President Biden speaks in Normandy marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day
Summary
TLDRこのスクリプトは、1944年6月6日に起こったD-Dayの意義深い物語を語ります。自由と独裁の戦いが交錯し、ナチ・ドイツの侵略からヨーロッパを解放するための同盟国の大規模な作戦が始まりました。約160,000人の同盟軍がノルマンディーに降下し、多くの若者たちがその戦いで永遠に眠りました。この講演では、その英雄たちへの敬意を表し、自由と民主主義の価値を再確認し、現代の民主主義に対する脅威に立ち向かうための団結と協力の重要性を強調しています。
Takeaways
- 🌪️ 第二次世界大战期间,纳粹德国通过武力、谎言和种族优越论的扭曲意识形态征服了欧洲的自由国家。
- 🔪 犹太人大屠杀期间,数百万犹太人被谋杀,还有数百万其他人死于炸弹、子弹或血腥的战争。
- 🏰 1944年6月5日星期一,诺曼底海岸的自由与暴政之战即将开始,这是对民主的考验。
- 🤝 总统马克龙、奥斯汀部长、布林肯部长和尊敬的嘉宾们,以及那些在80年前那天接受考验的荣誉退伍军人。
- 🇺🇸 美国总统代表美国人民,以最高荣誉在诺曼底再次向他们致敬。
- 📅 温斯顿·丘吉尔将诺曼底登陆称为“有史以来最伟大、最复杂的行动”。
- 🌊 盟军最高指挥官艾森豪威尔等待了12个国家建造的有史以来最大的舰队,准备在英吉利海峡的恶劣天气中等待。
- 🌅 1944年6月6日,艾森豪威尔将军下达了黎明时分的命令,盟军将开始从海和天空解放欧洲的伟大十字军东征。
- 💪 近16万盟军部队降落在诺曼底,许多人永远留在那里,许多人在胜利最终到来之前坚持了数月。
- 🏥 像本·米勒这样的医务兵,在6月6日凌晨3点,与第82空降师一起,乘坐摇摇欲坠的滑翔机在诺曼底登陆,尽管遭遇了激烈的战斗,但他们仍然履行了职责。
- 👥 所有在海滩上冲锋、通过降落伞或滑翔机降落的人,以及成千上万的船只和登陆艇的水手,以及摧毁德国控制的机场、桥梁和铁路的飞行员,都得到了其他勇敢的美国人的支持。
- 🌍 美国和世界在最需要的时候,数百万美国人在国内也尽了自己的一份力,他们理解我们的民主只有我们所有人共同努力才能强大。
- 🔗 战后,美国投资于联盟,建立了北约,这是世界上有史以来最伟大的军事联盟,并随着时间的推移,将更多国家纳入北约。
- ⏳ 自由不是免费的,如果你想了解自由的代价,请来诺曼底,看看那些为我们的自由而战、牺牲的英雄们。
- 🕊️ 我们必须记住,我们必须尊重,我们必须活出他们的精神。民主从来不是保证的,每一代人都必须维护它、捍卫它、为之奋斗。
Q & A
1944年6月5日に何が起こったとこのスクリプトによると?
-1944年6月5日は、ノルマンディー上空で嵐が発生し、ナチス・ドイツによるヨーロッパの制圧が始まったとされています。
スクリプトで言及された「大規模な作戦」とは何ですか?
-「大規模な作戦」とは、ノルマンディーでの同盟国軍による上陸作戦、通称「D-Day」を指しています。
スクリプトで言及された「EISENHOWERの予測者」とは何を指していますか?
-「EISENHOWERの予測者」とは、D-Dayの成功のために天候予測を行い、作戦開始の最良の時機を探した天候予測チームを指しています。
スクリプトで言及された「101st Airborne」とは何ですか?
-「101st Airborne」とは、アメリカ陸軍の空挺部隊であり、D-Dayの夜にノルマンディーに降下し、作戦の成功に寄与したとされています。
スクリプトで言及された「RED BULL EXPRESS TRUCK CONVOY」とは何ですか?
