June 6, 2014
In a low-key, low-energy, almost listless speech, President Obama addressed world leaders, veterans, and the invited public about the D-Day landings 70 years ago today.
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The 9/11 generation joined an all-volunteer army. In World War II, about 40%(6.3 million out of 17 million) of our forces were volunteers. The rest were drafted.
Five American presidents have made the pilgrimage to Normandy to commerate our dead. And no president made a greater impact, or moved more people than Ronald Reagan's extraordinary address on the 40th anniversary of D-Day in 1984.
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