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Patrolling Summer 2011 75Th Ranger Regiment Association, Inc PATROLLING SUMMER 2011 75TH RANGER REGIMENT ASSOCIATION, INC. VOLUME 26 ISSUE I On July 12, 2011 the President will award the Medal of Honor to SFC Leroy Petry for his actions in Afghanistan. Officers’ Messages ........................................1-8 General ........................................9-21 & 62-68 Unit Reports.............................................22-61 CHINA - BURMA - INDIA VIETNAM IRAN GRENADA PANAMA IRAQ SOMALIA AFGHANISTAN PATROLLING – SUMMER 2011 WHO WE ARE: The 75th Ranger Regiment Association, Inc., is a We have funded trips for families to visit their wounded sons and registered 501 (c) corporation, registered in the State of Georgia. We were husbands while they were in the hospital. We have purchased a learning founded in 1986 by a group of veterans of F/58, (LRP) and L/75 (Ranger). program soft ware for the son of one young Ranger who had a brain The first meeting was held on June 7, 1986, at Ft. Campbell, KY. tumor removed. The Army took care of the surgery, but no means existed OUR MISSION: to purchase the learning program. We fund the purchase of several awards 1. To identify and offer membership to all eligible 75th Infantry Rangers, for graduates of RIP and Ranger School. We have contributed to each of and members of the Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol the three Battalion’s Memorial Funds and Ranger Balls, Companies, Long Range Patrol Companies, Ranger and to the Airborne Memorial at Ft. Benning. Companies and Detachments, Vietnamese Ranger We have bi-annual reunions and business meetings. Our Advisors of the Biet Dong Quan; members of LRSU Officers, (President, 1st & 2nd Vice-Presidents, units that trace their lineage to Long Range Patrol Secretary & Treasurer), are elected at this business Companies that were attached to Brigade or larger units meeting. This reunion coincides with the 75th Ranger during the Vietnam War and the 75th Ranger Regiment. Regiment’s Ranger Rendezvous, and is at Columbus, 2. To sustain the Association. Unlike the WWII GA. (Ft. Benning). We have off year reunions at various Battalions and Merrill’s Marauders, the 75RRA accepts locations around the country. members and former members of the Active Ranger Battalions. By doing so we are perpetuating the PRESIDENTS: association. It will not “die off” as these two 1986-1988 Bob Gilbert organizations someday will. 1988-1990 Billy Nix 4. To assist, when possible, those active units and their 1990-1992 Bob Gilbert members who bear the colors and lineage of the 5307th 1992-1994 Roy Nelson (resigned) Composite Provisional Unit (CPU), 475th Infantry Milton Lockett (resigned) Regiment, 75th Infantry (Ranger) Companies (Merrill’s Duke Dushane (appointed by Directors) Marauders), 1st and 2nd Battalions (Ranger) 75th Infantry, the 75th 1994-1996 Roy Barley Ranger Regiment, consisting of Regimental Headquarters 1st, 2nd, and 1996-1998 Rick Erlher 3rd Ranger Battalions, successor units, or additions to the Regiment. 1998-2000 Terry Roderick WHAT WE DO: 2000-2002 Emmett Hiltibrand During the last five years we have provided financial support to the young men of the 75th Ranger Regiment. Each year, through contributions from 2002-2004 Dana McGrath our members and some outside sources, we have provided about 2004-2005 Emmett Hiltibrand $4,000.00 to each of the three Ranger Battalions and $2,000.00 to the 2005-2007 Stephen Crabtree Regimental HQ. These funds enabled the families of the junior enlisted 2007-2009 William Bullen men, (E-5 & below) to get certificates for toys for the children and 2009-2011 John Chester turkeys for Christmas dinner. WHO IS ELIGIBLE: I. Co F (LRP) 52nd Inf. M. Co N (RANGER) 75th Inf. J. Co C (LRP) 58th Inf. N. Co O (RANGER) 75th Inf. SECTION 2: Long Range Reconnaissance K. Co E (LRP) 58th Inf. O. Co P (RANGER) 75th Inf. Patrol L. Co F (LRP) 58th Inf. P. Co D (RANGER) 151st Inf. A. V Corp (LRRP) M. 70th Inf. DET (LRP) B. VII Corp (LRRP) N. 71st Inf. DET (LRP) SECTION 5: Vietnamese Ranger Advisors C. 9th Inf. Div. (LRRP) O. 74th Inf. DET (LRP) BDQ D. 25th Inf. Div. (LRRP) P. 78th Inf. DET (LRP) All units of the Biet Dong Quan (BDQ). E. 196th Inf. Bde. (LRRP) Q. 79th Inf. DET (LRP) F. 1st Cav. Div. (LRRP) R. Co D (LRP) 151st Inf. G. 1st Inf. Div. (LRRP) SECTION 6: 75th Ranger Regiment H. 4th Inf. Div. (LRRP) A. 1st Battalion (Ranger) 75th Inf., activated SECTION 4: 75th Infantry Ranger I. 101st Abn. Div., 1st Bde. (LRRP) in 1974. Companies J. 199th Inf. Bde. (LRRP) B. 2nd Battalion (Ranger) 75th Inf., A. Co A (RANGER) 75th Inf. K. 173rd Abn. Bde. (LRRP) activated