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Darby's Rangers (released in the UK as The Young Invaders) is a 1958 American war film starring James Garner as William Orlando Darby, who organizes and leads the first units of United States Army Rangers during World War II.
Darby's Rangers: Directed by William A. Wellman. With James Garner, Etchika Choureau, Jack Warden, Edd Byrnes. The lives, loves, and battles of fictional characters in the Army's First Ranger Battalion during WWII.
In 1958, the motion picture Darby's Rangers, starring James Garner as Darby, dramatized Darby's military exploits. Wayde Preston also played a character role based on Darby in the 1968 film Anzio . In 1992, Darby was inducted into the Ranger Hall of Fame.
The 1st, 3rd, and 4th Battalions were known as Darby's Rangers. The 2nd and 5th Ranger Battalions proudly carried on the Ranger reputation as they entered the war on D-day on the beaches of Normandy. The 6th Battalion carried on in the Pacific Theater as they fought in the jungles of the Philippines.
Darby’s Rangers conducted key raids during Operation Torch. The first involved knocking out two forts on November 8, 1942, at the port of Arzew in Algeria to pave the way for regular Army forces. Two Ranger companies silenced the 75mm guns of Fort de la Point, while the other four companies captured a larger installation called Fort du Nord ...
These were “Darby’s Rangers,” members of the U.S. 1st Ranger Battalion, recruited earlier that month in Northern Ireland from among the 34th Infantry Division and the 1st Armored Division. Their leader was a lean, young West Pointer from Arkansas named William Orlando Darby.
The 1st, 3rd, and 4th Battalions were known as Darby's Rangers. To provide command and control for these three Ranger Battalions, the 6615th Ranger Force (Provisional) was established. This force was rounded out with the addition of the 83rd Chemical Mortar Battalion, and the 2/509th Parachute Infantry Regiment. The battle-seasoned 1st ...
Darby and the 1st Rangers are Formed. The U.S. Army did not have special operations units in 1941. That quickly changed when America declared war on the Axis and entered WWII.
The 1st Ranger Battalion formed and commanded by Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) William O. Darby in Scotland and which fought in North Africa was superbly led and extremely well-trained. 2 In the spring of 1943, following the battles at Arzew and Djebel el Ank, the Rangers were a unit at the peak of combat efficiency.
Lt. Arnold Dittman. Venetia Stevenson. Peggy McTavish. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. Stationed in Scotland, Maj. William Darby (James Garner) and the men under his command are...
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