marine commandos who was killed on the approach to juneau beach 3 weeks before his brother private joseph carson was also killed in normandy and twins robert and charles guy $21.00 who both served in the r.a.f. and were shot down and barrett separately that names will now be reunited here. these young men belonged to a very special generation the greatest generation a generation whose unconquerable spirit shaped our post-war world they didn't post they didn't fuss they served they did that u.t. and they laid down their lives so that we might have a better life and build a better world the memorial that we built built here will remind us of this as the service and sacrifice of those who fell under british command in normandy of the price paid by french civilians and of our duty and our responsibility to now carry the torch for freedom for peace and for democracy i want to thank all those involved in this memorial george bats and the veterans who have campaigned so hard to make it happen the people of that still now and philip on your own the town's man here in normandy the names of those british

he and specialist joseph colette, both fort carson base soldiers, were killed in an attack fighting against the taliban. sergeant lindsey was born in cortez in 1985. the grandson of world war ii veteran richard lindsey and world war ii veteran warren waldorf. he was no stranger to service. he followed his grandfathers' footsteps when he enlisted in the army in 2004 and ultimately getting selected into the elite 10th special forces group. this prestigious fighting group deploys to some of the world's most heated combat zones, and sergeant lindsey bravely deployed with them seven times, iraq, ng five tours in his final deployment in afghanistan. as a highly decorated combat veteran, sergeant lindsey had an expansive lists of military awards and decorations including a silver star, purple heart, four bronze stars, two meritorious silver medals, unit medals, the unit award, the army superior unit award, four army good conduct medals, the national defense service medal, the global war on terror service medal, the n.c.o. professional development ribbon with numeral four, the army service ribbon,