Vincent Wai's military art
2nd Rangers at Pointe du Hoc, Normandy 1944
That speech by Reagan was truly inspired and is worth reading each year in early June.
i had the honor of visiting Point du Hoc in 2000...no movie or TV scree does justice to the danger faced on 6/6/44...what the Americans did there was nothing less then amazing....
If I recall, every detail about scaling the cliffs was covered.
Except the fact the grappling hook lines were soggy wet and now heavy, minimizing how high they could be tossed.
And still the Rangers pressed on.
Amazing.
Life is that way. If you don't blow your own horn, nobody else will.
There must have been some good reason why we landed right into the teeth of the Nazi defense - what was it?
“Ryan asked Rudder where and when he arrived in Normandy. Rudder: “Omaha Beach, H-Hour.” Ryan asked if Rudder had lost friends in the battle. Rudder: “Yes, many.” Was Rudder wounded? “Yes, twice.” Ryan appealed for a dramatic moment. Did any single incident stand out in Rudder’s mind? “No.”
That wasn’t just Rudder, that was the entire generation. Down-playing the way those who made it out of the murderous lunacy that was WWII HONORED those who did not.