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UNITED STATES DONALD J. TRUMP.
REMOVE. BUT WE'VE ADDED AND
OHIO. SOUTH CAROLINA FLYER
WHERE IT JUSTIN ONE IS
HAPPENING POLICE DOWN PLEASE.
AND I'M HONORED TO BE A NEW
CAROLINA THE OF DREW ABOUT HERE.
AS WE COMMEMORATE THE FIFTH AND
OF AMERICAN. IN WORLD WAR TWO
VETERAN WAS. ONCE IN TEN SECOND
NINETEEN FORTY FIVE THE GREAT
GENERAL DOUGLAS BICKER. AT
JAPAN'S OWN CAN SURRENDER
ABOARD THE USS BUSY. IN TOKYO
BAY VJ DAY MARK THE END OF THE
DEADLIEST CONFLICT IN HUMAN
HISTORY. AT THE ULTIMATE TRIAL
OF AMERICAN FREEDOM. I WAS A
BIG DAY IT WAS A GREAT
TRANSCEND GREAT COUNTRY. AND
OUR COUNTRY IS GREATER THAN
EVER BEFORE THAT'S WHAT'S
HAPPENING AND THAT'S WHAT IS
GREAT. WITH MAJOR MILITARY THAT
WE'VE EVER HAD. WE'RE DEEPLY
MOVED TO BE JOINED THIS AFTER
BY. WORLD WAR TWO VETERANS ALL
OF WHOM I'VE MET ALL OF WHOM
ARE TOUGH I DON'T WANT TO MESS
AROUND WITH ANY OF THEM WILL
TELL YOU RIGHT NOW. WHOSE BLOOD
SWEAT GRIT COURAGE AND
UNFAILING DEVOTION. MADE THAT
EPIC VICTORY POSSIBLE THESE
BRAVE AMERICANS RACED INTO THE
FIRES OF HELL TO VANQUISH
TEARING. THE THRONE FASCISM AND
DEFEND THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE.
YOU'VE EARNED THE ETERNAL AND
I'M DYING YOU OF ALL OF. AND
THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY I
WANTED TO BE WITH YOU. YOU KNOW
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT THE YOU
KNOW WE HAD A GOOD TIME LITTLE
WHILE RIGHT THE OVAL OFFICE.
CONVENTIONAL OF HONOR. WE'RE
PRIVILEGED TO BE. IS BY BETTER
FROM JOB. INCLUDING A NUMBER
WOUNDED. WE STAND AWE OF YOUR-
I SAY THE SO LEFT. WE ARE IN
ALL. JOINING US FOR THE-
REMEMBER ASIAN ARE SACRED DAVID
BERNAL SECRETARY OF STATE.
THANK YOU DAVID VERY MUCH FOR
BEING. A GREAT GENERAL REAL OF
MY AT CEMENT SENATOR ACTUALLY
IN THE WORKS FOR VERY HARD AND
THEY LOVE THE PEOPLE OF NORTH.
SENATOR THOM TILLIS THOM YOU
VERY MUCH. AT SYMBOL THERE. IN
CONGRESS THEN TELL IN THIS
MARGARET. DAVID WELL. SAID BUT
AND THEN. THANK YOU. FOR THEY
ARE TOUGH. I DIDN'T ESTABLISH
DAYS AGO AT THERE RIGHT NOW. I
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING SO
NICE TO ME VERY NICE VERY VERY
NICE EVERY TIME WE VESNA
SOMETHING BUT I'VE BEEN NICE
YOU ALSO HAVE TO SAY THAT. WHEN
YOU MADE THE EXTRAORDINARY
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE- WAR
EFFORT THAT'S NORTH CAROLINA
MADE THIS EXTRAORDINARY
CONTRIBUTION AND SO MANY NEARLY
TWO MILLION AMERICAN SERVICEMEN
TRAINED. FOR COMBAT IN NORTH
CAROLINA. MORE THAN ANY OTHER
STATE WELL THAT'S PRETTY GOOD
IS AT HAND WHO WOULD KNOW THAT.
TWO MILLION THREE. MORE THAN
ANY STATE. OVER THREE HUNDRED
SIXTY THOUSAND SERVICE MEMBERS
FROM YOUR STATE BOARD IN THE
SECOND WORLD WAR. THEY BATTLED
ON THE DRUGS OF NORMANDY OVER
THE SKIES OF AFRICA. AND IN THE
DEEP WATERS OF THE PACIFIC.
OVER ELEVEN THOUSAND NORTH
CAROLINA PAGERS FOR THE ENEMY.
