La Pointe du Hoc (French pronunciation: [pwɛ̃t dy ɔk]) is a promontory with a 35-metre (110 ft) cliff overlooking the English Channel on the northwestern...

of Pointe du Hoc" was a speech delivered by United States president Ronald Reagan on the 40th anniversary of the Normandy landings at Pointe du Hoc to...

but they landed 21,000 troops at the cost of only 197 casualties. Pointe du Hoc, a prominent headland situated between Utah and Omaha, was assigned...

Companies, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Rudder, landed at Pointe du Hoc from LCA landing craft and specially modified DUKW "Ducks" operated...

his actions in the first hours of D-Day at Pointe du Hoc on the coast of Normandy, France. Pointe du Hoc was the site of the German Army's largest coastal...

Division, along with nine companies of U.S. Army Rangers redirected from Pointe du Hoc, assaulted the western half of the beach. The battle-hardened 1st Infantry...

Army major general. As a lieutenant colonel, he commanded the historic Pointe du Hoc battle during the Invasion of Normandy. He also commanded the US troops...

but did not capture the assigned nearby bridges on the first day. At Pointe du Hoc, the task for the two hundred men of the 2nd Ranger Battalion, commanded...

and it has been used for this purpose since World War II, such as at Pointe du Hoc, Normandy. Because it permanently disables artillery pieces without...

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