And they didnt come home and go crazy and become homeless. They came back to a thankful country and went to work and lived their lives in the best years of America. What a beautiful era

"Accomplished impossible task" do people think about what they are saying?? Or just try their best to sound like a hallmark card or a bumper sticker?? Do you think these men are proud of sodomites brainwashing kids into cutting off their body parts?

@@rustyshakleford9222 a lot lost wives because they were away so long. It's disgusting but it did happen not every story ended nicely

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And watch the maga Republicans destroy what these heros fought for and many died for. To have politicians throw this away for personal gain is more than disgusting!!

'helped save'. There were a 'few' other nationalities involved; Scots Irish English Welsh Canadians French Poles Dutch Belgians Czechs Danes Norwegians Aussies Kiwis Pilots from 14 different countries also flew in the Battle Of Britain - without them there wouldn't have been a 'D Day'.

now?

@@gibson617ajg You are being pedantic. The subject of his comment and the people who he said saved much of the world was "the greatest generation." He clearly states that in his comment and does not single out Americans, rather, an entire generation of people. Think twice instead of being rude and passive-aggressive, this man is a veteran, too. I think Geddy Lee would be very disappointed in what you said.

It was such a risky operation. but by than the world only wanted, needed to free itself, so I think they just did it. All heroes, please world, never again, never ever again should a whole generation be sacrificed in the name of extreme ideas and measures. Rip u young souls and thank u.

Fijians 🇫🇯

Thanks to your grandfather for his brave service. 🫡

Bless him and all the brave boys❤

Evil knocks again…. blue hair won’t save us this time!

@@marksanford3907 when has blue hair ever saved anyone

Where were the free french Certainly not on Omaha or utah!

Beautifully said

2023,,still the same, and mabe worst!

I agree with you. I see how they show up at the national cemeteries in their countries on the anniversary of D-Day and on Memorial Day. Memorial Day here in the US seems to be more about having a 3 day weekend (though this year many people had a 4 day weekend), that seems to be more about having a bbq, or attending sporting events than honoring all the Americans who have given their lives defending for their country. I want to thank all the soldiers and patriotic Americans who do show up at the national cemeteries and help put out the flags and the flowers on all the graves.

i just teared up reading this

​@@jleechadwickThat is absolutely true. Most american dont even know what century ww2 happened or who we were fighting. It's kind of pathetic really. Im sure these men would be rolling in their graves to see what they died for.

Yeah man, i’m dutch and we still have a huge respect for those men

@@Brenko23 I love that man. Our own people don’t hardly even remember them anymore.

Amen & God bless him and All the men who fought for freedom

God bless and amen

Better fought on german side So we have no russia problem

Island…??

my goodness you made me nearly vomit with this wishywashy nonsense lol

You dam right they are

i feel like most modern men are too soft to endure what ww2 vets experienced. don't get me wrong, there are some very brave and tough men, but they are rare. more rare, maybe than back then... that's my opinion.

Look at these people here. These are what you call men. Real men

They gave their live for our freedoms. And now we are squandering their gift. Assisting Nazis in Ukraine and quite literally being played like sock puppets. Sadly it is easier to fool a man than to show a man he has been fooled.

@@thomasroberson1519 we would be absolutely SCREWED if this happened today. Those were real men. These kids today wouldn't have made it out of the boat....nor the airplane

My Grandpa said it was the closest he ever saw to.the real.thing. he had to leave the house also during that scene

I can only imagine how the realistic surround sound made them feel like they were right back in that moment

​@@tjbelcher3144hey I know a person with the Belcher family name.

i would have paid for their seats meaning i would have refunded it to them and gave them extra to go to a relaxing dinner or something maybe something to drink no way i would have let them walk out without letting them know how much they are valued.

I experienced the same thing.

Its only not mythical, because we all know its 100% true.

what sucks is a lot of these men were never interviewed, and nowadays we are losing WWII vets every single day and there will soon be no more left. it's really sad...there's a youtube channel, i forget the name of it off the top of my head, that's trying to go around and meet all these guys and get their stories on recordings before it's too late, and when i ran into it a while back i donated to his cause. it's a race against time, and i fully support what he's doing. truly our greatest generation and they need to be remembered!