UNTIL THEIR VERY LAST. BREATH
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS RIGHT
THINK OF THAT ELEVEN THOUSAND.
DIED IN THE WAR. ONE OF THE
THANK YOU ONE AND WE HAVE
FAMILY MEMBERS HERE BY THE WAY.
THAT'S THEM SAYING OH WELL. IN
WILMINGTON MORE THAN TWENTY
THOUSAND WORKERS OF THE NORTH
CAROLINA SHIPBUILDING COMPANY
POURED OUT EVERY OUNCE OF THEIR
STRENGTH. TO BUILD OF
ASTONISHING TWO HUNDRED AND
FORTY THREE SHIPS FOR THE U. S.
NAVY. AND IT WAS THE CITIZENS
OF WILMINGTON CAME TOGETHER TO
SAVE A PRICELESS ARTIFACT. OF
AMERICAN HISTORY THE GLORIOUS
BATTLE SHOULD BE ON MAYBE USS
NORTH CAROLINA AND THERE IS
SOME POWERFUL. AND BEAUTIFUL
SHIP FIVE COMING IN NORTH.
COMING IN WE'RE JUST WE HAVE
PLENTY OF ON TELEVISIONS ON.
AIRFORCE ONE AND THEY SHOWED IT
IN PRIME TIME IN THE FORTIES.
AND THEY SHOWED THAT SHIP BUT
NOT THAT THEY DON'T MAKE I
SHOULDN'T SAY THIS GONNA MAKE
THEM THAT WAY ANYMORE THEY
REALLY ARE. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL
SHIP DURING WORLD WAR TWO THIS
MAGNIFICENT SHIP. PARTICIPATED
IN MANY MAJOR NAVAL OFFENSES.
AND IN THE PACIFIC THEATER
ITSELF INCLUDING THE MARSHALL
ISLANDS. YOU WERE JIMA AND OKAY
NOW WHAT EARNING MORE BATTLE
STARS THAN ANY OTHER BATTLE
SHIP WE'RE LEARNING A LOT TODAY.
RIGHT THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. WHY
YOU YOU COME FOR WESTWOOD. HE
LOVES WEST VIRGINIA'S WIRA.
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN LEFT. YOU
BETTER IT THANK YOU AFTER THE
WAR THE OF WILMINGTON ORGANIZE
MASS GAP TO THIS BEAUTIFUL FROM
THE SCRAP YARD. THEY PRESERVE
DATA A MOVE TO THE GALANTI OF
AMERICAN. A MONUMENT TO THE
AMERICAN WORKERS THE BUILDER
ADDED DURING SYMBOL OF AMERICAN
GREATNESS NOW MORE THAN TWO
HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE VISIT
THE SITE EACH YEAR. TO LEARN
THE HISTORY OF THE HEROISM THAT
DIVIDES OUR NATION. THIS
AFTERNOON MY ADMINISTRATION IS
FORMALLY RECOGNIZING THE CITY'S
EXCEPTIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO
BED THREE OF THE SECOND WORLD
WAR. IT IS MY TREMENDOUS HONOR.
TO OFFICIALLY DESIGNATE
WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA AS
OUR NATION'S VERY FIRST WORLD
WAR TWO HERITAGE CITY. THAT'S A
BIG DEAL OUR NATION'S VERY
FIRST. CONGRATULATE. WHAT IS
THE WHAT. WE WENT TO GO A
LITTLE QUICKER THAN I THOUGHT
RIGHT WITH THIS DESIGNATION WE
PROUDLY DECLARED THAT IF WE
DON'T GET DOWN THE PATH WE
CELEBRATE OUR HEROES WE CHERISH
OUR HERITAGE WE PRESERVE OUR
HISTORY AND WE BUILD THE FUTURE
THIS MIGHT BE BETTER SO THIS BY
DIVISION THAT WILL FOREVER TELL
THAT STORY WITH THIS
DESIGNATION SO I WANT TO JUST
CONGRATULATE NORTH CAROLINA AT
WILMINGTON THAT'S A FANTASTIC.
A FANTASTIC THANK. I WANT TO
THANK. TILLIS AND CONGRESS.
STAND UP POLICE. IN BETWEEN THE
LIKELY INVOLVES BUT IT TO MAKE
THIS DAY POSSIBLE THANK YOU
DOUG THANK YOU FELLAS GREAT JOB
LET ME ALSO THANK RETIRED NAVY
CAPTAIN WILBUR JONES WHO HAS
CHAMPIONED THE CAUSE OF WORLD
WAR TWO. WELL OVER. THANK YOU
THANK YOU WELL OVER GREAT JOB.
