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	6th Ranger Battalion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The battalion's new commander was Lieutenant Colonel Henry A. Mucci.
		The battalion was transferred to Finchhaven, New Guinea, where it was reorganised as a Ranger Battalion and redesignated as the 6th Ranger Battalion.
		Elements of the battalion were sent to Santiago Island to secure the entrance to the Gulf and prevent the enemy outflanking the landing area.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/6th_Ranger_Battalion (678 words)

	WWII \| Marauders and Rangers lead the way.
		The 3rd Ranger Battalion was organized on May 21, 1943, in the vicinity of Nemours, Algeria, from a cadre of personnel from the 1st Ranger Battalion.
		The 4th Ranger Battalion was organized on June 8, 1943, at Nemours, Algeria, from a cadre of personnel furnished by the 1st Ranger Battalion.
		The 5th Ranger Battalion was activated on September 1, 1943, at Camp Forrest, Tennessee, and arrived in the European Theater in January of 1944.
	www.suasponte.com /WWII_2.htm (6097 words)

	Raid at Cabanatuan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Rangers were split into two groups as well: C Company, led by Capt. Prince, would attack the main camp and escort the prisoners out, while thirty members from F Company commanded by Lt. John Murphy would signal the start of the attack by firing into various Japanese positions.
		The Rangers at the main gate maneuvered to bring the guard barracks under fire, while the ones at the rear eliminated the enemy near the prisoners' huts and then proceeded with the evacuation.
		Rangers carried the prisoners out, and many were so light that some Rangers carried two men on their backs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Raid_at_Cabanatuan (2234 words)

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		Darby’s Rangers spearheaded the invasion of North Africa, the landings at Gela and Licota during the Sicilian invasion, and saw fierce combat at Anzio.
		Rangers from the 1st Ranger Battalion were the first Americans to see ground combat in Europe during the Dieppe raid in 1942.
		Thus the 1st Ranger Battalion was activated at Ft. Benning, GA, on 31 January 1974, and jumped into Ft Stewart, GA on I July 1974, eventually establishing it’s headquarters at Hunter Army Airfield, GA. The 2nd Battalion was activated at Ft. Lewis, WA on I October 1974.
	oftheirownaccord.com /pics/RangerRegiment.htm (698 words)

	Shoulder Sleeve Insignia of Ranger and Special Service Force
		The ranger force of the U.S. Army was created in the summer of 1942 to conduct raids behind enemy lines or on enemy coastlines and was modeled on British Commandos.
		The Sixth Ranger Battalion was created in 1944 from the 98th Field Artillery and was active in the Pacific theater.
		Ranger units suffered heavy casualties during a number of hard fought battles of the war, including the Dieppe raid, Cisterna on the Anzio beachhead and Pointe du Hoc during the Normandy landing.
	www.angelfire.com /md2/patches/ranger.html (337 words)

	WWII \| Marauders and Rangers lead the way.
		The 6th Ranger Battalion was the first American force to return to the Philippines with the mission of destroying coastal defense guns, radio stations, and other means of defense communications in Leyte Harbor.
		Sixty percent of the Ranger enlistees came from the 34th Division, 30% joined from the 1st Armored Division, and the remaining 10% were from medical, quartermaster and signal troops from the V Corps.
		Although the 4th Ranger Battalion was not deactivated until a few months later, it was never the same after 2 of its battalions were captured near Anzio, Italy, in the town of Cisterna.
	www.suasponte.com /WWII.htm (4479 words)

	ArmyRanger.com - For and by the Ranger Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		On 25 September, the 98th Field Artillery Battalion was redesignated and reflagged as the 6th Ranger Infantry Battalion.
		The 6th Ranger Infantry Battalion's initial baptism of fire was the invasion of the Philippines.
		The 6th Ranger Infantry Battalion was inactivated 20 December 1945 in Kyoto, Japan.
	www.armyranger.com /mod.php?mod=userpage&page_id=50 (528 words)

