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HISTORY
  • Army Rangers:


  • 1670 Capt. Benjamin Church ~ Kings Phillip’s War


  •             1754 Major Robert Rogers ~ 9 Companies – “Rogers’ Rangers”


  •             North Africa


  •             Italy


  •             D-Day
  • - 2nd Ranger Battalion are the first soldiers to storm Omaha Beach.
  • - Point da Hoc – Rangers are commanded to take out five 550mm cannons in a heavily armored bunker on top of a 100 foot cliff. The Rangers were instructed to scale the cliff using rope ladders, while carrying 30lb rifles. When the Rangers reached the top, they encountered an already destroyed bunker containing no cannons. The cannons had been relocated; they were eventually found and destroyed. By taking out these powerful weapons, the Army Rangers saved countless American lives.
  •             Korea
  • - 1950 – Army Rangers add an air attack to the arsenal.
  • - One out of nine Rangers die during the Korean War.
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