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1、精品文档Thiswasanemotionalday*thiswasanemotionalday.theceremonieshonoringthefortiethanniversaryofddaybecamemorethancommemorations.theybecamecelebrationsofheroismandsacrifice.thisplace,pointeduhoc,initselfwasmovingandmajestic.istoodthereonthatwindsweptpointwith
2、theoceanbehindme.beforemeweretheboyswhofortyyearsbeforehadfoughttheirwayupfromtheocean.somerestedunderthewhitecrossesandstarsofdavidthatstretchedoutacrossthelandscape.otherssatrightinfrontofme.theylookedlikeelderlybusinessmen,yetthesewerethekidswhoclimbedt
3、hecliffs.*we'reheretomarkthatdayinhistorywhenthealliedarmiesjoinedinbattletoreclaimthiscontinenttoliberty.forfourlongyears,muchofeuropehadbeenunderaterribleshadow.freenationshadfallen,jewscriedoutinthecamps,millionscriedoutforliberation.europewasenslaved,a
4、ndtheworldprayedforitsrescue.here,innormandy,therescuebegan.here,thealliesstoodandfoughtagainst2016全新精品资料-全新公文范文-全程指导写作–独家原创10/10精品文档tyranny,inagiantundertakingunparalleledinhumanhistory.westandonalonely,windsweptpointonthenorthernshoreoffrance.theairissof
5、t,butfortyyearsagoatthismoment,theairwasdensewithsmokeandthecriesofmen,andtheairwasfilledwiththecrackofriflefireandtheroarofcannon.atdawn,onthemorningofthe6thofjune,1944,twohundredandtwenty-fiverangersjumpedoffthebritishlandingcraftandrantothebottomofthese
6、cliffs.theirmissionwasoneofthemostdifficultanddaringoftheinvasion:toclimbthesesheeranddesolatecliffsandtakeouttheenemyguns.theallieshadbeentoldthatsomeofthemightiestofthesegunswerehere,andtheywouldbetrainedonthebeachestostopthealliedadvance.therangerslooke
7、dupandsawtheenemysoldiersattheedgeofthecliffs,shootingdownatthemwithmachinegunsandthrowinggrenades.andtheamericanrangersbegantoclimb.theyshotropeladdersoverthefaceofthesecliffsandbegantopullthemselvesup.whenonerangerfell,anotherwouldtakehisplace.when2016全新
8、精品资料-全新公文范文-全程指导写作–独家原创10/10精品文档oneropewascut,arangerwouldgrabanotherandbeginhisclimbagain.theyclimbed,shotback,andheldtheirfooting.soon,onebyone,therangerspulledthemselvesoverthetop,andinseizingthefirmlandat