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d-day invasion. those and courageous sacrifice that day for all of us. there you can see the president and his wife, dr. jill biden meeting with those veterans. now, most of them over 90, just a few still remain with us president biden is expected to speak soon from the beaches of normandy, france, 18 years ago today, those beaches were the scene of the largest amphibious invasion in military history. listen to franklin roosevelt praying with the nation as the de d-day mission was unfolding. >> almighty god some prior to ban the this de, i've set upon the meitei-sho endeavor let's cr...

>> over looking the beaches at normally somewhat 9,000 americans, 9,000 laid to rest a very poignant morning, the commemoration, the memorization of the 80th anniversary of the allied landing on the beaches of normandy president biden gave a speech filled with memories of the past, would very much, looking toward the future speaking about the need to fight against aggression around the world, very specific references to vladimir putin and the invasion of ukraine, saying that dark forces never fete. plus listened to a little bit about the president said the struggle between a dictator...

82nd. then there are over 11,000 bombers. they're supposed to soften up german targets. then there's going to be in phase three of five beach landing. the british are going to take gold and sword. the canadians are going to take juno and have a pretty hard time of it. utah americans are there teddy roosevelt junior with just a cane, marches ashore. it's omaha, that's the big problem. it's a wide beach, it's the biggest beach. the tanks that are set off just go right to the bottom of the sea. a lot of the lstm are swamped i mean, the heroism of the people that then in the face of weathering fir...

Utah beach, which is the other one from omaha beach, which is the one then linked up with the paratroopers of the hundred and first airborne division with which i was assigned. at the time in the 82nd, which i served in multiple other times flying across the english channel, willed extraordinary. the truth is that most of our paratroopers and most of us in general are there to have a good time we had been billeted the nights before it english airbases that had actually from which the paratroopers of d-day had flown but as we flew across the channel, it was as if the weight of history descended...

THE National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP), led by its new Chairman Lisa Guerrero Nakpil, together with His Excellency President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., will lead the 82nd Araw ng Kagitingan on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, at 8 a.m. with the theme 'Pagpaparangal sa Kagitingan ng mga Beterano: Saligan para sa Nagkakaisang Pilipino.'