Marcella LeBeau, Nurse at D-Day and Battle of the Bulge (Full Interview)

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A member of the Two Kettle Band of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, LeBeau served as a nurse caring for those wounded at Omaha Beach during the D-Day invasion. She later served on the front lines during the Battle of the Bulge. LeBeau celebrates her 100th birthday in October, 2019.
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Timecodes
0:00 - Introduction
0:12 - Introducing Marcella
2:18 - Why Nursing?
3:12 - Joined in 1943
3:48 - St. Mary's Hospital Training
4:40 - First "Mission"
9:03 - Liverpool
10:37 - Operation Overlord Prep
12:03 - Break
12:21 - Reintro
12:41 - Invasion of D-Day
16:16 - Setting up a Hospital
18:48 - Buzz Bombs
25:27 - Dealing with Casualties
27:20 - Ward Injuries
30:45 - Time Spent There & Homecoming
31:32 - At Home
33:22 - House Resolution 3467
38:37 - Your Difference
42:00 - Conclusion

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@sbirddesmo 4 года назад

I've had the opportunity to meet her in person. She is delightful.

@kathyh4804 4 года назад

You were blessed!

@ajc6570 3 года назад

The entire time I just wanted to give her a huge hug. You were blessed to be blessed with the opportunity to meet her

@jairobjorn9290 3 года назад

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@imranchandler1083 3 года назад

@Jairo Bjorn Lately I have been using FlixZone. Just search on google for it =)

@Elly3981 2 года назад

She sounds like an amazing woman. Its great to honor the soldiers and all but the nurses/field medics are underappreciated IMO and need more love.

@sissy8563 4 года назад

I could listen to her stories for hours, what a beautiful woman .

@Shyfren 3 года назад

Her long pause when you asked her her feelings on being able to help those soldiers and serve .... wow. A most powerful, gentle, humble, beautiful soul. Thank you for this.

@Colt3854 4 года назад

What a wonderful lady. You can only imagine some of injuries she would have treated. I am so glad she has lived so long she deserves it. Her last words "it was an honour and a privilage" bought a tear to my eyes. She has been awarded France Legion of Honour medal in 2006. "

@josepha.correiaiii8855 4 года назад

There are no words in any language for this warrior, healer woman.

@elaineburnett5230 4 года назад

No words, just respect.

@wolfthequarrelsome504 4 года назад

Women weren't warriors. Duh

@jtoddjb 3 года назад

@@wolfthequarrelsome504 Really? Something about these comment sections that just brings people like you out. You are so absolutely sure about something that you just couldn't be more wrong about. I hope you learn and grow up someday. And don't say "Duh" because so many times I've come to better understand things I thought I was so sure about before and learned just how wrong I was. Your statement is so completely wrong about this woman and I'm sure quite a lot of other women as well so you don't want to make yourself at least feel any more foolish later on when you realize it that you also added a "Duh" to yourself

@hugbug4408 3 года назад

@@jtoddjb My grandpa was a medic in the 82nd airborne paratroopers, fought on dday, market garden in holland, and wounded in The Battle of The bulge. I'm sure he would of appreciated people like her. Grandpa was not enthused of speaking about his harrowing days fighting the Nazis.

@jtoddjb 3 года назад

@@hugbug4408 I think you're replying to the wrong person or misunderstood what was said

@Calling1776 4 года назад

She's sharp as a tack and we'll spoken and was a looker

@250txc 4 года назад

Yep, I gotta agreed with all your words...

@mazirsoufik258 4 года назад

Amazing ..." LeBeau " is a french name for " the beautiful ".

@vivians9392 4 года назад

She is still a good looker for her age!

@johnwayne2103 4 года назад

She speaks the Queens English.

@SunnyIlha 4 года назад

This is simply one of the Greatest most beautiful amazing and truly humbling interviews of a Great Lady I've ever witnessed.

@bellydump-hf7ec 4 года назад

Excellent. These American, and may I especially say, this South Dakotan treasure, represent the best of the best, with no equals to be found today. I am proud to know my home country produced such women as this. God bless you Nurse LaBaue.

@samuelsingletary1854 4 года назад

Right! Your correct!!

@JR-ez3zd Год назад

I pray that Yeshua will be your Lord and Savior!

