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(NEXSTAR) - About four miles west of Omaha Beach sits a key site in Operation Overlord. “If we if we look at a straight line, here’s Omaha Beach. Here’s Utah Beach. And right between them is Point du Hoc,” said Normandy American Cemetery Superintendent Scott Desjardins. Pointe du Hoc is formidable, but on June 6th, 1944, an elite group of soldiers faced the challenge of making the steep climb while weighed down with equipment. “Two hundred twenty Rangers will scale 100-foot cliffs of Pointe du H…
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