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Rangers Climb Pointe du Hoc 75 Years Later

  • Defense.gov
  • June 6, 2019 | 1:02

U.S. Army Rangers assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment climb the cliffs at Pointe du Hoc in Cricqueville-en-Bessin, France, June 4, 2019. Rangers scaled the cliff to honor the 135 men killed or wounded from the 2nd and 5th Ranger Battalions while capturing and holding Pointe du Hoc.

Video by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert Baldock, AFN Europe