This page is dedicated to all the Airborne troops. I am proud to say I was a
member of the 101st, 187th, and 82nd Airborne Divisions. There is no feeling
like that of free falling and gliding down to earth, just you and your main.
The feeling is so undescribeable, it just makes you want to stay up forever.
The history of the Airborne is quite interesting and I have some links at the
bottom of the page to the 101st and 82nd history in Vietnam.
member of the 101st, 187th, and 82nd Airborne Divisions. There is no feeling
like that of free falling and gliding down to earth, just you and your main.
The feeling is so undescribeable, it just makes you want to stay up forever.
The history of the Airborne is quite interesting and I have some links at the
bottom of the page to the 101st and 82nd history in Vietnam.
History
On Okinawa in 1954, the 75th Infantry Regiment was formed.
Filling its ranks were the Ranger Companies that had fought in
Korea plus the remnants of the 475th Infantry (which was formed
from the 5307th Composite Unit, Merrill's Marauders). Ob
February 1, 1969, the 13 Ranger companies of the 75th Infantry
began operations in Vietnam. Their mission was similar to that of
Korea. Individual companies and detachments were assigned to
Division and Corps headquarters to perform patrols,
reconnaissance, raids, and scouting missions. In addition, the
Rangers conducted prisoner snatch, bomb damage assessment, and
wiretap missions. While the Rangers were all Airborne qualified,
most missions were executed following a helicopter insertion.
The ranks of the 75th began to swell as Long Range Patrol (LRP)
units were added to their Regiment. Soon the Rangers began
conduction Long Range Reconnaissance Patrols (LRRPs) using 6
and 12 man teams. Ranger units would often run behind enemy
lines for weeks at a time conducting raids and ambushes whenever
possible. Other Ranger units were deployed far ahead of American
forces to call in naval gunfire and air strikes on enemy positions.
Since they operated so far ahead, the Rangers were able to direct
strikes against enemy headquarters compounds and rescue
American POWs.
The units of the 75th Infantry were so successful in their
operations, the Secretary of the Army dubbed them Neo
Marauders. After the Vietnam War ended, the 75th Regiment
became the nucleus of the first peacetime Ranger unit in American
History when it was redesignated the 75th Infantry (RANGER).
On Okinawa in 1954, the 75th Infantry Regiment was formed.
Filling its ranks were the Ranger Companies that had fought in
Korea plus the remnants of the 475th Infantry (which was formed
from the 5307th Composite Unit, Merrill's Marauders). Ob
February 1, 1969, the 13 Ranger companies of the 75th Infantry
began operations in Vietnam. Their mission was similar to that of
Korea. Individual companies and detachments were assigned to
Division and Corps headquarters to perform patrols,
reconnaissance, raids, and scouting missions. In addition, the
Rangers conducted prisoner snatch, bomb damage assessment, and
wiretap missions. While the Rangers were all Airborne qualified,
most missions were executed following a helicopter insertion.
The ranks of the 75th began to swell as Long Range Patrol (LRP)
units were added to their Regiment. Soon the Rangers began
conduction Long Range Reconnaissance Patrols (LRRPs) using 6
and 12 man teams. Ranger units would often run behind enemy
lines for weeks at a time conducting raids and ambushes whenever
possible. Other Ranger units were deployed far ahead of American
forces to call in naval gunfire and air strikes on enemy positions.
Since they operated so far ahead, the Rangers were able to direct
strikes against enemy headquarters compounds and rescue
American POWs.
The units of the 75th Infantry were so successful in their
operations, the Secretary of the Army dubbed them Neo
Marauders. After the Vietnam War ended, the 75th Regiment
became the nucleus of the first peacetime Ranger unit in American
History when it was redesignated the 75th Infantry (RANGER).
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