U.S. Army Rangers from WW II to the War on Terrorism, 1945-2001
The U.S. Army disbanded its Ranger units at the end of World War II. Army Ranger companies were re-created – …
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The Son Tay Raid
May 1970: Air reconnaissance photographs of the North Vietnamese town of Son Tay, about 35 kilometers west of Hanoi, had …
MERRILL’S MARAUDERS, 1944
Journalists called them Merrill’s Marauders. Officially, they were the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional). To the transportation planners, they were Shipment …
Zeebrugge 1918
In 1917, Britain was in danger of defeat. Germany’s U-boats (submarines) were choking seaborne commerce. In April 1917 alone, 169 …
75 Years of U.S. Army Rangers: A Legend Begins, 1942
He did not look like an American soldier. This man, walking up a street in Liverpool in 1942, was wearing …
1917: Special Operations Begin
The nature of war changed a century ago. At the height of World War I, as massive battles of annihilation …
Worldwide SOF: Evolving to Meet Emerging Threats
In recent years, special operations forces (SOF) in many countries have moved from being a peripheral element of national security …