many times over the caskets of my friends. but it is both a bittersweet day, a proud and sad day. >> so well said. embedded with a helicopter unit, the red dragons. going down as we were inserting forces into the peninsula of the invasion in 2003. all aboard were killed. the first casualties of the war. you see them here. from left to right. they gave all in the name of freedom in 2003. a common virtue on the statue of iwo jima. we say thank you to them and those like them. we will never forget them. memorial day. >> i first think of all the sacrifices my friend who was the focus of that mel gibson film. soldiers that went in when his unit was under attack.