The unit also led the Division in the Expert Infantry Badge (EIB) competition, with most of the detachment earning the coveted award. F Company, 75th Rangers was deactivated 15 March 1971. During the units Vietnam service, the Delta Rangers performed 458 patrols that reported seventy separate sightings of enemy activity and clashed with NVA/VC forces on sixty-five occasions. Hood, TX, (still have the scroll), Pathfinder (was in a Pathfinder platoon so I am a real Army Pathfinder . However, the tactical requirements always exceeded the number of school slots, and most advisors depended upon lessons learned the hard way, and the good luck to have a Vietnamese counterpart who understood English. The 71st (LRP) highlighted the LIGHT, SWIFT, and ACCURATE trademark of the brigade. Helicopter support was limited at this time so all missions were conducted within easy walking distance of the perimeter. SSG Christopher was team leader. The mission of our outfit (K company, Ranger, 75th Infantry) was Long Range Reconnaissance Patrols (LRRP: pronounced lurp). In late April Company C shifted support to the 173rd Airborne Brigades Operation WASHINGTON GREEN in northern Binh Dinh Province. For communist soldiers who walked into a K Company ambush or fell victim to a Ranger directed air strike or artillery fire mission, the last thing on their minds might be trying to guess what went wrong as they disintegrated from the world in the firestorm of war. RECONDO teams were trained and tasked for three primary missions: As Scout/Observers along the trail systems, these teams reported on enemy movements and remained unobserved themselves. Ranger courses were established at three training sites in May 1960: Da Nang, Nha Trang, and Song Mao. Their training is arduous and specialized. Such is the Soldiers lot. Short History of 75th Infantry Before long, K Company would adopt the 4 man team as standard. Their mission and the force structure of the units they advised demanded more experienced and thoroughly trained individuals. They engaged the enemy but were pinned down and suffered heavy losses. James visited Special Forces units and collected old debts as described by James. The First Field Force rangers were notified of pending disbandment as part of Increment IX (Keystone Oriole-Charlie) of the Army redeployment from Vietnam. When the 9th Infantry Division began phasing out of Vietnam in July 1969, the rangers renamed themselves Kudzu Rangers after the operational code word for the close-in defense of Dong Tam. For some additional photos from John, Click HERE. 1LT Maxwell was Airborne and Pathfinder qualified. During the month of October, this unit deployed 22 Ranger Teams. During the remainder of the month other Ranger Teams were active in the abandoned Firebase Ripcord area. The unit was known as Mackenzies Lerps because it was assigned to the 4th Cavalry known as Mackenzies Raiders after Colonel Slidell Mackenzie who had commanded the unit from 1870 to 1882 with proficiency. You are entirely on your own. There are now three Airborne Ranger Battalions. 1,116 likes, 15 comments - ArmyRangerHistory (@armyrangerhistory) on Instagram: "Ranger 1LT David L. Grange, L CO/75th on the radio during Operation Bushmaster in AUG 1971- Vietn . In a setting that combined classroom instruction in the science of ballistics, shooting, camouflage and stealth, and with an abundance of live fire range time, Rangers were trained to engage individual targets at long range at night and in daylight. . US Army C Company 75th Infantry Regiment AIRBORNE RANGER - Vietnam War Patch N Nikolaos Paliousis E/20/LRP & C/75/RGR First Field Force Vietnam 1967-1971 Navy Special Forces Military Salute Green Beret Us Marines Espionage United States Army Beirut Cold War E 20 LRP PLT at Plei me special forces camp II corps central highlands RVN december 67. As the unit neared deactivation, word was received that the beret could be put back on officially unofficially. The coveted black beret of the Big Red One Rangers was not won, bought, awarded as a school diploma, or even officially recognized; but it signified respect among fellow Rangers who shared the experience of enemy combat beyond friendly lines. Team locations needed to be plotted and updated with Defensive Target registrations, and coordination was needed to alert the teams for extraction, requiring the relay teams to be on the radio with the focus team, the extraction choppers and any gun platforms that might be essential in a hot extraction. The commander of the 191st borrowed and transferred equipment to the LRRP. To the North were DaNang and the DMZ with mountains, rolling