BATTALION: 2nd RANGER BATTALION IN WORLD WAR II

* Goes into exceptional detail on the D-Day assault of the gun positions at Pointe du Hoc, including how it almost ended in total failure * Unlike most books on the US Army Rangers, this one also covers the many battles fought by the Rangers after D-Day * Lists the names of the Rangers who fought in the 2nd Battalion, including those who were casualties and those who were decorated for valour * Based on original documents and interviews with the surviving veterans by the author For more than fourteen months, the volunteers that made up the 2nd Ranger Battalion had been finely honed for combat. Now, on 6th June 1944, their battle would begin.