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President Donald Trump Hugged A Normandy Veteran At D-Day Ceremony

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President Donald Trump hugged a 94-year-old veteran who stormed Omaha Beach in Normandy during the Second World War at the age of 19 at the D-day ceremony in Normandy.

The President hugged former Private Russell Pickett – the last known survivor of Company A – and called him a ‘tough guy’ at the American cemetery of Colleville-Sur-Mer in Normandy, France.

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Trump said at the D-day ceremony: “Russell Pickett is the last known survivor of the legendary company A.point 309 |

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Today, believe it or not, he has returned once more to these shores to be with his comrades.point 75 | Private Pickett, you honor us all with your presence”.point 123 | 1

Pickett stormed the beaches of Normandy during the Second World War when he was just 19.

The mission is known as D-Day’s ‘suicide wave’.

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In 2016, Pickett told local ABC news station: “A company was 96 percent casualty within the first 30-45 minutes. They) figured half of them dead. The other half of the casualties wounded which I was one of the casualties.”

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Pickett said he was on a Higgins boat and ‘tried to get up and my legs wouldn’t work. I wasn’t hurting anywhere, scared to death of course which that might have been what was wrong with me’.

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He was then pulled out of the water by a nearby boat.

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Trump, who rarely makes a display of emotion in public, hugged the veteran and praised him.

 

 

 

 

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