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Capture the Guns and Save D-Day
It’s June 6th, 1944 D-Day. At Pointe du Hoc the Rangers need to scale the cliffs and capture or disable the guns. Aside from the forces that are to fight at the five major landing zones, many smaller ...
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... President Biden’s itinerary for commemorating D-Day’s ...
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D-Day Operation That Came Close to Disaster
At Pointe du Hoc on D-Day, U.S. Army Rangers scaled sheer cliffs under heavy fire to destroy German gun positions—but the mission nearly fell apart. I retrace the chaotic landings, the brutal climb, ...
Friends of the Worcester County Veterans Memorial at Ocean Pines have launched a fundraiser to honor George Kerchner, a longtime Ocean Pines resident and decorated World War II hero, with a memorial ...
The House unanimously passed a bill to name the Toms River VA clinic after WWII hero Leonard G. "Bud" Lomell. Lomell, who scaled the cliffs of Pointe du Hoc on D-Day, was instrumental in the ...
An aerial view of Pointe du Hoc, a clifftop in Cricqueville-en-Bessin, on the French western Norman coast, taken in October 2018.Photo by Damien Meyer - AFP via Getty Images President Biden’s ...
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