@@bobbyc2768find the name

My great uncle never told his whole story. He landed with the 4th Infantry Division on Utah Beach. They just didn’t talk about the war much after. These were men who’d grown up in the Great Depression, in poverty, learned how to grow up fast, and were forced into an extraordinary situation far beyond their control. We had very little military then, which is why 10 million were drafted.

@@bobbyc2768 What’s sad is people waited until now. Many stories were recorded in books and movies and interviews, but there’s still so many more.

keep out of Europe then

110%

General Patton said they defeated the wrong enemy...

Agree 500%

Agree

My grandfather always told me" it was the end of the world", what was in it for them ,was life. He really believe that, and to some extent, it was very true. He even signed up early just so he could be a Marine. Couple other fun cliches that would hear him say about "the big one", "3 to a match" "death is ok, you never hear the one that gets you",

Never forget the heroes of Easy Red Beach…1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, Big Red One…Iron Rangers!

You are a hero as well. Don't forget about that

My father landed on day one. He could never speak about it. He was a saint.

Lol what about the British?

@@blueeyedpunk yes we all owe debt to the Americans, but the British and also (I think) the Canadians took part in this invasion

@@blueeyedpunk This doc is about US soldiers only. That's why he thanked only americans. I'm sure he didn't mean any offense. British and Canadians helped a lot too on the western front.

Bless you, our patriotic French brother

@@blueeyedpunk think for yourself a little bit please.

Greatest Evil is today

@@tobi7903 you dont even half the balls these man have to face fear

As it was with myself...soooo humbling

There not old there veterans

All wars are Bankers wars. All troops are slaves.

Amen! Same here. Especially in the light of having served in uniform myself. USN ⚓ USNR.

Most commentators are the same people who introduce 'Band of Brothers'. A Steven Spielberg series from the early 2000s about the liberation of Europe. Worth to watch.

Hw do you feel about them doing it for nothing look at this nonsense today. They must be rolling in there graves no this is what it was for

@@seansullivan7928 what nonsense?

@Evans Fanily WW2 was a war for our very freedoms and existance. There hasnt been a war since that America has fought for anything besides someone elses freedoms that they dont even know how to use anyways

​@@seansullivan7928 Trust me anything wrong with the current world is far better than what you would have had being ruled by Nazis

@@seansullivan7928 I bet you never put a uniform on. Coward

As long as capitalism exists we will never be free. Fascism is capitalism in decay

So true that these men put their boots down for our Country and most were fortunate enough to survive and tell their tales. Sad is a visit to D-Day's American Cemetary, where [too] many still sleep 😢

My Dad did too. He was stabbed with a Japanese bayonet on Iwo Jima. I didn't know that until not long before he died. But I knew not to shake him to wake him up. Because he'd knock my brains out. Lol. I wondered all the time growing up why he screamed and cried at night.

@@jamesgilliam5278 LOL?

☝🏻 thank you. I agree

If youre interested in listening to the Men and Women from the time there are Amazingly good channels on YT that interview them . Ya just have to look, id post a link but... you know yt and others have issue with that .

You mean what these kids did! But they were certainly men afterwards!

There can be more. Teach your children well.

@@suzanh7777 Amen Sister, Amen ❗ I believe it's a bunch a folks now amongst us that have it in them to become super hero's as these sweet Men had no other choice then to!

I agree 💯

They were great men but nowadays they would draft dodge and refuse to fight in a senseless fake war that is actually a Bankster vendetta, as these gullible and naive men should have.

@@michaelhedgepeth5106 they definitely had a choice. They were lied to, fed propaganda, terrorized and used fear mongering against them but they could have refused, and should have.

Lest we forget!

And remember they was the first in. Now that's crazy to think about. I've had the pleasure of meeting a few when I worked at pearl harbor with the NPS. They are my hero is all I can say.

Hey I'm Alex G. A paradox sir. Maybe a multiverse or some type of mystic madness.

What noble legends

So well stated…on behalf of everyone watching this

yep... then they took that gift and fouled it All up . Ironic part is the guy we fought Against was trying to Prevent whats going on today .... Makes you think and start to question things .

