Trump and First Lady Melania flew to France on Thursday to join the leaders of the Allied nations to mark the 75th anniversary of the greatest military invasion in history. They are pictured paying their respects at the Normandy American Cemetery where 9,300 U.S. servicemen are buried
Daily Mail: 'The great deeds of our Army came from the great depths of their love': Trump gives stirring speech to honor the American veterans on 75th anniversary of D-Day as he and Melania visit Omaha beach and Normandy American cemetery
* Donald Trump and Melania flew into Normandy on Thursday to pay their respects to U.S. veterans of D-Day
* The President attended a ceremony at Omaha Beach where thousands of Americans fell in the bloody battle
* He told crowds at the American ceremony that those who died 'won back this ground for civilization'
* At one point during his speech, Trump hugged one of the veterans Russell Pickett, 94, who was a 19-year-old private during the landings at Omaha
* Melania Trump placed a bouquet of white flowers at the base of a cross-shaped headstone when they paid their respects to the fallen U.S. soldiers at Normandy American Cemetery
* Leaders of the Allied nations gather in northern France above the five beaches stormed by 156,000 soldiers
* Theresa May and Emmanuel Macron helped unveil a memorial to British soldiers overlooking Gold Beach
* Trump and Macron traveled separately to Caen, France, later on Thursday for a meeting and lunch before Trump is scheduled to return to his golf course in Ireland
President Donald Trump has lauded the heroism of American and Allied service members who participated in the D-Day invasion that changed the fortunes of World War II, saying they 'are among the very greatest Americans who will ever live'.
Trump and First Lady Melania flew to France on Thursday to join the leaders of the Allied nations to mark the 75th anniversary of the greatest military invasion in history.
Gathering at the Normandy American Cemetery, Trump paid tribute to the brave men who fought in the Allied invasion of France. He then joined his wife as they paid their respects to the 9,300 soldiers buried at the cemetery and watched on as fighter jets flew overhead and left a trail of red, white and blue.
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