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Rangers

US Army special forces in World War II; specially trained and equipped highly mobile troops, modelled on the British commandos.

The 1st Ranger Battalion was trained at the British commando training centre in Scotland in 1942, and four more battalions were then raised. They served in the landings in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, and Normandy with distinction. However, some US commanders failed to appreciate their special role and employed them as ordinary infantry. They were disbanded soon after the war.



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I am privileged to be present when the Rocky Mountain Rangers troop the colors and I stand solemn, like the children, and I salute when the flag goes by.
A Horse's Tale by Twain, Mark View in context
Besides all this, he dearly loved the longbow, and a sly jaunt in the forest when the moon was full and the dun deer in season; so that the King's rangers kept a shrewd eye upon him and his doings, for Arthur a Bland's house was apt to have aplenty of meat in it that was more like venison than the law allowed.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Pyle, Howard View in context
Such is the account given by Captain Bonneville of these rangers of the wilderness, and their appearance at the camp was strikingly characteristic.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
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