08-23-2006, 11:47 PM
One of the most prized items I have in my WWII collection is a letter from Lt. (then a Sgt.) Len Lomell, which I received as a reply to a letter I had written him about a year ago. Here is a small portion: "The 5 Big guns of Pt. Du Hoc that I destroyed in their alternate position by 8:30AM on D-Day morning were 155mm French made coastal artillary long-range howitzers, that could fire 10 to 12 miles (underlined). They could reach all ships of the invasion fleet and all invasion beaches as well."
Jim