For nearly 17 years, I've been doing a job that I hate. The money is decent and that's helped, but I've hated it. On the days when it has been the worst and I've been the most depressed, I think of guys like this and stories like this and I remember that no matter how bad my life as been, I've had no experiences as bad as this. I live my life and continue to strive because of guys like this and the sacrifices they made. I feel like I owe to them to continue to try and make the world a better place.
Such a gentle man now, had to be a bad ass back in the day. My dad was hit and lost a leg in Normandy, died at 90 and I miss him. These guys were great and we should feel honored to have known them.
Randy German: i feel the same way. i visited my dad's grave today in honor of d-day. he was amongst 1st wave on omaha beach. he died 4-1-13. i miss him so much. we were lucky to have parents from the greatest generation.
Randy German: my dad fought on omaha beach amongst the 1st wave. He was with 147th combat engineers. We are lucky to have had parents from the greatest generation. My dad passed 4-1-13 at 90 yrs. I know he lived with the emotional scars from the war, but he was an honest, hard working man dedicated to his family.
My grandfather was in ww2 but I don’t know what he did since I never asked cause I don’t think my grandmother liked it. It’s sad that this generation is almost gone.
Jesus Christ..what a beautiful old guy. I'm choked up and my eyes full of tears. No empty bravado, no patriotic BS, just quiet dignity and respect. We will never see their like again.
Tyler Johnson: excellent. My dad fought on omaha beach, 1st wave. He passed 4-1-13. Great man. His brother is still alive at 95, fought in the pacific theater, still loves shots & beers. Still loves the beatles. Cool guy.
@@0tb16 - It gets lower than that! Some dregs are too lazy to use profile pics at all. They have to edit a short thought to get it right, and they don't even know how to place exclamation points properly!
Coming from someone who doesn't even use a common pounctuation such as points to end a sentence ... You may be living amongst terrible and lazy people, but that doesn't mean that's the case everywhere. And if the only people you consider worthy of respect are soldiers and those heroes, get your lazy ass in the military and get yourself some self respect. Cause you seem to hate your own species boy ! By the way, depending on the country, an exclamation point can't or must be used after a space.
"Greatest generation the world will ever know" What a fucking stupid statement. The same generation that created nazis and numerous dictators all around the world. You are not honoring the real heroes in this video by saying this.
I have been to Normandie for the annual D-Day ceremonies 23 times. I plan of course to be back next year for the 75th Anniversary of D-Day. Remarkabley WW-2 Amercican and British WW-2 veterans are still going back and some for the very first time since 1944. Each time that I go it is still a very unique and life changing experience. God Bless all our soldiers who go in harms way. I am a 100% service connected disabled retired combat veteran and am now almost 73. However WW-2 was unique. A nation of 130 million people saw 14-16 Million men and women in our Armed Forces. All socioeconomic levels of our nation served. This is why I agree with Tom Brokaw, that they are truly "The Greatest Generation".
Lucky you but I finally got there for just four days this July of 2022. Had the amazing good fortune of chatting with the daughter of Michel de Vallavieille right outside her door at Brecourt Manor, which was a highlight. One of my companions spoke fluent French so she chatted up the cousins/aunts and they went and got her (I am upset I never asked her first name). She spoke of the tragic “energy” still present in the area and manor to this day.
Something none of us commenting here could ever imagine or fathom. The level of madness and and heroic events that took Place during this war are beyond comprehension.
i have the highest respect for every soldier that was on that beach that day so we can live our lives we all have today... thank you sir... and to the people who give these uploads a thumbs down... absolute shame on you.
My Grandpa drove a Stewart tank in Africa and Italy, he would never talk about it it really damaged him spiritually. He did say a few things, one time a round came into the Commanders turret and bounced around through the commander several times, he died instantly and fell in the tank. He also had 3 of his tanks knocked out, managed to survive the war. He died in his 60's, I always believe the war took at least 20yrs from his life as he died in his 60's. God Bless these men and women who made such a sacrifice, you are our heroes.
My grandpa prolly trained your grandpa!! My grandpa was a furst sargeant at fort knox during WWII, they wouldn’t let him go fight because when he was a child he stepped in a fire so they said because of that he couldnt go overseas. Grandpa always said “that was bullshit” they just wanted to keep me around to keep training the men on tanks who were going over!!”
