rgrenaderphoto wrote:
As part of the D-Day invasion, US Army Rangers, under the command of Colonel James Rudder, were tasked with scaling the 100' cliffs to attack and neutralize German gun emplacements that could range on Utah and Omaha Beaches with their 155 mm howitzers, which had been removed before D-Day. Of the 225 Rangers in the assault, only 90 survived. Pont du Hoc was a location I have read about but being there was very emotional.