Author: Douglas Brinkley
Moderator: Gary Lewi
Acclaimed historian Douglas Brinkley sits down with military historian Gary Lewi for a conversation commemorating the anniversary of D-Day. Brinkley’s accomplished work, The Boys of Pointe Du Hoc, recounts the brave men who faced the toughest task to befall U. S. forces during the war: the promontory known as Pointe du Hoc, where six big German guns were ensconced and which was the number one target of the heavy U.S. and British warships poised in the English Channel on D-Day morning. Join them for an in-depth conversation about these Army Rangers and their mission, as well as a discussion of D-Day and the War’s reverberations through history.