I am nothing more than an old American Veteran. My struggles have been no greater than any other American. At 73 I am in the final days of my life. I have met a foe that cannot be defeated. That foe is Cancer. The same foe that defeats millions, and never looks back. I am NOT posting this for sympathy....sympathy is not a cure. I am posting this to simply say, I have never been more proud to be an American. That pride has never wavered. I thank my fellow Patriots who are still out there protecting my family. GOD BLESS THEM.
Mr. Edward, I can not thank you enough for your service. I will keep both you and your family in my prayers, cancer makes me want to use a lot of 4 letter words. However, I will not. (but I will think them.) sending lots of love and hugs from OKC.
You are the reason we love our country. Selfless warriors are the backbone of who we are as a nation. Thank you for your service and the brave way you are dealing with your illness. You have my prayers and respect.
Dr Otto Warburg in 1931 won the Nobel laureate for doing a study showing that no disease can survive in an alkaline environment. Even Cancer so drink alkaline water see if it help best of luck and God Bless thank you for your service and go spit in the grim reapers eye and tell him not today
My best friend was killed in Iraq miss him every day. Sad for the life he never got to live but so thankful for his commitment to all Americans. We need to do better by these soldiers ❤️🇺🇸
I agree. How they are treated when they come home with PTSD is uncalled for. One day soon I am praying we will see big changes in this country and world.
Over the last 16 years I have worked for an airline and I can remember that 1st flight I worked. The day before the manager came to me asked me to work the flight. The day of My team was ready. Until we saw the family and the honor guards come for the flight to meet it. That’s when it hit us !!! I it to work the flight like all the others but as you start removing the HERO and you stand there watching the honor guard carry them to the car with the American flag on the coffin you just can’t stop yourself from crying knowing someone has paid the price for you to be safe and free. Its makes you stop and think someone is a REAL HERO !!!!!! And sorry to say I have had to do it so many time .
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I cant imagine the heartbreak. My family has all been military until my generation. Thank your family for the ultimate sacrifice. May God Bless You and your family.
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I cry like a baby every time I hear any of these songs that pertain to our military, not because I am a mother of a soldier but because my heart aches for the mother and father of a soldier, for the sister or brother of a soldier, for a wife or husband of a soldier, for a child of a soldier, because that soldier represents the freedoms that we have and most so carelessly take for granted. May God’s Grace and Mercy bring peace to all who have sacrificed their lives for the good of mankind 🙏
@@timmcgraw9951 May God bless you for this beautiful, heart-wrenching song. We all very much need to be reminded of all those precious lives sacrificed for our freedom in this land of America. Thank you, sir.
Same here. I know how it is to be apart of Military Family as my Grandpa was Army, My Dad was(is) a Marine, my brother was Army. Also community service as my dad (was) and brother (is) a firefighter an put their lives online everyday. I cry so much when listening to patriotic songs. This song my dad wants at his wake as he's not gonna be around much longer. I don't think he'll make it to Christmas 22' as he has COPD, emphysema an Dr's at VA won't put him on oxygen yet even though it's 81-83 which is very low just for sitting down. Anyway sry for rant just got stuff off my chest. So again sry
I am so glad that I have met you. You are such a tender hearted and patriotic man. Your family is very lucky to have, and to share your kindness. Thank you so very much for sharing these wonderful songs
A lot of us wrote a letter like this before going into combat. If we came back, fine, if we didn't the letter was mailed back home to our kin by our buddies. I cannot watch this without crying because I mailed far too many of these letters home from Vietnam.
Those who disrespect our flag have never been handed a folded up one. They’ve never had to write or mail one of those letters that you mentioned. They have never experienced the cost of the freedom that they have. Just being able to spout their nonsense was paid for by the blood of soldiers who were willing to give everything for others. ❤️
My Mother wrote one when she enlisted in the Marines during Vietnam because her DI warned her she might one day have to because the even in Okinawa where she was stationed was considered a possibility for death. I've seen the unsent letter with my own eyes. My Mother was partially paralyzed due to her service during Vietnam and I understand just how close she was to dying.
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Man this was such a tear jerker. I was crying listening to this. P.S. I love how you do videos on the U.S. military might, so please review and react to more of those videos.
It breaks my heart to see and hear such disrespect for our Military today. It brings me to tears when I see people burning the flag spitting on the flag stomping on the flag this is not acceptable. The men and women in the Military died for our freedom and this is what they get so sad.Thank you for viewing Tim McGraws song your reaction is so genuine God bless you
My dad did a few tours in Vietnam and when my brother asked him wasn't he angry about people burning the flag etc he said he didn't like it but he fought for their right to do it
The Vietnam War was in my living room every night. It went from a popular War to a hated War. Mothers, Fathers, Sisters, and Brothers were among the Americans who protested the war. Draft Eligible Men burned their draft cards. People protested in the streets and held sit ins. American citizens protested by burning the flag. You can hate burning the flag but it delivered a powerful message to the United States Government. Burning the flag help close the Vietnam War.
