[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 73 (Monday, June 13, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: June 13, 1994]
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                                NORMANDY

  (Mr. EDWARDS of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. EDWARDS of California. Mr. Speaker, I was fortunate enough to 
attend the ceremonies last week marking the 50th anniversary of the 
landing in Normandy.
  Mr. Speaker, I cannot begin to describe the emotional impact of the 
celebration.
  We all were so proud of the eloquence of President Clinton. When it 
was over, the different generations of Americans who witnessed the 
ceremonies were brought together as one. At the sunrise ceremony aboard 
the aircraft carrier George Washington, President Clinton, accompanied 
by three World War II veterans, paid homage to the lost destroyer 
U.S.S. Cory, destroyed by mines that fateful morning and still lying in 
the waters below the carrier.
  At Colesville Cemetery at Omaha Beach, accompanied by French 
President Mitterrand, President Clinton thanked the heroes of Normandy 
with these simple but profound words: ``They saved the world.''
  Yes, Mr. Speaker, it was a privilege to share this moment with my 
veteran colleagues, thousands of other veterans, American, British, and 
French, and our President, who represented us so well with dignity and 
respect.

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