{"id":75696,"date":"2023-05-29T20:02:07","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T20:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/05\/29\/on-memorial-day-biden-lauds-fallen-troops-who-dared-all-gave-all\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:06:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:06:36","slug":"on-memorial-day-biden-lauds-fallen-troops-who-dared-all-gave-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/military-honor\/2023\/05\/29\/on-memorial-day-biden-lauds-fallen-troops-who-dared-all-gave-all\/","title":{"rendered":"On Memorial Day, Biden lauds fallen troops who \u2018dared all, gave all\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/military-honor\/salute-veterans\/2022\/11\/10\/biden-take-time-to-honor-and-thank-veterans-this-veterans-day\/\" target=\"_blank\">lauded the sacrifice<\/a> of generations of U.S. troops who \u201cdared all and gave all\u201d fighting for their country and called on Americans to ensure that their \u201csacrifice was not in vain\u201d as he marked Memorial Day with the traditional wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biden was joined by first lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Harris\u2019 husband, Douglas Emhoff, for the 155th National Memorial Day Observance. He had a moment of contemplation in front of the wreath, which was adorned with flowers and a red, white and blue bow, and then bowed his head in prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/commentary\/2023\/05\/29\/at-the-heart-of-memorial-day-an-appreciation-of-duty-to-ones-country\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7817618.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">At the heart of Memorial Day, an appreciation of duty to one\u2019s country<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Memorial Day is a powerful time to reflect on a question essential to citizenship: What is duty to country, and how is it relevant to our lives today?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe must never forget <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/opinion\/commentary\/2023\/05\/29\/at-the-heart-of-memorial-day-an-appreciation-of-duty-to-ones-country\/\" target=\"_blank\">the price that was paid<\/a> to protect our democracy,\u201d Biden said later in an address at the Memorial Amphitheater. \u201cWe must never forget the lives these flags, flowers and marble markers represent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEvery year we remember,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd every year it never gets easier.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5616\" height=\"3744\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23149571269063.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-107931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23149571269063.jpg.jpg 5616w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23149571269063.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23149571269063.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23149571269063.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23149571269063.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23149571269063.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5616px) 100vw, 5616px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Avery Carlin of Arlington, Va., rests by the headstone of her uncle, Army Cpl. Michael Avery Pursel, as she visits Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery with her family on Memorial Day, May 29. (Alex Brandon\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biden has taken pride that his administration has overseen a time of relative peace for the U.S. military after two decades of war in Afghanistan and Iraq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s been nearly 21 months since Biden ended the United States\u2019 longest war in Afghanistan, making good on a campaign promise to end a 20-year-old \u201cforever war\u201d that cost the lives of more than 2,400 U.S. service members. The war, however, ended in chaotic and deadly fashion on Biden\u2019s watch in August 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. now finds itself leading a coalition of allies pouring tens of billions of dollars in military and economic aid into Ukraine as it tries to repel the Russian invasion, which appears to have no end in sight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5091\" height=\"3394\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23149590916116.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-107932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23149590916116.jpg.jpg 5091w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23149590916116.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23149590916116.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23149590916116.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23149590916116.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23149590916116.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5091px) 100vw, 5091px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Joe Biden holds his hand on his heart as he stands with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley during the playing of &#8220;Taps&#8221; at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day, May 29. (Susan Walsh\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While making clear that he has no desire for U.S. troops to enter the conflict, Biden has maintained that he sees the Russian effort to grab territory as an affront to international norms and has vowed to help Kyiv win, sending artillery, tanks and drones and recently agreeing to allow allies to train Ukrainian military on American F-16 jets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biden connected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/opinion\/2023\/05\/27\/snapshot-of-their-memories-gold-star-widow-reflects-on-memorial-day\/\" target=\"_blank\">the sacrifices of some 400,000 Americans<\/a> buried at Arlington to the work of U.S. troops deployed around the world today, saying the impact of the fallen men and women \u201cgoes far beyond those silent stones\u201d of the solemn burial ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/opinion\/2023\/05\/27\/snapshot-of-their-memories-gold-star-widow-reflects-on-memorial-day\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Habbaniyah-Iraq-January-2004-Credit-Hufstedler-Family-Photo.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">\u2018Snapshot of their memories:\u2019 Gold Star widow reflects on Memorial Day<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Army 1st Lt. Doyle M. Hufstedler was killed by an improvised explosive device in Iraq in 2004. He was 25.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe see the strength of our NATO alliance built from the bonds that were forged in the fires of two World Wars,\u201d Biden said. \u201cWe see it in the troops still standing sentinel on the Korean Peninsula, preserving the peace side by side with allies. We see it in every base, every barrack, every vessel around the globe where our military proudly serves and stands as a force for good in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5616\" height=\"3744\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23149552530712.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-107933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23149552530712.jpg.jpg 5616w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23149552530712.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23149552530712.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23149552530712.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23149552530712.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23149552530712.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5616px) 100vw, 5616px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Raphael Michel, 7, of Washington, visits the grave of a soldier, with whom his father served, in Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day, May 29. (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the Arlington ceremony, Biden also spoke of the need to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/opinion\/2023\/05\/27\/memorial-day-is-for-those-weve-lost-on-the-battlefield-and-at-home\/\" target=\"_blank\">care for U.S. service members on and off the battlefield<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have only one truly sacred obligation: to prepare those we send into harm\u2019s way and care for them and their families when they come home and when they don\u2019t,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/opinion\/2023\/05\/27\/memorial-day-is-for-those-weve-lost-on-the-battlefield-and-at-home\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-962851930.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Memorial Day is for those we\u2019ve lost, on the battlefield and at home<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Suicide has become an epidemic in the veteran community. But it is a problem we can strive to solve, by connecting with each other.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president noted legislation he had signed expanding federal health care services for millions of veterans who served at military bases where toxic smoke billowed from huge burn pits, commonly used by the military until several years ago to dispose of chemicals, tires, plastics and medical and human waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before Monday\u2019s ceremony at the Arlington, Virginia, cemetery, the Bidens hosted a breakfast at the White House for members of veterans organizations, military service and family organizations, surviving families of fallen U.S. troops, senior Department of Defense officials and other administration officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president and the first lady were scheduled to return to their home near Wilmington, Delaware, later Monday to spend the rest of the federal holiday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"8360\" height=\"5573\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23149538256199.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-107934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23149538256199.jpg.jpg 8360w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23149538256199.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23149538256199.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23149538256199.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23149538256199.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23149538256199.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 8360px) 100vw, 8360px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Krista Meinert touches the headstone of her son in Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day. 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