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Too bad The Greatest Generation's narcissist boomer offspring have brought us to the brink of another World War.

I appreciated your message bro

They don't build men like that anymore...

My grandfather as well. He served in the marine in ww2 then the navy fir Korea. He souks talk much about war but he never spoke well of others that weren't Americans. He would spit on the Japanese. He would through our school books away that showed pictures of Africans or Germans. My grabs burned a set of Japanese made technical pens I was gifted for drafting. One day I was with him when he spit on a Japanese man. I cried and said, "Grandpa, I have never been ashamed of you until this moment." My grandmother slapped me across the face. I was stunned. My grandfather just teared up and walked away. When we got home I told my mother and father about what happened. That's when my mother say me down. Called my grandfather over. Then together they told me about what he went through in Japan on the death march. What he went through on the beach. Buddies on either side being blown into pieces. Seeing your pals before you blown to shreds, beaten, forced to eat one's own to survive. Horrible horrible horrible things that have me nightmares for decades. But he also said something that made me so proud. I said, "Grandpa, you are my hero." He looked at me and said, "No child. The heroes were the men behind me. Who saw the devastation, horror and certain death before them and yet, came in afterwards. Those were the heroes. " that's when my Sargeant massive Corp father who served in Vietnam stood up and saluted him. My grandfather hated the fact that our boys were forced into a war they didn't want to be in, treated horrifically by the enemy then we were supposed to pretend they were weak, meak and innocent. If you said hello kitty or Manga in our how you were beaten for being so easily brainwashed.

What's a paw paw?

@@robertmetzinger4121 grandpa lol

Yeah in a world full of inflation and Immigrants invading our Country thanks to Joe Biden.. We’re not living so great atm.

And you going to support a traitor and a draft dodger. Has no respect for our military and our veterans.

Dad tried to get in at 16. They busted him. As soon as he turned 17 he was on a boat out in the Pacific. Passed at 96.

Amen.

KZfaq can be like that unfortunately, it promotes videos which have higher initial viewing figures. So it becomes a feedback loop, the more views a video gets, the more it gets promoted and the more views it gets etc.. And they stop promoting videos like this. There are similar videos to this one from combat veterans that have millions of views. Sadly though, i agree, far too many people are unaware or grateful for the sacrifices made.

Great point. It popped on my KZfaq and without hesitation I watched it in entirety. I had tears. I live in Boston. Last week, on July 4 I went to watch the Reading of the Declaration of Independence from the Old State House , the building one sees in Paul Revere's famous depiction of The Boston Massacre. It was followed up by a small parade that ends up near "The Green Dragon" Tavern where the "Sons of Liberty" met secretly ,like the men in this documentary, to be part of something so important it has to be considered precious. Nothing less. It just seemed like there should have been far more people for this annual event. I'm not a model citizen. However I'm thankful l that I am a citizen. Even when I've been an idiot and actually gotten myself incarcerated, I"ve been afforded protections from tyranny for which great men and women have given or risked their lives. We take our freedom for granted. I'm culpable. We have to remember that freedoms are irreplaceable. Once a freedom is swiped, usually its gone forever. Thanks for sharing the observation. Although I wish it wasn't truth, I think you're spot on,

9 months after your lament of only 40,650 views, there are over 700,575 views. The internet heard you.

*Americans.

The cemetery of USA bomber crews in Cambridge England is a white field of crosses ,,, so very very young , the war movies we see are mostly grown men actors not teeage kids .I salute them all kidsv

It's on my list

Wife and I walked out onto Omaha Beach a few days ago. I tried to get us to the spot on the beach where you see two American soldiers go down in that black and white film that is usually used to introduce D-Day documentaries. It’s probable that we were in the wrong area of Omaha Beach because it’s 4 1/2 miles wide. Nonetheless, it was a solemn few minutes for us to be there.

Upon reading many comments, I'm assured America will be on her knees very soon. Not a word mentioned. I'll help no one upon our D day

@@clydegray9714 what do you mean? I'm from the UK, are things bad in America

Horrible Generals thgh..

