Band of Brothers , which follows an elite group of U.S. paratroopers from their training base in Georgia to their landing in France on D-Day, airs on HBO starting September 9. In meetings along the way with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and NATO and European Union allies, Bush will confront strong international opposition to his pledge to build an anti-missile shield and his decision to abandon the Kyoto agreement on global warming. The president Wednesday spoke in front of the memorial's dramatic bronze sculpture of soldiers clawing their way up a wall. Before him spread a stone beach and shallow pool where another bronze soldier advanced through chest-high water while a buddy lay dying in the sand, his Bible at his head. The structure aims to evoke the Normandy landing with an architectural representation of a Higgins boat entering a wading pool where sporadic sprays of water represent German fire.
Bronze soldiers claw up a concrete beach and climb a wall.
Surrounding the arch are flags of Britain, France, Australia, the Czech Republic, Belgium, Canada, Greece, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland and the United States countries that participated in the invasion. The Associated Press contributed to this report Jobs at Fox News Channel Terms of use. All rights reserved. Fox News Network, LLC 2001. All rights reserved.