U.S. President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May joined Macron at separate ceremonies along a 80km stretch of Normandy coastline, where more than 150,000 soldiers landed on June 6, 1944, under a hail of German fire.
President Trump, French President Macron greet veterans at D-Day commemoration ceremony in Normandy, France.
Macron awarded the Legion d'honneur, France's highest award for merit, to five U.S. veterans and embraced each man warmly.
"You are among the very greatest Americans who will ever live," Trump said in his address, turning to the surviving veterans.
Trump at Normandy on 75th Anniversary of D-Day: "They saved freedom and then went home and showed what freedom is all about."
Inaugurating a memorial to the 22,000 soldiers under British command who were killed on June 6, 1944, and in the ensuing battle for Normandy, British Prime Minister Theresa May saluted the bravery of the soldiers, many of whom were still boys when they waded ashore as shells screamed overhead. "It's almost impossible to grasp the raw courage it must have taken that day to leap from landing craft and into the surf despite the fury of battle," May told a small gathering that included Macron and veterans, their uniforms laden with medals.
Trump joined other world leaders at Normandy American Cemetery in France to honor those who died and fought in the battle, saying the abundance of courage showed by D-Day participants came from an abundance of faith.
https://thefederalistpapers.org/opinion/special-ceremony-trump-honors-d-day-veterans-fought-fires
President Trump, French President Macron greet veterans at D-Day commemoration ceremony in Normandy, France.
Macron awarded the Legion d'honneur, France's highest award for merit, to five U.S. veterans and embraced each man warmly.
"You are among the very greatest Americans who will ever live," Trump said in his address, turning to the surviving veterans.
Trump at Normandy on 75th Anniversary of D-Day: "They saved freedom and then went home and showed what freedom is all about."
Inaugurating a memorial to the 22,000 soldiers under British command who were killed on June 6, 1944, and in the ensuing battle for Normandy, British Prime Minister Theresa May saluted the bravery of the soldiers, many of whom were still boys when they waded ashore as shells screamed overhead. "It's almost impossible to grasp the raw courage it must have taken that day to leap from landing craft and into the surf despite the fury of battle," May told a small gathering that included Macron and veterans, their uniforms laden with medals.
Trump joined other world leaders at Normandy American Cemetery in France to honor those who died and fought in the battle, saying the abundance of courage showed by D-Day participants came from an abundance of faith.
https://thefederalistpapers.org/opinion/special-ceremony-trump-honors-d-day-veterans-fought-fires
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