Death of a Hero

George Kerchner, who as a junior Army officer led his Ranger company up the Pointe du Hoc cliffs during the Normandy invasion and managed to silence German big guns that threatened the D-Day landings, died Feb. 17 at his home in Midlothian, Va. He was 93.


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