@@ruiserrazina7727 Funny how some of you go out of your way to let us know that women didn't make any sacrifices in WWII. Maybe they didn't die on Omaha Beach but they made plenty of sacrifices, let it go!
Rad Derry yeah I agree with the racket and Gov lies. The guys that went to certain death and had no idea about the racket I think deserve credit. The Information Age didn’t exist for them to research. Thx for the info for me to look into. I appreciate it!
Men who all have a "someone's gotta do it" mentality Today everyone says "let someone else do it" And mubb around like cowards oblivious to what people have had to go through
oh btw, we are all immigrants to the US, unless you are Native American, in that case you're from here originally. When people bash immigrants, they are bashing themselves. And no I'm not a liberal or a conservative, I'm an American.
@@mattchilds6848 shut up, we arent "all immigrants" and there were no "native Americans" they were miscellaneous tribes that didnt get along and massacred eachother often My family dates back to the Mayflower and my other side went through the trail of tears So my family has been here well before the inception of the USA Constitution You have No Place to speak to what an American is and should shut up, seriously. Your comments are entirely out of place and unnecessary Your "we are all immigrants" is only an attempt to take away a birth right that white americans have You only came here because of the prosperity white Americans have garnered. People like you think you have some entitlement to the USA and its wealths When in fact you are just more foreigners coming here taking up space. How do you think people like you make people like me feel? You come here then claim you have some entitlement to the land and its resources.
Powerful account by a great person and soldier. My Grandfather landed at H-Hour on June 6th. He was lucky enough to make it off the beach. He fought all the way in to Germany with an infantry regiment until the war was over. He would never ever talk about it. Not even when asked by his close Family members.
What a gentle soul of a man. I cry at nothing but these stories. He's so lucky that someone stopped to help him as the order of the day was to keep moving and even if your best friend was hit you leave him there and keep moving. God bless him and his fellow Rangers.
There isn't a writer anywhere in the world who can tell a ww2 war story any better than a veteran. This man is totally captivating from start to finish. These men are the bravest of the brave.
Yes, the mini-series "Band of Brothers" was outstanding, made even more so when some of the men still alive were featured before or after each episode.
My father survived Omaha beach. Two weeks later he and 15 soldiers drove over a land mine. He was 1 of 2 men to survive. A true American hero along with many other who have served and survived and those who served and died,thank you for being so unselfish
Bill picked you up with his Sherman. Bill was a tank commander. Out of 19 tanks, his was the only one to make it to shore. In the '80s, I watched film on PBS of his tank landing. My best friend and I used to play Bridge with Bill and his wife in 1975. This year, I watched videos of Germans talking about the one tank. He came around their left flank and machine-gunned them into oblivion with his crew. Bill hobbled, because the turret he was standing in was setting his boots on fire, and one of his crew turned the turret and mangled his foot. The live Germans on the other side of that sand dune threw down their rifles. That one tank led D-Day beach. The navy had pummeled the shore with the big guns, which created huge holes under water where most of our guys drowned with heavy packs and guns. Our aircraft dropped tons of bombs on the enemy, but they dropped them hundreds of yards inland, which had no effect. D-Day was won by GIs storming the beach and dieing in droves.
It gets me when he is talking long about his story with his sergeant and the love letters and then he just says "he was hit hardly off the boat and he was done with". Crazy.
I salute you sir and thank you for the freedom you gave me which I would be born into some twenty years later. Bless you and all who serve and have served.
weird that for most of us this place is nothing but a beach with history behind it but for this man and all the vets that survived this placed its something completely else
My Dad was in the U.S. Army, 70th Division, Trailblazers. He was a Technical Corporal, RECON and fought at The Battle of the Bulge. He was a great guy. I wish my kids could have met him.
God bless this man, and all who passed away in service during WWII, battling the dark forces expressing through the Nazi treachery. May the light of love the world overcome darkness in this world.
"my arm. It was going to fall off. that it was just about,... it was hardly there". " the blood was pouring out of there, ...that it looked like, ...it wouldn't be long I wouldn't have no more blood." This Veteran soldier, he staggered to an aid station, off the beach, inland. With his arm dangling nearly severed from his body.