-「RED BULL EXPRESS TRUCK CONVOY」とは、主にアフリカ系アメリカ人ドライバーによって構成され、D-Day後にノルマンディーに上陸し、迅速に前線に供給を運んだとされています。
スクリプトで言及された「TUSKEGEE AIRMEN」とは何ですか?
-「TUSKEGEE AIRMEN」とは、第二次世界大戦中に活躍したアフリカ系アメリカ人の航空隊で、15,000以上の任務を遂行し、空の戦いを担当しました。
スクリプトで言及された「NORMANDY」の戦いは、なぜ重要なのでしょうか?
-ノルマンディーの戦いは、第二次世界大戦においてヨーロッパからの自由を回復するため、同盟国軍による最大の上陸作戦であり、自由と独裁の戦いを決定づけた重要な戦いでした。
スクリプトで言及された「D-Day」の成功はどのように確保されたのですか?
-D-Dayの成功は、綿密な計画、天候予測、同盟国間の協力、そして勇敢で決意した兵士たちの貢献によって確保されました。
スクリプトで言及された「ナチス・ドイツ」とは何ですか?
-「ナチス・ドイツ」とは、アドルフ・ヒトラーの指導の下にあった1933年から1945年のドイツを指し、その時代はユーロッパを脅かした独裁政治と人種差別の政策が行われました。
スクリプトで言及された「HOLOCAUST」とは何ですか?
-「HOLOCAUST」とは、第二次世界大戦中にナチス・ドイツが行った600万人以上のユダヤ人を含む多数の少数派民族や政治的異議を殺害した大規模な虐殺を指しています。
スクリプトで言及された「NATO」とは何ですか?
-「NATO」とは、北大西洋条約機構の略で、第二次世界大戦後の冷戦時代に設立された国際的な軍事同盟であり、現在32か国が加盟しています。
Outlines
🌪️ 第二次世界大战の陰影とノルマンディーでの決戦
この段落では、1944年6月5日に始まった第二次世界大戦の重要な局面が描かれています。ナチ・ドイツがヨーロッパ諸国を征服し、多くの人々がホロコーストや戦争によって犠牲になったことを背景に、自由と暴政の戦いがノルマンディーで行われることが強調されています。また、アメリカ合衆国の代表者が、その地で行われた英雄的な行為を称え、80年後の今日でもその記憶を大切にすることが求められています。
🛡️ 英雄たちの勇気と自由への闘い
第二段落では、ノルマンディーでの戦いにおける個人の勇気と貢献が強調されています。空挺部隊や医療兵、さらにはアフリカ系アメリカ人や女性の貢献も戦いの成功に寄与したと示されています。彼らは不公正な制限にもかかわらず、国のために勇敢に戦いました。また、戦争の後のアメリカと世界での協力と共存を示し、自由と民主主義の価値を再確認しています。
🇺🇸 アメリカの連合と自由の擁護
第三段落では、アメリカが自由と民主主義を擁護するために行った国際的な協力と貢献が語られています。ナットの拡大や、他国との新しい同盟関係の築き方、そして現在の国際情勢におけるアメリカの役割について触れています。また、ウクライナ侵攻に対するアメリカとナットの対応や、自由と正義を守るために国際社会が結束しなければならないとのメッセージが込められています。
🕊️ 民主主義の未来と英雄たちの記憶
最後の段落では、民主主義の価値とその守り方について考えることが求められています。過去の英雄たちが行った犠牲と勇気を記念し、現在の世代が自由と民主主義を守るための責任を認識し、未来に向けて強い意志を持って立つことが重要であると示されます。また、自由の代償とその重要性を再確認し、民主主義を守るための国際的な協力の必要性を強調しています。
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Keywords
💡ノルマンディー
💡独裁政治
💡ホロコースト
💡自由
💡民主主義
💡同盟国
💡D-Day
💡犠牲
💡ナチス・ドイツ
💡ユーラシア
💡ナット
Highlights
Tornado warnings north of Washington, D.C., set the stage for the historic events that unfolded on June 5th, 1944.
