Show 1 1 IS irilk I -i 0-75- 4 4'6! y-1- 1 - v- 0 '47-177- Ire " 1 0 ' AMBUSH Ranger trainee on a night patrol OURAGE TES is jumped by "enemy" given a judo somersault He must fight his way tree by General Mark W Clark Chief of Army Field Forces ' One of America's most famous generals describes the Army's new super-toug- h Ranger course — and the men it produces Photographs 1r W Weve HAT Is courage? We in the Army think we know seen it at Anzio in New Guinea on Heartbreak Ridge It's what keeps a man going when the odds are against him It enables him to do the impossible To breed that kind of courage in our fighting men we have set up training course in the Army — Ranger Training at s' course Fort Benning Ga- The is realistic rough and often dangerous We try to make it "tougher than combat" The men are all volunteers Those who success eight-week- -- kr:l - oil n ADVANCING through srnoktIcreert I enlorkWClark screed a3 battalion commander In World Worlrose to general in World War 11 commanding Allied 1514 Army Group in Italy C kl'J i" by Burt Clint fully complete the course return to their own outfits as key men able to provide superb leadership to their units The first group started training in January men entered the course Only 47 Eighty-on- e were graduated Others failed to meet leadership standards lacked Physical stamina or were found otherwise unsuitable No wonder the men who complete the course are proud They have a right to be Ranger training itself is not new But this is the first time the Army has made this training available to volunteers from various units lather than to whole Ranger battalions There were Ranger units in World War and in Korea They wrote many brilliant pages Continued on page 14 I e (--) 07 Sk MOUNTAIN-CLIMBIN- G 3 I tt40) k Ranger-styl- e |