CLIFFS AT POINTE-DU-HOC U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife Deborah tour the cliffs at Pointe-du-Hoc, France, Oct. 4, 2009. The 100-foot cliffs were scaled, under heavy fire, by a battalion of U.S. Army Rangers in the opening hours of the D-Day invasions in 1944 knocking out a battery of heavy German guns allowing the entire invasion to be successful. SHARE: Download: Full Size (0.05 MB) Credit: VIRIN: 008289-K-MYQ02-026.jpg Photo Gallery