Nazi Germany's conquest of Europe through force, lies, and racial superiority ideology led to the Holocaust and millions of deaths.
Hitler's belief in the weakness of democracies and the inevitability of dictators' rule was challenged on the coast of Normandy.
President Macron and other dignitaries honored the veterans who faced the ultimate test of freedom and tyranny on D-Day.
Winston Churchill described the Normandy invasion as the greatest and most complicated operation ever.
Operation Overlord was meticulously planned and launched under the leadership of Supreme Commander Dwight Eisenhower.
Allied forces, including 12 nations, prepared for the largest amphibious assault in history, awaiting a brief weather window.
General Eisenhower's visit to the 101st Airborne highlighted the bravery and resolve of paratroopers facing high casualty rates.
Nearly 160,000 Allied troops descended on Normandy, marking the beginning of the crusade to free Europe.
The sacrifices of soldiers who stormed the beaches, parachuted in, or landed by glider were instrumental in the battle for freedom.
Support from sailors, aviators, and the courageous service of people of color and women played a crucial role in the Allied victory.
The unity of the Allies, fighting with the same courage for the same purpose, was unbreakable and pivotal to the success of D-Day.
The establishment of NATO and the inclusion of more nations, such as Finland and Sweden, signifies the strength of international alliances.
The ongoing struggle between dictatorship and freedom, exemplified by the invasion of Ukraine, underscores the importance of standing against tyranny.
The United States and NATO, along with over 50 countries, stand in solidarity with Ukraine against Russian aggression.
The speech concludes with a call to remember the sacrifices made at Normandy and to continue defending democracy and freedom.
Transcripts
F
TORNADO WARNINGS NORTH
OF WASHINGTON, D.C. THE HOUR
HAD NEARLY COME MONDAY, JUNE
5TH, 1944.
THE EVIL CLEARLY STARTED
RIGHT WAS DEVASTATING
THE WORLD.
NAZI GERMANY HAD SUBJUGATED
THE ONCE FREE NATIONS OF EUROPE
THROUGH FORCE, LIES AND TWISTED
IDEOLOGY OF RACIAL SUPERIORITY.
MILLIONS OF JEWS MURDERED
IN THE HOLOCAUST, MILLIONS
OF OTHERS KILLED BY BOMBS,
BULLETS OR BLOODY WARFARE.
>> HITLER AND THOSE WITH HIM
THOUGHT DEMOCRACIES WERE WEAK,
THAT THE FUTURE BELONGED
TO DICTATORS.
HERE IN THE COAST OF NORMANDY,
THE BATTLE FREEDOM AND TYRANNY
WOULD BE JOINED HERE ON THAT
JUNE MORNING.
THE TESTING AT HAND.
PRESIDENT MACRON.
MR. MACRON.
SECRETARY AUSTIN.
SECRETARY BLINKEN,
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, MOST
OF ALL HONORED VETERANS WHO MET
THAT TEST TODAY.
JUST A TEST OF AGES TO THAT
MOMENT 80 YEARS AGO, 80 YEARS
AGO TODAY.
I'LL BEHALF OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE AS COMMANDER
IN CHIEF, IT'S THE HIGHEST
HONOR TO BE ABLE TO SALUTE
YOU HERE IN NORMANDY ONCE MORE.
ALL OF YOU, GOD LOVE YOU.
WINSTON CHURCHILL CALLED,
HAPPENED HERE, QUOTE,
THE GREATEST, MOST COMPLICATED
OPERATION EVER.
>> END OF QUOTE.
AFTER OF PLANNING OPERATION
OVERLORD WAS READY TO LAUNCH
JUST AS SOON AS THE WEATHER
TURNED ACROSS CHOPPY AND CHOPPY
AND ENGLISH CHANNEL.
