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D-Day Memorial, Bedford, Va. |
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Bronze
soldier statues form "The
Wall," which depicts
U.S. Rangers scaling the cliffs
at Pointe du Hoc in Normandy,
France
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PRESIDENT
BUSH'S SPEECH CONTINUED:
"Bedford has a special place
in our history. But there were neighborhoods
like these all over America, from
the smallest villages to the greatest
cities. Somehow they all produced
a generation of young men and women
who, on a date certain, gathered and
advanced as one, and changed the course
of history. Whatever it is about America
that has given us such citizens, it
is the greatest quality we have, and
may it never leave us.
"In some ways, modern society
is very different from the nation
that the men and women of D-Day knew,
and it is sometimes fashionable to
take a cynical view of the world.
But when the calendar reads the 6th
of June, such opinions are better
left unspoken. No one who has heard
and read about the events of D-Day
could possibly remain a cynic. Army
Private Andy Rooney was there to survey
the aftermath. A lifetime later he
would write, "If you think the
world is selfish and rotten, go to
the cemetery at Colleville overlooking
Omaha Beach. See what one group of
men did for another on D-Day, June
6, 1944. [ speech
continued . . . ]
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