Pointe du Hoc Rangers Found Decoys

U.S. Army Rangers scaled 100-foot cliffs at Pointe du Hoc under fire to destroy six 155mm German cannons only to find telephone pole decoys. Sgt. Leonard Lomell and Sgt. Jack Kuhn discovered the real guns in an orchard 1,300 yards away and destroyed them with thermite grenades. When reporting back, Lt. Col. Rudder chewed Lomell out for leaving his post without orders.