1984 in Normandy, France. The assault on Pointe du Hoc was a key battle of the D-Day invasion. Image: National Archives ...

D-DAY AT POINTE-DU-HOC tells the remarkable story of the U.S. Army’s 2nd Ranger battalion. Led by Lt. Col. James Earl Rudder, the soldiers scaled the 100-foot cliffs of Pointe-du-Hoc in Normandy ...

He trained in England for six months, scaling seaside cliffs during the D-Day invasion in preparation for a daring raid on Pointe du Hoc, a heavily fortified German position towering above the ...