1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:04,540 --> 00:00:06,651 Ladies and gentlemen , we gather here 3 00:00:06,651 --> 00:00:08,873 to honor the memory of the young heroes 4 00:00:08,873 --> 00:00:10,929 that gave their lives over 103 years 5 00:00:10,929 --> 00:00:12,873 ago . While the events of the last 6 00:00:12,873 --> 00:00:15,096 century have transformed our nation's , 7 00:00:15,096 --> 00:00:16,929 their deeds still resonate their 8 00:00:16,929 --> 00:00:18,984 devotion to duty . Their sacrifice , 9 00:00:18,984 --> 00:00:20,984 the courage to continue serves as a 10 00:00:20,984 --> 00:00:22,984 stark reminder that freedom must be 11 00:00:22,984 --> 00:00:25,207 paid for . It must be protected to walk 12 00:00:25,207 --> 00:00:27,440 laws in the nine mar today and look out 13 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:29,273 at the headstones of those brave 14 00:00:29,273 --> 00:00:31,329 marines , sailors and soldiers , how 15 00:00:31,329 --> 00:00:33,440 can you not be humbled ? Humanity has 16 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:35,496 never seen such destruction . It was 17 00:00:35,496 --> 00:00:37,496 rocked by the First World War . Yet 18 00:00:37,496 --> 00:00:39,440 here on this ground they faced the 19 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:41,551 worst of it . I find it quite fitting 20 00:00:41,551 --> 00:00:43,440 that in the same place , it is so 21 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:45,607 peaceful . The alliance between France 22 00:00:45,607 --> 00:00:47,662 the United States is and will remain 23 00:00:47,662 --> 00:00:49,980 strong And it served as a bedrock for a 24 00:00:49,980 --> 00:00:52,147 greater reliance built on nations that 25 00:00:52,147 --> 00:00:55,690 once fought his enemies for the first 26 00:00:55,690 --> 00:00:57,690 time . In the 99th , we brought the 27 00:00:57,690 --> 00:00:59,801 Germans in there and there's a lot of 28 00:00:59,801 --> 00:01:01,857 skepticism just because they were on 29 00:01:01,857 --> 00:01:04,023 the other side of the line during that 30 00:01:04,023 --> 00:01:06,246 time . But now there is a great ally of 31 00:01:06,246 --> 00:01:08,468 ours and I think it helps us learn from 32 00:01:08,468 --> 00:01:10,579 our past , move forward to our future 33 00:01:10,579 --> 00:01:12,634 and celebrate the alliance's . We do 34 00:01:12,634 --> 00:01:14,634 have with all of our key allies and 35 00:01:14,634 --> 00:01:16,690 partners and just seeing that shared 36 00:01:16,690 --> 00:01:18,857 history bonds us together even greater 37 00:01:18,857 --> 00:01:21,150 as we go towards the future , as we 38 00:01:21,150 --> 00:01:23,317 reflect upon the sacrifices of our men 39 00:01:23,317 --> 00:01:25,094 and women in uniform . The true 40 00:01:25,094 --> 00:01:27,317 testament to their valor is not only in 41 00:01:27,317 --> 00:01:29,372 monuments and peaceful cemeteries we 42 00:01:29,372 --> 00:01:31,539 have erected in their honor , it is in 43 00:01:31,539 --> 00:01:33,317 the security , the freedom that 44 00:01:33,317 --> 00:01:35,206 followed our way of life is worth 45 00:01:35,206 --> 00:01:35,000 defending . It's worth defending 46 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:36,667 forward . Just never forget , 47 00:01:38,740 --> 00:01:39,060 mm