@NesconProductions 4 года назад

Amazing how many American hero's came from the fringes of our society. From the Navajo code talkers, to the all Japanese 442nd Infantry Battalion the most decorated US unit of WW2 and the all black unit of Tuskegee airmen who escorted bombers (without loss over a period of months) over Europe. History that needs to be remembered. God Bless Marcella LeBeau and all those who have served and have not received the recognition that they deserve.

@ThePponu 4 года назад

What a beautiful, pleasant, and intelligent lady to be 100. Her mind is as sharp as a razor. Very well spoken. Listening to her was like it happened 10 years ago. She certainly deserves our gratitude for her wonderful efforts while one of our nurses. Im sure she saw more than most and it had to have been difficult for her to see such suffering. Thank you Ms. LeBeau for all and most of all, thank you for caring for our fathers and uncles. I would be proud to call you my mother. And thank you ,Greg for another wonderful interview. You always do a wonderful job.

@tuberstitious 3 года назад

A great gift to humanity from God. What a wonderful lady!

@vincepurpura8905 4 года назад

The nightmares she must have had, seeing all those mangled bodies, and she was an angel comforting the dying soldiers. She has all of my respect.

@Elly3981 2 года назад

Exactly what I was thinking. Its great to honor the soldiers but the nurses/field medics deserve just as much recognition, especially since many were injured and killed on the front lines as well.

@hankb1604 4 года назад

Marcella is a national treasure. Thank you for your service ma'am!

@JR-ez3zd Год назад

I thought the eldest Baldwin brother was a national treasure!

@tkau8 4 года назад

A very dignified woman. Impeccable manners when she speaks. A product of an era we shall not see again.

@hugbug4408 3 года назад

Sad, but very inspiring of a precious human being. Getting a little choked up. I had family members who fought on both sides. My mother lost her father and uncle in ww2 and my grandpa, dads dad,who barely survived dday to the ardennes where he was wounded in waffen ss territory. Waffen ss didn't like paratroopers!

@marcuswilkins5011 22 дня назад

God Bless ALL NURSES IN PEACE AND WAR.! THANK YOU MS. LE BEAU.!

@jeffabbott403 4 года назад

What a treasure she is. Thank you for your service Marcella LeBeau!

@roscoefoofoo 4 года назад

As Capt. Miller said, "Earn this." So many heroic and incredibly humble people gave so much for our everyday freedoms. "Thanks" doesn't begin to cover it.

@only5186 3 года назад

And were pissing it all away 😠

@billyray323 4 года назад

What a beautiful amazing lady, thank you for all you are and all you've done, not only for what you did for your country, for Great Britain too You have my complete respect Colin Formerly 'RAF'

@greggaminger 4 года назад

She saved the best story for the very last. Beautiful.

@warrencannon4974 2 года назад

Tears and love is all I feel right now. Best of life to her, yes everyone. She is total inspiration.

@jackkidd8438 4 года назад

I hope I am this vibrant and well spoken when I am 80.

@queencerseilannister3519 3 года назад

Right!? Much less at 100!

@brendanoreilly6917 4 года назад

Incredible woman. Very important story. Thanks.

@terrynolan5831 4 года назад

totally agree...amazing woman

@kevinhealey6540 Год назад

The word "animosity" does not exist in this woman's vocabulary. She dedicated herself to help people and obviously many lives were saved by her. She takes it stride and feels it was the right thing to do.

@reddevilparatrooper 4 года назад

This nurse had a really tough job during her service during WWII. The Airborne Infantrymen and Regular Infantrymen who went through her ward that lived are grateful for her duty and dedication.

@TheBobafett13 4 года назад

33:07 "you can change the law, but you cant change the hearts of man" What an incredible quote, which holds extreme weight.

@redtobertshateshandles 3 года назад

Alcohol causes so many problems especially for aboriginal peoples. Dunno if it was right to ban them from drinking but I think it was with good intentions.

@melanieparker9440 2 года назад

@@redtobertshateshandles This is true of their problem with alcohol, but "rubbing alcohol"? I think it was wrong for not selling it to her..

@samspade2657 Год назад

@@melanieparker9440 Some people are so addicted that they will drink anything, it is a sad fact.

@elaineburnett5230 4 года назад

She is wonderful. At 100, she sounds like she is 30 years old. What a nice person.

@Hevynly1 4 года назад

How beautiful she is, inside and out! Her story was so amazing. Thank you for preserving it for us all. She's an inspiration, to be sure!

@robertperez357 4 года назад

As young lady I bet she was beautiful, For she is beautiful today.

