Effort to Award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II Rangers Moves Ahead

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and bipartisan backers in the Senate and House are racing the clock to get the Congressional Gold Medal for the legendary Army Rangers of World War II, who proved the special operations concept from Normandy to the Philippines.

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