June 6, 1944: 6/8: Dog Company: The Boys of Pointe du Hoc — the Rangers Who Landed at D-Day and Fought Across Europe,by Patrick K. O’Donnell, with John Pruden as narrator. Blackstone Audio, Inc. Audible Audiobook – Unabridged
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June 6, 1944: 6/8: Dog Company: The Boys of Pointe du Hoc — the Rangers Who Landed at D-Day and Fought Across Europe,by Patrick K. O’Donnell, with John Pruden as narrator. Blackstone Audio, Inc. Audible Audiobook – Unabridged
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It is said that the right man in the right place at the right time can mean the difference between victory and defeat. This is the dramatic story of 68 soldiers in the US Army's Second Ranger Battalion, Company D — "Dog Company" — who made that difference, time and again. From D-day, when German guns atop Pointe du Hoc threatened the Allied landings and the men of Dog Company scaled the sheer 90-foot cliffs to destroy them; to the slopes of Hill 400, in Germany’s Hürtgen Forest, where the Rangers launched a desperate bayonet charge across an open field; to a "quiet" section of the Ardennes, where Dog Company suddenly found itself on the tip of the spear at the Battle of the Bulge; the men of Dog Company made the difference.
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| 0:00.0 | Sometimes you just need to get away. |
| 0:02.8 | And for the Aglewall family, it was well over June. |
| 0:05.5 | They wanted to know exactly what they were getting, |
| 0:08.0 | like knowing their kids stay and eat a delicious breakfast for free. |
| 0:11.6 | Yes! |
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| 0:17.4 | Enjoy the same feeling whatever the trip. |
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| 0:24.5 | Season C's apply, up to two kids stay and eat breakfast free with a full paying adult. |
| 0:54.5 | It's part of the Seagrid line, but most importantly is Patrick Reveals. |
| 0:59.4 | It allows anyone who moves through the Hurt Conforce to look over the assembly lines for |
| 1:06.9 | the counter attack that Hitler is about to launch in December against the Allies. |
| 1:12.6 | The Battle of the Bulge. |
| 1:15.1 | The Rangers don't know this. |
| 1:16.8 | We're now at a little town where they're told to reinforce a combat regiment that has |
| 1:22.8 | been decimated more than that, essentially reduced to meaninglessness by German counter |
| 1:28.7 | attacks. |
| 1:29.7 | Nobody's asking at this point, why are the Germans so fierce about this little town? |
| 1:33.3 | What's going on here? |
| 1:34.6 | Instead they send the Rangers in to capture Hill 400. |
| 1:38.2 | Patrick, you've done very careful research and you spent a night on Hill 400. |
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