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Who commanded the U.S. Rangers at Pointe du Hoc?
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Omaha Beach
U.S. infantrymen wading from their landing craft toward Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
The U.S. Army Rangers tasked with the assault on Pointe du Hoc were commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Rudder.1
He led the 2nd and 5th Ranger battalions in the mission to neutralize German artillery positions that threatened the Allied landings at Omaha and Utah beaches.1