Given the same set of circumstances I believe that any generation would be the greatest...I Mean the nazis were evil

@@erikarmstrong1831 Okay... But I'm not so sure about that, especially at the home front of yesterday compared to the home front of today. I don't think the people at home would sacrifice like the people at home did back then. 🙄

We boomers will NEVER be 2% of what those soldiers sailors airmen were

bless you

Thak you so much.

As a “4f” medically denied I almost ended it I’ve had a family member from my family fight in an engagement for this country that I know of dating back to WW1. I was saved by mom when I was told I could join. It’s real

@@joshbateman4230 well I'm glad you didn't brother. No matter how bad things get, the only time you can't fix it is when you're dead.

Yep I almost ended my life when I couldn't join to fight in Afghanistan just cause I had self harm scares from when I was a young teen it crushed me and knowing that even the greatest gen suffered many deaths from suicide. It sends chivers down my spine

Really from all sides. These people sacrificed so much and now we're tearing our country apart from inside.

So we have too put down this generation to give this generation their dues? Personally anyone who fights in a war or is in military gets my respect. We say this generation isn't tough but they've seen the way wars are fought change to the point they can't clearly tell who the enemy always is. These men face different challenges .

I think our culture will turn around a bit

What’s worse is watching older generations behave just as badly or encouraging it. I used to think “old enough to know better” was a real thing. Not so much anymore.

If they could have seen the West as it is now, back then, they wouldn’t have bothered fighting.

We need to bring back the Draft. Our Present young men,are weak, without character or religion. The only way to teach them respect for their country, is for them to be in the Armed SerVices. Young men today, live with their Moms & are in college too long for fun & games! Give them something important to do!

@@karifredrikson8492 You said it alllll…my son is so lazy ..raised by his mom..I’ve had to take him at 17 but he is so lazy and soft it’s frustrating …very sweet boy though ..they need discipline , purpose beyond themselves and a regime with some rigour and tension ..they got it too easy

@@karifredrikson8492 Totally agree.

Seriously. They wanted peace and contentment in their lives. They'd lived through so much.

@@stormship1647 where we're you the first 16 years? Why didn't you teach sweet cheeks to be a man?

May God bless everyone of them... always ! I did not deserve this life in freedom, being born 1965... Some guys made that possible. Thank you all. And thank you for your comment, Riki !

You forgot Australia

@@Edit1908 May God bless everyone of them... always ! Dear Australians... we did not deserve this life in safe freedom, being born 1965... But some courageous guys made that possible at DDay once, even Australian Soldiers, from the other edge of the globe, fought and died on that damned beach, to get Europe back to Freedom... How to say ? Thank you all !

@@Edit1908 and @GermanGreetings I didn't forget, I just can't find the Aussie flag in the emojis. Not yet anyway, but I love the Aussies and Kiwis!!! Great people!!! Did you know that there was a 6th beach called Band that keeps getting overlooked by historians? It was next to the outer English beach on the north end.

Personally I'd like to thank the Indians, Caribbeans, Africans, east Asians, etc, who fought in huge numbers and rarely get a mention. Above all, thanks to the Russians. Almost half of those killed were Russian and over half of the Germans killed were killed by Russians. Also worth noting that most of the nation's commonly credited with "saving Europe" didn't join in until after the axis powers started to be defeated anyway. The Russian German war with skirmishes on the outskirts (aka WW2) was not won by "the west". We certainly helped, but it wasn't our victory.

Yep. Lost one 1.5 years ago at age 96. WWII Pacific theater.

@Allen Collins 🎸 they were more than mortal men to me all of my life. They were Hero's every one. People don't even realize what we owe them. Thank you for your Comments and I am so sorry for your loss

Stam iliadis who is will

My Dad was WWII VET and survived the ordeal in EnglandFrance Germany it was part of his lifes' ambition to return home to my mother and family...when 911 happened

They are here...

Spam out the can.

You got me enamored

She was a beast in battle.

The shame is, most of the world learned the lesson, but political leaders turned drunk with power can't help but get cocky and start wars. The longer they stay in power the more psychosis they develope.

We will never have a war.like these again. Too much technology now.

Hopefully the good guys win this time

@@tuat.mvpformallybigd.2635 tell that to Ukrzine.

@@ericaberry535 That is no where near the same war.