Stories from Normandy

Personal accounts from the beaches that changed the world
For those who walked these shores, and those who remember

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Pointe du Hoc

The Rangers Who Climbed the Cliffs With Napalm

The 2nd and 5th Ranger Battalions were tasked with scaling the 100-foot cliffs at Pointe du Hoc to destroy six 155mm guns that threatened both Omaha and Utah beaches. The climb was made with rocket-fi...

June 6, 1944 Staff Sergeant Homer B. McClain...