32 years ago on this day, Ronald Reagan gave a speech in honor of the "the boys of Pointe du Hoc." Backstory: www.injo.com/2016/06/622795-this-powerful-d-day-story-made-ronald-reagan-cry-you-will-too/ | IJR Politics

In 1984 #OnThisDay, President #RonaldReagan honored the valor of the Rangers who scaled the cliffs of Pointe Du Hoc. Their sacrifice and bravery epitomized the spirit of liberation, marking them as true heroes of a historic victory. #PointeDuHoc #WWIIMemorial | The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute

Pointe du Hoc & Omaha Beach 2nd Ranger Battalion Rangers Lead the Way! #omahabeach #pointeduhoc #normandy #normandie #dday #ddayanniversary #normandy1944 #normandy #ww2veteran #debarquementnormandie #normandylandings #ww2reenactment #usarmyveteran #ww2 #WWII #ww2history #bunker #wwiihistory #savingprivateryan #historia #bunker #travel #trip #explore #history #histoire #histoiredefrance #documentary #documentaire | Omaha Beach Memory

President Reagan’s “Boys of Pointe du Hoc,” eloquently spoken in 1984 from the same cliffs where US Army Rangers achieved the impossible 40 years earlier. Their mission: silence the German guns aimed at the Allied landings below. Pointe du Hoc was a strategic stronghold, perched between Utah and Omaha Beach, fortified with artillery and machine guns that could’ve shredded the invasion before it even started. So before the main force hit the beach, 225 Army Rangers set out. They were led by a Tex