he said i will never leave a man on the battlefield. he went back and picked up every one of those soldiers. i used to follow him at the wall. the unit got smaller and smaller every year. i am sure there are few left, but not many. standing on normandie beach a few years back on the 75th anniversary, laura ingram and i went, we did an interview with the president at the time. at night when you stand there in the stillness and see those 9388 headstones, it does take your breath away when you realize beneath every one of those is an 18-year-old american, 19-year-old american whose life was cut short so that our lives could prosper in our country could continue. that is what this day is really about and should be about. beyond barbecues, it is about
probably every memorial day weekend if you ve been around for 75 years now. soldiers from the old guard do this. american flags among rows and rows of headstones in arlington national cemetery. it is a quiet reverent way that we honor our nation s fallen heroes. they place more than 260,000 flags they are at arlington. they do it every year. god bless them. just a reminder, you can hear all of today s program on the fox news sunday podcast. you can download and subscribe online or wherever you like to get your podcasts. don t forget you can always set your dvr to record the show each week. that is it for us today. thank you for joining us. hope you have a meaningful and memorable memorial day weekend.
vietnam memorial ahead of memorial day. this is an annual event that the first green beret elected to congress started four years ago. he and a marine veteran spoke with jake tapper this morning. it s good for us. it s good for us as members of congress to come down here to see these 58,000 names. this is good for americans to see. this is good for americans to see us coming together, setting our differences aside, and appreciating that freedom isn t free. also underway today, over a thousand service members placing small american flags in approximately 260,000 headstones at arlington national cemetery. this is done every year ahead of memorial day. we ll be right back.