Political Quotes

“later today, I will be leaving with many other Senators on an official trip to Normandy, France, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the D-day invasion, also known as Operation Overlord. I consider it a high honor to be part of a congressional delegation commemorating one of the most important days in the history of human civilization. It is especially important to make this trip at a time when relations with our traditional trans-Atlantic allies are under undue and unnecessary stress. On June 6, 1944, the largest single amphibious assault in history crossed the English Channel and stormed the beaches of Normandy, code- named ``Utah,'' ``Omaha,'' ``Gold,'' ``Juno,'' and ``Sword,'' names that will be forever associated with acts of uncommon valor and self- sacrifice in defense of human freedom and dignity. The Allied armada involved over 156,000 U.S., British, and Canadian troops traveling aboard almost 7,000 naval ships and landing vessels. Even before the amphibious assault, in the darkened skies of that early morning, 13,100 American paratroopers of the 82nd and 10lst Airborne Divisions made parachute drops near Carentan from over 2,000 Allied aircraft, followed by 3,937 troops flown in by day on 867 gliders as the opening maneuver of Operation Neptune, the assault operation for Overlord. Three of the six Allied divisions involved in D-day were American, including the 29th Infantry Division.…”