THE SUPREME COMMANDER OF THE
ALLIES, DWIGHT EISENHOWER,
WAITED THE LARGEST FOREST EVER
OF ITS KIND, BUILT BY 12
NATIONS.
MEN GUNS, PLANES, NAVAL CRAFT
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION WAITED
THE WORLD CAPTIVE AND FREE
WAITED.
FINALLY, EISENHOWER'S
FORECASTERS SAID.
THERE IS A WINDOW IN THE
WEATHER.
IT WOULD OPEN BRIEFLY
ON TUESDAY, THE 6TH OF JUNE.
THE GENERAL WEIGHED THE OPTIONS
AND GAVE THE ORDER AT DAWN.
THE ALLIES WOULD STRIKE
THE GREAT CRUSADE TO FREE
EUROPE FROM WOULD BEGIN
THAT NIGHT.
GENERAL EISENHOWER DROVE TO THE
ENGLISH TOWN OF NEWBURY
TO VISIT PARATROOPERS 101ST
AIRBORNE.
>> THERE WERE MEN FROM
ALL AMERICA.
>> WAS ESTIMATED THAT 80%
OF THEM WOULD BE KILLED WITHIN
HOURS.
THAT WAS THE ESTIMATE.
BUT THEY WERE BRAVE, THEY WERE
RESOLUTE, AND THEY WERE READY.
ONE SOLDIER TOLD GENERAL
EISENHOWER, QUOTE, DON'T WORRY,
SIR.
SIR.
THE 101ST IS ON THE JOB.
EVERYTHING WILL BE TAKEN CARE
OF.
ACTUALLY SAID IT BECAUSE
OF THEIR COURAGE AND THEIR
RESOLVE.
BECAUSE THE COURAGE AND RESOLVE
OF THEIR ALLIES.
IT WAS TAKEN CARE OF FROM
THE SEA AND SKY.
NEARLY 160,000 ALLIED TROOPS
DESCENDED ON NORMANDY.
MANY STAYED.
THE ARMY JUST NEVER CAME HOME.
MANY SURVIVED THAT LONGER.
STAY KEPT ON FRIDAY FOR MONTHS
UNTIL VICTORY WAS FINALLY WON.
AND A FEW HONORABLE BAND
OF BROTHERS ARE HERE WITH US
TODAY, KIND OF PLAYING IS HERE.
AND ON THAT DAY, UNDER HEAVY
ARTILLERY FIRE, HE OPERATED
A RANGEFINDER AND RADAR
ON THE FIRST AMERICAN SHIP
TO ARRIVE AT NORMANDY'S COAST,
PROVIDING DIRECT GUNFIRE,
SUPPORT FOR THE RANGERS SCALING
THE CLIFFS.
A POINT DOC ON THEIR DARING
MISSION TO TAKE OUT THE GERMAN
BATTERIES.
BOB GIBSON IS HERE.
HE LANDED ON UTAH BEACH
ABOUT 10 HOURS AFTER
THE INVASION BEGAN.
BULLETS FLYING EVERYWHERE.
TRACERS UP THE SKY.
BOB DROVE THEM M-4 TRACTOR
WITH AN AIRCRAFT GUN MOUNTED
ON TOP, PROVIDING CRITICAL
PROTECTION FOR THE INFANTRY
AGAINST THE GERMAN AIR FORCE.
>> ON THAT DAY AND FOR MANY
DAYS AFTER, HE CONTINUED.
BEN MILLER IS HERE, A MEDIC
WITH THE 82ND AIRBORNE AT 3
A.M. ON JUNE SIX.
HE AND 13 OTHER MEDICS FROM
ALL OVER THE CHANNEL IN A
RICKETY GLIDER.
ITS WINGS WERE RIPPED OFF
BY GIANT POLES THAT THE GERMANS
BURIED HALFWAY IN THE GROUND
TO STOP THEM FROM LANDING.
