[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 93 (Wednesday, June 6, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H4784]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              COMMEMORATING THE 74TH ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on the 74th 
anniversary of the Allied D-Day invasion of France to honor the bravery 
of our Armed Forces who served in that operation.
  73,000 Americans took part in Operation Overlord on June 6, 1944. 
This operation secured a beachhead on the European continent that began 
the liberation of France and then the rest of Western Europe.
  Sadly, the United States suffered more than 6,000 casualties in this 
operation. Ultimately, thousands more U.S. servicemembers would fall in 
the coming weeks and months liberating the rest of Western Europe from 
German control.
  The courage, bravery, and sacrifice displayed by our military on this 
day continues to serve as an example for the cost of freedoms that we 
enjoy in the United States today.
  Mr. Speaker, I recently had the honor and the privilege of attending 
a wreath-laying ceremony on Omaha Beach in Normandy at the Normandy 
American Cemetery in France.
  This memorial serves as a constant reminder to the world that the 
United States will fight and die to protect the freedoms of not just 
American citizens, but for citizens around the globe.

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