	Henry Mucci - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Henry A. Mucci (1909—April 20, 1997) was an Army Colonel and Ranger.
		Mucci announced that the Battalion was being converted from Field Artillery to Rangers, downsized the battallion from 1,000 men to 500, and held a training camp in New Guinea where he utilized commando type training techniques for over a year.
		During the liberation of the Philippines General Walter Kreuger and one of his top men, Horton White, chose Mucci to head the liberation of the Cabuanatuan Prison Camp due to both the difficult and peculiar needs of such a mission.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Henry_Mucci (398 words)

	6th Battalion Memorial Page
		The rescue of 511 American and Allied prisoners from a Japanese held POW compound near Cabanatuan in the Philippines by elements of the 6th Ranger Battalion, reinforced by Alamo Scouts and Filipino guerrillas, was the most complex operation that Rangers conducted during World War II.
		The 6th Ranger Battalion had its roots in the 98th Field Artillery Battalion.
		The 98th was activated at Ft. Lewis, Washington, in January 1941, and subsequently served in New Guinea.
	darbysrangers.tripod.com /id114.htm (479 words)

	75th Ranger Regiment Battalions of World War II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The 1st Ranger Battalion participated in the North African landing at Arzeu, Algeria, and in the Tunisian Battles.
		The three Ranger Battalions spearheaded the Seventh Army landing at Gela and Loicata during the Sicilian invasion.
		Rangers conducted a 24-mile forced road march, crawled a mile across open terrain to destroy a Japanese garrison almost twice their size.
	www.soc.mil /75thrr/75thrrww2.shtml (495 words)

	US Mountain Ranger Association
		Rangers were attached to the multi-national force of men that landed at the French Port of Dieppe.
		Although 3 Rangers were killed and 5 captured, it was the Rangers of the United States Army that drew first blood for the American in the European theater.
		The newly formed 2nd Battalion and the 5th Battalion that trained in Tennessee were to play major roles for the Allies in the invasion of Fortress Europe, during Operation Overlord and the June 6th 1944, D-DAY invasion.
	www.usmountainranger.org /news/history.htm (3668 words)

	Camp James E. Rudder
		The Florida Ranger Camp was established November 15, 1951, by then MAJ Arthur "Bull" Simons who was named the Commander of the Amphi- bious/Jungle Training Committee at Auxilary Field Seven, which was the initial location of the Camp.
		In June 1974, the Florida Ranger Camp was officially renamed Camp James E. Rudder in honor of MG James E. Rudder, who commanded the 2d Ranger Battalion when it scaled the cliffs at Pointe Du Hoc, France, during the 1944 D-Day Normandy invasion.
		The 6th Ranger Training Battalion's mission is to develop the leadership and combat functional skills of future ground combat leaders by making them conduct missions in a tactically realistic environment under physical and mental stresses that approach those found in combat.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/camp-rudder.htm (676 words)

	Cabantuan
		Mucci arrived in Port Moresby to assume command of the 98th in April 1944, and on 25 September, the unit was redesignated the 6th Ranger Infantry Battalion.
		The 6th Ranger Battalion was introduced to combat in the Philippines, where it successfully conducted several important operations.
		As the Rangers passed the guard tower at the northeast corner of the compound, a sentry in the tower raised his rifle and looked toward the ditch as though alerted to the Americans' presence but soon lowered his weapon, apparently convinced that nothing was there.
	www.4point2.org /cabanatuan.htm (6172 words)

	Soldiers participate in historical ceremony
		The formalities commemorated the 60th anniversary of the raid on a POW camp near Cabanatuan conducted by the 6th Ranger Battalion.
		The 121 participants from the 6th Ranger Battalion were supported by Philippine guerrillas and two teams of the 6th Army’s reconnaissance unit, The Alamo Scouts.
		To help honor the success and lineage of the 6th Ranger Battalion, all of the Soldiers from Hawaii who participated in the ceremony were already Ranger-qualified.
	www.25idl.army.mil /article.asp?artid=4349 (495 words)

