The Boys of Pointe du Hoc
Subtitle: Ronald Reagan, D-Day, and the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: May 23, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780060565305
Subjects: Political; Armored Land Forces; World War II - Europe; Biography & Autobiography; History - Military / War; Biography/Autobiography; Military - United States; Military - World War II; Biography & Autobiography / Political; Anniversaries, etc; Campaigns; France; Normandy; Regimental histories; United States; World War, 1939-1945
First sentence: One brisk morning at the White House in early October 1981, as President Ronald Reagan was preparing for a state visit from French president Francois Mitterrand, his deputy chief of staff, Michael Deaveir, informed him that the French government was eager to present him a prestigious decoration when the two leaders met in historic Yorktown, Virginia.