Eighty years to the day that British, American, and Canadian soldiers landed in France and began the fight to liberate Europe that would end with the death of Hitler and defeat of Nazi Germany, President Joe Biden told an audience - that included dignitaries and nearly three dozen veterans of the battle on Normandy beaches - that their war against fascism is echoed in the fight against Russian aggression being waged by Ukrainian soldiers and their allies today.
Biden told the assembled veterans, some of whom were decorated with the French Legion of Honor by President Emmanuel Macron, that it was his “highest honor” to salute them and recalled how several of those present on stage with him had contributed to the Allied victory that day.
