FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 2004 | ||||
 Aerial View affords a glimpse of the cliffs hat were scaled on D-Day. Also to be seen are the many shell carters that remain despite 60 years of weathering. (Courtesy Karine Guilbert) |  Infamous Cliffs along Pointe du Hoc seem unassailable but U.S. Army Rangers proved otherwise (Photo courtesy Karine Guilbert) |  Barbed Wire to keep tourists from getting too close to the edge is something of a reversal of 60 years ago |  Pockmarked Earth forces visitors to walk in zigzag patterns as they traverse the area |  Craters Remain despite the effects of six decades of wind and rain |
 Death and Destruction rained down on this area for hours as aircraft bombing and naval salvos attempted to "soften" the area prior to the beach assault |  Winding Path leads to cliffside memorial obelisk. It is a misleading scene given the ravaged areas to left and right of the path |  Memorial Obelisk sits atop what once was a German bunker |  Another Perspective reveals the extent of this one bunker and the shore battery it served | |