Well said!!! If you see any of our military, don't pass the chance to thank them for their service. I do my best to pick up their check if I see them in a restaurant. We need to do everything for military!!!!!
It doesn’t matter what day of the year I listen to these patriotic songs they also give me goosebumps and my eyes always tear up. Thanks for viewing the songs.
I'm an Army veteran and you don't know what that means to hear you say that!! Thank you for your Patriotism!! It means the World to a few of us. Especially when you're sitting in a wheelchair with "disabled veteran" tags on your car
Samantha Hall I just read your reply. You never need to thank me for my patriotism. I THANK YOU and your fellow military members for giving me the honor to have my freedoms.
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If you haven’t seen a movie called “Taking Chance” with Kevin Bacon, you should find it! It’s a beautiful movie where he plays a Marine and he must travel home with the body in the casket of a fallen young soldier. It’s all the stuff he routinely goes through without a second thought because of honor. It’s wonderful! Enjoy! God bless🙏
That movie is so powerful. I cried. I was in the Navy and did a forensic photographer billet and it made the war so much more real. It was very sad to be taken photos of the guys’ autopsies: they were so young. ☹️
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This song is really hitting harder after we just lost my 27 year old cousin to a training mission disaster. I loved this song since I first heard it but now I cant listen without breaking down. One of the best songs I've ever heard.
You should Arlington in about five hours, we honor our fallen. Each and every grave has been marked with a Flag, they started working on it four days ago. In five hours (dawn) there will be a twenty one gun salute and then the playing of Taps.
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Sometimes people say we don't belong in certain countries but when your allies call for your help how can you turn that down I don't think no one could because I know I would want those people to be just as free and as safe as we are. I don't think no one could just sit back and watch one country try to take over another country.
@@NOBODY-fz3im I know things look bad here in America right now because there is a handful of people that are spreading lies about the government wanting to take guns away from American's but that's not true and people are standing up against that lie. Just because most people won't a few rules like instead of getting a handgun in 10 days we need to wait 14 days just to make sure there is a full background check on the person that is buying the gun. Just like at one of the school shootings if the man who did the killings would have had to wait 14 days they would have gotten the background check in time to know what a bad person he really was and the things he did in the past but the background check had came 3 days too late to stop him. I'm no there are people in other countries who would love to see America go down but that will not happen because at the end of the day we all know how lucky we are to live in this great country. Just let something happened to our country and you will see how fast we pull together. Just like we did on 9/11! The biggest thing I am proud of when it comes to America is how fast we pull together to help our allies because I know there are horrific things happening in other country that we can't even imagine. We should never take America for granted because we do live in a great country.
Thank you so much for reacting to this! SO fitting for our Memorial Day weekend - honoring those that have given their lives for our freedom. God bless you.
If a song can bring a smile to your face or a tear to your eyes, then the writer and singer have done their job to leave a lasting memory in your soul you will always remember. Great song and video.
It makes me so sad to know people are so willing to give up their freedoms so many gave their lives to protect. They don't understand what it means to be American.
I'm a proud American girl. My ancestors were the Scot-Irish settlers of the Appalachian mountains. The for front of the turn of the revolutionary war ( battle at kings mountain) my resent DNA analysis says I am more Scottish than anything. Whether Scot or Irish. Fight, pray, drink. Not always in that order.
Crying copious amounts of tears... I can hear taps playing and the gun salute... *Mother of a Special ops and an officer *Daughter of a veteran *Sister of a Navy Seal
A point of fact, that some people do know, Tim McGraw only released this song as a live version. However, he did include it as a secret track on an album. He did this because he didn't want to make a profit from the song. Mad respect.
This was my biggest fear everything my father was deployed. I was always afraid that we would get told that we wouldn't see him again. RIP to all the fallen that payed the ultimate price for our freedom
Dearest Don, I would love for you to give a listen to a group called Madison rising. And there rendition of the star spangle banner. I BLAST IT EVERY 4TH OF JULY....they do have a video as well.
