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	William Orlando Darby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Darby was born in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas on 9 February 1911.
		Darby was promoted to the rank of colonel and he led the new unit into combat in North Africa, Sicily, and Anzio.
		Darby was posthumously awarded the rank of brigadier general and is buried at Fort Smith National Cemetery.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_O._Darby (295 words)

	General William O
		Darby 1 March 1950 and assigned to MSTS.
		Darby resumed transatlantic transport duty 18 February and during the next 2 years completed 32 voyages to Bremerhaven and back.
		Darby departed New York 12 August 1965 for transport duty in the Western Pacific.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/g4/general_william_o_darby.htm (498 words)

	William Orlando Darby -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Darby led the famous Darby's Rangers which evolved into the (The army of the United States of America; organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare) US Army (A member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids) Rangers.
		Darby was born in (A town in western Arkansas on the Arkansas River at the Oklahoma border) Fort Smith, (Click link for more info and facts about Sebastian County) Sebastian County, (A state in south central United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War) Arkansas on 9 February 1911.
		Early in the war, Darby served in staff positions, but in 1942 he was assigned to form a new unit that was modeled after the British (An amphibious military unit trained for raids into enemy territory) commando units.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wi/william_orlando_darby.htm (337 words)

	Rangers: selected combat operations in WW II
		Darby remained a battalion commander, but his duties approximated those of a regimental commander, in as much as he was responsible for organizing, training, and controlling three battalions.
		Darby, who was gravely concerned about the virtually nonexistent communications he had with the two lead battalions and the difficult time the 4th Rangers were having, saw well the urgent need to break through the German roadblock.
		Darby briefly commanded the 179th Infantry during the German counterattack at Anzio and was assigned to the Operations Division of the War Department General Staff in Washington, D.C., in April 1944.
	www-cgsc.army.mil /carl/resources/csi/King/King.asp (21204 words)

	The Rangers
		Though Darby left no memoir and his biographers' interests rest in his military achievements, it is safe to assume that Darby was aware of the differences between his background and those of his classmates.
		Darby was aide to General Hartle when he and Major General Edmond H. Leavy opened the headquarters of the United States Army in Northern Ireland at Wilmont House, Dunmurray, on the outskirts of Belfast.
		Major William O. Darby was not only brave in battle and inspiring to his men, but he was also adept at manoeuvering within the army's command structure to ensure that his Rangers were properly supplied.
	www.irelandseye.com /aarticles/history/events/worldwar/rangers2.shtm (4940 words)

	Admiral W. S. Sims
		After operations with the ATS as USAT General William O. Darby, the ship was reacquired by the Navy on 1 March 1950 and reinstated on the Naval Vessel Register on 28 April 1950 as USNS General William O. Darby (T-AP-127).
		Thirteen of General William O. Darby's sailors volunteered to man a lifeboat and brave the 30-foot seas to transfer a critically burned German sailor to the transport for medical treatment.
		General William O. Darby and her sister ship, General Alexander M. Patch (T-AP-122), carried out the longest point-to-point trooplift in MSTS history when they arrived at Vung Tau, Vietnam, on 13 August 1965 with 3,124 troops embarked between them, having sailed from Boston, a voyage of 12,358 miles.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/a3/admiral_w_s_sims.htm (1165 words)

	Darby's Rangers
		Darby is a veteran of battles in North Africa and Italy (he wears the Distinguished Service Cross, Purple Heart, Silver Star and the British Distinguished Service Order) and the organizer of the Ranger force.
		Darby emphasizes, however, that he does not believe 'night fighting will win the war, it's just one way of fighting.' Darby, was a graduate of West Point in 1939 and is a native of Fort Smith, Arkansas.
		Darby's group went in under a fog narrowly missing a fishing boat and back on course after the Captain of the Ulster Monarch ran alongside and retracted their compasses.
	darbysrangers.tripod.com /id4.htm (2599 words)

	Camp Darby
		Camp Darby is probably best known as a recreation destination.
		Under provisions of the agreement with Italy, Camp Darby was the base for the removal of soldiers, equipment and supplies from Austria.
		Camp Darby has a canal used to move the ammunition to Livorno's harbor, where it's loaded on small ocean-going vessels and taken to a port a couple of hours south of here where ammunition ships can load it.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/camp-darby.htm (1875 words)

	The Stars and Stripes - The Digital Journalist
		Colonel William O. Darby stands in the American and British training area in Carickfergis, Scotland, during the fall of 1942.
		Darby carefully picked a handful of volunteer officers for what he called the Rangers.
		Darby's group went from camp to camp to interview troops from the various American units scattered in Ireland.
	digitaljournalist.org /issue0107/ss20.htm (197 words)

