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5th Ranger Company (United States)

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Allegiance
  
United States Army

Type
  
Ranger light infantry

Branch
  
Active duty

Role
  
Irregular warfare

5th Ranger Company (United States)

Active
  
November, 20 1950 - 1 August 1951

Country
  
United States of America

The 5th Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) was an airborne trained light infantry unit of the United States Army during the Korean War. The 5th Rangers being trained by the 3rd Ranger Company as part of the second cycle of Ranger companies at Fort Benning, Georgia. Which also consist of the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th Ranger Companies. During training the 5th Rangers received winter training at Fort Carson, Colorado.

The 5th Rangers were assigned to the US Army's 25th Infantry Division from April 31, 1951 to its inactivation on August 1, 1951.

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