My husband is a veteran, army. He deployed to Afghanistan when I was 7.5 months pregnant with our first child. Fortunately, he was able to meet our daughter when she was 7 months old. I wasn't able to listen to this song while he was gone. He came home safely and we've got 2 more children and this song still makes me cry every single time
Tomorrow is Memorial Day 2021. If you tell a veteran thank you for your service, we will respond in kind by thanking you for your kindness. However tomorrow is set aside just for those who paid the ultimate price. That is something that the veterans you are thinking for their service have not done. We live on as a living reminder of what they have done, even for us the veterans who came home alive. On special days of the year such as the 4th of July and veterans Day I wear my Vietnam veteran hat with pride. However tomorrow I will not wear it with pride, I will wear it with humble reverence for all my brothers and sisters who came home rightfully draped in the American flag. They have earned the right to be covered in Glory, Old Glory! 🇺🇲
@@NOBODY-fz3im or burn our flags in the street! It’s disgusting to watch. The people that gave their life for your freedom so you can burn the flag in response. I say gather all of those that hate America so much and take them to a communist country and they can see just how good they actually had it.
This version (minus the graphics) is (I believe) the 2007 ACM awards version that he performed for the first time (live) in May of 2007. He wrote the song a few weeks prior, I believe. We were two weeks from the end of our rotation that month when my friend Larry came into the TOC and said "You have to see this" to myself, the boss and the CSM. That immediately became the song for the memorial service for our fallen brothers once we got back to New York the following month. Every time I hear it I think of that tour and Kevin Edgin, Aaron Griner and Scotty Cole. Vires Montesque Vincimus!
I am just a very proud American grandma. I have eight grandsons that are from 17 years down to 3 years old. Scared for them but proud they are being raised with good values of the country and humanity.
My nephew was in the army and was in a helicopter crash over in Germany (if I remember the country correctly) quite a few years ago. He watched several of his buddies die in front of him. He was lucky enough to survive... When him and some of the others who survived were rescued, they noticed that the helicopter was balancing on a rock that prevented the plane from going further down the mountain. On the rock, they noticed it said "God's Rock." When I heard my sister telling me what happened, my mouth dropped. He suffered a lot from the accident and had to get a service dog to help him, but he thankfully is not needing to take her with him as much anymore. This song brings tears to my eyes as I'm so thankful he is still with us and he didn't have a one way ticket over there. My heart breaks for the men and women that lost their lives that day and it also breaks for their families... Before his accident happened, he actually got to meet Toby Keith and have his picture taken with him. I thought that was very neat!
Wonderful reaction to our hometown boy. I'm appreciating all your patriotic reactions. Now I understand why.If you ever branch out please react to more Tim McGraw songs, like "My Little Girl" or even better duets with his wife like " Speak to A Girl" Thanks.
Its all great but until you see the battlefield cross and hear taps playing it really hits you. Its never easy losing a brother. I think of his family all the time.
As someone who did 23 years of service to my country in uniform, you sir have shown more patriotism in your reactions than millions here in this country show in a lifetime. They take everything for granted, bash the service members and decry everything about this country as a flaw. Great reactions!!!!!
I served 7 years in the US Army, including a year in Iraq (1st Cav during OIF II), and this song, along with Trace Adkins' "Arlington" and Toby Keith's "American Soldier" just hit home more than you can ever be prepared for, even as a Veteran.
This makes me cry every time I hear it, it breaks my heart and it fills me with pride all at the same time. It takes enormous courage and strength to serve for something greater than oneself and these men and women show it and live it everyday. God bless these great men and women who are serving and who have served for this great country.
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I lost four friends in fourth months this year. Two best friends, first love and high school friend. Any song about death destroys me these days. RIP my angels, until I see you all again. 💙 #PJ #Michael #Aaron #Rachel
We played this song for a good friend of mine who died in Afghanistan. To see his mother receive that folded flag was heart breaking. 💔 Had an uncle who died in North Korea but that was before I was born. I have been blessed to have all of my cousins and uncles who came back alive. ❤🤍💙
Jim Bennett I was in for 18 years and I don't regret a day of it, not even the hardest part boot camp. My dad was in the Army in WW II. 3 of my four brothers were in the navy. My son was in the Army in Afghanistan and Iraq and we all served proudly. We are a military family and my brothers, my son and I will still stand to fight for our country.
Thank you so much for your reactions! Your pride in our freedom shows like a beacon. I feel I have a special friend in Scotland. I served in the U.S.Navy during the Vietnam War, so much of this I feel pride in what you show us. By the way my mothers side of my family came from Ireland.
SOOOO PUUURRFECT FOR MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, I WISH THESE YOUNG KIDS WOULD UNDERSTAND WHAT IT COSTS OUR COUNTRY IN ORDER TO BE FREE. IM NOT SAYING ALL THE KIDS, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THEM, I DONT THINK THEY REALIZE IT. I LOVE THIS SONG, ALSO THE SONG PRIVATE MALONE,
Yeah this song def brings the tears for sure, so many died not seeing their kids born or grow only to be disrespected by American hating Americans. So sad
Brother in arms, I appreciate your heartfelt feeling for all loss in the cause of freedom. the song was not just an American feeling, because all of our allies have felt the same loss. God bless all who champion freedom. And thank you for being honest with your emotions.
