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...struck by his modesty, honesty and simplicity. He knows nothing about the war, and he knows he ought to know what was happening in Normandy. He kept saying, 'God, I'm learning a lot from you."' -- Author Paul Fussell, Bill Clinton's D-day tutor...
Bill Clinton went to Europe last week to honor the brave men and decisive leaders who made D-day a great victory 50 years ago. At ceremonies in Italy, Britain and France, he basked in the symbolism of past wartime glory, dining with royalty and renewing links with leaders of the Atlantic alliance that had its roots in World War II. But all the grand remembrance could not keep his focus entirely on the battles of what is often called the last good war. North Korea was forcing him to recall one of the bad ones -- the Korean...
...materials of war. To save a Europe that had lost virtually its entire industrial capacity to the Germans, and to carry the war to Japan, the U.S. turned on a great gusher that armed and propelled Allied forces back onto the Continent. Without that, there would have been no D-day, no march toward Berlin, no victory of any kind. "The American war-production job was probably the greatest collective achievement of all time," said Donald Nelson, chairman of the War Production Board from 1942 to 1944. "It makes the seven wonders of the ancient world look like the doodlings...
Recalling the D-Day commemoration festivities held earlier in the week, Albright said that in order to properly remember the lives lost in the invasion, the United States should never become isolationist again...
President Clinton, still in Europe following D-day celebrations, took to the podium in the French parliament to reassure Europeans that he hadn't forgotten about them. "America remains engaged in Europe," he said, attempting to refute those who say his Administration is preoccupied with Asia and the Pacific Rim. The first U.S. head of state to address the French parliament since Woodrow Wilson, Clinton sounded almost Wilsonian when he called for cooperation among America's European allies to settle the current war -- this one in Bosnia...