	- SHOP.COM
		The legendary William O. Darby and his elite Rangers are part of the lore of the U.S. Army.
		This is the story of Darby's World War II exploits, told in his own words.From the moment they hit the beaches in North Africa to their last desperate struggle at Anzio, Darby's Rangers asked only for one thing -- the chance to fight.
		And at their helm was William O. Darby, a forceful, charismatic man who inspired, and was inspired by, his troops.
	www.shop.com /op/aprod-p25835627 (307 words)

	WWII \| Marauders and Rangers lead the way.
		Major (later Brigadier General) William O. Darby organized and activated the 1st Ranger Battalion on June 19, 1942, at Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, from personnel assigned to the United States Army in Northern Ireland.
		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.
		But singularly the greatest failure to be borne by the commanders, including William Darby, was the lack of proper intelligence.
	www.suasponte.com /WWII.htm (4481 words)

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		The 31-year-old Darby, a graduate of West Point in 1933, soon demonstrated an innate ability to gain the confidence of his superiors and the deep devotion of his men.
		Darby and an officer from Hartle's staff personally examined and selected officers, who, in turn, interviewed the enlisted volunteers, looking especially for athletic individuals in good physical condition.
		I to 4, RG 319, NARA; Darby and Baumer, Darby's Rangers, pp.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/wwii/70-42/70-422.htm (6238 words)

	William O. Darby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Before the existence of Darby's Rangers there was a group of scouts and irregulars known as rangers who fought on the American side in the Revolutionary War.
		Darby wanted to reconnoiter but was overruled on the grounds that time is short and the Italian campaign is behind schedule and there is nothing wrong with our intelligence so why don't you just relax!
		Darby, never one to lead from the rear, was always up where the shooting was.
	users.aristotle.net /~russjohn/warriors/darby.html (633 words)

	William O. Darby
		William Orlando Darby, during World War II, was a commander of the US Army Rangers in Italy.
		Just before the war's end, Darby was killed in action while serving as the assistant divisional commander of the 10th Mountain Division[?].
		The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/wi/William_O._Darby.html (59 words)

	DANFS: USS Admiral W.S. Sims (AP-127)
		William S. Sims, born in 1858 in Ontario, Canada, was appointed to the Naval Academy in 1876 and graduated in 1880.
		After operations with the ATS as USAT General William O. Darby, the ship was reacquired by the Navy on 1 March 1950 and reinstated on the Naval Vessel Register on 298 April 1950 as USNS General William O. Darby (T-AP-127).
		During the period, the ship took part in the mass movement of 50,000 troops to Cherbourg and Bremerhaven during the Berlin crisis in the autumn of 1961, the biggest troop-lift for MSTS since the Korean cease-fire in 1953.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/AP/ap127.html (1408 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: English Confessors and Marytrs (1534-1729)
		William Atkins, S.J., condemned at Stafford, was too deaf to hear the sentence.
		When it was shouted in his ear he turned and thanked the judge; he was reprieved and died in bonds, 7 March, 1681.
		Bishops (2): Richard Creagh, Archbishop of Armagh, in Tower of London; Thomas Watson, Bishop of Lincoln, in Wisbeach Castle.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/05474a.htm (3944 words)

	The Rangers Part 1
		WILLIAM O. DARBY came from Fort Smith, Arkansas, the town where the American West begins.
		Historical makers remind passersby: "Here ended the trail of tears" - the route taken by the Cherokee nation when the US Army, under the command of Andrew Jackson, drove them from their home territory in eastern Georgia and the Carolinas into the dry expanses of the Western wilderness.
		His Fort Smith upbringing would inform Darby's life, and perhaps explain why this young, inexperienced officer was able to create one of the most celebrated units of the Second World War.
	www.irelandseye.com /aarticles/history/events/worldwar/rangers1.shtm (401 words)

	USAREUR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		William O. Darby, who was killed in action in northern Italy, April 30, 1945.
		To reduce the danger in that area, the U.S. agreed to establish a force there; and, on October 25, 1955, the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force was activated.
		With its designation as a support command and later a theater army area command, USASETAF was to be responsible for the reception, preparation for combat, and onward movement of forces entering the southern region for general war.
	www.sitepluto.com /usareur.htm (579 words)

	U. S. Rangers - General William O. Darby Ranger Society - Bill Darby - National Historic Site
		Darby became early in World War II, one of the Army's greatest legendary heroes by activating the U.S. Army Rangers in Northern Ireland, training them in British Commando tradition in Scotland, and then leading his Rangers through four landings in the Mediterranean War -North Africa, Sicily, Salerno, and Anzio.
		General William O. Darby is buried in his beloved hometown, Fort Smith, Arkansas in the Fort Smith National Cemetery.
		Bill Darby's heritage and legacy continue today in the 75th Ranger Regiment, headquartered in Fort Benning, GA. The elite 75th Ranger Regiment is a flexible, highly trained and rapidly deployable light infantry force with specialized skills that enable it to be employed against a variety of targets.
	www.virtualartzone.com /thedarbyfoundation/rangersoc.htm (337 words)

