Reagan’s Pointe du Hoc Speech — June 6, 1984

06 Jun, 2005 by John Hawkins

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(*** It hardly seems as if it could be possible, but yesterday was the one year anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s death. It seems as if it were only a few months ago that Reagan left us, and rereading those old posts is more…difficult that it seems as if it should be at this point.

But time marches on and so must we.

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So, in order to honor the Gipper and pay tribute to other American heroes, the soldiers who participated in D-Day 61 years ago, here is Ronald Reagan’s magnificent speech given at Pointe du Hoc, France on the 40th anniversary of D-Day. ***)

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