On a damp still morning in September 1944, more than three months after D-Day and the “Impossible Mission” at Point du Hoc, Lieutenant Robert T. Edlin of 2nd Ranger Battalion stepped off into a live ...
On June 6, 1944, the 2nd Ranger Battalion was given one of the most dangerous objectives of D-Day—assaulting and scaling the 100-foot cliffs of Pointe du Hoc under heavy German fire. With the Atlantic ...
In 1944, Henry S. Golas of Central Falls was 1st sergeant of 2nd Platoon, Company C, 2nd Ranger Battalion. A few days before D-Day, Golas got a good news/bad news message. He had been promoted to 1st ...