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The 1st Ranger Battalion captures a French coastal gun at Arzew, east of Oran, in the early hours of November 8, 1942.

LTC William O. Darby, CO 1st Ranger BN in Arzew,, Algeria.

1st Ranger Battalion, Company “F” Arzew 1942
Photo courtesy Ranger Donald Frederick 1st/4th Ranger Battalions

Rangers and Arabs in North Africa
Photo courtesy Ranger Donald Frederick 1st/4th Ranger Battalions

1st Rangers, led by Darby, who secured the gun battery high above the port of Arzew
Note the ships in the background holding troops who landed only after the Rangers secured the area
Photo courtesy Ranger Donald Frederick 1st/4th Ranger Battalions

Father Basil (in beret)
(Photo courtesy Ranger Donald Frederick 1st and 4th Ranger Battalion)

1st Ranger Battalion “C” Co

1st Ranger Battalion, Company “B” Arzew 1942
Photo courtesy Ranger Bill Arimond 1st/3rd Ranger Battalions

The 1st Ranger Battalion marching over hilly Algerian terrain in late January 1943, shortly before the raid against an Italian outpost at Sened Station in southern Tunisia.

1st Ranger Battalion, Company “D” Arzew December 1942
Photo courtesy Ranger Gino Mercuriali 1st Ranger Battalion

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