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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 ....
the 80th anniversary will likely be the last here with the world war ii veterans. the youngest 96 and the oldest 107. average age of 101. even though they may be passing on our generation of veterans they are determined to get their story alive and pass it onto the next generation. but i have to tell you martha being here, i wish i could bring every graduating high school class in the country here to see this and see how many sacrificed for their freedom so they can week of breathing free air. but also to feel the gratitude of the french people. that s always been the biggest and pleasant surprise to me. the amount of french people walking and world war ii uniforms and waving american flags saying thank you for our freedom welcome to our liberators. xoxox. little kids running around acquiring patton and ike ....