you know well the name of jacques gaston, who died in the sky. near borisov, french pilots, the normandyeman regiment, and soviet pilots fought in the same skies. they died in the same skies for the freedom and independence of our homeland. yes, french soil is soaked in the blood of belarusian fighters, but also belarusian soil. when 14 french aces came to us together with russian pilots to fight against the common enemy of fascism, we gave them our best yak-1 aircraft, on these... beautiful aircraft, we fought with them for 3 years against the common enemy. what are you doing today, fellow frenchman, where do you walk now, where do you fly? the veterans from the regiment, normandy niemen, had everything in common, a common enemy, a common goal and a common grave, this is the land on which they fought and died. equally sacred for both the french and the soviet people. in the skies we flew alone, we lost military friends, but those who have the privilege of living must remember them and be friends; thousands of conscripts and reservists took an oath of allegiance to their homeland. oath-t