keep talking they re not a hero. i just did my job the real heroes laying here on a cemetery deja heroes she d never forgive them 46 president in the united states of america, joseph r. biden jr. here biden, junior nearly calm monday june 5 5, 1944 the evil fairly third reich was devastated the world nazi germany had subjugated and wants three nations of europe through brute, force lives and twisted ideology of racial superiority millions of jews murdered in the holocaust millions of others killed by bombs molars bloody warfare. hitler and those with them thought democracies were week at the future, belonged to dictators here the coast of normandy. the battle between freedom and tyranny would be joined here on that june morning, the testing was at hand president macron mrs. macron, secretary austin, secretary blinken, distinguished guest most of all our honored veterans who met that test, the ages a test of ages to that moment. 80 years ago 80 years ago today we have
said never fade democracy. he said is not guaranteed christiane. thank you so much. want to bring a retired general james spider marx has been watching all of this and i know james spider for you in particular, this has gotta be pretty emotional. this is how you ve lived your life standing up like those men did some 80 years ago? yeah, it s quite phenomenal. i mean, just to acknowledge that i had the great honor of living in their shadow and try and every de not to disappoint what this really is about is continuity, kind of two things. one is continuity this, notion of this, this gripping of hands across generations to ensure that what those men and women were able to achieve we will be able to sustain and we see that laid out in front of us today. i mean, ceremonies like this or just quite phenomenal, very, very emotional and then the second thing, remember that