SSG Schroeder was sorely missed by the remaining members of the detachment. The PAPA Company Rangers continued patrolling the DMZ, Khe Sahn area, the Citadel, Rockpile, and the Tri-Border Area until they began stand down procedures on 23 July 1971. In Kontum Province, the Rangers participated in the battle of Tay Nguyen, in which still another multi-division NVA attack was smashed. Today, in the first decade of the 21st Century, US Army Rangers are a force that can be anywhere in the world in 18 hours. At the time, Kelly fulfilled the slot of supply sgt biding his time until the LRRP was approved by the Pentagon and upon approval, Kelly would become the LRRPs first 1st Sgt. The Bear Cat Long Thanh area east of Saigon was where the division was initially concentrated. c. Approval of Special Qualifications Identifier V to identify parachute/ranger qualified personnel and the placement of SQI V in second priority behind SQI S (Special Forces). 8. On 21 January the company began its move to return to Bien Hoa to rejoin the 101st Airborne Division which was formulating relocation plans. On 1 February 1969, Company E (LRP) was realigned as Company G (RANGER), 75th Infantry (Airborne). Each of the field platoons completed a seven-day preparatory program that included instruction on communications, map reading, tracking, prisoner snatches, demolitions, ambush techniques, sensor emplacement, and familiarization with repelling, rope ladders, and McGuire rigs. Official Statement of Lineage and Honors The recon teams also operated effectively from Navy Patrol Boats that scoured the Song Vam Co Dong and landed ambush parties along the mud flats and reed-covered shores. In doing so they killed four enemy who had approached their parameter. ), CSM Mike Tardif (Ret.) 6. On May 8,1969, two teams led by SSG Zochak and SGT Reynolds, combined to discover a large Sapper Training Area. By the end of April on to May 1970 emphasis was place on heavy teams and on having these elements maintain 50% security during their ONH. Other types of missions including prisoner snatch, ambush, etc. This move was a permanent change of station (PCS). When the war finally ended with the fall of Saigon in 1975, most of the Ranger leaders were considered too dangerous by the communist government, and sentenced to long periods of incarceration in the dreaded reeducation camps. As an example, General Do ke Giai, the last commander of Ranger forces, spent more than 17 years imprisonment for his fervent anti-Communist resistance. Credit needs to be given to the personnel of the LRRP platoon and the 50th Infantry Detachment (LRP) for establishing the doctrine that would become SOP for Company F (Ranger), 75th Infantry. radio operator, and a scout observer. Again, immediately after insertion, the team made contact with an enemy squad. Urination was permitted by twinkling dawn twigs to avoid noise Coughing was not allowed, a muffled cough could alert the enemy. In order to be an elite Lurp, one must volunteer and then pass the Company Recondo School. The platoons mission is that of penetrating enemy territory for route, point, and area surveillance. So, the LRRP was ready to go. It also saved lives of many U.S. servicemen through their intelligence gathering. To the west were woodland triple canopy jungles, foot hills and steep mountains all the way into Laos. For six months the reconnaissance detachment performed important surveillance and ambush work in the Binh Hoa and Long Binh area of operation. Personnel of the 75th Infantry will wear the patch of the Corps/ Field Force or Field Army to which they are assigned. Ho Chi Minh was a founding member of this body. The team killed one NVA (probable), broke contact, and were extracted. During the month of July 1970 the company conducted 31 missions with emphasis again placed on reconnaissance intelligence. History [ edit] Ranger team Octopus, operating in the Spear Valley, engaged an unknown size enemy force resulting in 1 NVA WIA (confirmed) and several more NVA WIA (probable). At the end of this time the team leader stated he suspected he was being surrounded. Christophers team was also to conduct equipment experiments as assigned by the G3, Christophers former boss. 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. At the R&R Bar, a fight erupted between the Rangers and Marines, A Marine removed a Ranger beret from a dancing girl. They operated in areas that were primarily under night-control and often day-control of the enemy. He had them exterminated. The Rangers suffered heavy losses of 5 US WIA and 2 US KIA during the contact. Before final extraction of the team could be completed another Ranger was killed by an RPG. 1SG Clarence J. Carden 12 Mar 69- 18 Mar 69 So the prospects for the year 1968 were bright. PSG Harold Kaiama Before long, K Company would adopt the 4 man team as standard. 