Ronald Reagan on the 40th Anniversary of D-Day Pointe Du...

Before I get to the analysis portion of this assignment, the speech I have decided to go with is former President Ronald Reagan’s speech on the 40th Anniversary of D-Day that was delivered at Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, France, on June 6, 1984. This is the speech I wanted to use for my analytical paper because I have always been extremely interested in World War II and anything affiliated with it. Also, I actually had two grandfathers that served in the Philippines fighting alongside American soldiers as guerilla fighters against the Japanese invaders during the war. President Reagan was the one who presented the speech but to my slight disappointment, he did not actually prepare it himself. The speech was actually written by Peggy Noonan, the primary speechwriter and special assistant to President Reagan. After reading and watching footage of the speech, I found it to be a great collaboration between the speaker and the writer. President Reagan’s 40th Anniversary of D-Day speech was given exactly forty years after D-Day, the Normandy beach landings that took place on June 6, 1944 in Normandy, France. More specifically, he delivered the speech at Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, France where United States Army Rangers scaled the cliffs to take out German artillery emplacements that were raining shells on Omaha, Utah, Gold, Juno, and Sword beach where other Allied forces were landing. Despite the German artillery not being there once they got to the top, the artillery replaced byShow MoreRelatedFamous Speeches Of The Great Awakening3901 Words   |  16 Pagescontext and the occasion in which President Ronald Reagan delivered his famous â€Å"Boy’s of Pointe du Hoc† speech on June 6th 1984. The occasion of the speech was to commemorate the D-Day invasion that occurred 40 years prior on the beaches of Normandy and those who had risked and lost their lives. In order to effectively understand D-Day, it helps to first look at the events that led to its culmination. To really display an accurate picture of how D-Day culminated, it helps to begin with The Great