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
stormed the beaches that de margaret tall, very grateful to have you on the program this morning. thank you very much coming up next, we re just moments away from president biden delivering remarks from normandy. we re going to bring those to you you live. plus the man who made the definitive documentary on almost every war in american history. ten burns joins us to reflect on this 80th anniversary of d-day okay they fight deliberate fight to let justice arise power and good will among all people but for the end of well, i rub ten to the haven of home see idp disrupts cid p derails. let s be honest sucks but, living with see idp doesn t have to. when you sign up at