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	Pointe du Hoc - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pointe du Hoc (IPA: [pwε̃t dy ɔk]) is a clifftop location on the coast of Normandy in northern France.
		Pointe du Hoc (often misspelled as "Pointe du Hoe" in official Army documents such as the plan below) is best known for the assault made on it during the World War II Normandy landings, June 6, 1944.
		The assault on Pointe du Hoc has recently been portrayed in the computer game Call of Duty 2, in which the player is a member of the 2nd Ranger Battalion and is faced with destroying the artillery battery and fending off the counter-attacks.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pointe_du_Hoc (884 words)

	Military History Online - D-Day June 6, 1944
		Pointe du Hoc was located on the coast to the west of the Omaha beach landings and was the position of six 155mm cannons with a range of 25,000 yards.
		Because the point was positioned on near impregnable cliffs, the Germans had concentrated their defenses in anticipation of a ground assault from inland.
		The Rangers approached the point with their flotilla of ten landing craft and four DUKW's, but the seas were rough and one LCA sank after taking on excessive water.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /wwii/dday/pointeduhoc.aspx (997 words)

	Pointe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Enemy troops at Pointe du Hoe were estimated at 125 infantry and 85 artillerymen, included in the sector of enemy coastal defenses, from the Vire to the Orne, held by the 716th Infantry Division.
		Pointe du Hoe had 40 minutes to recover from the effects of the bombardment.
		The D-Day fighting at Pointe du Hoe can be followed in terms of two main groups: the force that reached the highway and took positions there, and the Rangers who stayed in or near the fortified area at the Point itself.
	www.wargamer.com /hosted/CloseCombatOmaha/PointeHoc.htm (22845 words)

	Pointe du Hoc
		The potential threat of the Pointe du Hoc battery was seen to be so great that the 2nd Ranger Batalion was given the task of capturing the position directly after H-Hour.
		The responsibility for the assault on Pointe du Hoc lay with General Gerow's V Corps and hence with the 1 st Infantry Division and thence with the right-hand assault formation, the 116th Infantry Regiment
		Aware of the isolation of the men at Pointe du Hoc, the 11 6th Infantry Regiment, with the 5th Ranger Battalion which had landed with them at OMAHA four miles to your right, attempted to link up with the 2nd Ranger Battalion but were stopped 1,OOOyd short.
	users.skynet.be /advocaat.depickere/Text/D-DayText/pointe.html (1430 words)

	Pointe du Hoc (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		[[US Army Rangers demonstrate the rope ladders they used to scale Pointe du Hoc]] US President [[Ronald Reagan giving a speech for the 40th anniversary of the event]] Pointe du Hoc is a clifftop location on the coast of Normandy in northern France.
		Pointe du Hoc is best known for the assault made on it during the World War II Normandy landings, June 6 1944.
		Pointe du Hoc now has a memorial and museum to the action.
	pointe-du-hoc.iqnaut.net (337 words)

	T&T in France ~ Pointe du Hoc (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Point: Cross memorial at the tip of Pointe du Hoc.
		The scars of war are more visible at Point du Hoc than at any other point along the Normandy beaches.
		Inside the remains of a bunker -- the barbed wire was authentically dangerous.
	www.fishcat.com /france/30pointeduhoc.html (168 words)

	Speech at Pointe du Hoc
		We stand on a lonely, windswept point on the northern shore of France.
		The air is soft, but forty years ago at this moment, the air was dense with smoke and the cries of men, and the air was filled with the crack of rifle fire and the roar of cannon.
		These are the boys of Pointe du Hoc.
	eightiesclub.tripod.com /id380.htm (1740 words)

	Pointe du Hoc
		It represented a formidable threat to the two beaches where American troops were going to land: Utah Beach to the west and Omaha Beach to the east.
		onscious of the danger represented by the guns at the Pointe du Hoc, the Allied strategists resolved to destroy the position.
		Surrounded on the Pointe du Hoc without any reinforcements, and subjected to German counter-attacks from all sides, they were only relieved on June 8
	www.normandiememoire.com /NM60Anglais/2_histo3/histo3_p3_gb.htm (388 words)

	The Boys of Pointe Du Hoc by Douglas Brinkley
		The memorable battle of Pointe du Hoc is re-created in vivid detail, as is the story of the moving commemorative speech Ronald Reagan delivered at the site that helped launch a renewed appreciation of World War II veterans.
		The Boys of Pointe Du Hoc: Ronald Reagan, D-Day, and the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion Douglas Brinkley.
		The foregoing is excerpted from "The Boys of Pointe du Hoc," by Douglas Brinkley.
	www.thegreatdeluge.net /Pointe_Du_Hoc.php (1629 words)

	MilitaryHistoryOnline.com - Ponte-du-Hoc
		Ponte-du-Hoc was defended by the German 352nd Infantry Division, a group composed of a mixture of veteran troops and young recruits.
		One DUKW was sunk by 20-mm fire from a cliff position near the Point.
		At one point, a German crew turned a 40mm antiaircraft gun at charging Rangers, who continued onward like "possessed banshees." By 7:40, they had captured this position and killed the German crew.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /wwii/articles/pontduhoc.aspx (4520 words)

