Table of Contents
Prologue ix
Chapter 1 Birth in War 1
Chapter 2 The Men 8
Chapter 3 Training 14
Chapter 4 Dieppe: Background and Plan 34
Chapter 5 Dieppe: The Battle 41
Chapter 6 Dundee 58
Chapter 7 Operation Torch: Background 64
Chapter 8 Operation Torch: Execution 69
Chapter 9 Algeria 78
Chapter 10 Sened Station 91
Chapter 11 El Guettar 101
Chapter 12 Birth of the Ranger Force 116
Chapter 13 Sicily: The Plan 120
Chapter 14 Assault on Gela 128
Chapter 15 Butera: The Eagle's Nest 146
Chapter 16 Sicily: The 3rd Ranger Battalion at Licata 153
Chapter 17 Sicily: Palermo to Messina 161
Chapter 18 Salerno 173
Chapter 19 The Winter Line: Venafro 201
Chapter 20 Anzio: Prelude 226
Chapter 21 Anzio: The Beachhead 235
Chapter 22 Anzio: Planning the Breakout 249
Chapter 23 Anzio: The Battle of Cisterna 256
Chapter 24 Resistance 275
Chapter 25 The 4th Fights On 283
Chapter 26 Escape 291
Epilogue 299
Appendix A Roster of Darby's Rangers in World War II 301
Appendix B Weapons Used by World War II Rangers 381
Appendix C Combat Lessons of William O. Darby 385
Appendix D Table of Organization and Equipment, Ranger Infantry Battalion 388
Appendix E Lineage, Campaigns, and Decorations of Darby's Rangers in World War II 397
Notes 398
Acknowledgments 406
Index 409
