In his speech, the President honored the fallen heroes and the many Americans who gave their lives for freedom –

…From across the earth Americans have gone to this place as though it were a part of our very soul. We come not only because of what they did. We come because of who they were.

They were young men with their entire lives before them. They were husbands who said goodbye to their young brides and took their duty as their fate. They were fathers who would never meet their infant sons and daughters because they had a job they were about to do and with God as their witness, they were going to get it done.

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They came wave after wave, without question, without hesitation and without complaint. More powerful than the strength of American arms was the strength of American hearts….