Special Forces Association Chapter 90

5 December 1971, L Co, 75th Rangers, 101st Airborne Division, was deactivated at Hue, Vietnam. #l-75" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">75thrra.org/vietnam-units/…

5 December 1963, Operation ‘Ruby’, a 6-man CIA-Vietnamese team parachuted into Ha Tinh, North Vietnam to perform reconnaissance and intelligence collection.

5 December 1963, 3rd Special Forces Group was first activated at Fort Bragg, NC. The four colors of the flash are derived from the units from which 3rd Group's members were initially drawn. They are: 1st SFG (A), 7th SFG (A), 5th SFG (A), and Special Forces Training Group (A).

21 November 1970, Operation ‘Ivory Coast’, a group of 56 U.S. Army Green Berets assault the Son Tay prisoner of war camp located near Hanoi, North Vietnam. The raiders were selected from the 6th and 7th Special Forces Groups. lnkd.in/ejJPXRSN lnkd.in/eUs9HgYG

20 November 1969, O Co, 75th Rangers, 82d Airborne Division, was deactivated in Vietnam. #o-75" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">75thrra.org/vietnam-units/… arsof-history.org/articles/24apr…

20 November 1969, the Second Field Force Vietnam Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP) Company, later D Co, 75th Infantry (Ranger) was activated in Vietnam. #d-75" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">75thrra.org/vietnam-units/…

20 November 1950, the 8th Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) was formed at Fort Benning, Georgia. On 5 March 1951 it deployed to Pusan, South Korea and was attached to the 24th Infantry Division. arsof-history.org/articles/v6n2_…

20 November 1950, the 7th Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) was formed at Fort Benning, Georgia. After training it remained at Fort Benning to conduct additional Ranger courses.

20 November 1950, the 6th Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) was formed at Fort Benning, Georgia. On 7 February 1951 deployed to Kitzingen, West Germany and was attached to the 1st Infantry Division. arsof-history.org/articles/v6n2_…

20 November 1950, the 5th Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) was formed at Fort Benning, Georgia.On 5 March 1951 it deployed to Pusan, South Korea and was attached to the 25th Infantry Division. arsof-history.org/articles/v6n2_…

5 November 1977, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) establishes ‘Blue Light’ with the establishment of three assault teams at Mott Lake on Fort Bragg, NC. The program ended in August 1978. sofrep.com/news/blue-ligh…

5 November 1951, the 7th, 9th and 15th Ranger Infantry Companies (Airborne) were disbanded.

31 October 1952, a joint US-South Korean five-man team from the United Nations Partisan Infantry Korea (UNPIK) parachuted into North Korea in support of Operation ‘Mustang 8’ to attack enemy rail lines. Contact was lost after infiltration.

31 October 1952, a joint US-South Korean six-man team from the United Nations Partisan Infantry Korea (UNPIK) parachuted into North Korea in support of Operation ‘Mustang 7’ to liberate POWs. Contact was lost after infiltration.

29 October 1963, CPT Humberto ‘Rocky’ Versace, while assigned to Det B-52, 5thSFGA, distinguished himself in the U Minh Forest, Thoi Binh District, An Xuyen Province, Republic of Vietnam. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. lnkd.in/eA82aPy8

25 October 1983, Operation ‘Urgent Fury’, 500 men from 1st & 2d Ranger Battalions, 75th Ranger Regiment, plus 35 men from SFOD-Delta parachute into the airfield at Port Salines, Grenada to secure the airfield in preparation for follow-on forces.

25 October 1971, C Co, 75th Rangers, First Field Force, was deactivated in Vietnam. #c-75" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">75thrra.org/vietnam-units/…

25 October 1950, the 3rd Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) was formed at Fort Benning, Georgia. It received cold-weather and mountain training at Camp Carson, Colorado. On 5 March 1951 it deployed to Pusan, South Korea and was attached to the 3rd Infantry Division.

21 October 1957, first Special Forces soldier killed in Vietnam: Captain Harry Cramer, 1st SFGA. A street at Fort Lewis, Washington is named in his honor. He is buried at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York.

21 October 1950, 700 men from the 187th Regimental Combat Team parachute into Sukchon, North Korea to reinforce the blocking force.