Pointe Du Hoc - Today

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Pointe du Hoc now has a memorial and museum dedicated to the battle. Many of the original fortifications have been left in place. The site is speckled with a number of bomb craters. On Jan, 11 1979, ownership of this 13-hectare field was donated to the federal government of the United States, which made the American Battle Monuments Commission responsible for its maintenance.

  • Pointe du Hoc's location

  • Photo taken on D+2, after relief forces reached the Rangers at Point Du Hoc. The American flag had been spread out to stop fire of friendly tanks coming from inland.

  • US President Ronald Reagan giving a speech commemorating the 40th anniversary of the event.

  • Part of the modern day site looking out from the top of one of the bunkers.

  • Pointe du Hoc, modern view. Normandie, France

  • Present day view of the cliff of Pointe du Hoc with the monument on the top-right.


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