Workers install scaffolding and stairs to allow access to the base of the cliffs of Pointe du Hoc, where Rudder’s Rangers once scaled during the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France. 
James Earle Rudder was an alum and later President of Texas AMC. texag57

Pointe Du Hoc

Commander of a Pz.Kpfw. V "Panther". Nice, isn't it? ;-) He is distinguished with the Iron Cross 1st class, and with the Tank Combat Badge (Panzerkampfabzeichen) in silver. Well, I can't decide here neither, that what is his rank.  :-/ (By Bazooka Joe)