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William O. Darby (February 8, 1911 – April 30, 1945) was a career United States Army officer who fought in World War II, where he was killed in action at age 34 in Italy. He was posthumously promoted to brigadier general. Darby was the founding commander of the First Ranger Battalion, which evolved into the United States Army Rangers.
Wildflecken Kaserne Wildflecken: transferred to Bundeswehr: Wiley Barracks Neu-Ulm: closed 1991 Wilkins Kaserne Ludwigsburg: Will Kaserne: Munich: transferred to Bundeswehr: 1968 now known as Fürst-Wrede-Kaserne W.O. Darby Kaserne Fürth: closed 1995 Wolfgang Kaserne Hanau: closed 2008 Würzburg Hospital Würzburg: closed 2008 Yorkhof Kaserne ...
The base was formally dedicated on 15 November 1952 as Camp Darby, and is named in memory of Brigadier General William O. Darby, Assistant Division Commander of the 10th Mountain Division, who was killed by enemy artillery on 30 April 1945 on the shore of Lake Garda, Italy.
The 6615th landed at Peter Beach in the port of Anzio, on January 22, 1944.It suffered very few casualties and moved into the city itself. After the U.S. VI Corps occupied Anzio, the corps commander, Major General John P. Lucas and the 3rd Division commander, Major General Lucian Truscott, met with Colonel Darby and decided to have the Rangers sneak behind the German lines and capture the town ...
Korpsnachrichten-Kaserne 1934–1994 Saar-Kaserne; Jensen Kaserne (U.S. Army use) Waldmann-Kaserne (Bundeswehr use) Funkkaserne 1936–1992 Prinz-Eugen-Kaserne 1937–2009 Lohengrin-Kaserne (Nazi Germany) Peterson Kaserne (U.S. Army use) McGraw Kaserne: 1945–1992 parts were used from the Reichszeugmeisterei (Nazi Germany) Kronprinz-Rupprecht ...
During this battle, the 1st, 3rd, and 4th U.S. Army Ranger battalions, the 83rd Chemical Mortar Battalion, and the 509th Parachute Infantry Battalion, which had been brigaded as the 6615th Ranger Force (Provisional) commanded by Colonel William O. Darby, were assigned to support the renewal of an attack by Major General Lucian Truscott's 3rd ...
On 29 May 2008, the 94th Field Artillery cased its colors on Strassburg Kaseme in Idar-Oberstein, Germany for its re-stationing to JBLM, WA. In June 2011, Alpha Battery 1-94 FAR deployed to Iraq for Operation New Dawn for a six-month rotation in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The 3rd Missile Battalion, 84th Artillery Regiment was formed at Fort Sill in 1963 and deployed to Heilbronn, West Germany under the 56th Field Artillery Group. It was initially equipped with four Pershing 1 nuclear missiles, upgraded to six in 1964 and eight in 1965 and in 1969 replaced these with 36 Pershing 1a missiles. The battalion was ...