This is probably one of the most moving speeches that President Reagan ever gave. In the Normandy invasion, a group of US Army Rangers scaled sheer cliffs under merciless enemy fire from above. Today, we remember their sacrifice, and the sacrifice of all those both before and after them. If you haven't heard this speech, you need to make some time. If you have, you'll probably want to hear it again today.
These are the boys of Pointe-du-Hoc:
I've walked that ground and it's just horrible. The movie "Saving Private Ryan" got the terrain right.
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