hills and coastal waterways. Most patrols were 5 or 6 man teams, but several heavy 12 man patrols were conducted if previous information suggested that a contact was likely. Unit: L CO, 75TH INFANTRY, 101ST ABN DIV, USARV CASUALTY DATA Start Tour: 08/11/1969 Incident Date: 10/26/1969 Casualty Date: 10/26/1969 Age at Loss: 21 Location: Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam . Upon deployment to Southeast Asia, the 3d Brigade, 82d Airborne Division (Separate) included no standard ground patrolling components, Col. Bolling authorized his three Battalion Commanders to form ad-hoc reconnaissance/security elements as they were required. Based on their findings, larger U.S. forces knew where to, and where not to, pursue the enemy. Because of the successful missions of Christophers experimental team, another team was formed in Feb 67. Unit members did not request award of medals. During the next 50 years the unit did not remain on continuous active duty but was inactivated and reactivated at its services were needed. Twenty-seven days were devoted to company movements with sixty-five days of tactical operations each move necessitating adjustment with novel terrain, unfamiliar aviation resources, and fresh superior commands. Allocations to Nha Trang and length of training time encouraged the formation of a 25th Division Recondo School which quickly brought volunteers to a workable patrol knowledge level. Results of the contact were one NVA KIA and 2 NVA POW. Known as the steel refinery of the ARVN, the centers conducted training in both jungle and mountain warfare. One of these teams, Ranger team Bills, headed by SSG Spear Houser determined the location of the 1/803rd NVA Regiment. From December 66 to June, 1967, the detachment was commanded and staffed as part of the S-2 (intelligence section), 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry, which rendered Helicopter and ready-reaction assets to the LRRPs from the 10th Cavalrys Troop D, Aero-Rifle Platoon.. This description by a pilot who flew for Special Forces in their long range mission profile is informative: For insertions we normally flew a light fire team comprised of two gun ships. The 50th Infantry continued to operate in III Corp region of Vietnam which included War Zones C and D which contained the floating enemy command for all of Vietnam (COSVN). During mid February, 1970, K/75TH Rangers participated in a POW rescue mission called, Operation Wayne Stab II. Ranger Headquarters pulled all the teams in, refitted, resupplied, and redeployed the whole company as a unit for the first and only time, in a concerted attempt to rescue some American Prisoners of War. b. Despite this, the Reliable Reconnaissance Patrollers, Riverine Rangers, and Go-Devil Rangers manifested sound tactical doctrine and imaginative techniques in adjusting to the alien Mekong Delta environment and applied undeviating pressure against the Viet Cong havens and their supply lanes throughout the division term of service in Vietnam. The above regiments had a broad mix of infantry battalions, mechanized infantry battalions, infantry rifle companies and LRP companies. Thus the blueprint for future American military operations was taken from the realm of theory and set into practical application. 1969 Co H (Ranger), 75th Inf. The results were two NVA killed (probable) and from the exploitation of the 3/5 Cav, a large cache site was found. The team employed ARA and artillery and were extracted only to be inserted onto a new LZ. LINEAGE AND HONORS COMPANY F, 58th INFANTRY Constituted 15 May 1917 in the Regular Army as Company F, 58th Infantry Organized 5 June 1917 at Gettysburg National Park, Pennsylvania, as an element of the 4th Division Inactivated 21 June 1922 at Fort George Wright, Washington Demobilized 31 July 1922 (concurrently, 58th Infantry relieved from assignment to the 4th Division) Reconstituted 8 April 1942 in the Regular Army as Company F, 58th Infantry Activated 24 April 1942 at Fort Lewis, Washington Reorganized and redesignated 26 January 1944 as Company B, 204th Infantry Battalion Inactivated 8 March 1945 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi Redesignated 30 September 1948 as Company B, 43rd Armored Infantry Battalion Activated 28 January 1949 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, as an element of the 2nd Armored Division Inactivated 1 July 1947 in Germany (concurrently, 43rd Armored Infantry Battalion relieved from assignment to the 2nd Armored Division) Redesignated 1 July 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 5th Battle Group, 58th Infantry Redesignated 10 January 