Thank you! Our pleasure :)

Thats an awesome story.

poobr2 Wow!! That’s awesome!!

Good job Josh!! An amazing job!! & AMAZING Story!! Incredible. &Thanks to your grandparents for their service.

Someone was cutting onions at the end of the video. I could hardly see the screen...

Brad the impaler directed by Michael Bay

Yes! They should! 💗🇺🇸💗🇺🇸 This is amazing and it shows the true power of true love!

They wouldn't but perhaps they would if the sweet old lady here have magical super powers and belittle men for being men... What a society we live in!

Watching and hopping and thankfully a happy ending 👍

@@EP55241 Budget porn movie good compromise

Thank you! You've both been so helpful throughout this whole process. We're so happy to tell her story :)

can you tell us what happenned to your dad.. im sorry for asking such a difficult question

If you're asking about Cheri's dad - Ilene's husband, he unfortunately passed away in the mid-60's from a brain tumor. Very sad - but they had a two very happy decades together.

You must be very proud of your Parents! You have every right to be! 🇺🇸

Cheri Hall surre

TearStainedFendi omg so true! Me too!

Hahaha!!!!!

Pathetic.

You know what I'm saying!!!

Times have changed for sure.

Amen! But instead we have bitches like cardi b and the Kardashian's influencing this generation of females

@@World.Explorer101 The best way to deal with celebritrash is to ignore and not speak or type their names, not give them any attention at all. That leaves more time to honor those who have earned our respect.

Yeah so the hoes today can get a clue

yes they were you can be so proud of them both

What division was your grandfather as a paratrooper

Tell your Mom & Dad , Thank You! I appreciate their sacrifices and what they had to endure and go through...they are true American heroes! 💗🇺🇸💗🇺🇸💗🇺🇸

They definitely are. Most of the credit usually goes to the troops fighting overseas, but they couldn’t do what they do without the people working on the home front. The people making the equipment, farming, etc.

Sushifoo we love Ilene and her story...she’s amazing! Thank you for watching :)

Sushifoo I think this should be turned into a book or movie too: To quote General George S. Patton, "Berlin gave me the blues. We have destroyed what could have been a good race, and we are about to replace them with Mongolian savages. And all of Europe will be communist. It said that after the first week they took it (Berlin) all women who ran were shot and all those who did not were raped. I could have taken it (instead of the Soviets) if I had been allowed." -General George S. Patton (July 21, 1945) “Lets not give them (the Soviets) time to build up their supplies. If we do, then… we have had a victory over the Germans and disarmed them, but we’ve failed in the liberation of Europe; we have lost the war!”

While it isn't exactly like it, there was actually a movie released in 1951 that has a surprisingly similar theme: Force of Arms. The film features a battle-worn American GI who develops feelings for a WAC in Italy, but she's reluctant to pursue romance as her fiance was killed. Eventually, they bond over their mutual pains and actually marry, but then he goes missing after one of the Italian Campaign's many brutal battles. Like Mrs. Hall here, she begins looking for him desperately, finally having an emotional reunion with him in Rome (turns out he was wounded in combat and if I remember correctly captured and held in a German prison camp for a while). It may not be one of the greatest films of all time, but it definitely is interesting.

Thank you for watching...we really appreciate it!

Ikr? Today, military couples can easily stay in touch with Zoom, internet, and cell phones.

you video are awesome. My grandpa was in both WW1 and 2. He told us of story of how he hid under the dead soldiers and saw Gen. Romal at battle site. he said Romel was sitting there eating as they shot people. He hid for hours .. true story he was a African American soldier .. horrible story he told us

Hi could not have said better. .may God bless all our vets!

E Drew To quote General George S. Patton, "Berlin gave me the blues. We have destroyed what could have been a good race, and we are about to replace them with Mongolian savages. And all of Europe will be communist. It said that after the first week they took it (Berlin) all women who ran were shot and all those who did not were raped. I could have taken it (instead of the Soviets) if I had been allowed." -General George S. Patton (July 21, 1945) “Lets not give them (the Soviets) time to build up their supplies. If we do, then… we have had a victory over the Germans and disarmed them, but we’ve failed in the liberation of Europe; we have lost the war!”

Your falling at being deep

Whit Wilson Back then society was worth sacrificing for. These days humanity is lost and not worth it.

I do. When you give your friend the quarter you found on the ground because he said he found it first

I understand what they've been through but i had not the trauma caused by it, i can only hope to listen and comfort them as they tell their stories, i can only imagine the pain they've been through

i just want to point out that most of these stories, they served because they wanted adventure or to follow their friends or just have a job. I don't think many of them went into it with a sense of wanting to deprive themselves for the better good, but simply because they didn't know what awaited them or simply didn't care.

Thank you Karen. She is amazing - and today is her birthday - 95!

Thank you for sharing. I hope to get to captures stories like this.

Thanks, Ben!

I wish I could double like this one!

:) Thanks Clark

It should be under represented considering the horrors of war the men had to fight

@@DH702.. you must not be a very educated person.. giving more credit to the women that served, does not take credit from the men.. can you somehow comprehend what I'm saying to you?

@@VAHOSS I am not uneducated , but her service pales in comparison to the millions of men who died in the war . It's a cute story but to prop her up over even the Soviet women who fought and died is beyond me

MrLemonbaby that’s one of my favorite aspects of this story...all the people who pitched in to help her reach her husband. It’s a testament to Ilene’s perseverance and likability. Thanks for watching!

I don't doubt that everything she said was true, but positive people remember and emphasise the good things. Obviously, this is one positive lady. How we recount things says as much about us as it does our surroundings. I want to be more like her!

I appreciate that :) Thank you so much for watching, and feel free to share.

that's the dumbest comment yet. yes he's doing something great I do agree. with that but the medal of honor is extremely difficult to get. although other undeserving medal of honor comments are equally as dumb.

No, you are wrong! This would make a GREAT movie :D

Haha yep

No more movies now 2020

Yes there was thank you for you're grandfathers service

Chad Anguay Men and Women

Amen!🇺🇸🌹

INDUBITABLY!

Those words will flash across the screen during the preview for this movie! I can definitely see this story being made into one.

From Pakistan, My grandfather served in Burma too!

IdeaBoxful thank you for watching!

Thanks Malcolm! Feel free to share :)

Thank you, Steve! Feel free to share :)

agreed! Thank you for watching.

Cee thank you for sharing a part of her story! Thanks for watching

Thank you for your service

I cried twice ~it's a moving story

Thank you for watching

Thanks William! We love Ilene :)

Jaylin Parra thank you for watching

Lauren Franco thanks for watching, Lauren

Nun Ya thanks for watching, she’s just as sweet in real life!!

Ikr

Ja she cool

@Capta Praelium you got that right!

Play nice,this is cool.

BAYANE Z whats good keyboard warrior

Ken Perez thank you for watching

Nice! Memoirs of WWII - and most of the veterans we've featured so far - are all in the Canton area.