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And then we invite all of you to join dr. Holden and Committee Members downstairs for a reception and that, my friends, is more than enough for me. So, dr. Holden, the floor is yours. Good evening. Thank you very much. Its nice to see all of you here this evening. Were going to take a journey and time. But not that long ago when i first started with this program for the 75th anniversary, four years ago, we actually had some fellow citizens here from normandy who as children had lived through the bombardment on june 5th and june six. And it was incredible to hear their stories. I will attempt to give you an overview. Please understand i cannot touch on every hero. But what i would like to do is to give you a survey tonight and give you some pointers for a future Reference Research on your own. Its like the old library of Congress Series from the 1980s, and at the end of their hour long special would say and the library of congress recommends the following books, and theyd give you two o