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. Twelve men in Company Headquarters and non-TO&E Attachments. At the conclusion of the course each class completed a 36 hour combat patrol accompanied by four Ranger advisors. The team broke contact and called in gunships on the enemy positions. Due to the fact that major NVA units were infiltrating the 101st recon zone, the company concentrated its efforts on possible routes of march in the Khe Sahn plains. They engaged the enemy but were pinned down and suffered heavy losses. Company E, 52nd Infantry, (LRP) was a 120 man-sized long-range reconnaissance patrol unit attached to the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) in Vietnam in 1967-69. LRRPs were well received by Infantry commanders and their legend grew among rank and file infantrymen. Both teams were extracted under emergency conditions during the next two days with negative friendly casualties and two more VC/NVA killed. When relatives come to retrieve the body the subsequent explosion kills four of them.(From:Douglas Pike, The Viet Cong Strategy of Terror, 1970). Hanoi lost any hope of mounting a major offensive for nearly two years after this appropriate and long awaited attack on their sanctuaries. The LRRP detachment could not be maintained at full strength (4 teams / 16 personnel) due to combat losses of the infantry battalions, who requested that their (SD) personnel be returned. Even though it was disbanded over 33 years ago, the unit still exists today in the hearts and memories of the 100 or so men who served with it during its short existence. This left General Weylands II Field Force without any long range patrols for intelligence gathering that the infantry units needed. 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. On 13 May 69, LZ Baldy was attacked by a NVA Sapper Force. Other tasks included, but were not limited to, guarding the rice harvests and denying the enemy access to the agriculture rich coastline. Often the cost of such intelligence was high and might have been higher had not the Rangers had the full support of the 2/17 Cavalry. The new Company Commander was Captain Gary F. Bjork a graduate of both Airborne and Ranger Schools. Based on their findings, larger U.S. forces knew where to, and where not to, pursue the enemy. 75th Ranger Regiment Association, Inc. All rights reserved. The detachment was authorized by army regulation as an (Airborne) unit. 1LT Robert Suchke Feb. to July 1971, PSG Donald Brickle Company C effectiveness was hindered by poor logistical response, supply and equipment shortages, and transient relations with multiple commands. The U.S. Valorous Unit Award was awarded to the 21st, 32d, 41st, 43d, 77th and 91st Ranger Battalions. Our minds and hearts are with those valiant Rangers who died in these battles. In conformity with this schedule on 1 February Brigade commander Brigadier Gen. Frederic Davis activated Company M (Ranger), 75th Infantry. Bourne. These new members were well trained by the time the company Stood Down. Learn More 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. PAPA Company Ranger teams were usually inserted and extracted by helicopter, but also used the assets of the 5th Infantry Division (MECH) which resulted in stay-behind missions and direct insertions by tanks and armored personnel carriers. The 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional was the first U.S. ground combat force to meet the enemy on the continent of Asia during World War II. James Tedrick, Lt. Winslow Stetson, and Lt. Edwin Garrison were chosen as the officers for the LRRP Platoon. The following events took place in the Highlands of South Viet Nam over the course of that one year: these are examples of Viet Cong revolutionary STRATEGY not isolated incidents during 1969: o March 13th: Kon Sitiu and Kon Bobanh, two Montagnard villages in Kontum province, are raided by terrorists; 15 persons killed; 23 kidnapped, two of whom are later executed; three longhouses, a church and a school burned. Since October 1965, the platoon has been employed in all the Brigades tactical operations. The next day the team found two blood trails. Our support came in the form of a ground reactionary force and support