	Amazon.com: The Boys of Pointe du Hoc: Ronald Reagan, D-Day, and the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion: Books: Douglas ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Boys of Pointe du Hoc : Ronald Reagan, D-Day, and the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion by Douglas Brinkley
		Reagan's speech on the boys of Pointe du Hoc is perhaps his second most memorable next to his "Mr.
		After the speech, Brinkley shares the impact it had on a nation (the revival of respect for "the Greatest Generation") and on relatives of the boys of Pointe du Hoc.
	www.amazon.com /Boys-Pointe-Hoc-Ranger-Battalion/dp/0060565276 (2472 words)

	Pointe du Hoc Site To Be Surveyed By Texas A&M Team
		When finally reinforced by advancing troops, only 90 of the soldiers who started the mission were still able to fight, and nearly 80 of their comrades had lost their lives.
		Other Texas A&M faculty on the Pointe du Hoc team are Bruce Dickson, professor of anthropology and archaeology; Mark Everett, professor of geology and geophysics; and James Bradford, associate professor of history and the group's military historian.
		He said the HRIL team's site survey, together with analysis of wartime aerial reconnaissance photographs, will help determine which craters were dug by the battleship's 14-inch guns, and which ones resulted from the heavy bombing that preceded the invasion.
	www.tamu.edu /univrel/aggiedaily/news/stories/04/031104-9.html (653 words)

	Pointe du Hoc
		POINTE DU HOC, NORMANDY, 6 June 1944: The destroyer USS Satterlee observed enemy movements and swept the cliff-top with fire from all guns; nevertheless, scattered fire from flanking positions caused casualties as the Rangers debarked on the heavily cratered beach.
		Above is the 3D diorama of the battlefield on display at the Pointe du Hoc Ranger Museum.
		POINTE DU HOC depicts the actions of the 2nd Ranger Battalion during their famous assault on the most difficult and well-defended position in the German coastal defenses during D-Day.
	www.criticalhit.com /Pointe.html (701 words)

	USNews.com: Special report: Remembering Reagan
		Excerpted from The Boys of Pointe du Hoc: Ronald Reagan, D-Day, and the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion by Douglas Brinkley.
		By honoring the daring action of the 2nd Ranger Battalion--225 young Army volunteers whose mission was to climb the treacherous 100-foot-high Pointe du Hoc cliff while being shot at by entrenched German soldiers--he was paying tribute to an entire generation.
		At Pointe du Hoc, President Reagan became the self-appointed spokesperson of the "greatest generation." Although he never fought in the war, Reagan had served in the Army Air Corps, eventually becoming a captain.
	www.usnews.com /usnews/news/articles/050606/6reagan.htm (652 words)

	Normandy Invasion -- D-Day Landings at the Pointe du Hoc, 6 June 1944
		U.S. Army Rangers resting in the vicinity of Pointe du Hoc, which they assaulted in support of "Omaha" Beach landings on "D-Day", 6 June 1944.
		U.S. Army Rangers rest atop the cliffs at Pointe du Hoc, which they stormed in support of "Omaha" Beach landings on "D-Day", 6 June 1944.
		Lieutenant Commander Knapper and Chief Yeoman Cook, of USS Texas (BB-35), examine a damaged German pillbox at Pointe du Hoc on "D-Day", 6 June 1944.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/events/wwii-eur/normandy/nor4p.htm (482 words)

	Small Unit Actions
		The D-Day fighting at Pointe du Hoe can be followed in terms of two main groups: the force that reached the highway and took positions there, and the Rangers who stayed in or near the fortified area at the Point itself.
		Their ma n cause of worry was fire from naval guns, supporting the beleaguered Point; from time to time, friendly shells came close enough to "bounce the men around" in their holes, but there were no losses.
		Restricted to a few acres, including only a part of the fortified area, they expected to be the target for heavy concentrations of artillery, and for assault by enemy ground forces.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/wwii/smallunit/smallunit-pdh.htm (21844 words)

	Ronald Reagan's Remarks on the 40th Anniversary of D-Day at Pointe du Hoc - 1984
		Ronald Reagan's Remarks on the 40th Anniversary of D-Day at Pointe du Hoc - 1984
		It was delivered at the site of the U.S. Ranger Monument at Pointe du Hoc, France.
		The air is soft, but 40 years ago at this moment, the air was dense with smoke and the cries of men, and the air was filled with the crack of rifle fire and the roar of cannon.
	www.nationalcenter.org /ReaganD-DayPointeduHoc1984.html (1759 words)

	Pointe Du Hoc (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Pointe du Hoc is about the landing of the 2nd Ranger Battalion against the gun emplacements in the title location.
		Not only do they lose a point of fire power, but a full class level, without a shot being fired.
		Doesn’t make since to me (if you are going to create a new class of unit, give me the appropriate half squads, not SSR that say use this one).
	www.vftt.co.uk /pdh.htm (1177 words)

	Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		One of two speeches commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the D-Day Invasion, this speech was delivered at the site of the U.S. Ranger Monument at Pointe du Hoc, France, where veterans of the Normandy Invasion, and others, had assembled for the ceremony.
		at the site of the U.S. Ranger Monument at Pointe du Hoc, France, where veterans of the Normandy invasion had assembled for the ceremony.
		Other Allied countries represented at the ceremony by their heads of state and government were: Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands, King Olav V of Norway, King Baudouin I of Belgium, Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg, and Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau of Canada.
	www.reaganfoundation.org /reagan/speeches/speech.asp?spid=20 (1892 words)

	Pointe du Hoc
		He was called into active duty in 1941 and had a celebrated military career during World War II.qv In 1943, as a lieutenant colonel, he became commander and trainer of the Second Ranger Battalion, which had a major role in the D-Day invasion.
		Rudder's Rangers stormed the beach at Pointe du Hoc and, under constant enemy fire, scaled 100-foot cliffs to reach and destroy German gun batteries.
		The thing that was so dishonest and leftist BS about is that Zanuck made the film potray the attack at Pointe du Hoc seem worthless(silly pacifi...wait-...Anti-Americanism).
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1148537/posts (1882 words)

	From Revolution to Reconstruction: Presidents: Ronald Wilson Reagan: Speech at Pointe de Hoc
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		Speech at Pointe de Hoc, June 6, 1984
		All of you were willing to fight tyranny, and you knew the people of your countries were behind you.
	odur.let.rug.nl /~usa/P/rr40/speeches/normandy.htm (722 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| World War II \| D-Day: Interview with Two U.S. 2nd Ranger Battalion Two Members Describe the Attack at ...
		We had studied the Pointe and saw the positions from aerial photographs, but later found that they were telephone poles and not gun barrels.
		As we made our way the Germans were popping up along the top of the cliffs shooting at us with anything they could--machine guns, rifles and mortars, et cetera.
		It suddenly occurred to all of us, particularly D Company: "Hey, we're not going to be able to do what we were trained to do." D Company was assigned the mission of going around the Pointe and landing on the west side of it.
	www.historynet.com /magazines/world_war_2/3029731.html (1486 words)

	Boys of Pointe du Hoc, The: by Douglas Brinkley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The importance of Pointe du Hoc to Allied planners like General Dwight Eisenhower cannot be overstated.
		The 100-foot promontory known as Pointe du Hoc -- where six big German guns were ensconced -- was number one.
		Based upon recently released documents from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, the Eisenhower Center, Texas A & M University, and the U.S. Army Military History Institute, The Boys of Pointe du Hoc is the first in-depth, anecdotal remembrance of these fearless Army Rangers.
	www.harpercollins.com /book/index.aspx?isbn=9780060796822 (761 words)

	50th Anniversary of D-Day - World War 2 US RANGERS at Pointe du Hoc, Normandy
		Music on this page, Aaron Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man, is dedicated to World War II Army Rangers who landed at the Pointe du Hoc and Omaha Beach.
		World War 2 U.S. Army Rangers, WWII veterans, return to Grandcamp and the D-Day beaches, at the Pointe du Hoc and Omaha Beach in Normandy, France, for the 50th Anniversary of D-Day in June 1994.
		Text and photographs contained herein are the work and intellectual property of the author and may not be used or reproduced in whole or in part in any form without the author's express written permission.
	home.att.net /~dday50 (156 words)

	D (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Continuing along the D 514 we arrive at one of the most beautiful natural sites of the coast of Normandy, a steep cliff, 35 meters high at certain spots, constantly under high speed winds, LA POINTE DU HOC.
		Let’s consider it as one of the most glorious and famous moments of the history of D-Day and the deliverance of Europe, starting the decay and fall of the barbarism of the Nazi regime.
		At the upper floor, a small-scale model of the Pointe du Hoc, showing the assault.
	www.jack-travel.com /Normandy/pointe_du_Hoc_.htm (512 words)

	Call of Duty 2 - The Battle of Pointe du Hoc - Game Guide
		You should reach your destination point in a few seconds.
		Flex Friday, April 21, 2006 : At the farthest retreat point, you'll eventually have to lay down smoke to ensure that the American planes are aware of your situation; this is a simple matter of finding the smoke location in the bunker and pressing your use key.
		I need some help...the mission never "completes" it says "secure pointe du hoc" and I wandered all over for 35 minutes and the mission never ends....any suggestions?
	guides.gamepressure.com /callofduty2/guide.asp?ID=344 (1758 words)

	Bob Just
		Assembled before President Reagan were many veterans of that great campaign to reclaim Europe from Nazi control.
		Among the men present, were "the boys of Pointe du Hoc." Now aged and hardly recognizable from the days of their youth, these men who sat before Reagan were the Rangers who in 1944 climbed the cliffs of Pointe du Hoc under withering fire, and in so doing made military history.
		This speech, given in Normandy at the very site of the action, honors those "boys" and the many other young men who fought and died for the cause of freedom.
	www.bobjust.com /pointduhoc (1771 words)

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