Full Speech: Trump Delivers Powerful Memorial Day Speech At Arlington, Says ‘Fallen Heroes Died…’

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00:00Thank you very much.

00:20Thank you very much.

00:21Very special place and a very special day.

00:24Thank you to Vice President Vance, doing a terrific job.

00:31Thanks also to a man who has devoted his life to

00:35servicemembers and veterans, Secretary of Defense

00:38Pete Hegseth, who's doing really well.

00:41He went through a lot, didn't he?

00:43But he's doing really well.

00:44He's a tough cookie.

00:45That's what we want, is a tough cookie.

00:47And we're grateful to be joined as well by Chairman

00:57Cain, terrific military person, members of the

01:02Cabinet, members of Congress, members of the United

01:05States Armed Forces, veterans, and many other

01:09distinguished guests.

01:11We gather today to honor the incredible service

01:16members who rest in glory in this cemetery and burial

01:20grounds around the world and in a thousand lonely

01:23places known only to God.

01:26In every hour of peril, in every moment of crisis,

01:29American warriors have left behind the blessings of

01:32home and family to answer their nation's call.

01:36They've offered all that they had within them and given

01:40their last breaths to each and every one of us that we

01:45might live safe and breathe free.

01:49This morning, we pay tribute to their immortal

01:52deeds.

01:54We share in the sorrow of their beloved families.

01:57And as one nation, we give thanks for the ultimate

02:00gift they have so selflessly given to all of us.

02:05These warriors, and that's what they are as great,

02:07great warriors, picked up their mantle of duty and

02:10service.

02:12Knowing that to live for others meant always that

02:14they might die for others.

02:17They knew that.

02:18They asked nothing for it.

02:20They gave everything.

02:22And we owe them everything and much, much more.

02:29Each of the service members who have made the supreme

02:34sacrifice for our nation has also left an unfillable

02:38void and an unbreakable silence in the lives of all

02:43who love them.

02:45For the families of the fallen, you feel the

02:48absence of your heroes every day and the family.

02:52These are great families.

02:54These are wonderful families.

02:55In the familiar laugh, no longer heard, the empty

02:59space at Sunday dinner, or the want of a hug or a pat on

03:04the back that will never come again.

03:08Every Gold Star family fights a battle long after

03:11the victory is won.

03:12And today, we lift you up and we hold you high.

03:18Thank you for giving America the brightest light in

03:21your lives.

03:22It's what you've done.

03:24We will never, ever forget our fallen heroes and we will

03:27never forget our debt to you.

03:31This Memorial Day is especially significant as we

03:36commemorate 250 years since the first American

03:39patriots fell on the field of battle.

03:43Two and a half centuries ago, at Lexington Green,

03:47Concord Bridge, Bunker Hill, brave minute men and

03:51humble farm boys became the first to give their lives for

03:54a nation that did not yet have a name.

04:00With their deaths, men like John Brown, 23, Samuel

04:05Hadley, 28, and Abner Hosmer, 21, ignited the flame of

04:12liberty that now lights the inspires everybody and the

04:19entire world.

04:21Those young men could never have known what their

04:24sacrifice would mean to us.

04:26But we certainly know what we owe to them.

04:30Their valor gave us the freest, greatest, and most

04:33noble republic ever to exist on the face of the

04:36earth.

04:37A republic that I am fixing after a long and hard

04:41four years.

04:42That was a hard four years we went through.

04:45America.

04:50Who would let that happen?

04:56People pouring through our borders unchecked.

05:00People doing things that are indescribable and not for

05:05today to discuss.

05:08But the republic that is now doing so very well, we're

05:11doing so very well right now, considering the

05:14circumstances.

05:16And we'll do record-setting better with

05:18time.

05:19We will do better than we've ever done as a

05:21nation, better than ever before.

05:23I promise you that.

05:32In every generation since, at Trenton and

05:35Yorktown, at Vicksburg and Shiloh, and in

05:40faraway places with names like Chateau, Terreri,

05:45Anzio, Iwo Jima, Quezon, Kandahar, really just a

05:52few chosen names.

05:55And these are names that have become so important

05:58on the altar of freedom.

06:01They plunged into the crucible of battle, stormed

06:04into the fires of hell, charged into the valley of

06:08death, and rose into the arms of angels.

