A wonderful gesture and a deserved one. Sarkozy is turning the page on the recent past pretty well. How refreshing.
"I don't think I was a hero," he said
Well, I do. Lots of us do.
Very cool!
Sarkozy is making me like the French again.
I wonder if we’ll start seeing more American tourists in France.
A classy move by Sarkozy.
From the article - some more background on these men:
He earned a Purple Heart after he was wounded in the Battle of Chambois and a Bronze Star for his bravery while helping others cross the Moselle River, which runs through France and Germany. He also has ribbons for fighting in five major battles, which took him as far as Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, where he was attached to the 359th Regiment of the 90th Infantry Division
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Joining Thompson in Washington today will be Charles N. Shay, 83, of Old Town, Maine, a combat medic who served in the First Division, landed on Omaha Beach on D-day, and spent six weeks as a prisoner of war. A Penobscot Indian whose ancestors were allies of George Washington during the Revolutionary War, Shay received a Silver Star and four Bronze Stars.
Vive la France. Sarko has zee ballz.
There is considerable irony in French President Sarkozy, a man with a spine, addressing all the cut and run Democrats and white flag Republicans in Congress.