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Symbol of American Courage
Samuel Eliot Morison1944-06-06
The George C. Marshall Foundation
Lexington , United States
A US Army Ranger, William Hickey (Ohio), lies dead at the top of the Cherbourg Cliffs, which he and his brother Rangers scaled in the face of a withering of Nazi fire. Of the 200 Rangers who stormed the beach height, only 60 were alive when the top was taken and the Nazis driven back.
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- Title: Symbol of American Courage
- Creator: Samuel Eliot Morison
- Date: 1944-06-06
- Location: Pointe Du Hoc, France
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