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It is an honor to mark the #DD75thAnniversary in the presence of a few of the brave men who came ashore on this day three-quarters of a century ago.
They landed on the beaches of Normandy in the face of withering hostile fire from an entrenched enemy, knowing with certainty that many would not survive.
I’m thinking today of the young Rhode Islanders – many of them teenagers – who were lost on June 6, 1944, and those who survived and carried the memory of that day with them. 
We honor their sacrifices by remaining committed to our democratic ideals—and to the free and peaceful Europe these men, alongside our allies, fought and died for.
Tricolor flyover. What a day.
