 There have been many amphibious landings in our history, our military history, but Operation Dragoon is one of those large amphibious landings that is widely unknown. Seventy-three years ago, U.S., French, and British forces landed here with nearly half a million men with the common goal to free southern France and relieve pressure off northern France before or after the Allied invasion of Normandy. Critical to that success was the combined Allied operation, where over 800 ships, 500 of which were U.S., staggering numbers, huge forces involved, an incredible amount of coordination and commitment when in achieving that success. So it's critical and important that we come back each year and remember those, both U.S. and French soldiers that gave their ultimate sacrifice and lost their lives here.