(6 Jun 2025)
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Colleville-sur-Mer – 6 June 2025
1. French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu and United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arriving at American military cemetery, joining officials
2. Pan Lecornu to Hegseth and officials as US national anthem is being played
3. Flyover by four C-130 aircraft
4. Lecornu walking towards lectern
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Sebastien Lecornu, French Defense Minister
“Mr. Secretary of Defense of the United States of America, dear Pete. We don’t forget what we owe them (the American soldiers who died during DDay), what we owe you, dear American allies, dear veterans. We don’t forget that our oldest allies were there in this grave moment of our history. I say it with deep respect in front of you, veterans, who incarnate this unique friendship between our two countries.”
6. Lecornu and Hegseth shaking hands
7. Hegseth walking towards lectern
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Pete Hegseth, US Secretary of Defense
“Today the United States and France again rally together to confront such threats. Because we strive for peace, we must prepare for war and hopefully deter it. We must ensure that our children and our grandchildren know what these men did, that they understand. I used to say, and it’s a cosy thing to tell ourselves, especially after World War II, that they fought so that their kids and grandkids won’t have to, and in some cases that was true. But in most cases, they fought, and we fight knowing that our kids and grandkids will have to be willing to do the same as well. Because history is not over. Evil has not been eradicated from the globe. Good men are still needed to stand up.”
9. Hegseth walking
10. Wide of guests in cemetery during ceremony
11. Various of Hegseth and Lecornu laying a wreath
12. Various of Hegseth meeting and talking with WWII veterans
STORYLINE:
Veterans gathered Friday in Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings – a pivotal moment of World War II that eventually led to the collapse of Adolf Hitler’s regime.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu commemorated the anniversary of the D-Day landings, in which American soldiers played a leading role, with veterans at the American Cemetery overlooking the shore in the village of Colleville-sur-Mer.
The June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France used the largest-ever armada of ships, troops, planes and vehicles to breach Hitler’s defenses in western Europe.
A total of 4,414 Allied troops were killed on D-Day itself.
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