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At 9:23… Pfc. Bradford Freeman was mentioned but nothing about the last surviving officer, Lt. Edward D. Shames. Does Shames have anything displayed at this museum?
My great uncle Carl Fenstermaker was in Easy Company! He was an Eagle Scout, meaning he dropped in 8 hours before everyone else with his British counterpart to light the drop zones. While they were on their way to the rendezvous point, they were both hit by German machine gun fire. They literally carried each other kilometers to the beaches and were picked up by a hospital ship, they never fought in the war again. I'm incredibly proud to have known his story; Fenstermakers have a long history of serving in our nation's armed forces, and you can find a Fenstermaker on every war memorial wall in Washington DC. Their legacy is why I chose to serve.
The police in Austria or Germany a few years ago actually found a Panther in a guys home along with a lot of other WW2 weaponry. There are some news videos about it on CZcams. Crazy story
As far as I'm concerned, if you take fire in service of your nation, you can drag home whatever TF you want, provided it doesn't belong to a civilian or full of explosives. The use of trophy guns in crime (the main excuse for prohibiting them) is virtually unheard of. And I *know for a fact* the background check you undergo for enlistment is more thorough than the for gun purchases. If you can trust a person to carry rocket launchers for your nation, you can trust that person with a tank.
It's not that you can trust them, it's that Gun crime in the US has only relatively recently (1980s) skyrocketed, and that it's far easier to obtain a gun illegally than ever before, so why would anyone use a valuable and recognisable ww2 garand, when they can get a generic AR15 copy for comparative peanuts? In fact, because of the way modern militaries have been used as an escape for people from poor, low-educated populations, it's statistically more likely that, on their return, many veterans will not receive the support they need to transition back to civilian life, and will get involved in violent or sexual crimes.
Excellent! I stopped the video in order to preorder the Spiers book. Dale Dye does the forward. I will not let these men go quietly into the night. I will honor them, learn of them and teach my children about their valor and heroism.
Guns,Guns, and more Guns. It’s incredible that a lot of “Easys” Guns can be found in a Civil War museum in Gettysburg PA. Thanks JD for another amazing video.
Nicely done, hopefully the WOKE administration, won't try too ruin these gems of great history. I can't explain the amount of respect I have for these men! The 506 was and will forever be the original true soldiers of our nation 🇺🇲🇺🇲 these men are heroes in my view(they returned home in a very humble manner, that made it back, again i can't expressmy amountof gratitude towards these MEN. My grandfather was a merchant marine captain in the the Atlantic, along with his 3 brothers, uncle Fran was a lintinuent colonel the USAF with 53 missions flown into enemy territory,, my uncle Roger was a navy man in the south Pacifica, uncle Bill was aboard an aircraft carrier as well. The amount of respect I have for these men can't be explained, and of course they were all as humble as can be about it. That generation of men will never happen again, and I miss all of them dearly too this day
Dick Winters was from Lancaster, and Eisenhower had a farm in Gettysburg, so there's quite a few contributing factors to those weapons being in Gettysburg
Just order my limited edition version of the book. I am an army vet and watch the series around every Veterans Day. I have also read the Band of Brothers book. It is excellent.
I started watching your channel in 2019 just after returning from Normandy for the 75th anniversary. You do amazing work and I wish you all the success in brining History alive for millions of viewers!
Hats off to the curator of this amazing museum. His descriptions of these items are as good as one could hope for. I must return to Gettysburg just for this museum.
I know Jared personally. Him and I are in the same WWII Living History Group together, "The Furious Fourth". Jared has been pressing me and other group members to write books about our Grandfathers experiences during the war as well to tell the story of other vets like Jared and Erik have done. Great content JD!
Very excited about the American Artifacts series and boy what a start. I predict that this series should propel you to the 250,000 subscriber's and beyond. Thank you JD
Thanks! Really hope that people enjoy the new series. We've got some crazy stuff that we'll be highlighting. Hopefully people share these out and use it to help get others excited about history.
Another difference between the 2 M1911A1's- the mainspring housing that forms the rear of the grip- Major Winters has a flat housing while Gluth's has a rounded housing. I was an Army armorer in Europe during the Cold War for a Military Police Company (and also an MP) and would swap around the housings per the preference of each MP. I prefer the rounded- it fit my hand better.
How tight were the tolerances on those 1911s? I was never a fan of the M9, not because it's a 9mm but because they were just so bulky for my small hands and they just didn't feel like they were made well. The M17 is a wonderful pistol, in my opinion.
