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Defense secretary, servicemembers reflect on D-Day heroism

Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates tours Point-du-Hoc on the 63rd Anniversary of D-Day June 6 in Normandy, France. During World War II, rangers assulted the beaches at Point-du-Hoc and scaled the 100-meter-high cliffs to defeat the enemy for the cause of freedom. (Defense Department photo/Cherie A. Thurlby)

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