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James Earl Rudder (May 6, 1910 – March 23, 1970) was a United States Army major general. As a lieutenant colonel, he commanded the historic Pointe du Hoc battle during the Invasion of Normandy.
Jun 5, 2019 · On June 6, 1944 – 75 years ago – a young Lt. Col. named James Earl Rudder led a company of 225 Army Rangers on what seemed like an impossible task: scaling 90-foot vertical cliffs that were defended by German troops on the Normandy beaches.
Jun 6, 2023 · James Earl Rudder: The D-Day Hero Who Led Texas A&M Into A New Era. Rudder’s experience on the battlefield was central to his success as a public servant and beloved university president, says historian and biographer Thomas Hatfield.
Jun 4, 2015 · James Earl Rudder (1910-70) developed his traits growing up poor in tiny Eden in central Texas.
Schneider and his force anxiously waited long past the 0700 mark for the arrival of the designated signal from Rudder’s forces that they had made a successful landing. Lieutenant James W. “Ike” Eikner, the communications officer for Rudder’s 2d Battalion, developed Force A’s communication plan.
On the morning of June 6, 1944, the 2nd Ranger Battalion, commanded by Lt. Col. James Earl Rudder, began its ascent of a sheer 100-foot precipice called Pointe du Hoc.
Jun 1, 1995 · James Earl Rudder, soldier, land commissioner, and president of Texas A&M, was born on May 6, 1910, at Eden, Texas, the son of Dee Forest and Annie (Powell) Rudder. He attended John Tarleton Agricultural College in 1928–29.
Jun 6, 2014 · Then-Lt. Col James Earl Rudder, who would later become the president of Texas A&M university, led the Provisional Ranger Unit to Pointe du Hoc on the beaches of Normandy to disable German guns.
Called to active duty in 1941, Rudder took part in the D-Day landings as Commanding Officer of the United States Army’s 2nd Ranger Battalion. His U.S. Army Rangers stormed the beach at Pointe du Hoc, scaling 100-foot (30 meter) cliffs under enemy fire to reach and destroy German gun batteries.
May 30, 2021 · Rudder, just 34-years old, and his elite soldiers faced the biggest—and most dangerous— challenge of their lives. The unit would have to make an amphibious assault, coming ashore on to the beach at the base of Pointe-du-Hoc while under heavy German machine-gun and cannon fire.
