We should pay tribute, as Ronald Reagan once did, to the boys of Pointe du Hoc, and to all who fought for us in that war, many of whom never returned alive to their homes.

But Pointe du Hoc held crucial strategic importance. According to military reports, the Germans had stationed there six 155-mm guns capable of reaching up to 15 miles into the channel.

Touted as one of the greatest presidential speeches in American history, Ronald Reagan’s words on the Fourth Of July in 1986 in front of the Statue of Liberty are as relevant today as they ever were: ...

It’s June 6th, 1944 D-Day. At Pointe du Hoc the Rangers need to scale the cliffs and capture or disable the guns. Aside from the forces that are to fight at the five major landing zones, many ...

About two years ago I was talking with Mike, a friend of mine I've known since Ronald Reagan was still in the White House, and he asked me a question out of left field: What if we went on a tour of ...

It was crazy then and it’s crazy now.” -Lt. Col. James Rudder, 2nd Ranger Battalion, in comments made when he revisited Pointe du Hoc for the first time 10 years after the war ••• ...

Facing determined German troops, soldiers of the U.S. Army's 2nd Ranger Battalion scaled this height at a high cost in men in 1944 during World War II. At first it might sound like Point du Hoc on ...

If the Democrats and others opposed to authoritarian abuses of our constitutional order can show some message discipline, ...

A U.S. flag lies as a marker on a destroyed bunker two days after the strategic site overlooking D-Day beaches was captured by U.S. Army Rangers at Pointe du Hoc, France, on June 8, 1944.© REUTERS ...

A24 has strengthened its U.K. office with another poaching of senior executives from the local industry. Laura Lankester and Will Johnston, co-CEOs of Lookout Point, the BBC Studios-owned company ...