@seymore2009 4 года назад

robert perez, You will find a pic of her as a young woman at this link: www.indianz.com/News/2014/014223.asp and, yes, she was and is beautiful - - throughout! I've briefly looked at menus about her, and most mention that she received the Belgium Medal of Honor and the French Legion of Honour medal. I found no mention of such recognition from our own country. She will be 101 years old in October - - it's not too late. She deserves the highest honor for military service which is awarded by the USA.

@johndoppleguard 3 года назад

Fakers. We know who you are.💩

@ciscoduncan838 3 года назад

Agreed

@tonybells131 2 года назад

@@seymore2009 She’s gorgeous, now and then !

@2Oldcoots 4 года назад

As a fellow veteran please allow me to say "I salute you and stand in awe of your service to the USA."

@knifelore1647 2 года назад

It is an absolute honor to hear this precious lady. What an amazing kind sweet girl! God bless you!

@theweakestlink2278 4 года назад

That generation is just about gone. The youngest wwii vets are in their mid 90's now. Hope they can document the stories of as many of these veterans as possible.

@benm5221 4 года назад

There are others on RU-vid, but the clips are typically much shorter and used as witnesses in documentaries.

@KoriEmerson 3 года назад

It kills me. These are the people I grew up with all over my neighborhood. The WW2 generation them being gone... Every time I see we have lost one more.. It hurts my soul. But I know they are all up there with with their buddies swinging with the big bands again.

@pritanirebel9238 4 года назад

“Every society needs heroes. And every society has them. The reason we don't often see them is because we don't bother to look. There are two kinds of heroes. Heroes who shine in the face of great adversity, who perform an amazing feat in a difficult situation. And heroes who live among us, who do their work unceremoniously, unnoticed by many of us, but who make a difference in the lives of others. Heroes are selfless people who perform extraordinary acts. The mark of heroes is not necessarily the result of their action, but what they are willing to do for others and for their chosen cause. Even if they fail, their determination lives on for others to follow. The glory lies not in the achievement, but in the sacrifice.” Bless you Marcella Lebeau from across the big pond

@michaellohre1470 3 года назад

Great quote! Who said it? Thanks for sharing, and I concur and will teach this to my class!

@Svoboda1234 Год назад

oh damn I thought u wrote that, lol I was like this guy is deep

@D.N.. 4 года назад

I was extremely humbled listening to her speak. She has had an incredible life !

@ronsbeerreviewstools4361 4 года назад

I Salute this Lady, A true American Hero .

@darstman2396 3 года назад

She is the most humble person I’ve heard. May god bless and keep her.

@danielfisher9344 4 года назад

Very nice video. She's a lovely, intelligent and well spoken lady.

@mjs6157 4 года назад

I'm so thrilled to learn this history. She is a national treasure

@johnwayne2103 4 года назад

Why would anyone thumbs down this is beyond me. Most likely people who have no sense of history.

@mlrussell1 4 года назад

In the last few years I've found that most people have no sense of decency. Who would give this video a thumbs down? 22 have so far. Why?

@hooper4581 4 года назад

Outstanding 👏👏👏 Every American should be required to watch this. God bless her.

@barbaracarlson5018 4 года назад

Wow. She is amazing. Looks and talks like she is much younger. Thank you for your service. You are a brave, smart and blessed woman.

@grandadlovestheo2387 4 года назад

Good bless this Lady

@hemlock4519 Год назад

I’m so happy she told more of her experiences than we would have heard if only his specific questions were answered.

@robbennett2829 3 года назад

A lovely lady and a lovely person, a wonderful person..need more lovely people and wonderful people like her now!

@jillchandler3818 4 года назад

What a lovely lady. Thank you for your service and sharing with us.

@wokdemiddlepath7063 4 года назад

We can never thank these people enough

@sheilafunderburk3680 3 года назад

We just watched this and she is a wonderful woman. She is what we should all be like. Such compassion and love she shared,

@obergruppenfuhrersang-froi8203 4 года назад

I had to pause a few times to wipe away tears of understanding. I'm a 8yr veteran of the Gulf War, USAF 347TH med group, Moody AFB Valdosta, GA. She's a trooper.

@Nicholas211 3 года назад

Thank you for your service.

@davidcraddock7011 4 года назад

An intelligent woman who has a sharp mind. So wonderful to listen to.