	Saving Private Ryan: U.S. Army Rangers
		The 1st, 3rd and 4th Ranger Battalions lead the night landings at Anzio, Italy on January 22, 1944, but later suffered a major defeat in January of 1944 when the 1st and 3rd Ranger Battalions were surrounded and captured by Germans near Cisterna.
		The 5th Ranger Battalion was constituted on July 21st, 1943 and was activated at Camp Forrest, Tennessee on September 1, 1943 under the command of Lt. Colonel Max Scheinder.
		The Sixth Ranger Battalion was constituted on December 16th, 1940 as the 98th Field Artillery Battalion, and later converted and redesignated as a Ranger unit on September 25th, 1944 at Port Moresby, New Guinea.
	www.sproe.com /r/rangers.html (1034 words)

	"Great Raid on Cabanatuan depicts Warrior Ethos" - The Military Family Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The 1945 raid by the U.S. Army’s 6th Ranger Battalion to rescue Americans held at the Japanese POW camp near Cabanatuan in the Philippines is the subject of “The Great Raid,” a movie opening nationally Aug. 12.
		A Japanese battalion regularly bivouacked about a mile from the camp and a division-sized unit was believed to be around Cabanatuan City, three to four miles from the camp.
		A couple of hours later, the Rangers and prisoners returned to friendly lines and shortly thereafter, the heroes of Bataan and Corregidor were undergoing medical examination at the 92nd Evacuation Hospital.
	www.emilitary.org /article.php?aid=3979 (2123 words)

	Special Operations.Com -US Rangers
		The Ranger Memorial- Dedicated to all Rangers, past, present and future.
		A cknowledging the fact that a Ranger is a more elite soldier who arrives at the cutting edge of battle by land, sea, or air, I accept the fact that as a Ranger my country expects me to move further, faster, and fight harder than any other soldier.
		“The Ranger battalion is to be an elite, light, and most proficient infantry battalion in the world; A battalion that can do things with its hands and weapons better than anyone.
	www.specialoperations.com /Army/Rangers/default2.html (457 words)

	DOD Letter
		The historic significance of this upcoming Memorial event to the Ranger Family lies in its Ranger History and the way this history will be paid tribute by the participation of Ranger son, Ron Hudnell.
		Rangers are Rangers because they like to take on new challenges and do the impossible.
		It is, most of all, the Ranger scroll/tab, which binds all Rangers together into a single body, so as a Ranger, and son of a 2/D Ranger from WWII, I do this event for the Rangers of the 6th Battalion who rescued the American POW's at Cabanatuan.
	www.rangerfamily.org /SDNews/BMDM2004/BMDMIntro.htm (585 words)

	D-Day - MSN Encarta
		The Allied command knew Omaha was the key to the fate of the landings.
		Within minutes of the landing the first Ranger was up the cliff; then the others fought their way in small groups to the casemates, only to find the 155-mm guns removed.
		The Rangers moved forward, sending a two-man patrol down a narrow road leading south, where they discovered some guns 500 yards from the crewmates.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_701702421/D-Day.html (2421 words)

	American Experience \| Bataan Rescue \| Transcript
		The 125 Rangers could begin a march from their advanced base at 2:00 PM and reach the camp twelve hours later.
		Many of the Rangers kept looking at Prince, saying, you know, well, we're going to have initiate this thing, this is getting too late -- They didn't really understand it was taking F Company so long to get back to the back and fire the first shot.
		Some big Ranger got a hold of a litter that was hanging up there, and we throw them three people on that litter and away we went.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/bataan/filmmore/pt.html (6461 words)

	Raiders or Elite Infantry?The Changing Role of the U.S. Army Rangers from Dieppe to Grenada - Questia Online Library
		- 5: The Anomaly of the 6th Ranger Battalion
		In Europe, the 2d and 5th Ranger Battalions were serving as police for the military government and marking time with drill and athletics when, in June 1945, theater headquarters decided to inactivate them.
		The Army had planned to use some of the veterans of the 2d and 5th as fillers for the 6th Ranger Battalion in the invasion of Japan, but the Japanese surrendered before they could reach the Pacific.
	www.questia.com /PM.qst?a=o&d=28017140 (430 words)

