The boys of Pointe du Hoc
Subtitle: Ronald Reagan, D-Day and the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion
By: Douglas Brinkley.
Contributors: Reagan, Ronald.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W. Morrow
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780060565275
Subjects: United States. -- Army. -- Ranger Battalion, 2nd -- History; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy -- Anniversaries, etc; World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States; Normandy (France) -- History -- Anniversaries, etc
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Setting the stage; title: Darby's Rangers; title: Rudder's Rangers; title: Climbing the cliffs, destroying the guns; title: Reagan's Hollywood war; title: Peggyy Noonan prepares for Pointe du Hoc; title: Reagan's Normandy Day; title: After the speeches; title: Epilogue; title: Appendix : Ronald Reagan's speech at Pointe du Hoc; title: Notes and sources