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What is the correct name of the 2d Ranger Battalion's landing point at D-Day, Pointe du Hoe or Pointe du Hoc?

Both place names appear in print and are in a sense correct. The confusion arises because the local name for the area, Pointe du Hoc, is an old Norman name while the parisian french spelling is Pointe du Hoe.

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Absolutely amazing. What a wonderful read this was. It was long but well worth it. The actions of these Rangers and how they moved about independently toward their objectives was facsinating to follow.

I have trouble trying to pick out an example, each report from each group was a learning experience for me. The writer took me along with them. Neat.

About 25 feet from the exit road, Lieutenant Hill and Anderson reached the cover of a low embankment. The machine gun was just beyond the road ahead of them.

Hill stood up to look at the position and to Anderson's amazement shouted, "You ... ... .. . you couldn't hit a bull in the ass with a bass fiddle!"

This drew enemy fire; as Hill dropped back into cover, Anderson tossed him a grenade, Hill threw it, and the machine-gun fire stopped. A few minutes later, Lieutenant Lapres came down the exit road with the advance group of Company E, and Hill's action may have saved this party from surprise fire.

LOL. Where do we get these men? No wonder we are all so proud of our troops, past and present.

Thank you Sam, this thread is now my favorite!