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Rangers caught in the PC crossfire Posted: May 27, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 David H. Hackworth Rangers have always been my favorite soldiers. My admiration for them probably started at age 10 when I watched Spencer Tracy in the movie "Northwest Passage" – or perhaps it was the daring deeds of Darby's Rangers in Africa, Sicily, Italy and France. For sure, seeing Rangers in action in Korea and Vietnam was the clincher. And once I was hooked, I've remained one of their biggest fans. Since the Korean War, the Infantry Center at Fort Benning, Ga., has been training...

 Hall of Fame inducts JeneretteBy Judy Corley North Myrtle Beach Times - pg.1, April 18, 2002 Major Van Jenerette, U.S. Army, Ret., of North Myrtle Beach, was 24 and a staff sergeant when gold bars were pinned on his lapel, making the former enlisted soldier an officer. He received the commission as an Infantry Lieutenant after attending Infantry Officer Candidate School (OCS) in 1972 at Ft. Benning, Ga. Recently Jenerette found himself at Ft. Benning once again when he received one of the highest honors that can be achieved by an OCS graduate - he was inducted into the...