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- Thank you very much. This is a very special group of people. I've been with them from the beginning. Abigail, it's a four-year anniversary. So we're signing a proclamation honoring them and honoring you and honoring your loved one. These families deserve answers. We're gonna be honest about it. We're gonna get to the bottom of it. - I know from this president is he's made a commitment that memory will not be forgotten. - We're so proud of you. We're so proud of your loved ones. We're giving their life for our country. This is a rectification of a wrong. We correct that wrong today and we're gonna keep on fighting to understand, as Pete said, what happens. So it never happens to another family again. But God love you all. God bless you. We're so thrilled to have you here in the People's Oval Office.

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Well, thank you very much. Before we begin, I'm pleased to announce that I've just signed a proclamation officially designating tomorrow, May 8th, as a victory day for World War II, commemorating the 80th anniversary of America's victory in the Second World War. All over the globe, our World War II allies are celebrating this week, but the United States has never joined in with the proper celebration of our own, and the victory was mostly accomplished because of us. Whether you like it or not, we came into that war, and we won that war, and we had a lot of help from a lot of great people, a lot of great allies. But I think there would be nobody that would say that we were not the dominant force in that war, and we don't celebrate it, and I think that's a great disservice to the people that lost their lives and people that fought so hard in winning World War II, and also a separate victory day for World War I, and we're going to be doing that, too. It was American tanks and ships and trucks and airplanes and service members that vanquished the enemy 80 years ago this week without America. The liberation would never have happened, and so we have to pay tribute and homage to those people that gave us victory. And we did something else that people don't talk about. We rebuilt the world. All of these countries that were destroyed, we helped them rebuild. And that's something that, for the most part, others did not do. So with this proclamation, we are here by honoring the incredible sacrifice and heroism of millions of Americans who served in World War II, along with the unprecedented mobilization, home front that helped deliver this great triumph. All Americans should take pride in what these incredible patriots have achieved. So I just want to say happy victory day to all. So we are celebrating every year now. I can guarantee for four years, but I think after that we're going to have two victory days, World War I and World War II. This is World War II Victory Day. In the future, we're going to have a major celebration of each day. We're not going to have days off because we don't have enough days in the year. We have too many celebrations already. But we're going to have Victory Day and first World War I, World War II. And without us, those wars would not have been won. I think we can say that would not have been won. And I think it's time that the United States start taking credit for their achievements. And it's -- I really believe it's a shame. You know, I was watching for the last week, and I noticed France. I noticed other countries all getting ready for Victory Day. And I said that's sort of strange because David just added something. He said we also rebuilt the world. And I didn't have that, and I should have that. That was a big factor. But I noticed all of the countries, Russia, having a big day tomorrow. And by the way, they lost millions of people. And they were absolutely a major factor. But there was no major factor like us. We won the war, and we won it with the help of others. But everybody was celebrating with the United States of America. And I said, you know, I think it's time that we start celebrating victory. And that's what we're doing.

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