Show nouh tau h rangers s I 1 t train for war from dawn until dusk 7 71 days a these boys boy I 1 work at ther job TRAINING AREA IN SCOTLAND U S rangers who have been named to help lead the allied invasion of europe will be there thousands of them when the shooting tarts starts the ranger burger forces force raw now bece being coached by their british counterpart the commandos in the fine art of finhart dispatching the most germans garma althe in the shortest h teat time will be greatly expanded d soon mj maj gen russell P hartle an indicated iata d of after t or watching them sooner a a er or later we will be doing something like this on oil our own he told a press conference he H 07 a did rha not n elaborate but his borc words ba supported i recent talk that the americans are preparing r or tg the their a own n combined operations ar ilona 7 erat ions command d which wool would ld naTen dwarf even eve the C commandos am a d trinta irlo the rangers range ars w are training g ove over the toughest commando course from dawn to dusk seven days a week and sometimes am times at night t these hese former clerks arl truck drivers farmers and office workers are learning their job how to be plenty tough without becoming toughies to ughie hies realistic training their weapons range from the latest type of firearms to tos toe and being under fire won t be new to them when they finally engage the enemy they are accustomed to bulle bullets is head baad grenades and land almes mines kicking up dirt into their faces a aces or ranching drenching them with water d during wn amphibious operations and archo boom beace landings from the tas top of a hill overlooking a picturesque loch general hartle maj gen leonard T gerow brig brag gen R W be barker and brig brag ga gen norman D C cota its and a group of correspondents wat watched lard a simulated night assault ore on enemy creany shore batteries which hartle and barker be pronounced the most realistic type of training that can be provided when they are not immediately confronted with th the enemy it was ill the a zero em hour from a cluster elitc of f distant islands a detachment me 0 of f 11 rangers a gers pushed their boats aarn out t into t the swift stream thew their objective was to surprise and neutralize a the enemy shore batteries i and withdraw behind machine guns at strategic points along alone the hills bordering the river crouched the crack shots of the british commando school faculty t their job ob was to lay the fire is as close as an possible to the rangers without hitting them hills resound resolved with blasts the roar of explosions and the whine of bullets re sounded ded through the highlands as a the rangers laying g down heavy fire themselves with T tommy guns rifles and grenades darted d forward under the I 1 cover of rocks trees and ditches while supporting units withheld fire an advance patra patrol sneaked az forward and av overpowered er powered and wiped out the ba battery rory personnel and planted explosives under the guns gains shortly site after the patrol arol withdrew a terrific blast blew up the big guns still peppered by me enemy fire the rangers ranger a withdrew w under c over cover of a smoke screen and fought delaying g actions until ill they reached their landing boats then they paddled back cross across the river vr faa part of if each rangers a day is devoted to sparring like boxers with long st stil letto alletto like kolve knives a so sharp one a ranger said aid some me of us guys sometimes use them to shave with then ban come speed marches of ato 7 to 15 5 miles ahr three a or four times week a week speed marching consists of walking at the fastest pace then ri running anning other phases of the training include scaling foot font bluffs and do de sc ending rading with equipment and wounded and nd charging in pairs over one ml mite assault obstacle acl emare courses where cardboard card enemy snipers pop out from behind trees and fallen logs they must complete the course in 11 minutes the rangers day b begins a gin 8 at 6 45 a in and ends at 8 p TO |