1968 as Company F, 58th Infantry; concurrently, activated in Vietnam. Other Airborne Rangers forming part of the initial detachment were SGTs Clifford N. Mize, Bobby Freeman, and SFC Bobby McMeans. Their activities were of a covert nature which comprised of sixteen daily flights between Alaska and Europe. In the early days after CARS, K/75th was attached to 1st /10th Cavalry for logistical support (supplies, weapons, etc.) The month of November was the last operational month for L Co Rangers in Vietnam. To Naamon Grimmetts web site that is linked to by going to military.com unit pages and going to F Co INF ABN LRSC for the inception of F/51st and their lineage to Vietnam. The Rangers of Papa Company, 75th Infantry (Ranger) in formation for an awards ceremony in 1970. 10 (Ranger) of the 1st Cavalry Division (AM) during combat operations in the Republic of Vietnam. On 25 August 1971, Company N (Ranger), 75th Infantry was solemnly deactivated. By spring, 1970, the 4th relocated its headquarters to Camp Radcliff, near An Khe, and again went on the offensive during the Cambodian cross-border incursion in May and June of 1970. Major George M. Heckman replaced Major Zummo in November of 1968 and remained until the Company was disbanded in January 1969. Whatever the reason, the Iron Rangers performed with valiant determination in reconnoitering some of the most persistently dangerous enemy strongholds in South Vietnam.. ! Class size varied according to the number of volunteers during that period. July 1970. Every Ranger, however, believed that these were not ordinary pilots Helicopter Crews that flew Ranger missions in the Central Highlands without doubt ate at Gods mess Hall. This duty was extremely hazardous, because it involved transmitting signals from a static location. In 5 major add 30 minor engagements they met and defeated the veteran soldiers of the Japanese 18th Division. Shortly after its official activation the LRRP Company moved from its headquarters at Bien Hoa Army Base to the city of Song Be to assist in securing that city. Company L also integrated sensor monitoring with their teams with some very favorable results. The unit was consolidated with the assets and soldiers of the deactivated 11th Infantry Brigades 70th Infantry Long Range Patrol Detachment in December 1967, as Long Range Recon Patrol Detachment (Airborne) LRRP-D(A). Morale was high, and volunteers for the LRRPs were not hard to find. NVA truck movement in the Highlands began shortly after nightfall and normally trailed off about 3:00 a.m. to allow time for the unloading, dispersal, and concealment of supplies and vehicles before daylight. A team is usually employed for a period of 5 days, but will vary according to the current tactical situation. The contacts were exploited by 2nd Bde. On 1 February 1969, Co. P (RANGER) 75th Infantry was activated to perform reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition for the 1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division (MECH). When the entire 101st Airborne Division arrived in Vietnam, he and other members of the 1/101 LRRP detachment joined the divisional Long Range Patrol company, F Company, 58th Infantry (LRP), and served as a RTO, scout, assistant team leader, and recon team leader. The six commanders of Company I (Ranger), during its approximate one year of existence, were CPT Allen A. Lindman, lLT Jerry M. Davis, CPT Reese M. Patrick, MAJ Hamor R Hanson, MAJ James J. McDevitt, and CPT Robert D. Wright First Sergeants were Carl J. Cook and Jack D. Franks. While there would be no Regimental Headquarters for the Rangers at that time, the Regimental Colors were placed at Fort Benning, Georgia. These handpicked men, who reported officially to the unit on 2 January 1967, would be the cornerstones of the 196th Light Infantry Brigades Provisional Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP) (pronounced Lurp) Detachment and trainers for the units future patrollers. An influx of Ranger School graduates in late 1969 improved overall operations but actual school-trained Rangers and RECONDOs remained scarce. The latter part of May found the Rangers in the Hobo Woods area, although operating for only a short time in this area, Company 0 (RANGER) conducted some of its most successful operations which accounted for four (4) VC KIA. In addition, he allowed his troops to carry any weapon that they were comfortable with in the battlefield. The result was one VC/NVA killed (by bodycount) and probably two others, but the bodies could not be spotted from the air. Maximum of 18 Characters 256 Add to cart Hooray! The company, now under the