leo Strausbaugh Cabanatuan Robert Prince Leo Strausbaugh – Mucci Leaves GALAHAD – 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) – Merrill’s Marauders The New GALAHAD Myitkyina, 475th, MARS, and China Howard Garrison Korean War History – Ranger Training Center – 1950-51 Birth of the Korean Ranger The Great Debate From Center For Military History – TO&E, TDA History Ranger TO&E 7-87 Korean War Ranger Units Eighth Army Rangers Ralph Puckett Origin and Formation 8 ARCO Speaks – Puckett, Walls, Summers, Cassat, Anderson, Bunn, Ross, et al. Hill 205 Korean War Airborne Rangers Training and Action Ranger Infantry Companies (Airborne) RICA Battle High Points History – 1st – 15th RICA Changmal Raid Al Bukaty Chipyong-ni May Massacre Majori-ri to Chechon Musan-ni – First Ranger Combat Jump 2nd RICA – Queen, Payne, Allen, Lyles Bloody Nose Ridge Musan-ni Ed McDonough Hwachon Dam Hill 383 Objective Sugar 299 Turkey Shoot Hill 628 Topyong-ni Who Fought In Korea? LRP Foundation – Cold War Europe Mike Martin Jack Daniel Steve Melnyk Bob McMahon Bill Spies – 157H V Corps LRRPs to Company A, 75th Infantry (Ranger) Vietnam Sacrifice and Success – A New Day for Rangers White Star – 1959-62 LRRP, LRP, Ranger Vietnam Ranger Evolution The First of the First – 1st Brigade, (LRRP), 101st Airborne Division Company F (LRP), 58th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division Darol Walker, Division LRP Company First Sergeant Company L, 75th Infantry (Ranger), 101st Airborne (Airmobile) Steve Pullen and Robert Suchke Training and Preparation Influence Mission Outcome Bob McMahon LRRP/LRP/Ranger Units of the Vietnam Era Lineage, Linkage, and Acceptance Rangers In Non-Ranger Units And As Advisors (Co Van) Edison Scholes John (Jack) Daniel William Spies Ken Bonnell Mike Martin Doug Perry Earl Singletary Suchke – My First Mission Roger McDonald The Near Miss at Son Tay Sydnor – Ground Forces Commander – Son Tay Raid In-Country Training MACV Recondo Steve Pullen Stateside Recondo Roger McDonald Earl Singletary Howard Denton – 82nd Recondo State-Side Ranger Training During Vietnam Bill Spies The Big Jump – War and Peace – And War Alpha, Bravo and Charlie Companies – Pre-Battalion Days David Cress Formation of the 1st Ranger Battalion – 1974 Keith Nightingale – Standing Up A Ranger Battalion Kenneth Leuer Ron Rokosz Bill Spies – Abrams and the Creation of 1st Ranger Battalion TO&E Steve Hawk David Hill Steve Bishop Eagle Claw – Desert One Grenada Brendan “Duke” Durkan Richmond Hill Prison Gary Curtis Securing The Students Bill Kinsland Grand Anse Tragedy At Calvigny Barracks Perry Doerr Special Operations – How It All Fits Together The 75th Ranger Regiment Ron Rokosz Keith Antonia Why Rangers Are Elite 75th Ranger Regiment Honors Keith Antonia – Changes in Regimental Support Forces and Training Regimental Reconnaissance Detachment Wayne Downing – Bio Wayne Downing Tools of the Trade – Modern Era Standard Weapons Systems per battalion At The Armory – Kazziah, Brown, Burkhead Panama Steve Pullen Rio Hato Torrijos-Tocumen Leader of the Pack – Kernan Biography William “Buck” Kernan Wayne Downing Michael Kelso Keith Antonia – Grenada To Panama Duke Durkan – MIA Ed Scholes Operation Desert Storm Perry Doerr F/51 LRSC Rangers In Other Times and Places Task Force Ranger – Somalia The Battle of Mogadishu War In The Middle East Afghanistan – Operation Enduring Freedom The First Drop Order of Battle Rangers In Operation Anaconda Takur Ghar Strykers in Afghanistan IRAQ Tony Torres The Deaths of Odai and Qusai Brad Bonnell Rangers Help Rescue POW How Hot Is Iraq? The War Is Over, But Not Over Coalition Support Ranger School The Ranger Tab The Ranger Training Brigade’s Mission Why Go To Ranger School? Barry Blackmon Keith Antonia Ed Scholes David Cress Perry Doerr Steve Bishop Doug Perry Ken Bonnell Pre-Ranger, RIP, and ROP(e) Keith Antonia – Ranger Training Elsewhere Jack Daniel – ROTC Ranger Training Luca Bertozzo – Italian Ranger Patrick Corcoran Three Phase Memories Ranger School 1972 – City Phase Howard Denton Mountain Phase Memories The Swamp Phase Jack Daniel Mountain Ranger Students 2004 Bob McMahon Earl Singletary Evolution of Ranger Training Camps Keith Nightingale Jack Daniel Bill Spies – Walking Lanes John Lange Daniel Barnes Doug Perry OPFOR (Opposing Forces – Aggressors) Barry Blackmon Tony Torres Brian Cunningham Camp Frank D. Merrill Johnny Burt 1948-1953 Steve Hawk Perry C. Doerr Ken Bonnell Douglas Flohr and Glenn Legg Brian Cunningham Greg Jolin Steve Bishop Keith Antonia Steve Hawk An Afternoon Raid in North Georgia General Ranger-Related Information CSM Kelso – The Top Non-Com of USAIC Michael Kelso Bonnells – A Family of Rangers Brad Bonnell Mike Martin Marches On The Black Beret The History of the Ranger Black Beret By Robert Black Just How Many Rangers Are There? Bibliography Acknowledgements