Schneider and Lieutenant Colonel James Earl Rudder, the commander of the 2nd Battalion, were soon briefed on the upcoming mission.
Force A, commanded by Rudder, would capture Pointe du Hoc, destroy the guns, and seize a German observation post.
When the D-Day landings were rescheduled for 5 June, the Rangers and all the rest of the Allied troops ready for combat had to wait.
Before 5:00 A.M. on the morning of 6 June, the men of the Provisional Ranger Group got into their landing crafts and prepared for battle.
Near Pointe du Hoc, the landing craft flotilla carrying Force A made a wrong turn.
When the landing crafts hit a narrow, pebbled beach near a cliff, German machine-gunners opened up on the Rangers.
Tossing grenades and blasting their way into the bunkers, Rudder's Rangers killed many Germans but found wooden posts instead of heavy artillery inside.
Throughout their battle for Pointe du Hoc, the Rangers were under fire from the nearby coastal gun battery at Maisy.
Colonel Schneider, having not received a signal indicating the capture of Pointe du Hoc because of the timing, decided to bring his men ashore on Omaha Dog Green.
Major Sullivan was given the Distinguished Service Cross for the breakout at Omaha Beach, the relief of Pointe du Hoc and the successful assault on the Maisy Batteries.
The acclaimed 1998 film Saving Private Ryan opens with a realistic view of Force C's assault at Omaha Dog Green.