HERE'S TO THE RANGERS

That is, the first of the Army Rangers.

Tomorrow marks the 63rd anniversary of the 6th Ranger Infantry Battalion securing outlying islands in the Phillipines and guiding naval forces to the landing beaches.

Preliminary ops for the Leyte invasion began at dawn with minesweeping operations and the movement of the 6th Rangers toward three small islands in Leyte Gulf. Although delayed by a storm, the Rangers were on Suluan and Dinagat by 1230. On Suluan they dispersed a small number of Japanese defenders and destroyed a radio station, while they found no enemy on Dinagat. On both, the Rangers proceeded to erect navigation lights for the amphibious transports to follow three days later. The Rangers occupied the third island Homonhon, without opposition the next day.

Hear, hear!