Post by peterd on Apr 13, 2013 10:11:11 GMT -8
MUST READ – Commander Rudder (2nd Rangers) 10 years later – I Took My Son to Pointe Du Hoc and Omaha Beach
On 6 June 1944 the V Corps of U.S. First Army (=malted German coastal defenses on a 6.000-yard stretch (“Omaha” Beach) between Vierville and
. The attack was made by two divisions, the 1st and 29th, with strong attachments of armor and artillery. On their right flank, a separate mission of unusual difficulty was assigned to a special assault force.
At Pointe du Hoe, four miles west of Onutha Beach, the Germans had constructed a fortified position for a coastal battery of 155-mm howitzers of French make. . This position was regarded as the most dangerous in the American zone, for guns of that caliber could cover not only the V and VII Corps landing beaches [Omaha and Utah] but also both transport areas….
The Ranger Group, attached to the 116th Infantry and commanded by Lt. Col, James E. Rue!- der, was was given the mission of capturing Pointe du Hoe and neutralizing the dangerous German coastal battery. .
—FROM HISTORIES DP THE NORMANDY LANDINGS PREPARED aY THE ARMY HISTORICAL DIVISION.
By W. C. HEINZ
www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/23242.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=23242
On 6 June 1944 the V Corps of U.S. First Army (=malted German coastal defenses on a 6.000-yard stretch (“Omaha” Beach) between Vierville and
. The attack was made by two divisions, the 1st and 29th, with strong attachments of armor and artillery. On their right flank, a separate mission of unusual difficulty was assigned to a special assault force.
At Pointe du Hoe, four miles west of Onutha Beach, the Germans had constructed a fortified position for a coastal battery of 155-mm howitzers of French make. . This position was regarded as the most dangerous in the American zone, for guns of that caliber could cover not only the V and VII Corps landing beaches [Omaha and Utah] but also both transport areas….
The Ranger Group, attached to the 116th Infantry and commanded by Lt. Col, James E. Rue!- der, was was given the mission of capturing Pointe du Hoe and neutralizing the dangerous German coastal battery. .
—FROM HISTORIES DP THE NORMANDY LANDINGS PREPARED aY THE ARMY HISTORICAL DIVISION.
By W. C. HEINZ
www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/23242.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=23242