3rd Ranger Battalion (United States)

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dates= 1943-1945
1954-1956
1969-1971
1984-present
country= United States
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type= Infantry battalion
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battles=Operation Just Cause
Battle of Mogadishu
Operation Enduring Freedom
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decorations=Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Valorous Unit Award
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identification_symbol_2_label=The 3rd Ranger Battalion is one of three battalions of United States Army Rangers. They perform special operations, as well as light infantry missions and are based in Fort Benning, Georgia.

History

3rd Ranger Battalion was organized October 3, 1943 in the Army of the United States in the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations of World War II as an element of the 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional).

This unit was consolidated August 10, 1944 with Company F, 475th Infantry Regiment (Long Range Penetration, Special) (constituted 25 May 1944 in the Army of the United States), and consolidated unit designated as Company F, 475th Infantry Regiment. This unit was inactivated 1 July 1945 in China.

The unit was redesignated June 21, 1954 as Company F, 75th Infantry Regiment, in the Army of the United States, and was allotted on October 26, 1954 to the Regular Army. It was activated November 20, 1954 on Okinawa, and was inactivated there on March 21, 1956.

The unit was again activated on February 1, 1969 in Vietnam, and was again inactivated on March 15, 1971 in Vietnam.

This unit was again redesignated October 2, 1984 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 75th Infantry, and activated at Fort Benning, Georgia (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated).

Headquarters and Headquarters Company consolidated February 3, 1986 with former Company A, 3rd Ranger Infantry Battalion 3rd Battalion, 75th Infantry Regiment, concurrently redesignated as the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment.

Annex

*Constituted 21 July 1943 in the Army of the United States as Company A, 3rd Ranger Battalion; concurrently consolidated with Company A, 3rd Ranger Battalion (Provisional) (organized 21 May 1943 in North Africa), and consolidated unit designated as Company A, 3rd Ranger Battalion
*Redesignated 1 August 1943 as Company A, 3rd Ranger Infantry Battalion
*Disbanded 15 August 1944
*Reconstituted 25 October 1950 in the Regular Army as the 3rd Ranger Infantry Company
*Activated 28 October at Fort Benning, Georgia
*Inactivated 1 August 1951 in Korea
*Redesignated 24 November 1952 as Company A, 3rd Ranger Infantry Battalion
*Consolidated 15 April 1960 with the 1st Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Regiment, 1st Special Service Force (activated 9 July 1942), and consolidated unit redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 13th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces
*Withdrawn 14 December 1960 from the Regular Army and allotted to the United States Army Reserve (organic elements concurrently constituted)
*Group activated 1 March 1961 with Headquarters at Jacksonville, Florida
*Headquarters and Headquarters Company inactivated 15 April 1963 at Jacksonville, Florida (organic elements inactivated 21 January 1966)
*Former Company A, 3rd Ranger Infantry Battalion, withdrawn 3 February 1986, consolidated with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 75th Infantry, and consolidated unit redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment (remainder of 13th Special Forces Group, 1st Special Forces - hereafter separate lineage)

Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

*World War II:
#Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead)
#Tunisia
#Sicily (with arrowhead)
#Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead)
#Anzio (with arrowhead)
#Rome-Arno
#Normandy (with arrowhead)
#Northern France
#Rhineland
#Ardennes-Alsace
#Central Europe
#New Guinea
#Leyte (with arrowhead)
#Luzon
#India-Burma
#Central Burma

*Korean War:
#First UN Counteroffensive;
#CCF Spring Offensive;
#UN Summer-Fall Offensive

*Vietnam:
#Counteroffensive, Phase VI;
#Tet 69/Counteroffensive;
#Summer-Fall 1969;
#Winter-Spring 1970;
#Sanctuary Counteroffensive;
#Counteroffensive, Phase VII

*Armed Forces Expeditions:
#Panama (with arrowhead)

Decorations

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for EL GUETTAR
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for SALERNO
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for POINTE DU HOC
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for SAAR RIVER AREA
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for MYITKYINA
*Valorous Unit Award for BINH DUONG PROVINCE
*Valorous Unit Award for MOGADISHU
*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for UIJONGBU CORRIDOR
*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1951
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1969
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1969-1970
*Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1969-1970

References

* [http://www.soc.mil/75thrr/75th_home.htm 75th Ranger Regiment: Fact Sheet] . U.S. Special Operations Command. United States of America.

External links

* [https://www.infantry.army.mil/75thranger/index.asp Official 75th Ranger Regiment Website]