mr. robert vogle, superintendent of the national mall and memorial parks and national park service. mr.ogle. >> thank you. and good morning. on behalf of the national park service, it is my great honor to welcome you to your world war ii memorial and to the national mall and memorial parks. for over 10 years, this memorial has stood on the national mall to commemorate in bronze and granite the undying gratitude of a nation. to those veterans of world war ii who are here with us today and to all those who have so valiantly served their nation since, we thank you and offer our solemn promise that your sacrifices shall never be forgotten. on this special victory over japan day, we're honored to have with us businessman, philanthropist, civic leader, and veteran, mr. george prescot bush as our keynote speaker. we welcome you to the world war ii memorial. i would also like to recognize a couple other people here. we have general kelly who is the former chairman of the american battle memorial commission and someone who was a key leader in the creation of this wonderful memorial. and he didn'