THEY CRASH, BUT THEY SURVIVED.
>> AND THEY DID THEIR DUTY,
DRAGGING INJURED SOLDIERS
TO SAFETY, TREATING WOUNDS,
SAVING LIVES WHILE THE BATTLE
RAGED.
EVERY WHO STORMED THE BEACH,
WHO DROPPED BY PARACHUTE OR
LANDED BY GLIDER.
EVERY SAILOR GO BACK TO THE
THOUSANDS OF SHIPS AND LANDING
CRAFT.
EVERY AVIATOR WOULD DESTROY
GERMAN CONTROLLED AIRFIELDS,
BRIDGES AND RAILROADS.
>> ALL.
ALL WERE BACKED BY OTHER BRAVE
AMERICANS, INCLUDING HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OF COLOR
AND WOMEN WHO COURAGEOUSLY
SERVED DESPITE UNJUST
LIMITATION ON WHAT THEY COULD
DO FOR THEIR NATION.
LEWIS BROWN IS HERE, PART
OF THE RED BULL EXPRESS TRUCK
CONVOY MADE UP OF MOSTLY
AFRICAN AMERICAN DRIVERS.
>> THEY LANDED IN NORMANDY
IN THE WAKE OF D-DAY.
THEY RUSHED SUPPLIES TO THE
RAPIDLY ADVANCING FRONT LINES.
WHAT HE WOULD HAVE IS HERE.
MEMBERS OF THE LEGENDARY
TUSKEGEE AIRMEN WHO FLEW OVER
15,000 SORTIES DURING THE WAR.
MARJORIE STONE IS HERE.
SHE ENLISTED IN THE WOMEN'S
BRANCH OF THE NAVY RESERVE,
BECAME AN AIRCRAFT, SPENT
THE WAR KEEPING AMERICAN PLANES
AND PILOTS IN THE AIR.
>> THERE HAS ALWAYS THE STORY
OF AMERICA.
>> JUST WALK THE ROWS OF THE
CEMETERY AS I HAVE.
>> NEARLY 10,000 HEROES BURIED
SIDE BY SIDE.
OFFICERS AND ENLISTED
IMMIGRANTS AND NATIVE BORN.
DIFFERENT RACES, DIFFERENT
FAITHS.
BUT ALL AMERICANS ALL SERVE
WITH HONOR.
>> WHEN AMERICA AND THE WORLD
NEEDED THE MOST, MILLIONS
BACK HOME DID THEIR PART
AS WELL.
FROM COAST TO COAST,
AMERICANS FOUND COUNTLESS WAYS
TO PITCH IN.
>> THEY UNDERSTOOD
OUR DEMOCRACY ONLY STRONG
AS ALL OF US MAKE IT TOGETHER.
THE MAN WHO FOUGHT HERE BECAME
HEROES, NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE THE
STRONGEST OR TOUGHEST OR
FIERCEST, ALTHOUGH THEY WERE,
BUT BECAUSE THEY WERE GIVEN
ANOTHER AUDACIOUS MISSION.
KNOWING EVERY ONE OF THEM
KNEW THE PROBABILITY OF DYING
WAS REAL.
BUT THEY DID IT ANYWAY.
THEY KNEW BEYOND ANY DOUBT
THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE WORTH
FIGHTING AND DYING FOR.
FREEDOM IS WORTH IT.
DEMOCRACY IS WORTH IT.
AMERICA WORTH IN THE WORLD IS
WORTH IT.
THEN, NOW AND ALWAYS WAR
IN EUROPE TO AN END FOR ANOTHER
12 MONTHS.
BUT HERE THE TIDE IN OUR FAVOR
HERE.
WE PROVED FORCES OF LIBERTY
ARE STRONGER THAN THE FORCES
OF CONQUEST.
