56th ANNIVERSARY of TODAY'S 75th RANGERS

 

There we were plugging along doing our best to make life miserable for the North Vietnamese and VC, when ol' Westy (General Westmoreland to youngsters) decided that all the LRPs and LRRPs were doing such a great job that they should be called Rangers and reactivated the 75th Rangers, tracing our heritage from WW II's Merrill's Marauder. And the 75th Rangers were reborn on February 1, 1969.

 

And, yes, I was part of that. My company, which was part of the Fourth Infantry Division — formerly E Co. 58th Inf. LRP/LRRP (part of the 1st Squadron 10th Cavalry) — became Company K, 75th Rangers (Abn).

 

And that, as they say, is how it happened.

 

Happy 48th to all the LRPs, LRRPs and Rangers out there.

And, yes, that's moi on a mission circa 1968. Picked the best seat in the house.