Today’s western alliance needs the spirit of the Boys of Pointe du Hoc
Today’s western alliance needs the spirit of the Boys of Pointe du Hoc
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On June 6, 1944 — D-Day — 225 U.S. Army Rangers set out to scale the strategically vital cliffs of Pointe du Hoc, overlooking the beaches of Normandy, in France. Their mission was to neutralize Nazi artillery that threatened to thwart the Western Allies’
invasion of Europe. Only 90 were still able to bear arms after two days of fighting. When President Ronald Reagan spoke at the site on the 40th anniversary of the Allied invasion, 62 “Boys of Point du Hoc” sat in the audience. But by the 80th anniversary,
which fell on Thursday, not one of the heroes who clawed their way up that precipice remains alive.
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On June 6, 1944 — D-Day — 225 U.S. Army Rangers set out to scale the strategically vital cliffs of Pointe du Hoc, overlooking the beaches of Normandy, in France. Their mission was to neutralize Nazi artillery that threatened to thwart the Western Allies’
invasion of Europe. Only 90 were still able to bear arms after two days of fighting. When President Ronald Reagan spoke at the site on the 40th anniversary of the Allied invasion, 62 “Boys of Point du Hoc” sat in the audience. But by the 80th anniversary,
which fell on Thursday, not one of the heroes who clawed their way up that precipice remains alive.
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