command of Maj. Bill V. Holt, served as the combat patrol arm of Task Force South until 25 March 1970. SFC Fred Zabitoski [CMOH]. Sgt. SSG Ronald Christopher was also selected by the G2 and G3 to head up the first team of the Cavalry LRRPs. It quickly became apparent to Major General Fred C. Weyand that a reconnaissance/specialty unit was needed to supplement 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry who were mounted troops and had the mission of providing road security and were ill equipped or trained to perform dismounted reconnaissance missions. Vietnam Memorial: SGT: Dunn, Ralph Gerald: 31-68: February 16, 1969: Co K 75th Inf "Ranger" P32W43: SSGT~ Pelletier, Richard William: 4-69: March 24, 1969: Co N 75th Inf "Ranger" . Investigation showed that one radio and all weapons had been taken from the bodies and claymore wires had been cut. They learned his technique for movement and deployment along his main supply lines, routes of travel, and in staging areas in remote mountain locations and on the high plateaus. They also provided training for the 1st ARVN Division Reconnaissance Company. On 14 August 1/Lt Robert L. Friedrich OF100676 accepted the command. The Rangers suffered heavy losses of 5 US WIA and 2 US KIA during the contact. Division reconnaissance initially from October 1965 had relied on the armored 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry. Three teams at Chu Lai Beach Company Recondo School Instructors. Teams directed the fires of gunships and artillery as many as 200 times throughout the year. A reaction unit from 2/17 Cav was called in to secure the team and its POW and the whole element was extracted five hours after the ambush had attained success. A security wheel of members with one staying awake at all times would be formed at the monitoring site off of enemy trails or underground tunnel homes. (267) 884-5802 From 23 April to 21 June, 1968, thirty ARVN personnel were trained and integrated into E/58th LRP teams. Westmorelands message did not apply to the 1st Cavalry Division because of three things. In mid July 1970, the rangers were moved to fire support base Mace, near Gia Ray in Binh Tuy province. Support for the PAPA Company teams was provided by REDLEG artillery units at firebases A4 (known as Alpha 4) and C2 (known as Charlie 2) which were located just south of die Demilitarized Zone, a buffer zone that separated North and South Vietnam. The brigade Tet-69 campaign lasted from 9 February to 26 March 1969 and marked the first independent employment of a Ranger company in screening operations of the Vietnam war. Twelve operational teams of six men each composed entirely of enlisted personnel. The 75th Infantry has a history which dates back to only 1943. This section would still be employed under the same tactical concept as the present team. The team broke contact at 1700 hours after having received 2 US WIA and was heading for the LZ when it again made contact resulting in 1 US KIA, 1 US WIA and 2 NVA/VC KIA. The road showed signs of heavy of heavy foot and truck traffic within 24 hours but due to the element of surprise and the swiftness with which the raids were executed the enemy could not react. At the end of this time the team leader stated he suspected he was being surrounded. This concept was influenced by the British Special Air Services (SAS) successful use of small independently operating deep reconnaissance patrols. In the southern Phu Hoa district, the Rangers were frequently employed as stay-behind forces. During this month 18 Ranger Teams were deployed in support of the 2d and 3d Bde. The U.S. Valorous Unit Award was awarded to the 21st, 32d, 41st, 43d, 77th and 91st Ranger Battalions. During 1969 the company conducted 310 Long Range Patrols, almost twice the number as the previous year, accounting for 21 enemy killed, and a larger undetermined number killed and wounded from the supporting fires of gunships, artillery and TAC Air directed by the teams. However, the Brigades were not using LRRPs in the best possible way. The white star represents the Star of Burma. PSG Harold Kaiama They remained in Dalat less than a month before being sent back to rejoin Task Force South at Phan Thiet. PSG Aubrey Batts Five helicopters were used the lift ship, a chase ship, two gun ships, and a Command and Control ship. Most of the personnel were the cadre of Fort Campbells RECONDO school who had flown by C141 to Bien Hoa only within the preceding two months, and members of the First Brigades Reconnaissance Platoon. Aerial Rocket Artillery accounted for at least 9 NVA KIA. In the later months, fewer missions were conducted. 