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The Lost Ranger: A Soldier's Story Image Gallery.

Here you will find selected images from the book to provide a glimpse of what the book is about.

Herbert Stanton Hull

High School photo of Herb Hull from East Palestine High School in 1941.

East Palestine Methodist Church

Church attended by Hull family in East Palestine, Ohio

Herbert Hull family

1953 photo of Herb Hull with three of his four children

Herbert Stanton Hull

High School photo of Herb Hull from East Palestine High School in 1941.

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The Quest for My Grandfather

The first chapters explore why the loss of this Ranger is of historical importance. It discusses the loss of Herbert Stanton Hull to his family and how the limited information regarding his military service contributed in his loss to history as a World War II Ranger. They set the stage for the journey to find him.

35th Infantry Division

Arriving at Camp San Luis Obispo

Camp Rucker training

Soldiers in a field during combat training at Camp Rucker in Dale County, Alabama

35th Infantry Division

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35th Infantry Division

Chapters 3 and 4 discuss how young men became Infantry Soldiers in the 320th and 134th Infantry Regiments, as part of the 35th Infantry Division during the early months of 1943.

Camp Forrest, Tennessee

Ranger Training

Fort Pierce, Florida

1944

Burton Bradstock cliff training

Camp Forrest, Tennessee

Ranger Training

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Becoming a member of the 5th Ranger Infantry Battalion

Chapters 5 through 15 detail every aspect of training the battalion undertook to select the men who would eventually storm Omaha Beach on D-Day. Each chapter focuses on a different training location for the men and what they did there.