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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is coming for the GOP’s Lincoln Day Gala. She was booked when it looked like she might be Donald Trump’s running mate, but much changed between the booking and the announcement.
In today’s world, it is hard to envision a leader so willing to accept responsibility in the face of a potential — even likely — monumental failure.
“We have seen so many movies of Omaha Beach that the event is embedded in our national psyche. From this side of the events, and with the help of Hollywood, it seems God-ordained that the response we all know was certain to lead to the victory we take for granted. It was, of course, anything but certain.”
Photographers, along with reporters, hovered over the veterans like they were the newest rock group. Both men and women were crying, cameras clicked with non-stop flashing, and young children hugged our heroes.
Enterprising French journalists reunited an elderly Olive Branch man with his long-lost love from World War II, and the story spread across Europe.
At the Normandy American Cemetery where more than 9,000 Americans who helped free France and defeat the Nazis are buried, it is peaceful and verdant now, with straight-line tombstone crosses and Stars of David undulating over the bluffs with the beach and sea beyond.
ABC News with David Muir will be following the veterans from the Memphis area throughout their eight-day experience. They will appear on Martha MacCallum's Fox News show and “CBS This Morning,” and CNN plans a mini-documentary about them.
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