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Army Ranger hit with shrapnel that felt like ‘bad bee sting’ Bill Manderfeld of Tualatin earned his Purple Heart after serving in Vietnam. After graduating from Central Catholic High School and attending the University of Portland, Bill Manderfeld lost his student deferment because he dropped out of college his last […]
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US Army Rangers just scaled towering seaside cliffs to re-enact one of D-Day’s most dangerous missions Early in the morning on June 6, 1944, US Army Rangers stormed the beaches of Normandy and scaled 100-foot cliffs under fire to eliminate German artillery that threatened the Allied spearhead into enemy-occupied Europe.
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One of D-Day’s most famous, heroic assaults may have been unnecessary Pointe du Hoc, France – Seventy-five years ago Thursday, a battalion of elite U.S. Army Rangers scaled the 100-foot promontory here overlooking Omaha Beach, with nothing more than ropes and rickety ladders. As enemy gunfire and grenades rained down, […]
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Black Hawk Down / Jeff Struecker / Ranger Valor / Rangers Deployed September 29, 2013
READ MORESgt. Jeff Struecker Remembers Black Hawk Down in New Documentary Sergeant Jeff Struecker was 24 years old when he led a squad of men through Mogadishu in an assault mission that quickly took a horrific turn. In an interview with ‘This Week,’ Struecker remembers the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu and […]
