The Boys of Pointe Du Hoc : Ronald Reagan, D-day, And the U.S. Army 2nd Ranger Battalion

Draws on recently released documents from the Reagan Library archive to provide an in-depth account of the D-Day activities of the elite U.S. Army 2nd Rangers, recounting how they defended themselves for two days against Nazi counterattacks, in a volume that then describes President Reagan's fortieth-anniversary speech that commended their achievem