To honor the occasion more broadly, Reagan chose to focus on “the boys of Pointe du Hoc,” choosing the ... though he did not himself fight. World War II was a formative experience and ...

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

President Joe Biden singled out and praised a former U.S. Army Ranger during a speech Friday highlighting threats to democracy at the Pointe du Hoc Ranger ... at the World War II monument between ...