Also, Major Winters' 1911 has no frame relief behind the trigger, the longer trigger, shorter spur on the grip safety, and double diamond grips which indicate it is not an A1. This would date it's manufacture before 1924.
I am not a great fan of weapons ( I had enough of them during my military career), however, isn’t it amazing that something that is designed for the sole purpose of killing, or at least incapacitating, the enemy can be viewed as a thing of beauty, which in some cases they are, but they are also ugly when they are viewed purely as a weapon, as they say “beauty is in the eye 👁 of the of the beholder”. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴
I was friends with Ed Pepping from Easy Company. He was a medic and loved telling and educating everyone about his time in easy company and all his memories and pranks they use to do. They were great men from the greatest generation.
@@TheHistoryUnderground you would of loved to spend time with you and he would of loved to share his stories with you. Wish we could freeze time and spend more time with them. You should meet his son and visit a place called Oxman's Surplus in Santa Fe Springs, CA next time you pass through. It's a surplus store with WWII artifacts from local vets and family members. The owner is a WWII vet and his sons run it now.
My Father WWII 9th Army 8th Armored Division Landed on Omaha Beach D-Day on June 6, 1944. First town St Mere EGlees, on to St Lo, in his words they got the sh-t kicked out of them in St Lo. Fought in the Battle of The Bulge where he carried two GIs under heavy fire to safety, he received the Medal of The Silver Star award in May of 45 for doing so. He also told me the 82nd Airborne Division jumped into the wrong place, He passed away 12/2002. Forever my hero! God Bless all that served
Read “Hang Tough”, it was great. I’ll be waiting for the next one about Spears. Love your videos! Really appreciate y’all taking the time to share this impressive collection with us. I hope I get the chance to come visit soon. Thanks again, guys.
@@bradbutcher3984 Lol, I finished 'With the old breed' back in the spring. I actually have a large collection of books I've been hoarding over the decades. Looking at 'Hang tough' for sure.
One of the best episodes! Very interesting. My dad was in Europe from August of 1944 until December of 1945. Growing up, I knew he had been in some heavy fighting, such as the Battle of the Bulge and the crossing of the Remagen bridge. If we were watching a war movie or an episode of “ Combat”, I would ask him why he did pick up a German helmet, a rifle or other equipment. He would laugh and say that they didn’t have the time or room in their packs for a bunch of souvenirs. It added extra weight and could be noisy. After the war was another story. His division, the 99th, was northeast of Munich when the war ended. Much like the 101st, the 99th was moved toward the Alps to prevent a Nazi retreat into the mountains. For several days after the war ended, the 99th collected surrendered German weapons and equipment. As the Americans were in a static location for a period of time, this was the time for souvenir collecting! Dad told me that the engineers had dug a trench with an M-10 tank destroyer, that had a blade mounted on the front. As small arms were surrendered, most were field stripped and deposited in the trench. A few times, the M-10 would roll over the weapons at the bottom of the trench. Most common among the surrendered weapons were K-98s. Every so often, something different would show up. This happened with a G-43. Dad was a company commander by this time and would have to sign capture papers for German weapons being brought back to the US. It also gave him a chance to pick something for himself. He set aside the G-43 and brought it back. His was not a sniper version but interesting none the less. Often called, “Hitler’s Garand”, the G-43 was Germany’s answer to a semi-automatic rifle. Interestingly, Germany and England went into WWII with basically the same rifle as WWI. Several years ago, my mother and I donated that G-43 to the local museum in my hometown. The staff had not seen a German rifle like it. It is still on display there.
Thanks for sharing those historical weapons. It's so amazing to know the history behind them. I have a few WW2 weapons but will never know what role they played during the war.
I remember going to the museum when I was a kid, maybe 15 or so years ago. Definitely need to revisit the next time we go to Gettysburg as I'll actually probably appreciate it more now lol
You kiddin' me man? This series is off to a powerful start. I'm so stoked to see what you have planned! I clicked my ACME 470 Clicker half a dozen times.
Another fantastic video!! Recently found your channel and needless to say I am hooked and have watched a ton of your videos and will keep watching them!
Guns, guns, guns! Absolutley love your videos. Looking forward to coming to the Museum again soon. Thanks for sharing your items and your passion for preserving history JD and Erik.
I spent 4 years in the 101st C1/503 Inf in the 70s. During my 20 years in, I was able to go to the eagle nest . What a flow of history that ran through my body.
