D-DAY AT POINTE-DU-HOC tells the remarkable story of the U.S. Army’s 2nd Ranger battalion. Led by Lt. Col. James Earl Rudder, the soldiers scaled the 100-foot cliffs of Pointe-du-Hoc in Normandy ...

Pp. xiv, 306. Illus., maps, notes, biblio., index. $15.99 paper. ISBN: 0306822644 A very readable, vivid, and often insightful look at the Rangers who stormed Pointe du Hoc on D-Day. O’Donnell, author ...