Dee ihe ọzọ maka paragraf a - N'etiti afọ 1942, ndị agha United States guzobere ndị agha ha na Northern Ireland n'okpuru William O. (Bill) Darby. E mere ndị Rangers n'ụzọ yiri nke ndị British Commandos. Ihe mbụ ndị Ranger mere bụ n'ọnwa Ọgọstụ n'afọ 1942 n'agha Dieppe.
, ebe ndị agha 50 sitere na 1st Ranger Battalion gbasasịrị n'etiti ndị agha Canada na ndị British Commandos. Ọrụ Ranger mbụ zuru oke mere na Nọvemba 1942 n'oge mbuso agha nke Algiers na Northwest Africa na Operation Torch, ọzọ site n'aka ndị otu nke 1st Ranger Battalion.