"When the invasion was finally over and the guns were silent, this coast, we are told, was lined for miles with the belongings of the thousands who fell. There were life belts and canteens and socks and K-rations and helmets and diaries and snapshots. And there were Bibles, many Bibles, mixed with the wreckage of war. Our boys had carried in their pockets the book that brought into the world this message: Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. America honors all the liberators who fought here in the noblest of causes, and America would do it again for our friends. May God bless you."
From President Bush's remarks on the 60th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy.
