Listing Details

Location: ARNOLD AVENUE AND BALTIMORE AVENUE

City: POINT PLEASANT BEACH

State: New Jersey

Zip Code: 8742

Type of Memorial: Plaques On Stone

Year Dedicated: 1999

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR II

Photograph By: MIKE LIANTONIO

Submitted By: MIKE LIANTONIO

THE IRON GRAPPLING HOOK ON THIS MEMORIAL IS IN HONOR OF THE RANGERS ASSAULT ON POINT DU HOC ON D-DAY JUNE 6, 1944. THE RANGERS SCALED THE CLIFFS OF POINT DU HOC USING ROPES, LADDERS AND GRAPPLES WHILE UNDER ENEMY FIRE, AND ENGAGED THE ENEMY AT THE TOP OF THE CLIFF IN A SUCCESSFUL ASSAULT.
SEE ALSO-1ST SGT. LEONARD G. LOMELL WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE

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