	CHAPTER 4
		The artillerymen, restless from their long inactivity, were given the choice of Ranger duty or the replacement depot; most elected to stay, and volunteers from the depots soon filled out the unit.
		While one platoon, on signal, eliminated the guards in the rear and on one side of the stockade, another broke through the main gate to rake the garrison's quarters with automatic fire, and a third broke into the prisoners' section and liberated the astonished captives, most of whom had to be carried to freedom.
		The same factors enhanced the performance of the Ranger battalion, and the Rangers were able to undertake a variety of missions, which varied according to the demands of the tactical situation.
	www.army.mil /CMH-pg/books/wwii/70-42/70-424.html (8891 words)

	Welcome to the 4TH BATTALION
		The 4th Battalion, 2nd Brigade of the South Carolina State Guard is based in Williamston, SC.
		The 4th Battalion is commanded by Major John Shands and it's mission is to support all military operations as required, in the Military District of South Carolina.
		The 4th Battalion has a long and proud history of service to the state of South Carolina and that tradition is continued to this day by the men and women which make up the 4th.
	www.scsg4th.org (196 words)

	Ghost Soldiers: The Epic Account of World War II's Greatest Rescue Mission - PowerBookSearch!
		This January 1945 rescue mission was led by the U.S. Army's Sixth Ranger Battalion, which grappled with a retreating Japanese Army that possessed a vast superiority in numbers.
		Led by Colonel Henry Mucci and Captain Robert Prince, these Rangers, who had yet to taste active combat, trekked 30 miles behind Japanese lines to effect the rescue, haunted all the while by the knowledge that if their secret mission was leaked, the POWs would probably be massacred by their captors.
		The horrific situation of the prisoners, the story of the Rangers' raid and its ultimate success are related here not as a detached military account but as the gripping story of the individuals involved.
	www.powerbooksearch.com /booksearch038549565X.html (3910 words)

	Forums at the Society - The Equine Origins of the 6th Ranger Battalion
		Forums at the Society - The Equine Origins of the 6th Ranger Battalion
		The Equine Origins of the 6th Ranger Battalion
		P.S email me at golpeo_rapidamente@bigpond.com and i can end you some pics og the 98th, i sent a pic of the 97th (sister battalion to the 98th) to Pat but he hasnt posted it yet.
	www.militaryhorse.org /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4986 (554 words)

	ArmyRanger.com :: View topic - 6th RTB NCO is Ft. Benning NCO of the Year
		6th RTB NCO is Ft. Benning NCO of the Year
		Assigned to B Company, 6th Ranger Training Battalion, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Conner has split his time between training for the Soldier of the Year competition and the Best Ranger Competition.
		each day for the Ranger competition, and when he's not in the field, his head is buried in a book studying for the Army Soldier of the Year board.
	www.armyranger.com /bb/viewtopic.php?t=10581 (223 words)

	Infantry Magazine: Medical evacuation and training during Ranger School - Training Notes
		A platoon of 40 Ranger students walks through the swamps along the Yellow River on the Florida Panhandle.
		The illumination is zero and the nearest road is an unimproved trail two kilometers away, with the Boiling Creek to their back.
		Today, the 6th Ranger Training Battalion, responsible for the Florida Phase of Ranger School, is expertly supported by aircrews from the XVIII Airborne Corps.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0IAV/is_1_91/ai_89811391 (334 words)

	Event History
		In 1998 after several years of researching World War II, our CEO Tim Torey and his wife Lisa, decided that too much attention was being placed on the 2nd Ranger Battalion during the Invasion of France, 6 June, 1944 and that other Ranger units were being forgotten.
		In July of 2002, the groups name changed to the "5th Ranger Infantry Battalion Re-enacted" and the organization began to achieve individualized recognition, separate from a parent society.
		In August 2004, the 5th had the opportunity to be invited and attended the WWII Ranger Reunion in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
	www.5thrib.com /past.htm (760 words)

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