My grandfather fought in the DDay invasion and never spoke about it till I decided to enlist in the Army back in 1986.He sat me down at the kitchen table and he started to talk.I was shocked at the stories he told me and for the first time in my life I finally realized why he was such an emotionless man.He never hugged or kissed anyone including myself.I felt so sorry for him because I knew what that day did to him.I can still visualize the look in his face and cracking of his voice as he spoke.That was the only day he ever spoke about the war and he said he did it because he wanted me to know that once I enlisted , I would be putting myself in position to maybe one day have to go through something like he did.That day replaced all the hugs and kisses I never got from him because he had to go back and relive that day in order to try to protect me.He passed away 14 years ago and till this day I am so sorry that he had to go through that horrible day.But I will be forever grateful to him and the rest of that generation that have given us the freedoms that we so cherish today.RIP grandpa.

He looks great for 98. Respect to the greatest generation.

I just showed my 6 year old son what a real super hero looks like. My grandfather served in WW2 and my great uncle was a fighter pilot and shot down near Malta in WW2, his remains were never found. This generation will all be gone soon, I pray often people never forget the sacrifice paid for our freedoms by this generation.

I was lucky enough to meet Ray on Omaha beach last week, what an amazing man!

we may not know them all but we shure do owe them all more than we can pay. RIP

“You didnt bring much back with you?” He brought back his life lady..

Two things really moved me; the modesty of an old soldier and the empathy shown by the lady reporter. Regards and thanks from the UK.

Makes me sad most of these men won’t be around in the next 5 years 😞

I think one of the most heartbreaking things about these d day vets is, the fact that really none of them ever talked about it until their 90s, the lived with these horrors for around 70 years before finally being able to open up, carrying pain like that is something almost no young people can understand, and we owe everything we have to these incredibly brave hero’s.

I’m saluting you on the highest level possible Sir ! And all those who served with you that day

God bless all military personnel past and present, J. Ortega USN Retired.

What a remarkable gentleman and what an emotional interview.... bless you sir!!

Most of these soldiers were just college age kids. And a lot of them died as soon as the door dropped. Its also sad that some probably drowned and/or were never found

WOW! Some reporters do have hearts! Thank you Mr. Lambert for your service!

What a hero. God bless him. I hope he receives a wonderful welcome here in England and France.

Thank you Mr Lambert. God has a plan for us all. My brother Ron, gave his life in Vietnam at age 20.

I had an uncle who served in the infantry in europe during ww2 .told me that "day in and day out the medics were the bravest men i ever saw".he said no matter how bad a situation was if someone was wounded a medic found a way to get to that man.what an amazing generation of people

Amazing how sharp this man still is at 98, it's necessary to remember these heroes, without the sacrifices they made the world would be a different place, thank you to all the great soldiers of our country!

A great interview. Tears. My dad’s football coach parachuted into DDay,, Fought through The Battle of the Bulge, Marketgarden, and liberated a death camp. I have mad respect for these hero’s.,

We owe these men everything !!!

Just lost a family friend. 98 years old. RIP Mr. Dew. Thank you so much for sharing your Pacific stories with me, even years ago. They live along with me and I will make sure they are not forgotten

Well I’m crying. Thank you for the reminder of the sacrifices that it took for our way of life. May we never forget these men and women who gave so much for our freedom.

Freedom is costly, lives of those who honorably gave all to preserve liberty must be recognized and valued.

Thank You for your Service Sir!!!!!

I read his book. it amazes me that he Survived Africa, Italy, and D-DAY.

My grandfather was there in Normandy on D-Day as well. Thank you to all of the soldiers who fought that day and Rest In Peace to my Papa and his fallen friends. My papa lived but lost many friends and died of cancer in 2009, he still talked about those horrible days until the end.

No words can express how great of a man he is, and how great of men and women everyone who served were.

I’m 24 years old. I’m a recovering heroin addict. And I just think about how lucky I am and how much I take for granted. Everything I have and enjoy today is because of these brave men and woman. To think he was saving peoples lives on Normandy at my age…Thank you for your service.

He is one member of the greatest generation.My father,served as an officer on a US Navy Destroyer for 4 years in the Pacific.He rode with Spruance,Halsey and Mitcher all the way to Tokyo. Thank God for this generation and their sacrifiaces.God bless them all.

Saving 15 lives while being in one of the most paralyzing moments in history is beyond heroic. It brings me a little comfort to know that the brave men who stormed that beach had men like Ray to watch over them.