in 1974. B. Co B (RANGER) 75th Inf. L. 3rd Inf. Div. (LRRP) C. 3rd Battalion (Ranger) 75th Inf., C. Co C (RANGER) 75th Inf. activated in 1984. D. Co D (RANGER) 75th Inf. D. 75th Ranger Regiment HQ’s Company, SECTION 3: Long Range Patrol E. Co E (RANGER) 75th Inf. activated in 1984. A. Co D (LRP) 17th Inf. F. Co F (RANGER) 75th Inf. B. Co E (LRP) 20th Inf. G. Co G (RANGER) 75th Inf. C. Co E (LRP) 30th Inf. SECTION 7: Long Range Surveillance: H. Co H (RANGER) 75th Inf. D. Co E (LRP) 50th Inf. Any Long Range Surveillance Company or I. Co I (RANGER) 75th Inf. E. Co F (LRP) 50th Inf. Detachment that can trace its’ lineage to, or J. Co K (RANGER) 75th Inf. F. Co E (LRP) 51st Inf. is currently assigned to a Brigade or larger K. Co L (RANGER) 75th Inf. G. Co F (LRP) 51st Inf. element that was deployed to Vietnam as L. Co M (RANGER) 75th Inf. H. Co E (LRP) 52nd Inf. listed in section 2, 3 or 4 above. PATROLLING - SUMMER 2011 A/75-D/17 LRP-V Corps LRRP LRRP DETACHMENT- 3rd ID Bill Bohte Michael McClintock 44155 Camino Azul UNIT DIRECTORS 2323 Armada Way La Quinta, CA 92253 San Mateo, CA 94403 760-345-5590 H-650- 341-7331 Email: [email protected] M/75 – 71st LRP – 199th LRRP E-mail: [email protected] Don Tillisch B/75 – C/58 LRP – VII CORPS LRRP 2513 Ninth St. South ARVN RANGER ADV, (BDQ) Marc L. Thompson Fargo, ND 58103 Bill Miller 80 Rock Ridge Road H-701-280-0648 1090 Brightwood Dr. Morgantown, PA 19543 C-701-367-6130 Aiken, SC 29803 H-610-913-8183 E-mail: [email protected] H-803-641-9504 C-610-763-2756 E-mail: [email protected] F-610-648-9367 N/75 – 74th LRP – 173rd LRRP Email: [email protected] Robert ‘Twin’ Henriksen 2218 Augustine Dr. C/75 – E/20 LRP Ferndale, WA 98248 Del Ayers H-360-393-7790 Th e following individuals are appointed by 2711 E. Pinchot Ave. E-mail: [email protected] Phoenix, AZ 85016 the President of the 75th Ranger Regiment Association to their respective positions in H (602)840-9676 O/75 – 78th LRP order to facilitate the day-to-day operation C (602)576-9676 Michael L. Dolsen of the Association. Email: [email protected] PO Box 190346 Anchorage, AK 99519-0346 D/75 Association VA Advocate H-907-243-5339 Richard “Herd” Nelson Dan Nate C-907-350-4456 407-601-2801 408 Elm Street E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: rnelson134@cfl .rr.com Woodbury Heights, NJ 08097 H-856-848-9174 P/75 – 79th LRP E/75 - E/50 LRP – 9th DIV LRRP C-856-371-7401 Terry B. Roderick Rick Stetson [email protected] Box 1250 25 Carleton Dr. Cocoa, FL 32922-7003 Duxbury, MA 02332 Web Master H-781-934-8504 H-321-631-3213 E-mail: rgrrock@cfl .rr.com Dave Regenthal Fax 781-934-0395 [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] D/151 LRP/RANGER H-239-207-1145 F/75 – F/50 – 25th DIV LRRP Leon Moore USSOCOM Representative Tim Walsh 3433 W. Randolph Co. Line Rd. Smokey Wells 5550 Carleton-Rockwood Rd. Fountain City, IN 47371 [email protected] South Rockwood, MI 48179 H-765- 874-1996 H-313-590-6673 E-mail: [email protected] Gold Star Mother Advocate E-mail: [email protected] F/51 LRP Sandee Rouse G/75 – E/51 LRP – 196th LRRP Russell Dillon [email protected] Stephen Crabtree 39 Pearl St. 59 Crescent Creek Drive, Wakeman, OH 44889 Gold Star Wife Advocate Okatie, South Carolina 29909 H-440- 839-2607 Sandy Harris 843 705 2014 (h) E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] 843 338 2724 (c) E-mail: [email protected] HQ, 75th RANGER REGT Association Legal Counsel Richard (Rick) Barella John Chester H/75 – E/52 LRP – 1st CAV LRRP PSC 45 Box 1248 [email protected] William T. Anton APO AE 09468 James Savage H -702-648-9836 PH 011-44-1423-507480 E-mail:polarbear_ranger_h75_75rra_lm0044@ Cell 011-44-7711-129772 Association Photographer runbox.com E-mail: [email protected] S. J. “Peter” Parker [email protected] I/75 – F/52 LRP – 1st DIV LRRP 1st BN, 75th RANGER RGT Link to site: David Flores Todd M. Currie www.fl ickr.com/photos/rangerpete E-mail: [email protected] Day-719-721-0748 Home-719-576-5084 Graphic Artist K/75 – E/58 LRP – 4th DIV LRRP E-mail: ranger.currie@qcom Dave Walker Roger T. Crunk [email protected] 1159 19 Road 2nd BN, 75th RANGER RGT Fruita, CO 81521 Kevin Ingraham State Coordinator H-970-858-4579 PO Box 1911 Vacant E-mail: [email protected] Binghamton, NY 13902-1911 Reunion Coordinator L/75 – F/58 LRP – 1/101st LRRP 607-771-0399 David Cummings Jerry Gomes E-mail: [email protected] PO Box 1570 [email protected] Sandy , OR 97055 3rd BN, 75th RANGER RGT 503-668-6127 Scott Billingslea E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] 1 PATROLLING - SUMMER 2011 75th Ranger Regiment Association WEB SITE & MAGAZINE NEWS P.
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