and often insightful look at the Rangers who stormed Pointe du Hoc on D-Day. O’Donnell, author of a number of books on World War II, opens with an account of the formation of the Rangers and of the ...

Daring raid on German position at Pointe du Hoc defied the odds Kerchner enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1942 and eventually joined the elite 2nd Ranger Battalion as a lieutenant. He trained in ...