Quote Originally Posted by arrogcow
The black beret was originally worn by the cav in WWII and then stolen by the rangers. I for one and glad that was taken back from them, stupid rangers.

Adam
I found this on a ranger site:

During WWII, the First Ranger Battalion, commonly known as Darby's Rangers, formed in Northern Ireland in 1942. Completion of training at the Commando Depot[ in Archnacarry, Scotland] afforded those Rangers the right to wear the British Commando green beret and the tartan of the Clan Cameron of Lochiel. The U.S. Army disallowed this and Rangers never donned their berets...
A great "what if..." story with a tartan connection. Archhacarry is in Cameron country, btw.

Cheers,

Todd