My Great uncle was a medic on Omaha beach. He died there 31 years old,had a wife and 1 year old son. TRULY THE GREATEST GENERATION! Remembering all soldiers lost on this awful day 80 years ago. I salute all these soldiers in attendance. Rest in Peace to all who are buried here. May we NEVER FORGET! 🇺🇸🇫🇷😥🙏💔❤🩹🖤
I have one question! where were all these allies in 1941,1942,1943,1944, WHERE WERE YOU!!!!!Answer: they thought that the Russians would lose.The West is a lying shit
My step dad is 100 yrs old. He fought on the ground during the Battle of Normandy. A tank fell on the left side of his body. His comrades labored to dislodge the tank from his body. On 2017 he was honored by the French Goverment at th Sheraton Hotel with what is the French Government’s equivalent to our Purple Heart, a ceremony and an impressive certificate.. So proud of him we are for his fortitude, bravery, gumption . He along with the other men and women afforded us our Freedom which we now enjoy. LEONARDO AVILES, WE TAKE OUR HAT OFF TO YOU. Chapeau!
So did my dad, Army Joint Assault Signal Company, laying communications lines. He made it back, but never discussed until I was in my late 20s, 1970s. PTSD & hearing loss.
My family’s voting for democracy in remembrance of these brave soldiers who fought against fascism before many of us were born! We’re so grateful to these true heroes and patriots!
@@gabriellamar2683what about Biden? Are you another person that ignores the crimes and corruption of the Biden family? Biden deserves prison long before Trump and even Hilary
Listening to papa Jake's story with Christine and am shedding tears. What a courageous, beautiful soul. God bless all the nations soldiers that took part in D-Day. They are heroes.
Remember these men and women not only in this theatre and this day years ago but, all of the men and women throughout history that found themselves at the very tip of the spear and driven by a self imposed moral obligation to do what was right. If we wish to honor them and their sacrifices...genuinely honor them, we collectively and unanimously must with every strength we have ...fight with a "total war" mentality and zero-tolerance against those who threaten the lives and well-being of any country and it's peaceful citizens. Here we find ourselves even today staring down the barrel of the VERY SAME script with but a different actor. And that's history...same story, different actors and still..a foot-dragging, begrudging and half-measured response to just another bully. Thank you to my grandparents Bernard Bennett and Paul Miller for both having served their country in this war when the worlds future was indeed black.
Awesome interview with Jake Larson. His youthful humor and positivity - besides his amazing life story - has moved me to tears. Thank you and greetings from Germany. You did this for us and our liberation as well!
I have one question! where were all these allies in 1941,1942,1943,1944, WHERE WERE YOU!!!!!Answer: they thought that the Russians would lose.The West is a lying shit
When I was 17 or 18, my prime concerns were about getting over a broken heart, dealing with high school classes, and other regular things most teenagers would care about. I can't imagine being that age and decided to risk everything you have including your life for the ideology you believe in and for the lives of others, most of them you have never met before. I guess that's why I'm not a hero but they all are/were. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I promise that your bravery will not be forgotten. I will make sure that the generations after me will learn about all the stories and sacrifices you all have done. That's the least I can do for you all.
80 years of the most important fight for democracy. 💙 And now we have to fight for it again, hopefully, not in a war, but by voting to prevent nazifascists from taking power. Millions of people sacrificied their lives so we could be free from nazifascism. In their honor and for the generations to come, we have to keep their fight! 💙 Vote blue! 💙
@@seanmccartney5177....... Never. I love my country and our Constitution too much. Besides, my father served honorably for 30 years in the United States Army. He hated ADOLF DRUMPF.
You're brainwashed by the leftist media. Educate yourself by reading books by Peter Schweizer , Grag Jarrett, the Wall Street Journal' Kimberly Strassel , Miranda Devine. Even Democrats like Allen Dershowitz, Johnathan Turkey, Matt Taibbi and others know that the charges and impeachment of Trump were political persecution. Biden is a career criminal who has used his son to sell our country to China, Ukraine, Iraq, Qatar, Russia .
My father was a pathfinder. He lead the way for all these heroes are sure wish you could’ve seen if he passed five years ago he would’ve been so proud.
@@abc.pop411 thank you for analogizing that my dad was a proud man never talked about His World War II service found out from a friend at the VA what my dad actually did during World War II
I am sorry for posting a number of comments. This is the best, the greatest, the most comprehensive and never before seen by me coverage of something that strikes my heart hard. The men who died, the young men who put their lives on the line and those show are still alive, I am just in awe. I love these men. It is simply amazing that so many years later that this is bigger than it could ever be. President Biden's speech was amazing. The entire video with interviews. I mean this is the best RU-vid video of the entire year. I cannot believe how wonderful this is. Thank you granddaughter.
Thank you for your sacrifice and service. God bless our American heroes. Politicians must remember that their positions and privileges are due to the sacrifices of others. Show respect and lead with integrity, not for fame or personal gain. Let's honor the true spirit of our nation by acting with the humility and responsibility that our heroes deserve.
can you imagine riding that amphibious vehicle back in June 6, 1944 hearing all the explosions as you are about to be deployed to the beach. mindblowing
@gabriellamar2683 Exactly right. If Ukraine had been a NATO member, Putin would not have attacked because then he would have to take on all of NATO. Edit: This is why support for NATO has to remain strong.
Many blessings to this heroes and their families thank you for giving us the freedom we are enjoying Thanks for your sacrifice Will be never forgotten 🙏❤️
What a contrast between the way people saw life back then and how privileged we are now. And people complain bitterly about having to work an 8 hour day.
