To honor the occasion more broadly, Reagan chose to focus on “the boys of Pointe du Hoc,” choosing the ... It fell to the 225 soldiers of the 2nd Ranger Battalion, 62 of whom were in ...

President Joe Biden singled out and praised a former U.S. Army Ranger during a speech Friday highlighting threats to democracy at the Pointe du Hoc Ranger Monument. “John, we love you ...

Four decades after D-Day, U.S. President Ronald Reagan visited Pointe du Hoc and paid his respects to the 62 surviving members of the 2nd Rangers who had climbed the cliffs. He honored them ...

The assault on Pointe du Hoc was a key battle of the D-Day invasion. Image: National Archives President Reagan addresses the surviving U.S. Army veterans of the assault against Pointe du Hoc on ...