Book 2006

The Boys of Pointe du Hoc

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Publisher: Harper Perennial
Language: English
Published: 2006

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One brisk morning at the White House in early October 1981, as President Ronald Reagan was preparing for a state visit from French president Francois Mitterrand, his deputy chief of staff, Michael Deaveir, informed him that the French government was eager to present him a prestigious decoration when the two leaders met in historic Yorktown, Virginia.