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venturing from rochester, new york, he died en route to the ceremonial. he suffered a medical emergency on a ship heading to europe and died the next day. he was 102 years old. he was so close to making it to the celebrations. applause he was one veteran who did not make it today. but here we are watching those who did, those who are being presented with the legion of honour. it s presented by president biden and president macron.
it clear why russia s president wasn t welcome. to surrender to bullies, to bow down to dictators is simply unthinkable. applause. were we to do that, it means we d be forgetting what happened here on these hallowed beaches. us veterans were presented by president macron with the legion d honneur, france s highest honour. modern day geopolitics loom really large over these d day commemorations, but the world leaders gathered here don t mean any disrespect. those valiant veterans who have managed to come here to normandy know all too well the dangers of aggressive nationalism and the politics of hate. the freedom and peace they fought so hard for is fracturing. normandy resident danielle boucherie
supposed to have made. these are the maps you made. amazing. we also showed her an original invasion map. again, something she d never seen before. this will have saved lives. i hope so. there will have been so many lives lost. but perhaps one or two saved. i m sure more than that. and you think of how young they all were too. and also brave, so desperately keen to win. her role would have been vital, so today she ll be presented with france s highest honour, the legion d honneur. i m just amazed, really. i m not expecting that sort of thing. president macron will give christian her medal here in ver sur mer,
privilege to meet him, and he is wearing the highest honour of france, his legion d honneur. you can see on the left. thank you, john, thank you again. 0nce s highest honour will be awarded to date you christian lamb, she drew the d day map, she turns 104 in july. these are the veterans who made it all possible. yes july. these are the veterans who made it all possible. july. these are the veterans who made it all possible. yes and they are precious made it all possible. yes and they are precious now made it all possible. yes and they are precious now because - made it all possible. yes and they are precious now because they i made it all possible. yes and they | are precious now because they are made it all possible. yes and they i are precious now because they are so few in number. i remember when i first came here in 2004, i was there at 7:30am on the morning of d day, and ken hay, we are looking at there, and the moro ambassador for there, and the moro ambassador for the briti
your comrades who are no longer here, for your bravery and service, here, for your bravery and service, he is going to give the legion of honour to those who have shown their bravery on those beaches in d day. the applause coming after that from president macron. he the applause coming after that from president macron. president macron. he will now resent president macron. he will now present the president macron. he will now present the national president macron. he will now present the national order. | present the national order. president present the national order. president macron paying tribute to the bravery of those fallen soldiers and those who he said are here today, i will reflect your bravery with the legion of honour, and he earlier gave to the british world war i female wren christian lamb,