Thanks Ray. Thanks to all of you who served. Past and present. Absolutely the best of the best.👍

"Those guys who are buried out there in front of us, the guys who gave so much, young, guys who never had homes, never had families, never got to play ball with their children..." The greatest heroes are all of those people who gave their lives and their futures in the fight against tyranny. Their sacrifice led to the liberation and freedom of the living and its right and proper that we the living should remember, acknowledge through our gratitude, draw strength and be inspired and most importantly, learn the lessons, to try and stop it needing to happen again.

My Dad survived the Normandy landing, and the stories he could tell well make you cry.

I owe my free life to these men. Deeply humbled and grateful.

Thank you for everything that you had to get back to helping men wearing the pride of your service. ..

You're not just a veteran... Everyone who landed on that god forgotten beach, everyone who jumped in Market Garden... EVERY single one of you lot who fought the Nazi's.. my Hero. I can't keep it dry and it's what keeping me from talking to a veteran if I ever be fortunate enough to meet one... Greets from Arnhem.

My next door neighbor, very tough guy, 95 was a commando in ww2. Whenever I asked him about the war he always started crying. The closest I got was ‘we did some nasty things’.

Always remember. Never forget. To those who paid the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom we can never repay you. But can only try to do what’s best and move forward as societies with this freedom given to us by these men. “Never was so much owed by so many to so few” -Churchill

Ray you are a national treasure. Thank you for everything you have done. Everyone that stepped up to fight in that war are national heroes. The ones who are buried there that didn’t have a chance to live will never be forgotten. I can only images special place god has prepared for them. May all of them RIP.. For all you WW2 veterans that are left God bless you all. Thank you for everything you did and continue to do.

God Bless Ray Lambert ,and every man that fought, including my family members. Would so love to meet him !!

This is exactly why I love talking to the old-timers. They have such knowledge and wisdom. Doesn't take a genius to figure that out. Seeing this man alive to this day, being able to see what a hero looks like, I feel very privileged. Every person who set foot on that beach that day is incredibly Brave Beyond bravery and has an enormous heart. I can barely stomach watching that scene let alone having to live through it.

No matter what, every vet I’ve heard from says the same, especially WW2 vets: “I’m not a hero, I don’t feel like a hero. I was just doing what I was ordered to do, my men who didn’t make it back are the only heroes I know.”

I went to the D-day beaches with my family, on a beautiful sunny day in June 2015... Then that ’OMG’ moment struck me with horror - the massive open spaces, muddy rocky sand, and that’s before they even got to the grid iron ‘hedgehogs’ and barb wire to slow allied advance up to the cliff faces. It must have made allied troops sitting targets to be ripped to pieces by a relentless artillery barrage from the German defensive lines on the coast. What the forefathers of allied nations went through to rescue us from tyranny and evil is absolutely humbling and overpowering, we give 🙏🏽

Thank You For Your Service

Thank you Ray for your service🇺🇸 You're an incredible man. Thank you🇺🇸 All my respect. A true hero🇺🇸

really? one of the worst feelings a vet can have is the guilt of making it when others didnt. and you ask that question in the most blunt way you could have asked it just to get him to tear up on camera?

I just watched this, searched him up and he just died a couple hours ago. RIP

D-Day was a day of absolute horror, no doubt... Thank God for these heroes, and for allowing them to succeed in that effort.

Sir thank you for sharing this story you are my hero. Thank you for your service and sacrifices God Bless you, America and your families 🇺🇸 🇺🇸🇺🇸

My grandfather served at Normandy on DDay too. We just recently lost him at 100+ years old.

Great interview and the interviewer crying you can tell she cares so deeply about what these guys did.

I just got his book for Christmas and it is amazing.

America’s GREATEST generation. I am 54. And respect these men so much. Respect all who serve or have served our great country. Breaks my heart to see what’s going on with these protests. Dishonoring the police. Dishonoring our country. Man it’s just kills Me. 😔......thank you to ALL veterans. Thank you.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸4 EVER!!!!!

Thank you Ray. We owe you and your friends everything! God bless you

Thank you so much for your sacrifice and service. ❤️

Torn thigh, bullet wound in the elbow, broken back and yet he carried on trying to save lives amid all the gun shots and chaos. I salute you sir. 👏🏼 23 year olds today demanding free fries for waiting too long at McDonald's.

Got to be the most insane thing. I visited Normandy last year and saw this rock. I wondered if it was maybe there during the war and what it was used for. Im in shock, that was the rock I sat on, and this is the guy who it's named after. Speechless.

This badass got a Silver Star a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart what a legend.

