The boys of Pointe du Hoc
Ronald Reagan, D-Day, and the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion
by Douglas Brinkley
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The heavy U.S. and British warships poised in the English Channel had eighteen targets on their bombardment list for D-Day morning. The 100-foot promontory known as Pointe du Hoc -- where six big German guns were ensconced -- was number one. General Omar Bradley called knocking out the Nazi defenses at the Pointe the toughest of any task assigned on June 6, 1944. Under the bulldoggish command of Colonel James E. Rudder of Texas, profiled here, these elite forces, "Rudder's Rangers," took control of the fortified cliff. The liberation of Europe was under way. Based upon recently released documents, the first in-depth, anecdotal remembrance of these fearless Army Rangers, is told in tandem with the making of Reagan's two uplifting 1984 speeches, considered by many to be among the best orations he ever gave. - Publisher.
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Campaigns, Elitetruppe, Anniversaries, United States, Weltkrieg (1939-1945), United States. Army. Ranger Battalion, 2nd, World War, 1939-1945, Regimental histories, History, United states, army, World war, 1939-1945, campaigns, france, normandy, World war, 1939-1945, regimental histories, World war, 1939-1945, united states, Normandy (france), history, Military campaigns, United states, army, regimental historiesPlaces
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The Boys of Pointe du Hoc: Ronald Reagan, D-Day, and the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion
May 23, 2006, Harper Perennial
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The boys of Pointe du Hoc: Ronald Reagan, D-Day, and the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion
2005, W. Morrow
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The boys of Pointe du Hoc: Ronald Reagan, D-Day and the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion
2005, W. Morrow
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"One brisk morning at the White House in early October 1981, as President Ronald Reagan was preparing for a state visit from French president Francois Mitterrand, his deputy chief of staff, Michael Deaveir, informed him that the French government was eager to present him a prestigious decoration when the two leaders met in historic Yorktown, Virginia."
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