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ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Experience the history of Pointe du Hoc, and tour this World War II D-Day landing site in France with the Pointe du Hoc mobile application. Built for both iPhone and Android devices, this GPS-enabled application allows you to experience the site, where U.S. Army Rangers scaled the 100 ft. cliffs of Pointe du Hoc, destroyed a critical German battery and took control of the coastal highway, playing a crucial role in the Allied...

CRICQUEVILLE-EN-BESSIN, France, June 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than 40 World War II veterans are expected to gather here tomorrow with American and French officials to rededicate the Pointe du Hoc Ranger Monument, which reopened to the public in March. Sixty-seven years ago - on June 6, 1944 - U.S. Army Rangers climbed the cliffs of Pointe du Hoc on a mission General Omar Bradley called the most dangerous assignment of the D-Day invasion. The Pointe du Hoc Ranger Monument and...

The U.S. is leading an effort to stop environmental erosion from jeopardizing the clifftop of Pointe-du-Hoc on France's Normandy coast, an area that has become hallowed ground for the American sacrifices of June 6, 1944, AFP reported.New efforts are being extended to stabilize the cliff, on top of which sits a monument and a German bunker.Decades of powerful tides, rain and wind shoveled deep into the rock forced the Pointe-du-Hoc memorial to be closed to the public in 2000 over concerns that...