Pointe du Hoc by junge1
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Pointe du Hoc is a 100-ft (30m) high promontory overlooking the sea. It is situated between Utah Beach to the West and Omaha Beach to the East. Six 155mm cannons with a range of 25,000 yards, heavily fortified and connected by tunnels, with a commanding view of both Utah and Omaha Beaches were positioned there.
On D-Day, June 6, 1944 an attack was scheduled to begin at 0630 led by Lt. Col. James Rudder's 2nd Battalion and called for three companies (D, E, and F) to scale the heights.
After several failed attempts due to a number of causes the rangers struggled to the top after incurring only 15 casualties.
By June 7th, the next day, of the original 225 men, Rudder had fewer than 100 and was almost out of food.
At the end, Rudder's rangers had suffered 70 percent casualties and held off five German counterattacks (Information is from a number of sources and highly condensed).
This picture was taken in May 1998 and is scanned,
Sig...
Comments (22)
emmecielle
Excellent capture! :)
flaviok
Excelente captura meu amigo, aplausos (5)
adrie
Great capture and a beautiful view.
Bossie_Boots
What a view thanks for sharing and the info superb work !!
jeroni
Fantastic light and mood. Superb shot
Angel_Jae
Thank you for sharing this photo, it is a great tribute to all the men that fought for freedom in WWII. This is very touching and a great reminder of the sacrifice that freedom costs.
neiwil
Would love to go to the Normandy area some day.Great encapsulated bit of history, heavy losses on the day to capture some telegraph poles....but they got the guns in the end.Brave men, fine tribute, thanks for the share...
sandra46
WONDERFUL CAPTURE
Faemike55
Cool shot and great information, Sig
bazza
Fabulous capture and info, some brave men fighting for freedom during WW2..
jocko500
very wonderful
renecyberdoc
that was hell. those 155 mm where mean muthas.
bobrgallegos
Outstanding capture and awesome information!!
kgb224
Stunning capture my friend. God Bless.
Lashia
Beautiful look out and cool perspective. Love this crop and angel- thanks for sharing! :) Also, you should check out the Halloween Photography Contest! "Zombie Apocalypse!"
flavia49
fabulous image
farmerC
Shining shot.
Dreamingbee
special place and shot !
drifterlee
Very beautiful shot!!!!!
auntietk
It must be amazing to stand there ...
bmac62
Know the story well. My first wife's uncle was an artillery forward observer attached to the Rangers and scaled these very cliffs. He amazingly made it all the way across France and into Germany without a scratch but had men killed to his left and right repeatedly during their advance. He was one very fortunate guy. Oh, and a fine picture Sig!
Briney
A place I only know from a movie... thanks for adding something more... I thought climbing cliffs would be dangerous enough... but climbing while being shot at...? How can we fully honour those guys and all they had to do... it must have been a nightmare.