ROOKE: Gone Are The Days Of ‘The Boys Of Pointe Du Hoc’
June 6 marks 80 years since heroic American soldiers stormed the beaches of France on D-Day to liberate Western Europe from German occupation. Former President Ronald Reagan honored the lost and living heroes in his speech at the site of the U.S. Ranger Monument at Point du Hoc on the northern coast of France on […]
Biden Uses Pointe du Hoc Speech to Blast Putin; Veiled Attack on Trump
President Joe Biden on Friday attacked Russian President Vladimir Putin in a speech at the Pont-du-Hoc memorial in Normandy, France, and implicitly attacked the country’s opposition in upcoming elections. As he did at the official commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings on June 6, Biden attacked Putin and called on the world […]
Biden invokes memory of Pointe du Hoc to make case for democracy
President Biden on Friday cited the memory of veterans who stormed the French beaches during the Normandy Invasion (D-Day) 80 years ago to make a case for American democracy and its role on the world stage. Biden spoke from Pointe du Hoc, the 100-foot cliff in Normandy where Army Rangers scaled the summit under fire […]