for helicopter insertion and air fire support. Ranger Team Gavin, led by Sgt Wyatt (Body Bag), made contact with an estimated enemy platoon in reinforced bunkers. Unit members did not request award of medals. On 1 February 1969, most of the active army LRRP companies and detachments were deactivated as LRRP units and reactivated as companies of the 75th Infantry Regiment. SFC Andrew Smith Here the emphasis was placed upon reconnaissance and surveillance of roads and trails through out the area. The next day the team again engaged the enemy resulting in 1 NVA KIA by the detonation of a claymore mine. Ranger proficiency flourished under these conditions, and MACV expressed extreme satisfaction with Company Cs results. 4th Combined LRRP Units Roster |K75 Ranger 4th I.D. With little sleep in between missions, as missions came, the patrols continued. On 13 June Ranger Team Ohio, led by 1LT Currahee Grange, made a raid northeast of FSB Shock for the 1st Bde. Basically, the teams would be reorganized into a section concept of organization and will have two scouts who will be sniper trained and equipped. Three teams were at LZ Bronco at Duc Pho in support of the 11th Infantry Brigade. The team initiated contact killing one NVA/VC, and fought its way to the LZ where it engaged and killed another NVA/VC. Just prior to extraction 2 NVA/VC were killed when they attempted to turn around one of the teams claymore mines. SSG Toomey was still the 1SG and was promoted to Sergeant First Class (SFC E-7) and shortly afterward moved to a staff position in Division G2. Every team leader and nearly every assistant team leader in the 78th infantry Detachment (LRP) (ABN) were either Recondo or Ranger qualified. For many soldiers, facing disciplined and aggressive enemy soldiers was an unpleasant task compared to fighting the guerrillas in the old Pineapple zone. Poor weather conditions again hampered team deployment. [1] Fifteen Ranger companies were formed from reconnaissance units in Europe and Vietnam with lineage to Merrill's Marauders (5307th Composite Unit). Whitcomb was a Jungle Expert and attended Panamas Jungle Operation Training Course (JOTC); he was also Airborne qualified and rated as a Master Parachutist. Non-airborne and airborne personnel were required to attend training. On 1 February 1969, as part of the U.S. Army Combat Arms Regimental System (CARS), all U.S. Army Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP) units were reorganized as the 75th Infantry Regiment (Ranger). While the 25th Division was in Cu Chi, its 3rd Brigade was still in Pleiku with its LRRPs referred to as Bronco LRRPs. There were two men in the 1st Cav Division who strongly believed that a Division LRRP capability would be beneficial to the 1st Cav Div. For instance, several fire missions might have to be worked simultaneously, with the relay specialist in communication with both the Artillery and the team(s) needing it. Company C was moved to Pleiku city on 29 March 1970, and placed under operational control of the aerial 7th Squadron of the 7th Cavalry where they conducted thirty-two patrols in the far western border areas of the Central Highlands. Supported by the 1st Scout Battalion, the 297th Infantry and the 38th Special Forces Group, but plagued by high winds, dense fogs and maintenance problems (which prevented systematic patrolling), the maneuver still stands as one of the few combatant incidents that occurred, outside and during the Vietnam War period. This is what Pol Pot accomplished so efficiently in Cambodia in 1975 1978. Their mission given was to provide the 3d Brigade, 82d Airborne Division (Separate) with long range reconnaissance and surveillance and if necessary engage and destroy the enemy. K/75th Rangers. Each Headquarters section created the structure for the platoon, cleared missions for the teams, briefed and debriefed Team Leaders before and after missions (sometimes at Division HQ, when timely information was deemed critical), and staffed an extensive communications element that included dedicated radio relay teams to support teams in the extremely remote and isolated mountain areas. This was an area long occupied by the NVA who excavated caves and fortified these regions with bunkers, spider holes, tunnels, trenches, and underground shelters. ! Class size varied according to the number of volunteers during that period. The Ranger companies were composed of small, heavily armed long range reconnaissance teams that patrolled deep in enemy-held territory. It was not uncommon to field teams of