his grandfather, his own grandfather who served in patton s army, right, who is of that generation that and it made him feel that we have to tell their stories, and he is and we are this morning. we ll continue to cover this throughout the morning. meanwhile, there is some other news today in the political world here. hillary clinton got a new book out, soonish, four days before her memoir hard choice is set to hit the book shelves, excerpts have been released, or leaked, i should say, or somehow gotten a hold of, where she talks about p.o.w. bowe bergdahl. this comes long before the soldier was freed over the weekend, but it does suggest that clinton thought a backlash would follow if the administration made such a trade with the taliban. she writes in every discussion against prisoners, we demanded the release of army sergeant bowe bergdahl, who had been
hitler s wall was breached letting loose patton s army to pour into france. within a week the world s bloodiest beach had had become the world s busiest port. within a month, 1 million allied troops thundered through normandy into europe. and as our armies marched across the continent, one pilot said it looked as if the very crust of the earth had shaken loose. the arc di triomphe lit up for the first time in years to shouts of vive de france. [ speaking in french ] of course even as we gather here, we remember that freedom s victory was also made possible
hitler s wall was breached, letting loose patton s army to pour into france. within a week, the world s bloodiest beach had become the world s busiest port. within a month, 1 million allied troops thundered through normandy into europe. and as our armies marched across the continent, one pilot said it looked as if the very crust of the earth had shaken loose. the arc de triomphe lit up for the first time in years, and paris was punctuated by shouts of vive la france, vive la statunis. of course, eaven as we gather here at normandy, we remember that freedom s victory was also made possible by so many others who wore america s uniform.
moved on. so some carrying shrapnel and scars found it was much harder. many, like my grandfather, who served in patton s army, lived a quiet life, trading one uniform and set of responsibilities for another. as a teacher or a salesman or a doctor or an engineer, a dad, a grand grandpa. our country made sure millions of them earned a college education, opening up opportunity on an unprecedented scale, and they married those sweethearts and bought new homes and raised families and built businesses, lifting up the greatest middle class the world has ever known. and through it all, they were inspired, i suspect, by memories
hell s beach had earned its name. do you remember the faces of the friends you lost? i do, i do. yeah. i do that very, very well. paratroopers went through you the countryside to find one another. rangers pulled themselves over those cliffs to silence nazis. the second day i put down my first enemy german, i had been taught by a christian mother that you never murder. you never murder. hitler s law was breached letting loose patton s army to pour into france. i lived 1,000 years that day. what more powerful manifestation of america s commitment to human freedom than the sight of wave after wave after wave of young men boarding those boards to liberate people they had never met. my family thinks i am a hero. i am not a hero.