European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and St is monday june 6,1994 Ranger memories cling to Cliffs Al. I la.  innit a Hll Ninor by Vince Crawley Normandy Bureau Pointe do hoc France Gerald Eberle a . Army Ranger during world War ii has t been Back to Normandy since a Day but sunday he returned 10 the log foot Cliffs of Pointe do hoc that he scaled on the morning of june 6, 1944. A i found it immediately right where i climbed up a said Eberle of Pittsburgh. On his 100-foot climb half a Century ago germans were shooting Down on him. He cleared the top and rolled Over into a Shell Crater gathering his senses just Long enough to kill an enemy Soldier hiding in an adjoining Crater. The rangers who suffered 70 percent casualties on Pointe do hoc and similar losses on nearby Omaha Beach received a warmer Welcome sunday morning. A Church from the nearby. Village of cric Lueville in Bessin held Cliff top services in their Honor followed by a Wreath laying and a Cliff climbing demonstration by Active duty rangers. Charles Brehm 69, of Dallas said the 100 or so rangers who returned for the 50th anniversary of the a Day landings Are getting enthusiastic welcomes wherever they go. A yesterday there Wasny to a dry Eye anywhere a he said of a Small ceremony held in another Norman Village. A if god was coming they  have made anything More Beautiful a he said of the dinner the town threw. A those people truly appreciated their  although there a sometimes a festive mood in the air Brehm said the a Day commemoration is not a Celebration. A a it a solemn but there Are smiles a because of recognition  Greg Keehner 39, is the son of a rancor and he said the trip to Normandy has been an Eye opener. A a it a pretty wild a Keehner said. A i knew it was going to be emotional. Ass. Vinca Crawley Simon Loesch a rancor Veteran from Warren. Mich., holds a French child at the ullage of cric Lueville in Bessin. Me emotional than i but its even m a his father. George Keehner. Does t talk math about what happened atop the cuffs but the younger Keehner has Learned much More during the trip to Normandy. Grec Keehner said that Jack Kuhn Cne of two in who destroyed the German artilier that were the r sneers reas guns f for scaling the Point was shaking  in a Fen Csc the following 4. .,-0 we a of rangers i  lines and Cantera track. The a a non i. 25 to or i be in Cir a cont  earn known As the a most  -. A the w that seared a of. But he just kept trembling and could t Stop it a Greg Keehner said of Kuhn. A the said a your dad just held me All night  a Story like that you d never read in a  the French people have a a genuine sense of thanks a the younger Keehner said. A it makes me think of the soldiers who fought in Vietnam but Don t have a liberated people to come Back  George Keehner 76, said he Neer expected to return to Normandy 50 years later. Quot if i would have thought for a moment to 1944 that i would be Back Here 50 years later a said the elder Kirchner of Ocean City md., Quot i  have believed that i would have lived that Long much less for the next two Days. In be been very  Louis Lisko 72, of Brackenridge pa., said that Strong leadership and the . Navy helped the rangers survive their ordeal. A War correspondent once told him that if it Hadnot been for the radioman who called in accurate fire from the Navy destroyers Satterlee and Harding a a German correspondent would have written the Story of Pointe do hoc because the Pointe do hoc Mission would have failed without the help of the Navy a for William Fennhahn 70, of Amsterdam n.y., it was also a first trip Back to Normandy after half a Century. M a before i got Here i had the same kinds of feelings id had before we made the landings on a Day a Fennhahn said. A in your mind you visualize everything you did before you hit the  he was with the 5th Ranger in which hit Omaha Beach and unlike Eberle on the Cliffs he was unable to find his exact Landing spot. A i went Down to. Omaha but do you think i can find the place that i landed a Fennhahn asked. A everything was Flat. Everywhere looked the  Simon Loesch 74, said that a we ail left a part of us Over Here and we put our lives on the line for each  because of that he said the rangers who survived have had a a lifelong  the brotherhood does no to just include world War ii rangers. A when i saw that Ranger being dragged through the streets of  cried a Loesch from Warren mich., said of last years oct. 3 firefight in Somalia. A they say soldiers done to cry but that a a  Clinton urges Solidarity to avoid another a Day aboard the aircraft Carrier George Washington a president Clin Ter. Speaking to cheering . Forces aboard this nuclear powered aircraft Carrier in the English Channel a j sunday that if the allies stay together. The world will a one or need another  Clinton celebrating the 5dth anniversary of the mus save invasion to retake Europe from nazi Germany told . Military   he is a committed unequivocally a cutely to ensuring that you a Mornac to have what you need to do Yam Job. You deserve it. Our Security demands  Clinton said the most  lesson of a Day is that Quot if the  would stay together and St Stycn. We would never  another a Day. That is what you Are a.  and your court try is dam your  the remarks came m Hie  in a crts w Taur a t i 11. No 3 h. In d a h Rodham. Pm n Bec a  Cier. I Gareth ii drumhead sen Quot j pc a f a a a r j a a a   f1. A a 1 r. A 1 r Cige e Carm he fare a n. La Canterbury to cd no 0 .0 ,. I president Clinton shares a laugh with world War ii Veteran Kelta Tex Ritter after the drumhead service a a Day commemoration ceremony in souths a England on sunday. A. D  today. The Britannia was docked at the it meath naval base. The Britan a is  Headquarters sat urday night As he attended the Queens dinner for leaders of Allied nations whose troops participated in the a Day invasion