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1、RonaldReagan:RemarksattheU.S.RangerMonumentonthe40thAnniversaryofD-Day*Thiswasanemotionalday.TheceremonieshonoringthefortiethanniversaryofDdaybecamemorethancommemorations.Theybecamecelebrationsofheroismandsacrifice.Thisplace,PointeduHoc,initselfwasmovingandmajestic.Istoodthereontha
2、twindsweptpointwiththeoceanbehindme.Beforemeweretheboyswhofortyyears beforehadfoughttheirwayupfromtheocean.SomerestedunderthewhitecrossesandStarsofDavidthatstretchedoutacrossthelandscape.Otherssatrightinfrontofme.Theylookedlikeelderlybusinessmen,yetthesewerethekidswhoclimbedtheclif
3、fs.*We'reheretomarkthatdayinhistorywhentheAlliedarmiesjoinedinbattletoreclaimthiscontinenttoliberty.Forfourlongyears,muchofEuropehadbeenunderaterribleshadow.Freenationshadfallen,Jewscriedoutinthecamps,millionscriedoutforliberation.Europewasenslaved,andtheworldprayedforitsrescue.Her
4、e,inNormandy,therescuebegan.Here,theAlliesstoodandfoughtagainsttyranny,inagiantundertakingunparalleledinhumanhistory.Westandonalonely,windsweptpointonthenorthernshoreofFrance.Theairissoft,butfortyyearsagoatthismoment,theairwasdensewithsmokeandthecriesofmen,andtheairwasfilledwiththe
5、crackofriflefireandtheroarofcannon.Atdawn,onthemorningofthe6thofJune,1944,twohundredandtwenty-fiveRangersjumpedofftheBritishlandingcraftandrantothebottomofthesecliffs.Theirmissionwasoneofthemostdifficultanddaringoftheinvasion:toclimbthesesheeranddesolatecliffsandtakeouttheenemyguns
6、.TheAllieshadbeentoldthatsomeofthemightiestofthesegunswerehere,andtheywouldbetrainedonthebeachestostoptheAlliedadvance.TheRangerslookedupandsawtheenemysoldiersattheedgeofthecliffs,shootingdownatthemwithmachinegunsandthrowinggrenades.AndtheAmericanRangersbegantoclimb.Theyshotropelad
7、dersoverthefaceofthesecliffsandbegantopullthemselvesup.WhenoneRangerfell,anotherwouldtakehisplace.Whenoneropewascut,aRangerwouldgrabanotherandbeginhisclimbagain.Theyclimbed,shotback,andheldtheirfooting.Soon,onebyone,theRangerspulledthemselvesoverthetop,andinseizingthefirmlandatthet
8、opofthesecliffs,theybegant