HERE WE PROVED THAT THE IDEALS
OF OUR DEMOCRACY ARE STRONGER
THAN ANY ARMY OR COMBINATION
OF ARMIES IN THE ENTIRE WORLD.
WE PROVED SOMETHING HERE
AS WELL.
THE UNBREAKABLE UNITY OF THE
ALLIES HERE WITH, US, OUR MEN
WHO SERVED ALONGSIDE
THE AMERICANS DAY WERE
IN DIFFERENT FLAGS IN THEIR
ARMS, BUT FIGHTING WITH THE
SAME COURAGE FOR THE SAME
PURPOSE.
WHAT THE ALLIES DID TOGETHER
EIGHT YEARS AGO FAR SURPASSED
ANYTHING WE COULD HAVE DONE
ON OUR OWN.
IT WAS A POWERFUL ILLUSTRATION
.
WHILE ALLIANCES, REAL ALLIANCES
MAKE A LESSON THAT I PRAY WE
AMERICANS NEVER FORGET.
TOGETHER, WE WON THE WAR.
WE REBUILD EUROPE.
OUR FORMER ENEMIES WAS AN
INVESTMENT IN WHAT BECAME
SHARED AND A PROSPEROUS FUTURE
.
WE ESTABLISHED NATO,
THE GREATEST MILITARY ALLIANCE
IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.
AND OVER TIME, YOU GOT IT
IS NOW OVER TIME, WE BROUGHT
MORE NATIONS IN TO NATO,
THE NATO ALLIANCE, INCLUDING
THE NEWEST MEMBERS, FINLAND
AND SWEDEN.
TODAY, NATO STANDS AT 32
COUNTRIES STRONG AND NATO'S
UNITED THAN EVER AND EVEN
MORE PREPARED TO.
KEEP THE PEACE, DETER
AGGRESSION, DEFEND FREEDOM
ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
>> AMERICANS INVESTED IN OUR
ALLIANCES AND FORGE NEW ONES
NOT SIMPLY OUT OF ALTRUISM,
BUT OUT OF OWN SELF-INTEREST
AS WELL.
AMERICA'S UNIQUE ABILITY
TO BRING COUNTRIES TOGETHER
IS NOT AN DENIAL, A SOURCE
OF OUR STRENGTH AND OUR POWER.
>> ISOLATION WAS NOT THE ANSWER
80 YEARS AGO AND IS THE ANSWER
TODAY.
WE KNOW THE DARK FORCES
THAT THEY SHARE POST-WATERGATE
INSTEAD OF YEARS AGO.
THEY NEVER FADE.
AGGRESSION AND GREED.
THE DESIRE TO DOMINATE CONTROL
,TO CHANGE BORDERS BY FORCE.
THESE ARE PERENNIAL.
THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN
A DICTATORSHIP AND FREEDOM
IS UNENDING HERE IN EUROPE.
>> WE SEE ONE STARK EXAMPLE.
UKRAINE HAS BEEN INVADED BY A
TYRANT BENT ON DOMINATION.
UKRAINIANS ARE FIGHTING
EXTRAORDINARY COURAGE,
SUFFERING GREAT LOSSES,
BUT NEVER BACKING DOWN.
THEY'VE INFLICTED
ON THE RUSSIAN AGGRESSION,
THEY SUFFERED TREMENDOUS LOSSES
IN RUSSIA.
THE NUMBERS ARE STAGGERING.
350,000 RUSSIAN TROOPS DEAD OR
WOUNDED.
NEARLY 1 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE
LEFT RUSSIA BECAUSE.
>> THEY CAN NO LONGER SEE
A FUTURE IN RUSSIA.
THE UNITED STATES AND NATO
AND A COALITION OF MORE THAN
50 COUNTRIES STANDING STRONG
WITH UKRAINE.
WE WILL NOT WALK AWAY BECAUSE
IF WE DO UKRAINE BE SUBJUGATED
AND WILL NOT END THERE.
UKRAINE'S NEIGHBORS WILL BE
THREATENED.
