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February 19, 2004

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Pointe du Hoc, France, June 6, 1984: As President Ronald Reagan speaks at the monument honoring troops from the 2nd Ranger Battalion who scaled the 100-foot cliffs there on D-Day, 40 years earlier, first lady Nancy Reagan glances out at the now-peaceful beaches where the allied invasion of Europe began. Singling out the Rangers in attendance at the ceremony, the president said, "These are the men who took the cliffs. These are the champions who helped free a continent. These are the heroes who helped end the war."

RELATED MATERIAL
ś Click here to read Stripes' story about President Reagan's 1984 D-Day speech.
ś Read more stories about the D-Day anniversary from Stripes' June 7, 1984 European edition:
          Daughter of D-Day veteran kept a promise made by him (Click here)
          Ships and troops assemble once again (Click here)
          Landing boat crewman recalls scene on Normandy coast as 'pure hell' (Click here)
          B-17 crew's mission to bomb bridge didn't turn out quite as planned (Click here)
          Veterans gather in French town, renew friendships (Click here)
          Unit scales cliffs in a re-enactment of D-Day (Click here)
          Two reminisce over port they helped build (Click here)
          Army chaplain recalls Omaha Beach landing (Click here)
          For H.S. band, 'nothing bigger' than playing at Omaha (Click here)
          Survivors of death camp guests at D-Day events (Click here)

Past photos of the day

February, 2004
February 18, 2004: Jazz great Lionel Hampton in Germany, 1958 (With story and additional photos)
February 17, 2004: King Saud of Saudi Arabia and King Idris I of Libya, 1957 (With story)
February 16, 2004: Gen. Jimmy Doolittle, WWII hero of two theaters, 1982 (With story)
February 15, 2004: U.S. Marine in the Saudi Arabian desert, 1990 (With stories)
February 14, 2004: Actor Rock Hudson in Germany, 1954 (With additional photos)
February 13, 2004: Gypsy Rose Lee shopping in the Saigon market, 1969 (With stories)
February 12, 2004: Soviet sector police march to a Berlin May Day rally, 1948 (With stories)
February 11, 2004: Bandleader Count Basie, 1968 (With stories)
February 10, 2004: Helicopter landing on the USS Fife in the Gulf of Oman, 1990 (With story)
February 9, 2004: Director Alfred Hitchcock's familiar profile, 1955 (With additional photos)
February 8, 2004: Lenny Kravitz at Frankfurt's Festhalle, 1996 (With story)
February 7, 2004: Sen. George McGovern in Tokyo, 1971 (With story)
February 6, 2004: Dr. Albert Schweitzer and West German President Theodor Heuss, 1951 (With story)
February 5, 2004: The Bridge at Remagen, six years after the crucial WWII battle, 1951 (With story)
February 4, 2004: Country music star Charley Pride, 1967 (With story)
February 3, 2004: Seawolf helicopters patrolling the Mekong Delta, 1967 (With additional photos)
February 2, 2004: A "wedding" in Mogadishu, Somalia, 1993 (With story)
February 1, 2004: Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor at Rhein-Main, 1964 (With stories)

January, 2004
January 31, 2004: Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia arrives in Bonn, 1954 (With stories)
January 30, 2004: Orson Welles and Eartha Kitt in Germany, 1950 (With story)
January 29, 2004: Gen. Omar Bradley at Rhein-Main AB, 1947 (With stories)
January 28, 2004: James Brown onstage in Ludwigshafen, Germany, 1992 (With story)
January 27, 2004: Korean Army firepower demonstration in Vietnam, 1968 (With additional photos)
January 26, 2004: Muhammad Ali vs. Mac Foster in Tokyo, 1972 (With stories and additional photos)
January 25, 2004: Author-philanthropist Pearl S. Buck in South Korea, 1969 (With story)
January 24, 2004: Health expert Jack LaLanne visits a Sumo stable, 1972 (With story)
January 23, 2004: George H.W. Bush, on his first European trip as president, 1989 (With stories)
January 22, 2004: Siegfried and Roy bring two tigers to a new home in Germany, 1987 (With story)
January 21, 2004: USS Midway battle group returns home, 1991 (With story and additional photos)
January 20, 2004: Prince Charles at RAF Mildenhall, 1982 (With story)
January 19, 2004: Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson in Tokyo, 1971 (With story)
January 18, 2004: Producer Otto Preminger at the Cannes Film Festival, 1974 (With related story)
January 17, 2004: Walt Disney visits Berlin, 1963 (With story)
January 16, 2004: Tanks roll through a German town during Winter Shield exercise, 1961 (With stories)
January 15, 2004: Dick Van Dyke, on the set in Germany, 1967 (With story and additional photos)
January 14, 2004: U.S. servicemembers in Somalia, 1993 (With stories and additional photos)
January 13, 2004: Grand Ole Opry stars bring country music to Europe, 1949 (With additional photos)
January 12, 2004: Football star Joe Namath at Munich American H.S., 1978 (With story)
January 11, 2004: Sen. Edward M. Kennedy at Frankfurt's America House, 1966 (With story)
January 10, 2004: Author and Nobel laureate Thomas Mann, back in Germany, 1949 (With story)
January 9, 2004: Roy Orbison, onstage at RAF Mildenhall, 1982 (With story)
January 8, 2004: President and Mrs. Reagan arrive in London, 1982 (With stories)
January 7, 2004: On the set during the filming of "Dr. Zhivago," 1965 (With story and additional photos)
January 6, 2004: A Chinook helicopter is lifted away by another copter, 1981 (With additional photos)
January 5, 2004: Comedian Chico Marx, on his way to perform for the troops, 1949 (With story)
January 4, 2004: Sen. Barry Goldwater in Saigon, 1969 (With story)
January 3, 2004: Liza Minnelli in concert, 1987 (With story)
January 2, 2004: Actor Ernest Borgnine visits the troops in Germany, 1979 (With story)
January 1, 2004: Bono, on stage at the U2 Festival, 1987 (With story)

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