Working to better educate the Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, community on the historical significance of Black soldiers as part ...

Matt Cunningham Matt Cunningham, EVP of Product at Availity, spent nine years in the Army in light and mechanized infantry units, including the 2nd Ranger Battalion.

Officers of the 1st Ranger Battalion in Scotland. Captain Roy Murray, the first from the left in the front row, would later become the senior Ranger on the Dieppe Raid, F Company commander, and ...

The Ranger Battalions of World War II consisted of: * The 1st Ranger Infantry Battalion, activated June 19, 1942, in Northern Ireland.

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 26: D-Day veterans, former commander of 1st Ranger Battalion retired Army Ranger Sgt. Joseph J. Drake (L) and retired Army Sgt. John Wardell (R) attend a ceremony on Capitol ...

He was honorably discharged in December 1945 after the deactivation of the 2nd Ranger Battalion. Drake returned to Hawley and worked for the Ashland Tree Company.

Joseph Drake, 100, of Hawley, is one of five surviving U.S. Army Rangers who served in World War II. He received a Congressional Gold Medal recently.

Since their inception in the 1st Ranger Battalion in 1942, this group has taken on high-risk missions from airborne raids to direct combat.