two or three personnel. During 1973, 1974 and 1975, the Rangers continued to be employed in a variety of critical combat roles, performing intelligence and reconnaissance missions and providing the ARVN with a quick reaction force. (Mech.) The company suffered its first causality of the year on April 27, 1969, when Julian D. Dedman was in a helicopter that was hit by ground fire, exploded and burned. a. Pre-owned. Six members of the unit made the supreme sacrifice on Ranger missions. No other combat recon units waged reconnaissance and intelligence gathering operations under circumstances more difficult than those with the 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam. Missions assigned by the lst Bde., 5th Inf. 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. The beret had been denied the Rangers primarily because of senior officer opposition to further distinctions between unit paratroopers. Ranger Team Cubs, led by SGT Georgia Peach Duran, which was on radio relay for the platoon conducting the ambush on Rt 548, made contact with a large enemy force in reinforced bunkers. Ranger units were deployed by helicopter far ahead of American forces. The Rangers broke contact and had an emergency extraction. Division, flew in Support of 4th Division LRRPs and K Co. Rangers; Photo at right: Call sign, Gator 834, 4th Aviation Bn., 4th Inf. In December 1968, CPT James McWilliams took command of the company and 1SG Howard Slaughter took over the First Sergeant duties from 1SG Whitcomb as he departed. All ARA and gunships in the area received heavy 12.7mm fire. The most significant accomplishment of the team was its success in locating and confirming the identity of elements of the 5th NVA Regiment. When inclement weather forced the closing of the outlying firebases due to re-supply problems, Co L found itself in a new role, that of working sometimes as far as 70 KM from Camp Eagle, depending on 175 Howitzers firing at maximum range for support and fair to poor or no communications. The unit was awarded a Rest and Relaxation (R&R) week off following heavy action, and while there, the Big Red One Rangers lost the freedom to wear the unofficial Ranger black beret. Team members had a wide variety of Military Occupational Specialties (MOSs) and training was usually done on the job. Most of us were Ranger tabbed. The company however remained effective and continued to provide valuable intelligence information to Division. On 5 December 1968, the Chief of Staff, United States Army, approved the activation of the 75th Infantry as the parent regiment for all Department of the Army Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP) units and the parenthetical designation (Ranger) in lien of (LRRP) for these units. The ARVN, at least those personnel selected for this program, were unable to equal the earlier success achieved by integrating Rhade tribesmen into the LRRP Hawkeye teams. In the following months many more missions were conducted with similar results. The Ranger structure gave the 199th a reinforced combat reconnaissance and surveillance capability. 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. 6. Physical training became intense and difficult. The enemy was never quite sure who was on his trail. Although poor weather conditions hampered Ranger operations during the month of January, the number of enemy sightings increased during this period. Ranger Officers train and fight alongside the men. (The awards and decorations section contains the names of the individuals who received the Bronze Stars with V and the Silver Star). December saw the Company patrols continue to operate far out in the Divisions recon zone, depending on 175 Howitzers for support. On 12 November 1969, Ranger teams were extracted for the last time. In addition to being selected for tactical and technical proficiency, many Ranger advisors were graduates of the Military Assistance and Training Advisory Course (MATA) and Vietnamese Language School. The Rangers also worked for the 2d Bde, north of FSB Rifle. Photos of Rangers Other Vietnam Photos Ranger Team 25 "We're Crashing, We're Crashing" Extraction of Team 31 50 Years Ago Today A Very Important Person . E 51st LRP was involved in numerous long-range patrol (LRP) missions that required heavy hunter/killer combat teams in the field, and sniper missions were also performed as needed. Operations that F/51 LRP were involved in include the following operations: Virgin- 11/28/67 to12/2/67, Kick-Off I- 12/3/67 to 12/5/67, Kick-Off II- 12/13/67 to 12/27/67, Uniontown