The destruction of these guns was important if the invasion was the succeed.
Pointe du Hoc was specially targeted.
Then the battleship Texas took up the action, sending dozens of 14-inch shells into the position.
Still, nobody was sure whether the battery was actually neutralized.
The task fell upon the 2nd Ranger Battalion, under the command of Colonel James E. Rudder.
The Rangers quickly organized a search party and found the guns hidden nearby, which they destroyed using grenades.
The mission was completed but the Rangers still had to get out that place.
Unfortunately, the relief forces came two days too late.
Today, the cliff looks like the lunar surface.
In 1979 a memorial is erected here, and is now overseen by the American Battle Monuments Commission.