GREAT JOB SO WE'RE GONNA. YOU
KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ONE OF
THEM IS RIGHT SO YOU ARE JUST A
TOUGH COOKIE YOU GOT IT NUMBER
ONE NUMBER ONE IN THE NATION. I
WANT TO THANK WILBUR THAT'S
GREAT. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE
SEVERAL OF THE HEROES WHO SAVED
AMERICAN FREEDOM. AND I'VE
KNOWN SOME OF THEM SINCE I'VE
BEEN IN OFFICE. THERE THEY ARE
HERE TODAY IS MY GOOD FRIEND
WHAT JUST LEFT AND IT WAS IN
THE OVAL OFFICE WITH ME AT THE
WHITE HOUSE WHAT HE WOULD HAVE.
SEVENTY FIVE YEARS AGO WHAT HE
SHOWED. HIS COURAGE AS A MARINE
IN THE BATTLE OF IWO JIMA YOU
ARE AMAZING. I PROMISED THEM I
WOULD NOT TELL THAT HE'S NINETY
SEVEN YEARS OLD I PROMISE. OKAY
HE'S A 100% SHARP. IS A 100%
SHOP I KNOW SEVENTY EIGHT YEAR
OLD IS NOT SO SHARP AND HE'S
NINETY SEVEN AT IS A 100% THIS
HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT
SEVENTY EIGHT YOUNG. DEPENDS
WHO'S SEVENTY EIGHT THAT'S ALL
THESE NINETY SEVEN I SAID MAN
YOU ARE SOMETHING AND
PHYSICALLY IN GREAT SHAPE. THE
BREAD THE TORRENT OF HOSTILE
FIRE WELL DESTROYED ONE ENEMY
MACHINE GUN. DECISION AFTER
ANOTHER KNOCK THEM OUT ONE
AFTER ONE FOR HIS DARING
ACTIONS PRESIDENT TRUMAN FIGURE
THAT. AWARDED WOODY THE
CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR
THE HIGHEST IN OUR LAND. WOULD
YOU CONGRADULATIONS YOU
INSPIRES ALL IT WAS GREAT TO
HAVE YOU AN ENFORCEABLE. I HAVE
PROMISED THEM YOU KNOW MAYBE
TWO YEARS AGO I SAID I'LL TAKE
YOUR ORDER FOR TWENTY. HE'S
VERY AGGRESSIVE HE SAID I'D
LIKE TO FLY TO FORCE ONE AND
I'LL DO IT AND TODAY WE GET IT
RIGHT WE GOT IT DONE. THANKS
WHAT A GREAT JOB. ALSO JOINING
US TODAY IS PAUL PHILLIPS A
VETERAN OF WORLD WAR TWO KOREA
AND VIETNAM. DURING THE SECOND
WORLD WAR POLL PROUDLY SERVED
ON THE USS NORTH CAROLINA. IN
THE PACIFIC THEATER. AT NINETY
THREE YEARS OLD HE HAS RETURNED
TODAY. TO VISIT THE SHIP
APOLOGY SO NOBLY SERVED. HE'S A
TREMENDOUS MAN PAUL. IT'S OUR
HONOR TO HAVE YOU WITH US
PLEASE POLL SET UP THINK THANK
YOU FOR. THANK YOU. PERFECT
THANK YOU FOR. GREAT JOB WORLD
VISION. HERE AS WELL AS ARMY
VETERAN GREG MELIKIAN. WHEN
GREG WAS TWENTY YEARS OLD HE
SERVED AS A RADIO OPERATOR IN
THE HEADQUARTERS OF SUPREME
ALLIED COMMANDER GENERAL DWIGHT
D. EISENHOWER I'D LOVE TO HAVE
HEARD SOME OF THOSE
CONVERSATIONS. MUCH MORE
INTERESTING THAN TODAY RIGHT.
