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US Honors Memory of 400,000 American WWII Victims - Obama

© AFP 2023 / NOEL CELISA woman walks amongst the graves of soldiers who fell during World War II, searching for a grave of a relative during a service to mark US Memorial Day at the Manila American Cemetery
A woman walks amongst the graves of soldiers who fell during World War II, searching for a grave of a relative during a service to mark US Memorial Day at the Manila American Cemetery - Sputnik International
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US President said that United States remembers the ultimate sacrifice of more than 400,000 US citizens who died during World War II.

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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) The United States remembers the ultimate sacrifice of more than 400,000 US citizens who died during World War II, US President Barack Obama said in a statement on Friday.

“We honor the memory of the more than 400,000 Americans who made the ultimate sacrifice so that we might live free,” Obama said in the statement on the 70th anniversary of the Victory Day.

The president said the United States continues to stand with its allies in defending liberty and human rights in the 21st century.

Obama underscored that more than 16 million US citizens served during World War II.

“After more than five years of brutal fighting that took the lives of some 40 million people across the continent…the forces of freedom triumphed over oppression in Europe,” he went on.

Out of some 40 million World War II victims, mentioned by Obama, more than 27 million were Soviet Union civilian and military casualties, according to historical estimates.

 

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