Story by Sgt. 1st Class Jorden Weir | 75th Ranger Regiment | 09.15.2025
On a damp still morning in September 1944, more than three months after D-Day and the “Impossible Mission” at Point du Hoc, Lieutenant Robert T. Edlin of 2nd Ranger Battalion stepped off into a live minefield near the city of Brest. He wasn’t ordered there. He wasn’t backed by a company of men or the thunder of supporting artillery. He was accompanied by only three Rangers, staring......
