he said i will never leave a man on the battlefield. he went back and picked up every one of those soldiers. i used to follow him at the wall. the unit got smaller and smaller every year. i am sure there are few left, but not many. standing on normandie beach a few years back on the 75th anniversary, laura ingram and i went, we did an interview with the president at the time. at night when you stand there in the stillness and see those 9388 headstones, it does take your breath away when you realize beneath every one of those is an 18-year-old american, 19-year-old american whose life was cut short so that our lives could prosper in our country could continue. that is what this day is really about and should be about. beyond barbecues, it is about