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Pointe du Hoc, France — Seventy-five years ago Thursday, a battalion of elite U.S. Army Rangers scaled the 100-foot promontory here overlooking Omaha Beach, with nothing more than ropes and ...
Today, there is believed to be only one Ranger who fought at Pointe du Hoc still alive. One of D-Day’s most famous, heroic assaults may have been unnecessary Even in 1984, D-Day was a hazy ...
About four miles west of Omaha Beach sits Pointe du Hoc, one of several key sites in “Operation Overlord,” better known as D-Day.
About four miles west of Omaha Beach sits Pointe du Hoc, one of several key sites in “Operation Overlord,” better known as D-Day.
Pointe du Hoc is formidable, but on June 6th, 1944, an elite group of soldiers faced the challenge of making the steep climb while weighed down with equipment.
About four miles west of Omaha Beach sits Pointe du Hoc, one of several key sites in “Operation Overlord,” better known as D-Day.