#Fayetteville, N.C., #veteran recognized by President during D-Day remarks -- U.S. President Barack Obama, left, and French President Francois Hollande, right, wave with #WorldWarII veteran Kenneth Rock Merritt, 91, as they arrive for the official lunch at Benouville Castle, in #Normandy, #France, June 6. World leaders and veterans paid tribute on the 70th anniversary of the World War Two D-Day landings to soldiers who fell in the liberation of Europe. When listing veterans of the invasion, Obama highlighted Merritt who saw a recruitment poster asking him if he was man enough to be a #paratrooper - so he signed up on the spot. And that decision landed him here on #DDay with the 508th regiment, Obama said. And 70 years later, its said that all across Fort Bragg, N.C., they know Rock - not just for his exploits on D-Day, or his 35 years in the #USArmy, but because 91-year-old Rock Merritt still spends his time speaking to the young men and women of todays #Army and still bleeds O.D. Green for his 82nd Airborne Division. (Regis Duvignau, pool) | The Fayetteville Observer #news: fayobserver/news/local/article_359bff70-6a53-5371-85b2-fb164204f8bd.html | #DDay70, #WWII #Veterans, #Airborne, #Soldiers, #OperationOverlord #OperationNeptune, #USNavy, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), 1st Infantry Division, 4th Infantry Division, #FayettevilleNC, XVIII Airborne Corps, #ArmyStrong, Ray Odierno, U.S. Army, U.S. European Command (EUCOM)
Posted on: Sat, 07 Jun 2014 01:39:36 +0000
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