Jim Bratten
On the 40th Anniversary of D-Day, officially coded “Operation Overlord,” President Ronald Reagan spoke atop the cliffs of Pointe du Hoc, which overlooks one landing site of American forces on June 6, 1944 – a beach code-named Omaha.
“The Rangers looked up and saw the enemy soldiers on the edge of the cliffs shooting down at them with machine guns and throwing grenades. And the American Rangers began to climb.
“They shot rope ladders over the face of these cliffs and began to pull themselves up. When one Ranger fell, another would take his place. When one rope was cut, a Ranger would grab another and begin his climb again. They climbed, shot back, and held their footing.
“Soon, one by one, the Rangers pulled themselves over the top, and in seizing the firm land at the top of these cliffs, they began to seize back the continent of Europe… These were the boys of Pointe du Hoc…”
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