Col. Edson D. Raff, who led the first combat jump by U.S. paratroopers in World War II and served a decade later as an early commander of the Army ‘ s Special Forces, died March 11 in Garnett, Kan.
Col. Edson D. Raff, who led the first combat jump by American paratroopers in World War II and served a decade later as an early commander of the Army’s Special Forces, died March 11 in Garnett, Kan.