Posts Tagged ‘Pointe du Hoc’
D-Day plus 68 years
On this day, 68 years ago, thousands of brave heroes invaded France on the Normandy coast. They parachuted in from planes, they landed in gliders, they waded ashore, and they climed the cliffs at Pointe du Hoc.
If anything should inspire us to work tirelessly to preserve the lives of preborn children today, it is the sacrifice that so many of these young men, barely more than children themselves, made on those beaches 68 years ago today.
On the 40th anniversary of this day, President Ronald Reagan visited the site and delivered this address:
