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Remember Past Glory, Safeguard the Future

By GREGORY FLOYD
Posted 6/17/19

You probably saw the pictures—60 veterans, well into their 90s, recently participated in the Normandy American Ceremony on the sun-drenched bluff above the Normandy beaches where 10,000 of their comrade soldiers gave their lives 75 years ago.

One veteran on the stage with the world leaders received a helping hand from France’s President Emmanuel Macron, as he struggled to stand up to pay tribute to his fallen brothers during the dramatic ceremony. Seventy-five years earlier, 19-year-old Private Russell Pickett was a member of the famed 29th Infantry Division that was among the first to land and storm the French beaches at Normandy. Considering that an 18-year-old soldier then, would be age 93 today, this commemoration is expected to be the last to include living D-Day veterans.

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