that lost their lives that they perished and he went to those veterans and shook their hands even given the hug embrace them so that was very emotional and with the crowd here which is mostly american that went down very well that one i d like to pick up on and some of that max mccrone received a standing ovation from the veterans on the stage after he thanked them and then as as you mentioned he pointed out that it was d.-day that led to the creation of the institutions that have protected europe s freedoms for so very long including nato and the e.u. . yes he did and. the thank you part of course is what they have to do here this is the reason why they came and this is the reason why the veterans came and of course they remain the stars of the whole show in the most important people also given that it s probably one of the