It's great to see what seemed like some real emotion from the reporter. But it was truly powerful what he was saying. I was moved too. Unfathomable what those men and so many others went through. Truly grateful for their sacrifice. So sad that what they were fighting against just yesterday has come to the U.S.

Thank u to all the troops who kept us safe

I reflected on this years down the road. I served in 1/16 as well (the infantry crest at 3:59) The survivors came out one day and spoke with us and did events at Ft Riley. I wish i lived in the moments more and grasped the presence of who was really in front of me i was just 19 and still very immature. Thank you to all those past, present and future. Rest easy Ray Lambert! " I shall live where my feet are!"

I just read his book. Well written and very informative.

Would love to thank this MAN and his brother, along with every other veteran for their service and sacrifices.

Thank you, Mr. Ray Lambert for your service during World War II. The same goes for your brother Bill. May you rest in peace and God bless you. *Ray Lambert (November 26, 1920 - April 9, 2021)*

What a great soldier! As an American I have the utmost respect for these veterans and also those who never made it back. RIP to them and Thank you!

From France, eternally grateful. So many brave people died for freedom. They changed the world but now we all have to deserve it.

You're blessed mr.lambert ... Salute..

My great grandad was drafted into the army in WW2 and served in England, Luxembourg, Germany, Czechoslovakia and Belgium. He served four years in the infantry and received the following honours: EO with five battle stars, good conduct medal, AFR and presidential citation unit. From June 1944 to 1945 he served as a medic he landed at Utah beach and participated in the Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes Pass - Alsace, and Central Europe campaigns. As he moved with his unit he rescued and treated literally thousands of diseased, injured and wounded U.S. soldiers through Ste mere Eglise, Berigny, Pierre Levee, and Gorron France; Lentzweiler, Luxembourg; Malmedy and Huy, Belgium; Duren, Bonn, Herborn, and Bayreuth, Germany; and Eger and Marienbad, Czechoslovakia. On top of this his brother who was also a medic was killed in the battle of Argonne forest trying to help a wounded soldier. Upon returning home from WW2 he had problems with PTSD and survivors guilt because he felt he should have been killed instead of his brother. He tried to suffocate himself in an oven but failed and 30 minutes after that he shot himself and also failed. He was disabled for the rest of his life and underwent a lot of treatment that isn’t used today including shock treatment. He died at 44. Forgotten by his country but not his family

He and all the men who fought for our freedom are the reason that we should be very careful to call someone a hero. These guys were heroes and i can't thank them enough. Love from Belgium.

Thank you sir. You are a hero.

It's unfathomable to think of what soldiers in battle endure. They were so young.

Thank you for your service sir.

The greatest generation. Nothing but respect for these men

We owe this whole generation !!!!!!

Great man, he passed away last April , he was 100

Omaha and Utah beach are so beautiful! Visited last year for the first time and I got to tell you: you can and need to be sooo proud of these men! My grandfather was a teen on the other side with the 'Waffen SS' engineer's corps.

He says he isn't a hero when in actual fact he's one of the biggest heroes in human history.

I am in awe...such a true gentlemen and a hero belongside all he fought with!

Today we don't have people like this humble man, only selfish

Thank you sir we salute you

No dry eye ever when it comes to War.

I have had the pleasure of meeting both D day and Pealr Harbor survivors. Truly the best damn generation of men you will ever meet. God bless them all.

One word ... RESPECT ....

I'm crying. What a selfless man.

HATS OFF....NOTHING BUT RESPECT !

my great grandfather survived normandy and when his group moved to germany he traded a coffee for a dog which he brought back to his family. sadly he had ptsd leading to his death. rip

Surprised that CBS would honor these guys.

He gives them a voice. He saw them at their last, but they speak to us through his remembrance. Honor, duty, pride. They saved our world. Etched at the Memorial......HERE WE MARK THE PRICE OF FREEDOM

Makes me angry that a certain movement had vandalized the WW2 monument!

God bless this man Thank you for you service

I too served in the 1st Inf div. In combat. Much respect to this man.

One great man thanks for all your contribution to freedom and democracy sir

Never take your freedom for granted, it’s men like him who keep us free. This is the land of the free because of the brave

Thank you for your service

Everyone who fought that day or any day in world war 2 are hero’s.

The strength this man has is indescribable.

Sir....RESPECT

your service will not be forgotten.

Would love to hear the story of his brother as well, especially if he went through a little longer period knowing his brother was wounded and at least got to go home. Would be an interesting perspective also.

Thank you to this great man, nothing but respect