
FILE - President Ronald Reagan delivers a speech in Normandy at Pointe Du Hoc, France, June 6, 1984, during commemorative ceremonies of the 40th anniversary of the Allied landing in Normandy in 1944. President Joe Biden will speak from Pointe du Hoc on Friday, June 7, 2024, for the 80th anniversary of D-Day. The cliffs of Pointe du Hoc were scaled by Army Rangers during the invasion, and the mission was memorialized by Reagan, when he paid tribute to "the boys of Pointe du Hoc," seated at Reagan's right. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)


