Standing on Omaha Beach, with the mist rolling in and the ... They faced not only the enemy before them but also the rough waters, towering cliffs, and relentless gunfire. Their courage, their ...

The 5th Rangers were diverted to Omaha Beach on D-Day when Lt. Col. Max Schneider did not receive the code word to land at Pointe du Hoc. At that point, 2nd Rangers were to scale the cliffs and ...

Thank you for all you've done,” Biden said during his address at the World War II monument between the Omaha and Utah Beaches ... During his speech, on the same cliffs that U.S. Army Rangers ...

Omaha where the Germans enjoyed lots of ... Allied reconnaissance plains had identified an even greater threat on the cliffs to the west of the beach, a massive gun battery on the Ponte Boch ...