U.S. Army Rangers returned to the site of one of their most storied battles on Wednesday to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of D-Day and scaled the same Normandy cliffs their forebears climbed on ...

POINTE DU HOC, FRANCE06.05.2019 - U.S. Soldiers with 75th Ranger Regiment scale the cliffs like Rangers did during Operation Overlord 75 years ago at Omaha Beach, Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, France, June ...

Over 200 U.S. Army Rangers scaled the cliffs of Pointe du Hoc on D-Day to destroy German long-range guns stationed at the top. Less than half remained standing after two days of fighting.

POINTE DU HOC, France — Of all the Allied attacks on D-Day, the Rangers’ cliff-climbing heroics to take the high ground between the two American landing beaches were the most dangerous.

Thomas Christianson talked about the U.S. Army Ranger's landing at Pointe Du Hoc on D-Day. Lieutenant Colonel Christianson (Retired) told the story of "Rudder's Rangers," a battalion under the ...

On June 6, 1944, Pointe du Hoc had to be taken, and it then had to be held — denied to German counter-attackers — until relief forces arrived. The seize, destroy and hold mission demanded soldiers ...

In a speech at Point du Hoc in Normandy, France, President Biden pays tribute to the rangers who scaled the 100-foot cliff overlooking Omaha Beach on D-Day 1944.

The cliffs of Pointe du Hoc were scaled by Army Rangers during the invasion, and the mission was memorialized by Reagan, when he paid tribute to "the boys of Pointe du Hoc," seated at Reagan's right.

Over 200 U.S. Army Rangers scaled the cliffs of Pointe du Hoc on D-Day to destroy German long-range guns stationed at the top. Less than half remained standing after two days of fighting.

Pointe du Hoc is located on the sheer cliffs between Omaha and Utah beaches. Before D-Day, the Nazis were believed to have stationed artillery there, which would have allowed them to shell ...