The New York Times | In Normandy, Bush Honors Veterans of D-Day

"As they addressed the veterans and their families, the presidents of France and the United States put aside their differecences.

'In the name of every French woman and French man, I would like to offer the eternal gratitude of our nation,' Mr. Chirac said on a stage facing the graves here.

France will 'never forget what it owes to America, its friend forever,' Mr. Chirac said.

Mr. Bush said that France was 'America's first friend in the world,' a reference to the assistance the colonial Americans received from France inthe Revolutionary War."

I have a brother-in-law who says the French have "forgotten" about the sacrifice made by Americans during D-Day (Jour J). If only he were over here in France, I think that he would be surprised by the amount of in-depth airplay that the Normandy invasion is given and the deep respect that is paid to the US and Allied veterans.