06:13The sacrifice that they made was not merely for a

06:15single battle, a long-ago victory, or a fleeting

06:18triumph decades or centuries past.

06:23Their sacrifice was for today, tomorrow, and every

06:27morning thereafter.

06:29Every child that lives in peace, every home that is

06:32filled with joy and love, every day the Republic

06:35stands is only possible because of those who did

06:39what had to be done when duty called.

06:43And the cost was everything to them and to their

06:47families.

06:49Our debt to them is eternal, and it does not

06:52diminish with time.

06:54It only grows and grows and grows with each passing

06:58year.

06:59The greatest monument to their courage is not carved in

07:02marble or cast in bronze.

07:05It's all around us, an American nation, 325

07:09million strong, which will soon be greater than it

07:14has ever been before.

07:15It will be.

07:17And so today, we uphold the memory of our heroes, as

07:22people have done since ancient times by telling

07:26their stories and exalting their names.

07:29Senior Master Sergeant Elroy Harworth was a young,

07:34beautiful man from Earhart, Minnesota, when he

07:38enlisted in the Air Force and was sent to Vietnam.

07:43Fifty-nine years ago this very week, Elroy and his

07:47crewmates climbed into the dark skies over Da Nang on a

07:52classified mission known as Operation Carolina Moon.

07:57Their aim was to blow up a key enemy bridge.

08:01And while other crews had tried and failed, they were

08:04determined to try and get it done in the face of

08:07extreme danger.

08:08And they knew how bad it was.

08:11As their C-130 closed in on its target and Elroy jockeyed

08:16his 5,000 pounds of explosives into position, the

08:20aircraft came under unbelievably intense fire.

08:25They had never seen anything like it.

08:28Try as they might, they were hit as the plane swung low

08:32and they went down deep in enemy territory.

08:35Elroy was just 24 years old when he gave his life for

08:39America, leaving behind a beautiful young wife who was

08:44seven months pregnant.

08:46That meant Elroy would never know the joy of meeting

08:49his son, Troy, or seeing him grow, and he would never

08:53have the pride to watch his son follow in his father's

08:57footsteps and serve two decades in the U.S.

09:01Army.

09:03Sergeant First Class Troy Harworth is with us today,

09:07joined by his wife, Sonia, and their son, John.

09:11The grandson, Elroy, never got to hold.

09:14Thank you, Troy, and thank you, John.

09:16And above all, thank you, Elroy.

09:20Thank you very much.

09:21Please, stand up.

09:22Thank you, wherever you may be.

09:25Thank you very much.

09:35Great family.

09:37Corporal Ryan McGee of Fredericksburg, Virginia,

09:41knew from the time he saw the towers fall on 9-11

09:45that he wanted to be an Army Ranger.

09:48He was an American guy, all American.

09:51He was a tough guy.

09:53He was the top of everything.

09:55In high school, he was captain of the football

09:57team and was voted friendliest and most

10:00charming by his peers.

10:03Ryan joined the Army soon after graduation, and after

10:06three tours in Afghanistan, he deployed to Iraq.

10:10He and his unit were tasked with hunting down a

10:13weapon facilitator and a suicide bomber cell near

10:18Baghdad, a vicious, vicious cell, killing many,

10:21many people.

10:23Sixteen years ago this month, they engaged the

10:25enemy in a firefight, and Ryan was mortally wounded.

10:31He gave his life at 21 years old, and today he

10:33rests until the end of time in the famed Section 60

10:37here at Arlington, where we have buried our honored

10:41dead from the war on terror.

10:44We are joined today by Ryan's mom, Sherry, and

10:48Sherry, all of America shares in your grief.

10:51And more importantly, we share in your pride and

10:53your wonderful son.

10:55And thank you so much for being here, Sherry.

10:57Thank you, Sherry.

11:09Thank you very much on behalf of everyone.

11:15This crowd is so big, she's hard to find.

11:19Once I saw her, she really stands out.

11:20Thank you, Sherry, very much.

11:23Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon Kent grew up in

11:29Pine Plains, New York, before enlisting in the Navy

11:32in 2003.

11:34And she quickly became one of the rising stars.

11:36She was an absolute winner.

11:39As a linguist, translator, and cryptologic technician,

11:45Shannon worked alongside elite Special Force units like

11:49Delta Force and Navy SEALs to help them capture and

11:52kill terrorists.