ALL OF EUROPE WILL BE
THREATENED.
>> AND MAKE NO MISTAKE,
THE AUTOCRATS OF THE WORLD ARE
WATCHING CLOSELY TO SEE
WHAT HAPPENS IN UKRAINE, TO SEE
IF WE LET THIS ILLEGAL
AGGRESSION GO UNCHECKED.
WE CAN NOT LET THAT HAPPEN.
TO SURRENDER, TO BULLY, TO BOW
DOWN DICTATORS IS SIMPLY
UNTHINKABLE.
WE'RE READY TO DO THAT.
IT MEANS MAYBE FORGETTING
WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
THESE HALLOWED BEACHES.
MAKE NO MISTAKE, WE WILL NOT
BOW DOWN.
WE WILL NOT FORGET.
LET ME END WITH THIS.
HISTORY TELLS US FREEDOM IS NOT
FREE.
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE PRICE
OF FREEDOM, COME HERE
TO NORMANDY.
COME TO NORMANDY AND LOOK.
GO.
THE OTHER CEMETERIES IN EUROPE
WHERE OUR FALLEN HEROES REST.
GO BACK HOME TO ARLINGTON
CEMETERY.
TOMORROW I WILL PAY RESPECTS
AT POINT PARK.
GO THERE AS WELL.
AND REMEMBER THE PRICE OF ON
CHECK CHARITIES, THE BLOOD
OF THE YOUNG AND THE BRAVE
IN THEIR GENERATION.
THEIR HOUR OF TRIAL.
THE ALLIED FORCES OF D-DAY DID
THEIR DUTY.
NOW, THE QUESTION FOR US IS,
IN OUR OUR TRIAL, WILL WE DO
OURS?
WE LIVING AT A TIME WHEN
DEMOCRACY IN MORE AT RISK
ACROSS THE WORLD THAN
THEY POINT SINCE THE END
OF WORLD WAR TWO, SINCE THESE
BEACHES RESTORE FORMED IN 1944.
NOW WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES
WHAT WE STAND AGAINST TYRANNY,
AGAINST EVIL.
AGAINST CRUSHING BRUTALITY
OF THE IRON FIST.
WE STAND FOR FREEDOM.
WE DEFEND DEMOCRACY.
WE STAND TOGETHER.
MY ANSWER IS YES.
AND CAN BE YES.
WE'RE NOT FAR OFF FROM THE TIME
THE LAST LIVING VOICES OF THOSE
FOUGHT AND BLED ON D-DAY
WILL NO LONGER BE WITH US.
SO WE HAVE A SPECIAL
OBLIGATION.
WE CANNOT ALLOW WHAT HAPPENED
HERE TO BE LOST IN THE SILENCE
OF THE YEARS TO COME.
WE MUST REMEMBER IT.
MUST HONOR IT.
AND LIVE IT.
WE MUST REMEMBER THE FACT
THAT THEY WERE HEROES HERE
THAT DAY DOES NOT ABSOLVE
US FROM WHAT WE HAVE TO DO
TODAY.
DEMOCRACY IS NEVER GUARANTEED.
EVERY GENERATION MUST PRESERVE
IT, DEFEND IT, AND FIGHT FOR
IT.
THAT'S THE TEST OF THE AGES,
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FOUGHT
HERE.
DIED HERE.
LITERALLY SAVE THE WORLD HERE.
LET US BE WORTHY OF THEIR
SACRIFICE.
LET US BE THE THAT WHEN HISTORY
IS WRITTEN ABOUT OUR TIME
IN TEN, 20, 30, 58 YEARS FROM
NOW, IT WILL BE SAID WHEN
THE MOMENT CAME WE MET,
THE MOMENT WE STOOD STRONG.
OUR ALLIANCES WERE MADE
STRONGER.
WE SAVED DEMOCRACY IN OUR TIME
AS WELL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
MAY GOD PROTECT OUR TROOPS.
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