As a former superintendent of this ceremony cemetery once said, looking over the graves there they are still serve their country. 82 years ago today, The survival of Western civilization hung in the balance [82 years ago today]. Dark forces had swept across Europe. Hitler boasted that his Atlantic wall was impenetrable. But our enemy made a fatal miscalculation. They underestimated the unbreakable will of the American fighting man. (01:48–01:54)
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Asserts that Western civilization's survival was at risk during D-Day.
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