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gptkbp:instanceOf
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Military officer
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gptkbp:awards
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Bronze Star Medal
Purple Heart
Silver Star
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gptkbp:birthDate
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February 26, 1920
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA
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gptkbp:burialPlace
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gptkb:Sicily-Rome_American_Cemetery_and_Memorial
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:William_O._Darby_Jr.
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gptkbp:commanded
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2nd Ranger Battalion
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gptkbp:conflict
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gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:deathDate
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April 30, 1945
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:United_States_Military_Academy
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Colonel William O. Darby
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:Ranger_School
Special Forces
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gptkbp:involvedIn
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gptkb:Liberation_of_Italy
gptkb:Operation_Torch
Battle of the Bulge
Operation Market Garden
Battle of Anzio
Battle of Normandy
Operation Overlord
D-Day
Battle of Monte Cassino
Battle of Salerno
Operation Husky
Operation Dragoon
Battle of Aachen
Battle of the Rhineland
Battle of the Hurtgen Forest
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gptkbp:militaryRank
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Rangers
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gptkbp:militaryService
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gptkb:European_Theater_of_Operations
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gptkbp:nickname
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The_Father_of_the_Rangers
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gptkbp:notableWork
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gptkb:Darby's_Rangers
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gptkbp:placeOfDeath
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Near_Cologna_Veneta,_Italy
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gptkbp:posthumousRecognition
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gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Cross
Army Commendation Medal
Legion of Merit
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gptkbp:rank
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Colonel
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gptkbp:serviceBranch
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gptkb:United_States_Army
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gptkbp:serviceYears
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1941–1945
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Mary_Darby
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