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    Tag: Rangers; 75th Ranger Regiment; Sua Sponte; 2nd Ranger Battalion; DDay; WWII; Military History
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    • Portrait of 1st Lt. Robert T. Edlin

      Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jorden Weir   |   75th Ranger Regiment   |   09.15.2025

      U.S. Army 1st Lt. Robert T. Edlin, the executive officer for Able Company, 2nd Ranger Battalion, poses for a photo during WWII. Edlin, nicknamed the Fool Lieutenant, orchestrated the surrender of more than 800 German soldiers during the Brittany campaign while patrolling with his four-man team of Rangers near the city of Brest on Sep. 9, 1944. (Date unknown; Photographer unknown)...

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