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...
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"The boys of Pointe du Hoc" was a speech delivered by President Ronald Reagan on the 40th anniversary of the Normandy landings at Pointe du Hoc to a crowd...
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Normandy landings (section Pointe du Hoc)
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...
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2nd Ranger Battalion (section Assault at Point du Hoc)
Companies, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Rudder, landed at Pointe du Hoc from LCA landing craft and specially modified DUKW "Ducks" operated...
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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...
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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...
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calling on him to continue to Maisy after taking Pointe du Hoc. The Rangers stayed at Pointe du Hoc for some days until relieved, which kept them from...
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various countries Hooked on Classics, an album of popular classical music Pointe du Hoc, a cliff in Normandy scaled by the U.S. Rangers in 1944 House of Cards...
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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...
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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...
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