Kerchner, a lieutenant in the 2nd Ranger Battalion, played a crucial role in the D-Day assault on Pointe du Hoc, scaling cliffs under heavy fire and disabling German artillery. The public is ...

D-DAY AT POINTE-DU-HOC tells the remarkable story of the U.S. Army’s 2nd Ranger battalion. Led by Lt. Col. James Earl Rudder, the soldiers scaled the 100-foot cliffs of Pointe-du-Hoc in Normandy ...

On November 14, 1944, the 2nd Ranger Battalion is tasked with sieging the German town of Bergstein, and Hill 400, a highly strategic position that provides the Reich with high ground for artillery.