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WWII vets are very humbling for me. I faced nothing in Afghanistan compared to what they went through. We're not going to have them here much longer and the world will be worse off when they're gone 😢. Thank you to this man and all the other heroes that stood tall in the face of danger! I don't even want to imagine what the world would look like without their sacrifices
You sir are 100% correct on WW11 vetreins. To me they are all heroes. I want to Sault you for serving. My dad fought in the Pacific jumping from island to island and got wounded on Okinawa. I fought in Vietnam 1967/68/69 thank you again from one veteran to another. Take care of yourself. 21:45
You can’t compare the two conflicts because they were two different wars my friend. Your struggles and their struggles are balanced because it’s an uneven scale from the start. I’m sure that some of them before they passed looked at the war in Iraq/Afghanistan and shuddered at the thought of rolling around gambling on IEDs, lugging all that weight we now carry in combat, not knowing who your enemy is. Technically speaking, COIN is a nearly impossible battle to beat. Yet you all continued for nearly my whole adult life.
@@StoicBarberhey mates, Doc B 1stID HHC 1-16 INF MECH Med Plt Evac Section Iron Rangers, DUTY FIRST!!! RIP E.D. Case [SF] and James Lee [75 Rangers] your missed by your Iron Ranger Medics brothers.
Crazy to think that we're the last generation to hear these heroes stories in person. ALL WWII veterans alive are a minimum of 94 turning 95 assuming they were born 1928, enlisted at 17 in 1945. Less than 3% of these heros are still alive.
It's weird to think we were the last to Know WW1 Veterans, going to be WW2, and possibly Korea. My grandpa was in the Korean, and Vietnam Wars. He knew a Civil War, and Spanish American War Veterans.
@@jsp7410 Exactly. Last WWI COMBAT veteran was Florence Green who served in the Royal Navy and didn't pass until 2012. 98 years AFTER the conflict erupted.
Vern is one of the nicest men I’ve ever known! So great I discovered this interview. It’s been years and years since I last saw him. He was one of our customers at a chrome plating, machining shop I worked at. It was a tough job for me and he was always a gentleman and a good shoulder to cry on. He had great stories but he never told me about his time as a Medic. So impressive!❤
I was a medic in the Australian Army 1965/67 during the Vietnam War.When you live through what he experienced it’s way outside the norm and you never forget what you go through and unless you experience what they went through the average person would never under stand .God bless all vetrans.
My great grandpa Gustav Brast was a medic in WW2. I didn’t get to meet him but my grandpa spoke highly of him. My grandpa, Weldon Brast worked on engines and tanks too. Grandpa passed recently, 88 years old, he was a father figure to me and my older sister. To say we miss him is an understatement. She took care very good of him for the last seven or eight years.
wasn't trump the one who called vets cowards and losers?.....yeah he was you can find the video of him saying it on the deck of a aircraft carrier after having a vet give him his purple heart.....crazy...
Amen, but not our kids. We raised them tough, but fair and straight up. I couldn’t be more proud of them. Their maternal Grandfather served in the 9th AAF, 346 FBG, 107th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, P47 Thunderbolts, 42-45, ETO, Trinidad-Ardennes. Sad, he died from a massive heart attack in 1966. Her mom never dated or remarried. They were at Bluefield Theater on 7 Dec 41 when they stopped the movie and announced the attack. They married 21 December 41 and he left on 2 March 42. She passed in 1983, so our kids never got to know them. I pray they know what fine grandchildren and great grandchildren they have and that they watch over them from Heaven.
@@imablock16 I said nothing of Trump, or any one individual. We are turning into a tribal society. Both political parties use division to garner support. My father was a WW2 veteran, and the country was way more unified back then.
My dad went in with the 8th Armored. Very first casualty they had was the medic. I wish he had been able to tell his story. Thank you for your service, sir.
That story with the confiscated green Mercedes is interesting, adds some real typical 18-year old shenanigans to all the horrific stuff they had to go through
I am a 3 generation soldier myself my grandfather was a medic in world war 2 and his two brothers were infantry all 3 of them landing beach gold but my granduncle Arthur Edwards Hammond's die on the beach gold so I thank all of the vet live and who sacrifice they live like my uncle for our free cress the would you done you jobs thanks you for our samper fi
It's insane to me how in the midst of a mortal conflict between armies, a Man has the ability to hold fire on medics, sparing them. In a moment where it's kill or be killed, they could just not fire upon a medic. Absolutely intriguing.
16:41 It’s mind boggling to think that a training officer made such a fatal mistake like wiring all of his grenades to his shirt. It sucks that it happened to him but still. I hope he didn’t teach other soldiers to bundle their grenades like that.
There is a debt to this generation that we as a country can never repay. I am a veteran myself and just stand in awe of the caliber of service that these people gave to defend the nation and frankly the entire world from the jaws of fascism/authoritarianism. God bless every one of them.
My grandfather loyd c mescher, staff sergeant seen the Rhine Ardennes the battle of the bulge received purple heart with cluster and silver star 3rd armoured division salute to all Americans and peace and serenity is yours... Americans are bad ass ...
His memoirs, especially of places, are amazingly detailed. I live near his combat zones. He mentioned Wingen-Sur-Moder, Puberg, Stiring-Wendel, Saarbrücken and Kaiserberg. At Puberg you can also find the only cemetery on Google Maps that he probably had to reach across the open field. The mentioned stream is also nearby. The prison camp he mentioned between Stiring-Wendel and Saarbrücken could have been near the main cemetery in Saarbrücken. Are there any pictures from his time there?
These young TikTok kids need to be made to listen to these guys stories in school. They’re so far removed from the reality of why they have the freedoms they enjoy.
90 days? Sure that's tough, but man... I knew Germans who were in combat in WW2 for three years without a break. No leave, ever. The only way they'd get rotated home is when severely wounded. Otherwise - it was fight until you die. Unimaginable.
Interesting story. I wonder why all Americans always mispronounce Tourniquet ? It’s a simple French word, in the UK we pronounce it the proper French way, try saying ( turn-e-k ) . Bit of useless info for the Americans. 🇬🇧🇺🇸👍
@johndilday1846 The original facilities included hospitals, music halls, swimming pools, delousing, etc. Why would they delouse the inmates (as is done today in prisons and the military) if they intended to starve them? Lice carry typhus, which is a major cause of death in POW camps everywhere along with malaria as in the Japanese camps. Seems you have thrown logic and commonsense out the window. The drumbeat of propaganda is difficult to resist. Sort of like wearing a mask alone in the car or submitting to an unproven vaxx, which is now known as the clot shot.. My eyes were opened by David Irving's books and James Bacque's, among others.
@knunyabeasewhacks8744 yes. The Germans could have done better, especially after they saw what was done to them during ww1 (with the german zionists bringing the US into it) and its aftermath.
