8th Ranger Company -- Korea

[Jim]

CARLISLE — Standing on the shot-scarred Hill 628, E.C. Rivera, the 8th Ranger Infantry Company’s communications chief, surveyed the Korean landscape and knew what was coming.

With only a 50-pound radio and an Army-issued rifle at his side, Rivera watched Chinese forces stream over the hill. Between shots, he frantically radioed for help. None came. He knew, he said, that he and his buddy, shooting below with a Browning Automatic Rifle, were all that stood between life and death for the 100-plus Rangers in a clearing below.

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[RangerX]

Hair raising....

[IEDmagnet]

Awe inspiring.




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[Jim]

During the Korean War there were two 8th Ranger Companies. The 8th Ranger Company trained at Ft. Benning and deployed to Korea under the command of CPT James Herbert. The other, the 8th Army Ranger Company was trained in Japan and deployed to Korea under the command of CPT Ralph Puckett and later, J Paul Vann. The scary part of being an old fucker is that I know all three of these Rangers.