@m.n.shumate448 4 года назад

Marcella you are a beautiful lovely lady, I very much enjoyed your personal history. Your description of SD is heart warming. Thank you for your service!❤

@uralbob1 4 года назад

I love you Ms. Lebeau. Thank you for all you've done for us. You are a beautiful soul.

@mrdenovo7 3 года назад

This sweet lady reminds me of my little grandmother.. she was born on the Cherokee nation on 14th April 1894.

@S62bhas 4 года назад

God Bless You Abundantly Thank You For Your Service Nurse Marcella LeBeau

@2147B 3 года назад

shes as sharp as anything can be. I can only imagine this woman in her prime, thank you so much hero. They dont make them like they used to

@dogsoldier7779 4 года назад

More Indians need to seriously consider serving in one of the military branches. Hands down, the best decision I made in my life. The training, the opportunities, the education, & the doors it opened for me during & after service was enormous. I’m grateful for being able to serve in the 2/75. Best years of my life & ones I long to go back to.

@dougstitt1652 3 года назад

nice to see women interviewed . She so nice to hear !

@lancegauthier489 4 года назад

Nurses deal with terrible things day after day. Ms. LeBeau was in the thick of it. God bless her.

@robertbrinson5101 Год назад

She never cried but it took everything I had not to. I've experienced violence and fear for life myself but I can't imagine their horror. What a hero.

@kingkhaos187gaming8 4 года назад

Omg she 100 with the voice of a young lady

@zackgrumet8712 4 года назад

WOW! What a Woman. I'm proud just to hear her story. Thank you Nurse LaBeau.

@johnnyfire3860 4 года назад

Such a beautiful and humble lady. The story of her people and that of many native American peoples profoundly sadens my heart. I am so thankful for your service to this country

@edwardhollon3041 4 года назад

God bless the memory of this selfless nurse and the multitude of nurses who served .

@82gjohnson 2 года назад

She came to my high school in eufaula Oklahoma she had a great story I had stayed after to shake her hand it was an honor to do so

@lorenreece1665 4 года назад

Such a beautiful lady in heart and soul. I could listen to her for hours.

@skiptrace1888 4 года назад

I am a veteran of Iraq, also served as a nurse, so I feel a strong afinity for her. What a lovely lady! You go, girl!

@brucewaldbauer7216 3 года назад

For those you helped .... god bless you and I hope you have a great life !

@hugbug4408 3 года назад

Also, had an uncle kia in South-Vietnam mid-3/68 central highlands near Pleiku.

@skiptrace1888 2 года назад

@@trailblazermc I was there, OIF 3, 2004-2005, SADAM'S personal hospital in the Green Zone, Baghdad, wild time! Thanx for your service, bro! 👍👍👍👍

@patriciabracken7546 4 года назад

What a beautiful soul / lady... Wish the world had more like her..

@carlstritzinger6724 3 года назад

To hear her recall in detail all of the situations and incidents that occured while serving is truly a gift, a fantastic woman who deserves all of the praise any one could receive, remarkable.

@sallyethridge1393 4 года назад

Thank you for sharing this story. Ms. LeBeau is a beautiful lady.

@cyriljuniordim9777 2 года назад

There’s no way she’s hit 100… she looks and sounds so young for 100 ❤️… I pray my Babcia sees 100 too ❤️

@richardthornhill4630 4 года назад

Great story. Thanks for interviewing her. She experienced so much more than what she could relate.

@darrenturcotte7799 4 года назад

Thank you for your serivce. Great generation.

@rubyjames3105 4 года назад

i don't have much respect for many these days, but this lady is more than I'll ever be and I can only aspire to be as humble

@Ranger-sl3qq 2 года назад

Yeah I probably don’t respect you either

@rubyjames3105 2 года назад

@@Ranger-sl3qq fine by me

@Steve-qt9ce 4 года назад

Let us strive as individuals and as a nation to be worthy of the sacrifice. Worthy in our daily lives and as a people.

@rogerarmstrong8893 Год назад

I have such reverence for this brave wonderful veteran . She has so much courage and compassion. Her story brought tears to my eyes. She is so beautiful and has the most kind heart. May god bless her and hold her in his arms and allways watch over her.

@sean380 4 года назад

Respect to you what a life, thank you for your contribution.

@jaysoneubanks579 4 года назад

Please teach your children about the sacrifices this generation made to preserve the freedoms we hold so dear. They will very soon be all gone. Never forget them, our heroes.

@aaronseet2738 4 года назад

Good call to listen to the stories of non-combatants. Their roles and experiences were just as crucial.

