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English: The view from inside a German casemate through a barbed-wire fence overlooking of the rocky cliffs beaches of Normandy atop of Pointe-du-Hoc, June 5. On D-day the 2nd Ranger Battalion scaled the sheer cliffs to take out this German gun turret that watches over the coast. Today the site has a granite memorial to honor the 2nd Ranger Battalion and their heroic assault.
Unit: U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne)
DVIDS Tags: 82nd Airborne Division; uniforms; Reserve; USACAPOC; band of brothers; Rangers; Veterans; Civil Affairs; soldiers; D-Day; Operation Air Drop Warrior; Civil Affairs Command; Second World War; Pointe-Du-Hoc
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Author Sgt. 1st Class Gonzalo (John) Gonzalez
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POINTE-DU-HOC, FR
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