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morning. the washington post s eugene robinson, thank you, my friend. and thanks to all of you for getting up with us on this thursday morning. morning joe starts right now. 225 came here. after two days of fighting, only 90 could still bear arms. behind me is a memorial that symbolizes the ranger daggers that were thrust into the top of these cliffs. before me are the men who put them there. these are the boys. these are the men who took the cliffs. these are the champions who helped free a continent. these are the heros who helped end a war. that was ronald reagan in 1984, iconic d-day speech, about the brave young men who climbed the cliffs of pointe du hoc, to reach a suspected german gun in placement 100 feet up. that is where we begin this morning. normandy, france, for the 80th anniversary of the d-day landings, the invasion that propelled the end to world war ii. right now, president biden is meeting with global leaders and the veterans who sacrificed th ....
Here. and if the american army needed something they call it here. even if you want to do slip or let me tell you the truth the major d.-day landings weekend in the early morning precisely at 6 30 am here at. operation overlord as it was stopped was the largest landing operation in history nearly 200000 soldiers were engaged against nazi germany the allies conquered 5 chats with over a 1000 of them dying on omaha beach on june 6th alone. exactly that morning same spot same time a young french boy labored with a plow here on the coast and here i was the 1st of american troops in normandy. ....
Germany the allies conquered 5 great chats with over a 1000 of them dying on omaha beach on june 6th alone. exactly that morning same spot same time a young french boy labored with the plow here on the coast and here i was the 1st thing of american troops in normandy. michelle back 15 years old at the time saw the whole thing the rocky coast point york was heavily bombed on the morning of june 6th 1944 he had his father here in the fields suddenly he heard a deafening noise. that day was ploughing right in the edge of the cliff i saw a plane fly over the sea it disappeared for a 2nd then suddenly rose sharply and flew directly over me the blades of the grass ....