What They Came Up — Digital Download

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The cliff below Pointe du Hoc, with a sea stack standing at the foot of it. There is no beach to speak of at the bottom. The Rangers climbed this on a rising tide, roughly two hours after low water, under grenades.

Pointe du Hoc, Cricqueville-en-Bessin, Normandy. August 2026. Fujifilm X-T2, 18–55mm.

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Part of Normandy, 1944 — three days on the same coast, seven years apart.