Stevan B and this is why they will be the greatest generation. These men and women deserve everything under the sun for what they've done for us. Instead they get these fucksticks online that wouldn't stub a toe for their country
For those who have served, are serving (my son 11+ yrs), will someday serve and especially those who gave it all; this country will never be the same and never fail due to the brave men and woman. Gods bless an Gods speed...thank you thank thank you.
If you get the chance go there. Visit the museums. Take a tour with a good guide. What you learn will amaze you. I was there on June 6 2023. These soldiers had an unspeakable horror that cold, windy, raining morning. God bless their souls
my Uncle Al was in the Korean War, he got hit, then got a grenade thrown at him, which costed two of his legs. i was out to eat with my grandma and we were talking about it, she said "the soldiers came up to him and Al said "Don't waste your bullet on me, I'm gonna die", but he did not die. he became a prisoner of war for a day, then being released and then taken into the aid. dont know what happened after that but he passed away a few years ago. didnt really know him that well, but still makes me emotional thinking i had family in wars who have experienced things like that.
My grams brother was a bomber and was shot down and spent time in a concentration camp. He said they would take people to interrogate them, and they would never come back. I served in 2nd infantry. Thank you to this man and all ww2 vets. Such a time
It’s one thing to hear the statistics like “thousands of men died trying to cross this beach” but it hits me harder when a man like this gives you a backstory about writing love letters for a friend and describes his background, family, and personality, and at the end says “and he got hit just coming off the boat, and that was the end of him”. Makes you realize that each of those thousands had a real life and people who cared for him.
It's sad that soon there will not be any of these brave men left. So when you get the chance shake a hand or listen to they story thank them. For if not for them we wouldn't be able to do what we can today. Thank you all for your bravery and great sacrifice.
I believe our current military is strong but I don't think our run of the mill civilians today would be able to man up and do what these men did in WWII.
Idk man, I used to think the same,I don't think regular liberal junkies join the military on the regular, and the fact that anyone who can't get into the soldier attitude can't graduate.
Back in WWII, i doubt there was much talk about being liberal conservative. Even when I served in the early 70's, there wasn't much political talk in the military. At least where I was. I don't think we will ever have to invade a country like we did in WWII..
Don't speak for the rest of us, you ignorant idiots. We have not tasted war like these men have, but that doesn't mean we are not prepared to, so stop generalizing all of us.
wow true hero, ironically probably lucky he got wounded right off the boat, as the survival rate on the beach was horrendous. Amazing he lived a full life, with PTSD at a minimum. unreal story.
We have to put things in perspective, listening to these heroes. To us they’re old men, but in reality they were 18/19/20 y/o kids. Quite a burden to shoulder at that age. I can’t imagine the kids today facing such a responsibility.
Do it! It was one of the best experiences of my life! My wife and I traveled to Normandy to try to find the village where my dad was hit.I ran on Omaha beach trying to get an idea of the distance they had maneuver and went to the American Cemetary ( oh my word!) and met some locals that spent more than 3 hours with us on our search, such beautiful people. We saw so much more and certainly would not consider it a tourist trap at all. The French in Normandy still loved us three years ago for what these men did 75 years ago. It is my desire to make another trip for a 7-10 day tour of the Normandy battle sites.
I’m British, my Dad was in the 6th Airborne in Normandy and I visit there every June with my wife. I went to Omaha and Utah last month after being at Pegasus Bridge where Dad’s glider landed on D Day. You must visit if you can, it’s certainly not a tourist trap and I would particularly go to the cemetery at Omaha where so many of your country’s heroes are laid to rest, very emotional for anyone, but so worthwhile nonetheless.
Semi Sawea you are wrong. My generation, from 2001 til 2015 produced warriors. Fighting in the streets of Iraq and mountains of Afghanistan. Carrying on the legacy of these guys here that came before us. We are not as great as the WWII Generation. But dont say there isnt american warriors now, because there is - and they are better trained and more lethal than ever. We just dont have a foe as hard as the Nazi’s to face.
@@11bravo1789 im talking about those who shoot each other from behind the keyboard without firsthand experience on what goes on the ground of war we Fijians have no enemies but we fought your enemies and your battles in the 2 WWAR
It's so difficult to even imagine what these men went through and faced and how different it is now where he is standing compared to what it looked like 70 years prior .
