Excerpt from Ronald Reagan’s speech at Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, June 6, 1984 (The 40th anniversary of D-Day)
"Behind me is a memorial that symbolizes the Ranger daggers that were thrust into the top of these cliffs. And before me are the men who put them there.
These are the boys of Pointe du Hoc. These are the men who took the cliffs. These are the champions who helped free a continent. These are the heroes who helped end a war.
Gentlemen, I look at you and I think of the words of Stephen Spender's poem. You are men who in your 'lives fought for life...and left the vivid air signed with your honor'... "
Full text of speech:
http://www.townhall.com/hall_of_fame/reagan/speech/normandy.html
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