1 00:00:00.530 --> 00:00:05.250 [dry grass crunching] (Army Master Sgt. Joshua Horsager) Pointe du Hoc is one of the D-Day landings for our lineage for 2 00:00:05,250 --> 00:00:10,050 the 2nd Ranger Battalion. So, we came out here basically to reenact the the climbing of 3 00:00:10,050 --> 00:00:14,240 the cliffs and to pay tribute to our -- our veterans that climbed these cliffs 4 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:15,800 75 years ago. [metal climbing equipment clinking] 5 00:00:17,420 --> 00:00:19,660 We've got two groups of Rangers from 6 00:00:19,660 --> 00:00:24,180 2nd Battalion. Some of us are in period uniforms that replicate the uniforms 7 00:00:24,180 --> 00:00:28,050 and the gear that were worn on D-Day, uh, 75 years ago, and then some of 8 00:00:28,050 --> 00:00:31,920 our guys are in our modern-day kit, so they're in here replicating what we do 9 00:00:31,940 --> 00:00:35,920 now ,and we're in here as a paying homage -- tribute to the past. [wind blowing] 10 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:43,260 It's very -- it's very emotional, just kind of a surreal experience, you know, it's something that, 11 00:00:43,260 --> 00:00:47,010 you know, we've read about, like I said, for 20 years I've read about the boys on 12 00:00:47,010 --> 00:00:50,610 Pointe du Hoc, and so to be able to do that today just means a lot. It's a very 13 00:00:50,610 --> 00:00:53,930 very humbling experience.