[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 93 (Wednesday, June 6, 2018)]
[House]
[Pages H4846-H4847]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      THE MEN WHO STORMED NORMANDY

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, I rise tonight to remember and honor the

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men who stormed the beaches of Normandy 74 years ago today, June 6, 
1944, known as D-Day. The largest amphibious assault in the history of 
the world was also one of the bloodiest. By the end of the day, 10,000 
Allied soldiers were killed or wounded.
  But with that, the irreversible liberation of Nazi-occupied Europe 
had begun, and just a couple of years later, it would be complete. It 
is now 74 years again from that day, and most of those who were there 
to witness it are no longer with us.
  It sometimes seems we may forget that sacrifice that they and many 
others made so that we could all be free--liberate Europe and keep 
America safe. We must not lose sight of what is important.
  The obstacles we face today do not compare with the nightmare our 
fathers and grandfathers faced on those beaches. On D-Day, Allied 
soldiers indeed carried the weight of the free world on their 
shoulders. The Nazi threat was obviously very real, and that threat was 
soon defeated.
  I pray that this generation and the next recognizes the gravity of 
this heroism, never forgets, and takes into account what it takes to 
remain free as a nation and as a people that love freedom and export 
that freedom.

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