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winston churchill had to say after the attack on pearl harbor, which was such a pivotal moment for us it s joining the war. he said england would live, britain would live the commonwealth of nations and the empire would live. hitler s fete was sealed mussolini s fete with sealed. as for the japanese, they would be ground to powder i went to bed and slept the sleep of the saved and thankful that that s a remarkable notion. the idea that okay, they went after the americans. thank god, because now america will common save democracy. yeah and one of the things that surprised me in writing this book, as you write a book about d-day, and they re like, okay, maybe i ll start on new non june 5. well all of the success of d-day comes in the weeks, months, and years before for d-day ever gets launched from the harbors of britain. and so much of those first couple of years or the war are britain and the united states learning tool work together as
about the tuskegee airmen and all the black of service members from the united states who served over there they were not fighting for democracy, not, not one that they enjoy. and in fact, ironically, for many of them, the first taste that they got of equality was arriving in england in this segregated jim crow army where all of a sudden the british treat them as equals and much to the horror of the white southern officers the young british glasses are just as happy to to dance at the party with the black soldiers. and it s this real moment of sort of cultural awakening for a lot of the troops there. we ve really would send the black medic lands on omaha beach around 10:00 a.m. on d-day when did before he gets to shore, up his part of the only black combat unit to land on d-day. it s been an 80 year fight to get him the medal of honor that
yeah, i think it s an incredibly poignant and loaded moment for exactly that reason is it s all of these world leaders gathered in normandy this week because i don t think for a major anniversary of d-day, democracy has never seemed as fragile as it does now have a land war in europe. you have a question of democracy on the ballot here at home in our election this year ronald reagan, who did so much to valorize and reframe d-day as this noble fight for freedom and democracy he said, democracy has never more than one generation away from extinction. and i think it s hard to watch the ceremonies that we re watching in normandy this week without wondering what we are doing with the legacy that that generation gave us. yeah. and if we re worthy of what they handed down to us, one of the fascinating things about reading your book as it, it compiles first-hand accounts from world leaders to paratroopers. here s what
governments is military s learning how to be allies, that this is we tell this simple story with macron and biden and king charles in normandy, this we ve always been great partners, and that s actually not true at all. yeah, there are a lot of famous names in the book you also capture stories that have been forgotten into a lot of ways. waverly woodson junior was a medic he treated wounded soldiers on omaha beach for 30 hours, despite also being wounded. here s a quote of his that you include in the book quote, this was a horrible de for everyone. this d-day army prejudices took a back seat as far as the soldiers helping one another was concerned afterwards, it was an altogether different story. even to the state of black soldiers were never given credit for their outstanding services beyond the call of duty. and there s another quote in the book, an anonymous black so it s really for said i m an american doing my part for the american government to make the world safe for dem