. >> you highlight his name on the greystone? >> there are two others. their headstones have the inscription medal of honor down the center shaft. the inscription is an goldleaf. >> who were they? one american red cross volunteer. richardson. it was at her gravesite. was recognized by mrs. reagan at her gravesite. >> where are we? >> we are in omaha beach, just codenamed portion easy read. this is where the force came in on d-day. most of our cemeteries are adjacent to battle fails. normandy is directly on the world war ii battlefield. >> how many people maintain the cemetery? >> we have a staff of 24. this is one of three federal responsibilities we have here at normandy. the hawk ranger memorial, the 30th battlefield, and we also maintain as a federal resources bill you a portion of utah beach, which is the other american landing area in a tinyre peninsula. >> at the other asked or found out why they call it omaha beach? >> it is radio. they call it o beach or u beach, .imple as that >> did you ever ask yourself why they picked a city? >> i asked mysel

all those greystones you see, lined up. what the president said today is that we can never forget their legacy, as this greatest generation fades away. let's listen. >> america's claim, our commitment to liberty, our claim to equality, our claim to freedom and to the inherent dignity of every human being. that claim is written in the blood on these beaches. and it will endure for eternity. >> and the president talked about one veteran who was here today, harry cokeowitz, who had lied his way into enlisting many decades ago, so he could fight for america, fight for his country, and he was told by the white house, having lunch with the president, you can have anything you want, lobster, whatever it might be, and he said, he wanted a hamburger. the president said, what's more american than that, harris? >> my kind of guy right there. i understand the president today compared those troops to the ones who fought after 9/11. >> yeah, what he was trying to do, because you were talking about this with chris wallace, you see the sta