martha. [ ] martha: thank you john and sandra thank you. good afternoon everybody i m marth maccallum this is the story. we re live from the american cemetery in normandy france where today we watch world leaders gathering to give thanks and gratitude to our greatest generation 1 man after another more than 100 and all got several rose the riveters came to her number at all. the good and the sad. and to pay tribute to the nearly 5000 who gave it all on beaches and in the hedgerows of the french countryside. they rest behind us here. bro on row. row on row. [ ] the young americans who fought to the clamour and chaos on d-day have grown old or left us. and whenever a veteran of d-day is sent to his maker in the fullness of time after a long life lived in freedom, he wins a final victory over hitler. martha: tomorrow comp republican florida congressman michael waltz and corey mills no strangers to combat would pay tribute by reenacting the airline invasion of norma
[ ] when the world needed heroes, you called the greatest generation to courage and their answer still echoes in the soul of the nation. [ ] everyone under the probability of dying was real but they did it anyway. they knew beyond any doubt there are things that are worth fighting and dying for. [ ] people will not be forgotten as long as we keep talking about them. [ ] [ ] [ ] the missing man formation flying over normandy brands at america and the world were members d-day and the invasion that went and started 80 years ago today. 156,000 allied troops storming the beaches of normandy pack more than 4000 would diet at day including 2500 americans. in the end, more than 73,000 allied forces would die the battle that would drag on for more than 70 days. today cackles freedom fighters and survivors of the war honored by president joe biden. the world is much different place today is antiquity what we learned them and still learn now. welcome everyone i
what would you say to them about fighting for freedom we. i would say and they should really appreciate freedom and they get that information i don t know, but study it and be serious with it. martha: so, he was a hero. he held off a german advance in france and took out 10 german soldiers in that effort. is a hero and a gentleman so it was an honor to see him again. that is the story of this 80th anniversary of d-day. remarkable day here at normandy this june 6th. the story goes on we will see you tomorrow. you re world starts right now. [ ]