Ranger Advisors Memorial

[Jim]

The Advisors to the Vietnamese Rangers (Biet Dong Quan) memorial is pictured below:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jim Ryder
March 18, 2009 Airborne & Special Operations Museum
100 Bragg Blvd., Fayetteville NC 28301
(910) 643-2774, pr@asomf.org


U.S. Army Ranger Advisors to Dedicate Monument at Airborne & Special Operations Museum

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - A monument honoring the U.S. Army Ranger Advisors will be unveiled and dedicated Saturday, March 28, at 10:30 a.m. at the Airborne & Special Operations Museum.

The U.S. Ranger Advisors served with the elite Vietnamese Rangers (Biet Dong Quan), a professional group with a total commitment to their courageous brother-in-arms who faced death daily in close combat. They fought side-by-side with the Rangers in the front lines of some of the greatest battles of the Vietnam War. The last Ranger Advisors left Vietnam in March 1973.

In 1966, General Harold K. Johnson, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, described the Military Advisor, Vietnam. "Out there with an ARVN battalion, a Special Forces trained CIDG Strike Force, or accompanying a Regional Force company on a district security operation, carrying his share of ducks in his belt, the Advisor and his small team are entirely dependent upon others with whom they frequently don't even share a familiar language. The battlefield is a lonely place; they are the loneliest people in the world-these Advisors in the districts and with ARVN battalions and Special Forces units."

The Ranger Advisors were the first training teams sent to Vietnam to assist in organizing and training Ranger Units and were provided by the U.S. Special Forces from Fort Bragg and Okinawa in 1960. The BDQ Advisor exhibit covering the legacy of the Biet Dong Quan is on display at the museum.

All former Ranger Advisors are encouraged to participate in the dedication on Saturday, March 28th 2009, 10:30 a.m. at the Airborne & Special Operations Museum, 100 Bragg Boulevard, Fayetteville, North Carolina. Other interested persons are cordially invited to attend the ceremony.

For more information contact BDQ Unit Director Bill Miller at 803.641.9504.

THE MUSEUM
Located in downtown Fayetteville, the Airborne & Special Operations Museum is part of the U.S. Army Museum System and tells the story of Army airborne and special operations units from 1940 to the present. Museum hours: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon - 5 p.m. Sunday. Closed Monday; open Federal holiday Mondays. For more information call 910.643.2774 or visit the website at http://www.asomf.org" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.

[Ranger Bill]

A very appropriate addition at the Special Ops Museum. Hand salute.

[Everett Ruess]

Excellent. Very glad to see that happen.

[Rangerguru]

Very log overdue.

[Jim]

Very log overdue.

Thanks. As there are so few of us, we have tried to get around. We have one in Arlington National Cemetery, one at Ranger Training Brigade and now one at Bragg. Not bad for a small unit.

[LRS Guy]

A well deserved memorial for men who wrote one hell of a chapter in the historybooks.

[Ranger Ron]

Congratulations Jim! You all certainly earned the recognition.

[Steadfast]

Congratulations Jim! You all certainly earned the recognition.

Agreed. You certainly had your ass hanging out back then.

[another damn texan]

Awesome news.

[Jim]

Wanted to follow up. Pictures of the ceremony:

http://www.75thrra.com/BDQ_Monument_Dedication.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Bravo57]

Awesome. Thanks for the pics Jim.