U. S. Rangers
Abstract
The Rangers were organized over in North Ireland in June of 1942. They were organized, it is my belief at least, because our Chief of Staff, General Marshall, had been over in Great Britain and had been in Scotland. and he was very much impressed with the Commandos and the type of work that the British Commandos had done. He was particularly impressed by the type of training that the British Commandos went through in their training center. He came over to North Ireland and he made the statement that he wanted a similar organization out of the troops there--out of volunteers of the 5th Corps. Hence, the Rangers were born. My Rangers were formed up in a little town called Carrickfergus, North Ireland, and was formed completely with volunteers from the 5th Corps. About 50 per cent came out of the 34th Division and about 40 per cent came out of the 1st Armored Division and the final 10 per cent came out of the 5th Corps at large. We were formed there, organized, and moved quickly to Northern Scotland to the Commando depot, which was commanded by SS Brigade, British, which is the headquarters for the Commandos. And there we had a month of very intensive training at this depot under very realistic conditions. The British Commandos were very keen on realism in their training, and it was very real indeed, and was exactly what we needed for a background.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 27, 1944
- Accession Number
- ADA640831
Entities
People
- W. C. Darby
Organizations
- National War College