"We take the stars from heaven, the red from our mother country, separating it by white stripes, thus showing that we have separated from her, and the white stripes shall go down to posterity, representing our liberty." —George Washington
We are honored to welcome @CardinalDolan, Archbishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of New York, to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute Board of Trustees.
One of the nation's most prominent religious leaders, Cardinal Dolan has dedicated his life to faith, education, public service, and the defense of religious liberty. Throughout his ministry and public leadership, he has been a strong voice for the values of faith, freedom, opportunity, and human dignity.
As a member of our Board of Trustees, Cardinal Dolan will help advance President Ronald Reagan’s enduring legacy and the principles he championed: individual liberty, economic opportunity, freedom and democracy, peace through strength, and national pride.
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“If you think the world is selfish and rotten, go to the cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer overlooking Omaha Beach. See what one group of men did for another on D-Day, June 6th, 1944.” — Andy Rooney
D-Day as much as anything is a story of MASS. 150000 men and you look at how tiny a stretch of real estate they are tasked with taking.
Then you look at Bagration in the East, launching two weeks later, and Russia committed 1.6 MILLION men in an operation that stretched from Odessa to Leningrad and which, in about 8 weeks, destroyed 28 German divisions with over 450000 German casualties.
I doubt we will ever see anything like these operations ever again.
The deadliest place on D Day on this longest of days, where the sacrifice has been greatest: Dog Green Sector, Omaha Beach, where 19 Bedford Boys have died, where more than half of their infantry company has been slaughtered, and where the opening scenes of Saving Private Ryan are set.
9,389 Americans are buried at the Normandy American Cemetery, all of whom but one died on D-Day or the following Battle of Normandy. The outlier is Quentin Roosevelt, son of Theodore Roosevelt, who died in WWI
He was reburied next to his brother, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
@FDRLST
Remarks by President Trump on the 75th Commemoration of D-Day. June 6th, 2019:
"Colonel George Taylor, whose 16th Infantry Regiment would join in the first wave, was asked: What would happen if the Germans stopped right then and there, cold on the beach — just stopped them? What would happen?
This great American replied: “Why, the 18th Infantry is coming in right behind us. The 26th Infantry will come on too. Then there is the 2nd Infantry Division already afloat. And the 9th Division. And the 2nd Armored. And the 3rd Armored. And all the rest. Maybe the 16th won’t make it, but someone will...”
"One of those men in Taylor’s 16th Regiment was Army medic Ray Lambert....At 98 years old, Ray is here with us today, with his fourth Purple Heart and his third Silver Star from Omaha."