So we have a special obligation.
We cannot let what happened here be lost in the silence of years to come.
Now we have to ask ourselves, will we stand against tyranny?
President Joe Biden greets American World War II veteran Bill Toombs before ceremonyWin McNamee/Getty Images
Against crushing brutality of the iron fist?
When we stand for freedom, when we defend democracy, we stand together.
Isolationism was not the answer eighty years ago, and it is not the answer today.
We know the dark forces that these heroes fought against 80 years ago, Biden said.
The desire to dominate and control, to change borders by force.
The struggle between a dictatorship and freedom is unending.
I like people that werent captured.
The autocrats of the world are watching closely to see what happens in Ukraine, Biden said.
To see if we let this illegal aggression to go unchecked.
We cannot let that happen.
To surrender to bullies, to bow down to dictators is simply unthinkable.
After the speeches, a bugler played taps, and after a gun salute, four F-35s flew overhead.
Later, Biden and First Lady Jill Biden stopped at the grave of Pvt.
First Class John S. Greenfield, who was from Wilmington, DE.
The president commissioned a challenge coin to honor those who served.
A great honor, I mean it, seriously, Biden said to another veteran.
Hanks and Spielberg posed for pictures (including with Sen. Ted Cruz) and met with veterans.
One guy made that necessary, and his acolytes and his followers as well.
