SUBJECT	:	Commendation.
TO	:	Commanding Officer, 5th Ranger Battalion. (THRU: Commanding General, VIII Corps)

        1. I desire to commend you and the members of your Battalion for superior participation in active combat while attached to this Division during the period 1 - 18 September 1944, culminating in the capture of the City of Brest.
        2. Without exception, your Battalion has taken all of its objectives quickly and with minimum losses. Throughout your cooperation and enthusiasm has been of the highest class. The outstanding examples of prompt aggressive action were the capture of the Fort Pt. Minon and Fort De Mengaht.