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Laying a WWII ranger to rest — PHOTOS

Dennis L. Schumacher, a former Army private who was one of the original volunteers for "Darby's Rangers" of World War II fame, was buried Monday at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City. He died Aug. 9 at age 93.

Schumacher enlisted in the Army in 1941 and served with the 1st Ranger Battalion under West Point graduate Lt. Col. William O. Darby, who led raids in Algeria and Italy in 1942-43 that sometimes involved hand-to-hand combat.

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