	Darby's Rangers : We Led the Way, Presidio Press, William O. Darby
		This book is based primarily on the memoirs of William O. Darby, the founder and commanding officer of "Darby's Rangers," who dictated the original draft shortly before he was killed in action on April 30, 1945.
		Perhaps, if he hadn't been killed his story and that of Darby's Rangers would be better known today.
		This book in a indepth lok at the struggles of the Darby Rangers and their missions during WWII.
	allentech.net /bookstore/item_0891414924.html (455 words)

	Chronology of Fort Smith (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		— Wiliam O. Darby is born in Fort Smith.
		William Orlando Darby was killed by a fragment from German artillery shell which fell 30 feet from him while in northern Italy.
		Darby was a Fort Smith native and the founder of the modern Army Rangers.
	www.fortsmithhistory.com /archive/chronology.html (2201 words)

	William O. Darby Junior High School in Fort Smith, Arkansas/AR - School Tree
		William O. Darby Junior High School is classified as a "Middle School".
		William O. Darby Junior High School was operational at the time of the last report and is currently operational.
		William O. Darby Junior High School IS NOT a Charter school.
	schooltree.org /050633000360.html (170 words)

	USAREUR Units - SETAF
		The battalion arrived at Brooklyn Army Terminal and boarded the USS General William O Darby shortly before noon on the 7th day of September.
		At 1300 hours after last words with friends and relations, the anchor was raised and the General Darby made its way slowly out of New York Harbor, past the Statue of Liberty and into the Atlantic with friends, families and Greggs waving goodbye from the dock.
		William P. Putorek, Lt. Robert W. Gross, Lt. Edward J. Ehrmann, Lt. Alvin L. Siwak and Lt. Arthur L. Dunphy were all promoted to 1st Lt. The lone Junior Warrant, Mr.
	www.usfava.com /SETAF/USAREUR_SETAF.htm (7672 words)

	History for 595th Military Police Company
		In February 1947, the 793d Military Police Battalion moved to the William O. Darby Kaserne, its present location.
		Finally in September 1948, they returned to William O. Darby Kaserne, where the Headquarters Detachment, 793d Military Police Battalion and the 615th Military Police Company are presently located.
		The MP Station was moved from the Palace of Justice to William O. Darby Kaserne on 24 June 1953.
	www.miladv.com /HomePage/UnitPageHistory/1,13506,720489\|769667,00.html (520 words)

	Remarks
		On 24 September 2004 the park in the middle of the former Darby Kaserne was opened for public for the first time.
		The soil for the park admidst the Darby Kaserne is prepared.
		The caserne complex was officially designated on 29 March 1949 as William O. Darby Kaserne in honor of Brigadier General William O. Darby of the 10th Infantry Mountain Division who was killed in action on 30 April 1945 in Tarbole, Italy.
	www.nbg-mil-com.de /Darby/da.html (1035 words)

	ap127 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		William Orlando Darby, born 8 February 1911 at Fort Smith, Ark., graduated from the U.S. Military Academy 13 June 1933 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Field Artillery.
		Manned by a civilian crew, she operated out of New York and, between 1950 and 1953, completed more than 20 roundtrip voyages to Bremerhaven and back to rotate troops and transport military dependents and civilian refugees.
		In response to America's determination to defend the integrity and independence of South Vietnam from external Communist aggression, General William O. Darby departed New York 12 August 1965 for transport duty in the Western Pacific.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/auxil/ap127.htm (555 words)

	Rogers Rangers - World War II Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The 1st, 3rd and 4th Ranger Battalions were founded in Europe and North Africa, under the leadership of Major William O. Darby, and were modeled after the British Commandos.
		Although initially trained to raid German held coastal areas, Darby's Ranger Force was used to spearhead campaigns in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy.
		In 1944, the 1st and 3rd Ranger Battalions ceased to exist as fighting units when they were surrounded and captured by German forces at Cisterna, Italy.
	www.75thrra.com /history/units-wwii-hist.htm (482 words)

	Western Arkansas Tourism \| Attractions
		Built in 1882, this mansion was the home of Judge William H.H. Clayton, the U.S. District Attorney in Judge Parker's Court.
		The boyhood home of General William O. Darby, leader of the Darby's Rangers in World War II; contains tributes to Darby and artifacts from Cisterna, Italy, Fort Smith's sister city.
		Interments date from the War of 1812 and include Judge Parker, many of his deputy marshals and General William O. Darby.
	www.westarkansastourism.com /attractions.asp (2099 words)

	Sine Pari - Without Equal
		"Darby's Rangers" was the name given to the 1st Ranger Battalion, in honor of its commander, Maj. William O. Darby.
		William P. Yarborough, for all SF soldiers to wear their berets for the event.
		William R. Peers and Dean Brelis, Behind the Burma Road: The Story of Americas Most Successful Guerilla Force Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1963.
	www.nightstalkers.com /sof/sinepari.html (8036 words)

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