As grown-up Private Ryan said regarding Captain Miller in "Rescuing Private Ryan", with the same KIA cemetery background, I endeavor today to be a better man/woman because of what such brave men and women alike did eighty years ago. Let their sacrifice not have been in vain, especially now that totalitarian, bloody forces emerge from the seas of people just as it happened not so long ago.
@@waltjisneychannel74 Unfortunately, there are some mistakes in the landing scene, such as the bunker from which the MG-42s were firing, because in reality there was no such bunker on Omaha Beach or on the entire Atlantic Wall, and the MGs were firing from small hidden positions such as Ringstand 58c. These inaccuracies were created to dramatize the scene.
OPERATION OVERLORD!!! NOT D-DAY!!! "D-Day" is same abbreviation used at the start of every operation - Deployment Day. Get it right! You've had 80 years to get it right!
My grandfather and his brother who lied to get in, both landed on the beaches that day .. I tried watching Tom Hanks movie .. made it to that scene and lost it completely never made it through the movie .. they both made it off the beach that day .. tho only God knows how .. but only my grandpa made it home .. he was Mia , trapped behind enemy lines , when my dad was born and I want to say 22 when he got back from Europe , with a full head of white hair .. it was black when he joined .. we must never forget the sacrifices of the men and women here and abroad that gave all for freedom . So much is at risk that all these young people bled and died to protect .. I pray the sacrifices are remembered and more importantly the reason they were willing to go at all even knowing how it was gonna be .. they understood it was the hope of the world that they fought for . Please don’t let it be forgotten ❤️🤍💙🇺🇸
I think the world knows or senses that with Putin and trump the freedom of the world is in danger! And we must never forget the sacrifices of these brave souls!!!
Day D. Myth. 80 percent of German soldiers were killed in the USSR. When the USA saw that the USSR was defeating Germany, ussa opened a second front. The United States was in a hurry to share the European pie
Biden is the most corrupt president ever and he and his family have gotten tens of millions of dollars from Russia, Iraq, Ukraine, China and other countries that aren't our friends in exchange for policies that benefit those countries. Read Peter Schweizer's books and watch Miranda Devine and get enlightened. Trump hasn't gotten a penny from any of those countries.
Very true, the USSR did much of the bloody fighting that decimated much if Germany. If Germany was victorious on the eastern front, there would be no Normady landings
best of people in France never forget these heroes, never forget they were young and brave, Jack Mortimer a veteran in a Normandy cemetery said "they're talking to me in silence"
My great Uncle was actually at D Day itself and almost did exist afterwards. What had happen was he was on one of the boats approaching the beaches. When they came under fire from the German defenses. One of the deterrents against the allies hit his boat and blew it up. I forgot what hit them, or if anyone managed to survive, but regardless he was never found. Eventually they just chalked in up to another loss, what can you do. Though I think since his body was never recovered he was MIA, again I don’t remember all the details. However two weeks later he was found alive in a British hospital. Apparently what happened was when the boat was struck by the German defenders, he was thrown out of the boat into the water. He got picked up and sent to a hospital for recovery. He actually managed to still see some action fight in a ally tank. The father of a friend of my dad also found in WW2. But he and some others got captured by the Nazis. He was taken to a slave camp where every day, he would walk to a nearby farm and do manual labor all day and then walk back to the camp. Never with a guarded escort because there was literally no where to go and they’d kill him if he did. And that all he experienced in the camps, it only ended when the Allies turned up and freed the camp.
Jake Larson, 102 years old. What a beautiful human. 🥲 He made me think that people have been listening to their elders tell stories since the beginning of time, but THIS group of elders has a story like no other. These are the last of them, and soon they will all be gone. I hope they are always remembered.
What a magnificent footage, certainly the interview with the beautiful 102 yrs old veteran by Amanpour. Great and good to commemorate in the world today of smartphones, social media, chairs maintaining the youths asses of today😅. I salute you, sir. Wow!
The importance of their efforts seem so much more critical today as we have the threat of authoritarianism in America and in Europe. The fight to defend our rights to freedom never ends
My grandfather almost went for the but by the time he finished his training the war ended...The World War Two should teach us war is never the solution.,... Human beings should respect and love 💕 eachother for God sake.... peace love and unite for all.God blessed all the men who sacrificed the life to fight against Evil.....
Just as France with Lafayette had helped the United States to its independence, hundreds of thousands of young Americans came to the beaches of France to free us from Nazi oppression, we will never forget them, long live France and the United States together for democracy!
Biden is the most corrupt president ever. Read books by Peter Schweizer and Miranda Devine. Biden colluded with prosecutors to get Trump. Even esteemed lawyers who are Democrats such as Dershowitz and Turley think the charges against Trump are baseless .
If you read the comments of Americans claiming their dad/uncle/grandfather was on Omaha on June 6 1944, you realize that the US in fact sent 2 mios men on that beach that morning 😅
President Biden,I want to thank you fro including the black soldiers from everywhere who were at D Day and all through the war that could have ended our lives here on this earth. You and many others who care are brave enough to admit this.
Tom Hanks,one of my favorite actors! Tom Cruise is badass! Most definitely my favorite. Lady Gaga. Right there with Tom Cruise. Saving Private Ryan is probably one of my favorite movies,this side of TOP GUN MAVERICK.🇺🇸
Where are the men? Can they not deal with the emotions of D-Day coverage? I don't understand. Maybe I have limited access to coverage of D-Day. Thank you women for caring.