the blood of these men as we heard in that beautiful convocation by karen meeker a short time ago. this is an extraordinary place. and think about the fact that the bedford boys from bedford, virginia, 19 young men from the same town who all died on d-day are buried here. among them several brothers as well. so there are just so many extraordinary stories of intense sacrifice. when ronald reagan said when he looked at the boys of pointe du hoc why did you do it? what caused you to put aside the human nature of self-preservation and risk everything to come across the ocean to save a country and keep it free? and there is tom hanks and steven speilberg and do you know what? they do deserve credit they brought these stories to life. and they made it real for so many americans. and i think revived the interest and the importance of understanding these stories for a lot of americans. and i think that's a significant