d-day invasion. those and courageous sacrifice that day for all of us. there you can see the president and his wife, dr. jill biden meeting with those veterans. now, most of them over 90, just a few still remain with us president biden is expected to speak soon from the beaches of normandy, france, 18 years ago today, those beaches were the scene of the largest amphibious invasion in military history. listen to franklin roosevelt praying with the nation as the de d-day mission was unfolding. almighty god some prior to ban the this de, i ve set upon the meitei-sho endeavor let s criminal to preserve our republic all religion and our civilization and set free a suffering humanity more than 70,000 american troops joined allies forces for operation overlord on june 6, 1944. 2,500 us soldiers died that day storming the beaches, 29,000 more were killed during the battle of normandy that followed the sacrifices of america s greatest generation led to the downfall of hitler s naz
of d-day. this of course, a day when we are honoring all of them you can see many of them there as they have. of course, reached their later years. we are lucky to have as many of them with us as we do. our panel is back at margaret talla of you have traveled with president s to mark this occasion in years past your reflections on what a moment like this means it s incredible that we still get to have these people in our lives and if you ever have a chance to go to the american cemetery and memorial, they re called surveyor it s breathtaking. how revered and cared for each and every spot in that cemetery is and how the kind of architecture and structure of the memorial grounds compares with the cliffs and the bluffs i ll to omaha beach the rugged
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West Ham United continue preparations for the 2021/22 season with a pre-season fixture at Premier League new boys Brentford at 3pm on Saturday.
With a fortnight to go until the Premier League campaign kicks-off, the Hammers travel across London for what promises to be an exciting and challenging 90 minutes against opponents who won the Championship Play-Off final in May.
A crowd in excess of 10,000 is expected, including hundreds of West Ham supporters, as the Irons make their first ever visit to Brentford Community Stadium.
The game is being broadcast live in the UK by BT Sport 1HD, while you can follow the game live via whufc.com and our social media channels. We will have goals, extended highlights and exclusive post-match reaction for you shortly after full-time.