III-Boxspring- 2/10/68 to 3/28/68, Wilderness-Toan Thang I- 4/2/68 to 5/23/68, Toan Thang II- 5/23/68 to 6/22/68. Another helicopter incident took the life of Keith W. Hammond on May 5, 1969 during an extraction in the Ruong Ruong Valley. Company F, 58th Infantry was constituted on 15 May 1917 and organized on 5 June 1917 at Gettysburg National Park, Pennsylvania, as an element of the 4th Division. Ranger Team Indianapolis led by SGT Hannibal Barr, observed heavy enemy truck movement along Rt 548. However the Rangers gained confidence as its incessant raiding began to unbalance NVA and VC attempts to safeguard previously uncontested supply lines and caches. The 4th Infantry Division LRRP (Provisional) had earned its reputation as one of the finest units of its type in Vietnam. Company C then concentrated its teams in support of the 4th Infantry Division by reconning major infiltration routes in the southwestern HINES area of operations until 28 March. These missions were run in conjunction with A Troop 2/17 Cav and personnel stayed with Papa Company (Ranger) 5th Mech who are also located at QT. The LRPD also conducted important military intelligence tasks for the Mobile Riverine Force within the Mekong Delta. A six-man patrol, led the 1LT John W. Gay, Jr., was emploged into the mountainous jungles north-west of fire support base Birmingham. 5. He served with the 101st Airborne during the Vietnam War. In March 67, Lt. Hall began gathering a Montagnard Tribe, (Rhades) which he set up west of Ankhe in their own camp. and administration. macv495soglrp@sbcglobal.net. The LRRPs were getting good at what they did. Flexible patrol arrangements were combined with imaginative methods of team insertion, radio deception, and nocturnal employment. When the Khmer Rouge (Red Cambodians) were finished with the revolution, no one in Cambodia was left alive but communists, survivors, and orphans. Long-range detachment patrols were designed to infiltrate objective areas prior to division operations and obtain information on enemy locations and perform terrain analysis, lengthy ground searches were required, because many trails and streams were covered by thick jungle canopies and not observable from the air. The company was led by 1LT Mountain Man Montano. Ranger units assumed the responsibility of providing the primary ARVN mobile reaction force in each Tactical Zone a far larger geographical operating area. Went to Vietnam and served as a squad leader Echo Co recon. Radio relay teams were frequently called on to provide support for several teams operating in conjunction with each other. You are entirely on your own. The Company was placed under the control of G3, II FIELD FORCE and were OPCON to specific Brigades and Divisions operating in III Corps Tactical Zone. These young EM were also experienced soldiers, many with over two years time in grade, but who were passed over for promotion by their TO&E units because of their detached duty status. As team Ferrari moved off the LZ they immediately received heavy fire from three sides. On 8 February 1970, Ranger Company D was released from 3d Squadron, 17th Calvary, and placed under the operational control of the 199th Infantry Brigade. LRPs did this to gain training and experience in the Delta environment The missions designated as SEAL-ECHO were the highly selective patrols. Throughout history the need for a small, highly trained far ranging unit to perform reconnaissance, surveillance, target acquisition and special type combat missions has been readily apparent. Whom shall I send and who will go for us? Operating in the Nhi Binh area, from late February to the middle of May, the Rangers conducted numerous operations gathering valuable intelligence data an enemy activity in the area as wen as accounting for five (5) VC KIA. This duty was extremely hazardous, because it involved transmitting signals from a static location. There were some exceptions though; Company C, 75th Infantry (Ranger) had a strength of 230 men divided into a company Headquarters, operations section, communications platoon, and four patrol platoons. Using state of the art, scoped weapons, Ranger Snipers picked off individual NVA with rifle shots that came out of nowhere, leaving shaken survivors to tell the tale. Ranger Team Mosbey, led by Sgt Murphy (Duce), made contact with two to three NVA while on a point reconnaissance. The company joined the two teams already in the area and secured the area which was to become Camp Eagle. 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