SEVENTY FIVE YEARS AGO
GENERALIZES NOW DIRECTOR GREG
TO BROADCAST AROUND THE WORLD
THE LONG AWAITED NEWS THAT
GERMANY HAD SURRENDERED. GREG
YOUR BEING HERE IS VERY VERY
MUCH APPRECIATED THANK YOU VERY
MUCH WAS A GREAT HONOR MEETING
YOU BEFORE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
VERY VERY GREAT ON. OUR TESTER
DAYS TO PASS ON TO THE NEXT
GENERATION THE BLESSINGS OF
LIBERTY THAT YOU FOUGHT FOR AND
THAT YOU BLOOD FOR. ALL FOR
SECURITY YOU WANTED TO SECURE
OUR FUTURE YOU WANTED YOU. RACE
AND RAISE OUR FLAG AND YOU DID
THAT YOU RAISE OUR FLAG AND YOU
STAND PROUD AND YOU STAND TALL
AND WE'RE DOING IT IN OUR
NATION TO ALMOST EVERYONE EVERY
ONCE IN AWHILE YOU SEE SOMEBODY
NOT DO IT. WE DON'T LIKE IT
WHEN THEY DON'T DO IT DO IT WE
DON'T LIKE IT. I WANT TO JUST
THANK YOU FANTASTIC JOB
AMERICAN WARRIORS DID NOT
DEFEAT FASCISM A PRESSURE
OVERSEAS ONLY TO WATCH. OUR
FREEDOMS BE TRAMPLED BY VIOLENT
MOBS HERE AT ALL. WE STOP THOSE
VIOLENT MOBS VERY EASILY ALL
THEY HAVE TO DO IS SAYING
PLEASE COME AND MR PRESIDENT.
WE'LL HAVE IT DONE IN ONE HOUR.
PLEASE COMMENT. ONE OF THE
GREAT ME JUST INCREDIBLE THAT
THEY DON'T IMMEDIATELY THEY
JUST AS YOU KNOW WHAT PORTLAND
THE MAYOR LAST NIGHT HE WAS
RAIDED HIS HOME WAS RAIDED IT
WAS THROWN OUT OF HIS HOME AND
THEN THEY'LL STAND UP AND FIGHT
FOR THESE PEOPLE THESE PEOPLE
ONLY KNOW ONE THING ABOUT
STRENGTH THAT'S ALL THEY KNOW
STRENGTH. AND WE HAVE STRENGTH
FOR THE SAKE OF ALL AMERICANS
WE MUST UPHOLD THE RULE OF LAW
AND DEFEND THE AMERICAN DREAM
FOR EVERY CHILD IN OUR LAND. WE
MUST TEACH OUR CHILDREN THAT
AMERICA IS THE LAND OF HEROES
LIKE YOU YOUR HEROES YOU KNOW
THAT RIGHT WOULDN'T. YOU HEROES
YOUR GREAT GREAT MAN. GREAT MEN
THAT I BELIEVE IT. WE'RE NOT
ASHAMED DIDN'T AMERICA WE'RE
NOT ASHAMED OF ANYTHING. I
SIGNED A VERY IMPORTANT EITHER
RECENTLY THREE MONTHS AGO THEY
WERE RIPPING DOWN STATUES DID
YOU GET A REPORT THAT BUT
YOU'RE GONNA SERVE TEN YEARS IN
JAIL IF YOU DO AND AS SOON AS I
DID THAT. INCREDIBLY HAVEN'T
HEARD ABOUT STATUES GOVERNMENT-
HAS STATUES OR MONUMENTS BUT
WE'RE NOT ASHAMED. OF OUR
COUNTRY WE'RE PROUD OF OUR
COUNTRY PROUD OF THAT WE ARE OF
ANYTHING ELSE OUR COUNTRY IS
GREAT AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP
IT THAT WAY WE'RE GOING TO KEEP
OUR COUNTRY GREAT. TOGETHER WE
WILL REMEMBER AMERICA'S
TOWERING VICTORIES WE WILL
RECOGNIZE AMERICA'S OUTSTANDING
VIRTUES AND WE WILL PAY TRIBUTE
TO THE HEROES WHO KEEP US SAFE
STRONG PROUD AND FREE AND I
ALSO IN ADDITION TO OUR
WONDERFUL BRILLIANT MILITARY
ONE UP THANK LAW ENFORCEMENT.
BECAUSE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
WITHOUT THEM WE'RE NOT HERE
TODAY VERY WELL THEY'VE DONE AN
INCREDIBLE JOB. REALLY AN
INCREDIBLE JOB. THANK YOU AGAIN
JUNE WORLD WAR TWO VETERANS IN
ATTENDANCE TODAY THIS IS SUCH A
GREAT TRIBUTE TO NORTH CAROLINA.
WE WILL NEVER FORGET WHAT YOU
DID FOR US YOUR LEGACY IS
ETCHED FOREVER TO THE HEART AND
SOUL OF. A GRATEFUL NATION AND
THIS SPOT IS RIGHT NOW ONE OF
THE MOST IMPORTANT MILITARY
SPOTS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD
CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY
AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT
COME TRUE THANK YOU ALL VERY
MUCH GOD BLESS YOU. GOD BLESS
NORTH CAROLINA AND GOD BLESS
AMERICA THANK YOU ALL VERY
MUCH. THANK YOU.
