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1st Ranger Battalion

1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment
1 Ranger Battalion Shoulder Sleeve Insignia.svg
1st Ranger Battalion shoulder sleeve insignia
Active 1942–44, 1948–51, 1974–present
Country  United States of America
Branch Emblem of the United States Department of the Army.svg United States Army
Type Specialized Light infantry
Role Special operations
Size Battalion
Part of 75th Ranger Regiment CSIB.svg 75th Ranger Regiment
Garrison/HQ Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia
Engagements

World War II

Korean War
Vietnam War
Operation Eagle Claw
Operation Urgent Fury
Operation Just Cause
Gulf War
War on terror

Commanders
Notable
commanders
William Orlando Darby
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia
75th Ranger Regiment Distinctive Unit Insignia.svg
Unit beret flash
1 Bn 75 Ranger Regiment Beret Flash.svg

World War II

Korean War
Vietnam War
Operation Eagle Claw
Operation Urgent Fury
Operation Just Cause
Gulf War
War on terror

The 1st Ranger Battalion, currently based at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia, United States, is the first of three ranger battalions belonging to the United States Army's 75th Ranger Regiment.

It was originally formed shortly after the United States' entry into World War II and was modeled after the British Commandos during the war. Members from the unit were the first American soldiers to see combat in the European theater when they participated in the failed raid on Dieppe in France in 1942, during which three Rangers were killed and several more were captured. Later, the 1st Ranger Battalion was sent to North Africa where they participated in the landings in Algeria and the fighting in Tunisia in 1943. Also in 1943 the unit provided cadre for two more Ranger battalions created between the campaigns in Sicily and Italy. After World War II, the 1st Ranger Battalion has gone through a number of changes of name and composition as it has been activated, deactivated and reorganized on a number of occasions. However, the unit has lived on in one form or another since then, serving in the Korean and Vietnam Wars before being consolidated into the 75th Ranger Regiment of which it is a part today. Recent deployments have included operations in both Iraq and Afghanistan as part of the wider global war on terrorism.


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