 June 06, 2006June 6, 1944 - The Great InvasionToday is a day of great significance (no it isn't the birth of Satan's spawn). Today is the 62nd anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy. C.S. Scott has a great post about the contributions of the Airborne units and the overwhelming odds they faced. I'll add to this a bit. Here is a great WWII history site that has a detailed description of the Army Rangers who stormed the cliffs at Pointe du Hoc. That's right. Not the beaches, the cliffs. Once they got up the cliffs they had to deal with one of the most entrenched German positions on the French Coast. The point was key because the reinforced concrete bunker on the top of the cliff contained 6 155-mm cannons with full view of both Utah and Omaha beaches. Steven Ambrose details this event here.
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I can't imagine being in the shoes of the Rangers that had to assault Point Du Hoc and what was going through their mind. What a very crazy and critical mission carried out by men sporting balls of steel. Posted by: C.S. Scott at June 7, 2006 07:05 PMWhew, everytime I read that story I start to sweat. Balls of steel no doubt. I guess I'm a fan of the inappropriate I laugh myself silly everytime I think about "Preacher" making his way up the ropes, taking German fire and dropping a deuce before re-engaging. Posted by: TF6S at June 8, 2006 05:43 PMPost a comment
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