4th Combined LRRP Units Roster |K75 Ranger 4th I.D. Vietnamese Ranger units and individual soldiers received a wide range of awards for valor and heroism from both the Republic of Vietnam and the United States. Aircraft over-flights and detections of surfaced submarines were reported frequently. The persistent Ranger reconnaissance campaign continued to relentlessly, as sustained pressure was applied on the network of supply lines used by the two enemy regiments. The units close cooperation with the Chinese forces in the china-Burma-India Theater is represented by the Sun symbol from the Chinese Nationalist Flag. Faced with aggression from communist North Vietnam and widespread terrorist and guerrilla activities of the Viet Cong, the government of South Vietnam asked the Free World for assistance. On 1 February 1969, P Company (Airborne) 75th Infantry (Ranger) was activated to perform reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition for the 1st Brigade, 5th Infantry Division (MECH). September 1965 saw a training program initiated and the first team was tactically employed in October, 1965. In early July 1966, General Westmoreland sent a message to all Infantry Divisions that they would form a Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Company. and administration. 58th Infantry 1917. b. In November 1969 the brigade permanently increased the size of the company to full company strength of 128 Rangers. On one occasion elements of the company responding to an enemy ambush of an American truck on this road killed one fleeing enemy. Life and death was on the line. In order to be an elite Lurp, one must volunteer and then pass the Company Recondo School. The Ranger Companies of the Viet Nam War were in continuous combat longer than organized companies of Rangers in any other war, then or since. SFC Tardif was also an Airborne Ranger who had served previously with the Canadian Army. James Tedrick, Lt. Winslow Stetson, and Lt. Edwin Garrison were chosen as the officers for the LRRP Platoon. The new team members were received with caution, but after a few patrols and contacts, the Chieu Hois were very much accepted and welcomed with few exceptions. The rapid deployments into Pleiku and Ahn Khe provided insufficient time for teams to gain sufficient information about new terrain and enemy situations prior to insertion and they sometimes lacked current charts and aerial photographs. By 5 February 1969 the rangers had interdicted so many supply trails that he 274th VC Regiment was reduced to eating bananas and roots. Under G Company, the unit was also accredited with the location of more than 8,000 enemy soldiers, numerous enemy base camps, routes of infiltration and supply, caches and training sites. The Companys achievement and performance were admirable in every respect. . 1. Artillery, ARA, and gunships were employed the remainder of the day. As the unit withdrew from Vietnam, the men left wearing their berets with pride. This was not always the case as some teams were authorized to ambush earlier in their mission, depending on circumstances. The company differed from other infantry companies in that it had 4 independently operating line platoons with each having seven six-man patrols. These 2 scouts will be added to present team organization. In the high number of hot pickup Zones (PZs), which were literal enemy territory jungle hell-holes with firing much brighter than Fourth-of-July fireworks, helicopters were frequently riddled with AK-47 fire. The instructors of the Company Recondo School were the patrol-hardened MACV Recondo qualified Veterans of 196th LRRP Detachment and LRRP-Det (A). F/75 Unit DirectorJohn McGee6110 N Lecanto HWYBeverly Hills, FL 34465. On 7 January 1944 the designation regiment was changed to unit. So.Captain Jim James, a company commander of the 1st of the 8th Cav was selected for the job of LRRP Detachment Commander. Tasked to cut major exit points of the Ho Chi Minh trail that hemorrhaged NVA soldiers and war materiel into the Central Highlands, the 4th Infantry Division fought one of the bloodiest battles of the war in October 1967, at the Battle of Dak To, where Ivymen killed approximately 1,600 NVA soldiers. I was with Golf Company attached to the 23rd ID (Americal) and worked in both the Chu Lai and DaNang areas. the relative aggregate of Iron Rangers casualties was not exceeded by any other Ranger company [in Vietnam]., the only debate is whether this figure was attributable to being in the thick of fighting or being under an overzealous and aggressive division operations section. 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