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involved .

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This generation liberated a continent .

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This generation saved people .

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This generation is an example of the

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soldiers of the First Infantry Division

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Today . We were able to participate in

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a ceremony to commemorate the first

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infantry divisions um accomplishments

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on D Day 78 years ago . It's incredibly

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humbling just to be able to um To sit

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here and embrace everything that

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happened that day , especially with the

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patch that I'm wearing and and knowing

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what , they what they endured 78 years

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ago . It's pretty special to know that

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americans were willing to sacrifice for

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our allied forces . Um when I think

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about that , it's selfless service ,

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they came in and gave it their all

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knowing the , the chances that they had

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going back home were slim to none .

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Yesterday I spent an entire afternoon

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at the the american cemetery at

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Normandy and just just up the road from

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here . And that was just an incredible ,

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incredible experience to walk the rows

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and reflect and think about all those

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lives that not only served here in

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Normandy but throughout throughout the

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war . Um , so that was incredibly

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humbling . And then just spending the

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morning yesterday on the beach and

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doing a couple of ceremonies , um

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really just make sure makes you Proud

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of everything that you're serving for .

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Um , and that we did 78 years ago , you

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know , no matter how hard things can

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get at times , no matter how much we

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have to endure as soldiers . Um taking

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the time to reflect and to come to

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places like this , really make you

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incredibly proud to serve from hell to

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victory . We are the fighting first .

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No mission too difficult , no sacrifice

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too great duty first .