11:54She was among the first women ever to do it, and she

11:56did it better than anyone.

11:59In January 2019, Shannon was on her fifth combat

12:02deployment, embedded with a team hunting ISIS

12:06terrorists through the streets of Syria, when a

12:10suicide bomber detonated his weapon-killing Senior

12:14Chief Kent and three other wonderful, beautiful

12:19Americans.

12:21She left behind her husband, Joe, and their two

12:23sons, three-year-old Colt and 18-month-old baby Josh.

12:29Today, Shannon rests in peace on these grounds

12:31alongside her comrades.

12:34To her boys, Colt and Josh, who are here this morning,

12:38now aged nine and seven, let me say your mom was a hero,

12:43and her love, her strength, and her spirit are always

12:47with us and always be with you.

12:49She loved her boys.

12:51To Joe, the boys, Shannon's parents, Mary and

12:56Stephen, and her sister, Mariah, Shannon's name

12:59will live forever in the chronicles of true

13:02American patriots.

13:03I just want to thank you, and thank you so much for

13:06being here in honor of your magnificent family

13:09member.

13:11Stories like Shannon's, Ryan's, and Elroy's remind

13:14us of the real meaning of the day.

13:16And I want to just say, please stand up wherever you

13:19may be.

13:19The boys, I want to see those boys.

13:22Where are you?

13:25Thank you, Dougie.

13:56Yeah, good-looking guys.

14:04Thank you very much for being here.

14:07All of you, thank you so much.

14:09We should never forget, even for a moment, that freedom is a gift of the highest cost,

14:13and peace is won at the most precious price.

14:17These extraordinary American heroes and their immense and ultimate sacrifices they offer.

14:23Only the faintest glimpse at the infinite grace we have received from all who laid down

14:30their lives for America over the past 250 years.

14:35We're going to have a big, big celebration, as you know, 250 years.

14:39In some ways, I'm glad I missed that second term where it was, because I wouldn't be your

14:47president for that most important of all.

14:51In addition, we have the World Cup and we have the Olympics.

14:54Can you imagine?

14:55I missed that four years, and now look what I have.

14:58I have everything.

14:59Amazing the way things work out.

15:07God did that.

15:09I believe that, too.

15:14God did it.

15:15You know, I got the World Cup and I got the Olympics.

15:24The 250 years was not mine.

15:27I'd like to take credit.

15:28But I got the Olympics.

15:29I got the World Cup when I was president.

15:31And I said, boy, it's too bad.

15:33I won't be president then.

15:34And look what happened.

15:35I turned out.

15:37And we're going to have a great time.

15:38We're going to have a great celebration.

15:39But most important of all is the 250th anniversary.

15:43That blows everything away, including the World Cup and including the Olympics, as far

15:47as I'm concerned.

15:49In any corner of this cemetery, in any resting place for our war dead, anywhere on earth, you'll

15:55find untold stories of equal heroism and heartbreak, unmatched patriotism and devotion and acts of

16:03selflessness and courage so enormous, they defy comprehension.

16:08Most people can't even imagine it.

16:11Great poets have written that it's love which moves the sun and the stars.

16:16But here on the sacred soil, right where we are, we're reminded that it's love which moves

16:23the course of history and moves it always toward freedom.

16:26Always.

16:28From Bunker Hill to Bastogne to Cantonese to Coral Sea, from Gettysburg to Guadalcanal and Concord

16:37to Kabul, America's best and America's bravest have fought, bled, and died so that we could

16:44pick up the torch of liberty, raise it high, high, high, and carry it onward to places they

16:51could never have dreamed of before.

16:53Today, we honor their memory.

16:56We remember their gallantry.

16:58We just revere, in the highest sense, we just revere their incredible legacy.

17:06We salute them in their eternal and everlasting glory.

17:10And we continue our relentless pursuit of America's destiny as we make our nation stronger, prouder,

17:18freer, and greater than ever before.

17:22May God bless our fallen heroes.

17:25May God bless our gold star families.

17:29And may God bless the United States of America.

17:33Thank you very much, everybody.

17:34Great honor.

17:36Ladies and gentlemen, please remain standing for the playing of TAP

18:06and the benediction.

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