@Tetleyb 3 года назад

What idiots down voted this? This woman is a true American Hero, bar none. SMH.

@StevenLewisSimpson 3 года назад

I met her during the Ghost Shirt repatriation in 1999. You could never meet a more remarkable human being.

@ajc6570 3 года назад

This is my absolute favorite of all the episodes I have watched. Amazing woman

@andyk914 2 года назад

What grace, poise and courage. She is a beautiful woman and American in so many ways. After what the American Army did to her people she put herself in great danger to defend all of us. It is no wonder that she and our other veterans of World War II are called the "Greatest Generation." God bless her and God Bless the United States.

@MGSSAB 4 года назад

Not much longer now and there will not be any WW2 Veterans left. Anytime you see one, thank them, shake their hand. Thank you for your service, Marcella.

@usethetools 4 года назад

I worked under a Vietnam Med Evac Nurse... what a wonderful easy going, terrific person. Lt. E. Clariss will never forget her...

@barbaralamson7450 3 года назад

I could listen to her for as long as she would let me. She is wonderful. What a smile. I would bet hearts were broken from that smile. Thank you for sharing this.

@johnallen2771 4 года назад

What a beautiful lady she is. Thank God we have nurses like her to care for people in need. And she was 100 years old! From Wounded Knee to D-Day, what a life and I'm surprised she was never discriminated against.

@edwardhollon3041 4 года назад

EXCEPT --- When she tried to buy a bottle of rubbing --- A L C O H O L .

@edwardhollon3041 4 года назад

WHY ???? because she is INDIAN.

@allswellthatendswell2873 5 месяцев назад

My grandma Marcella was discriminated against when she got back to South Dakota. She would come to our school on the reservation and show us pictures of her time serving. She lived in town in a pink house, everytime id walk in town I’d stop at look at her house for awhile. She’s definitely my hero.

@floyd4311 4 года назад

This story, in my opinion, defines selfless service. How many lives has she personally saved? I'd guess many. I can't say enough about this true story of service. For her to relive the horrible experiences of war must've been exhausting. Thank you for being a fine example of how others should serve. You're a hero to me.

@stuartshenton2665 4 года назад

Marcella ,, you are a superstar.

@WingedPSN Год назад

Fellow RN, thank you for your service, and courage. God bless!

@DiagolonRider 3 года назад

we often forget the many women who fought their own war, the women who kept the fighting men alive. this lady is truly part of the greatest generation, and we're never going to see people like this again, not with the amount of transhumanist subversion and democratization going on in the world today. God Bless you miss!!!!

@TheGuerillapatriot 4 года назад

What a fantastic memory.

@robertdicks384 4 года назад

A wonderful and delightful lady, a heroine nurse, and most absorbing story thank you Marcella.

@mercator79 4 года назад

Ms. Marcella you are a national treasure.

@jerryumfress9030 4 года назад

What a precious soul, God bless her

@johnjacobs1625 3 года назад

Yes, There truely are angels on the earth. Thank you for your service Marcella. JJ USN VF-142 1975-79

@ralphsmith2126 4 года назад

It's so sad that so many military nurses of all nations died in WW2. Every one of them were Volunteers. Thank you very much for this video.

@johnnylevine 4 года назад

she remembers more about the war than I do about college, and I graduated less than a year ago

@elaineburnett5230 4 года назад

She is so smart, amazing!

@vivians9392 4 года назад

You just have to live it to remember details so well! Very sharp, lovely lady.

@stephenlord2541 3 года назад

Marcella LeBeau, All my love, you are a wonderful lady ..from the UK.

@garym7771 Год назад

thank you Marcella for your service and loving help to not only the servicemen you helped during ww2 but to all of us viewers reading and watching this interview, now.

@mharper6877 4 года назад

What a wonderfully dignified women. She embodies what it means to be feminine. What a lovely, lovely women, body, mind and soul! I hope, when I grow up, to be like her (I'm only 64, so there is still hope!).

@andrewbranch4075 2 года назад

" You can change the law, but you can't change the hearts of men" This woman has a dignity that you seldom see.

@charlesbandini6650 4 года назад

Marcella is a TRUE AMERICAN hero...May our Lord bless her.. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸😀😀

@myroncoleman9825 4 года назад

What a beautiful story so proud of her and to think she's alive and tell ing her story God bless her I was b orn in 1944 a year after she was in service.