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This song really gets me. Every time. All the military ones do since my husband joined many years ago now and I became a mother. Feeling it more right now as my husband just told me yesterday that their unit is likely deploying next year. Feels like he just got home from the last one.
Crying over here....ashamed to say this is my first reaction as well to this beautifully written and sung song 💗🕊️🙏. GOD BLESS ALL that fight past present and future in all countries 🤴🌈
Thank you for this reaction. I remember my brothers who didnt make it home Dominik Torti William Harrell Jeff Bohr Justin Penrod Colin Miller Tyler Lancaster Rest Easy My brothers. Your watch is over.
These songs always bring up a duality of emotions. The absolute love I have for my country, and gratitude towards those who died so I could live free, and then the absolute DISGUST I feel towards the people who are trying to tear my nation down from the inside with fake woke, fake news, cancel culture, CRT, and Defund the Police "movement". You know something has gone wrong when people who don't even live here are more patriotic than the people who do. Thanks for the videos Don! Keep them coming.
Disgust for a draft dodger dictator wannabe and his mindless sheep followers trying to tear down my country I served and was wounded 2 times defending!
May I suggest the song, "A Soldier's Memoir " by Joe Bachman. My son spent his deployment in Iraq with the U.S. Army. This song is what happens when a combat veteran makes it home. PTSD is real. My best friend lost to the demons in his mind after 8 deployments in Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan. I fear losing my only son to, what we call in U.S. military circles, The 22. An average of 22 U.S. veterans take their own lives every single day. This song tells the story they don't talk about.
Today is Memorial Day in the United States. This song says exactly what Memorial day is about. Honoring our fallen heros. I thank them for giving all for my freedom
I want to thank all of those who have sacrificed so much for our country and for those in other countries who are helping us to fight terrorism and for the sacrifices they make for their country. Life is too precious to appease those who don't cherish it.
Don Father, if you continue to cry for our fallen American soldiers, we're going to have to adopt you as an American brother. No offense to Scotland. Our love for all those who died defending our country. And our thanks also, Don Father, for your service that gives you the connection to these heroes. Keep up the good work.
These types of songs are always so hard for me to listen to and I suspect most other military spouses. 5+ deployments…you always tense up and worry when the doorbell or phone rings. Taps hits differently now as military spouse.
I remember what the picture of all those caskets on the C17. The shoot down of callsign Extortion 17 in 2011. An MH47 from the Nightstalkers SOAR. 30 Americans and 8 Afghan Special Forces members died in the incident. The entire Gold Team of the NAVDEVGRU (They did the Bin Laden raid) died in that crash along with 2 Air Force Combat Air traffic controllers and a Pararescueman. It took 2 C17s to transport all of the caskets. Terrible day for the US and most don't even know about it.
If you haven't done it already please do a reaction to "Till the Last Shot's Fired" by Trace Adkins and the West Point Glee Club. It was preformed at the ACM Awards show
Sad they played this song @ my cousin's funeral. They also played the song 'I did it my way' by: 'Dean Martin' My cousin was over in Vietnam in '68. He always said "a lot of unmarked graves out there" Believe he was talking about over here. And obviously will never know. He smoked a lot of marijuana and was quite paranoid. Now it's legalized it wasn't back than. Praying for the surviving family members that lost a loved one during the various wars. 'Tim Mc Graw' did an excellent job perfectly singing the song.
2.5 million Americans have laid their lives on the alter of freedom not just for fellow Americans but the world. I pray for the bereavement of every family member who has lost a love one for freedom. God speed my brothers an sisters an as a veteran of 6 years in the US army I'm proud to acknowledge that sacrifice.
It's Memorial Day in the USA. I have no words adequate to express my respect, admiration and love, for every single soldier who bravely fought for their country. This song breaks my heart every time. Love and eternal respect for every soldier and each of their families. Let's all pause today and remember the bravest of the brave.
USAF Vet here, served in the Base Honor Guard as an additional duty and it was one of the best and most moving things I've ever experienced. "To Honor With Dignity." Then I hear songs like this, "Angel Flight," "Where Were You," "All Gave Some, Some Gave All," etc., and someone starts cutting onions. That flag that drapes the coffins of the departed flies proudly in my yard everyday, weather-permitting.
Love watching your videos. You should watch Five Finger Death Punch's Wrong Side of Heaven. The band heavily support our men and women of the US Service.
Beautiful, just beautiful! Oh by the way I am an American since the first slave ships rolled up. Challenge, Civil Rights Movement, can you do that?! Probably not.