Same, I got mine from a garage sale and wore out the DVD's to the point where half of them froze mid way through. Finally bought a new set in 2010 and wore those out and bought the blu ray version and replaced those discs. I also own the series on Vudu on two different accounts (I forgot my login for one, I know it now and was able to recover my account) but I've watched the series at least 500 times already and still watch it to this day. It's my going to bed background noise haha
@@AwesomesauceME08 I grabbed it on Vudu too. Sad part is, I was a bit of a collector and have well past 3k dvd's/BRs to get rid of. You are probably in the same boat.
Oh, I just love the American Artifacts series! This is SO fascinating to see and hear all the stories and artifacts from famus battles! Keep up this fantastic work!!!! Greetings from Sweden!
Wow, that was great. Once shot a Star 45, but would really like to shoot the 1911 and the Luger - great show JD, keep it up 👍👍 cheers from South Africa
Excellent episode! In high school I read the book and then I was a big fan of the series. Thank you for the very informative video. You are preserving history in a creative way!
The pistol that the German officer surrendered to Mr Winters had never been fired and Winters wanted it to remain that way. So I hope it has remained in his family.
I hope to travel to Gettysburg next summer to see the museum and a lot more. I didn't realize until this series of videos in the museum just how much they have that I'm most interested in. I had a bit of a WW1/WW2 collection which I had given away and sold off years ago. I'm reading Dicks book Beyond Band of Brothers right now. I highly recommend it if you've read Band of Brothers and or seen the mini-series. Beyond goes into details left out of BoB. I don't know that Beyond BoB is still in print. If not I'm willing to share it with the right people.
That was a really cool video. Band of brothers is hands down my absolute favorite series HBO ever did. Boardwalk empire #2 and the pacific #3 for me. I wanted to love the pacific like I did with band of brothers since I served on the Marine Corps from 98 till 04. I dont know what it was but it didn't draw me in like band of brothers did. Maybe I'll have to watch it again to see if my opinion changes. It was great don't get me wrong but band of brothers was done so well I found myself watching and calling these dude by their names like I've known them for 40 years. Awesome that you guys have actual items from the actual men in easy company. Dick winters story in the series was amazing in how much respect the men under had for him even when they thought he was a quaker. Lol . The ending of the series when they interviewed the remaining men had me in tears. Thank all of those who have served and Semper Fi
Fantastic video absolutely enjoyed it and I would love to go to this museum and JD have you got Any plans to come to England in the future 🏴🏴🏴
@@TheHistoryUnderground haha. I’ll certainly make the suggestion to him! That would be really neat to see him go through those pieces. He may try and sneak off with that G43 😉. Awesome video by the way. Really enjoying the content. It’s inspired me to take my family and do some traveling this spring and summer to different battlefields and historical locations. Living in NC it’s not hard to find some cool places within a days drive.
Back to your roots. Amazing. Also, your videos of Sheridan, a few hours from me, awesome. I never knew a WWII bomber had crashed there. I was more invested in the Civil War scene.
Looking at Forrest Guth's M1911A1 I can see where the front of the slide was cut for a dovetailed front sight, which like the curator said somehow fell off at some point. A lot of guys in the post-war years did things to their 1911s like add bigger sights. They are not original to the pistol as it was supposed to have sights similar to Dick Winters'.
Next vacation, forget Hawaii, coming to your museum. I feel like it will be an honor just to walk through the front doors. Being in the presence of artifacts, from some of the greatest men I believe in all of history, not just American history.
What an absolutely amazing collection! I recently have gotten the means to travel to Europe (job benefits) and I plan to take my father to see Normandy and all the locations from Band of Brothers. I'm going to need to get over to the museum and see these artifacts in person!
Absolutely. I’ve got a big series that I did in Normandy if you haven’t seen it already and another even bigger one coming son that might help you prep for your trip.
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Also be sure to check out The Gettysburg Museum of History and their store at www.gettysburgmuseumofhistory.com. Thanks!
At 9:23… Pfc. Bradford Freeman was mentioned but nothing about the last surviving officer, Lt. Edward D. Shames. Does Shames have anything displayed at this museum?
@@HollywoodMarine0351 - Not that I am aware of.
My great uncle Carl Fenstermaker was in Easy Company! He was an Eagle Scout, meaning he dropped in 8 hours before everyone else with his British counterpart to light the drop zones. While they were on their way to the rendezvous point, they were both hit by German machine gun fire. They literally carried each other kilometers to the beaches and were picked up by a hospital ship, they never fought in the war again. I'm incredibly proud to have known his story; Fenstermakers have a long history of serving in our nation's armed forces, and you can find a Fenstermaker on every war memorial wall in Washington DC. Their legacy is why I chose to serve.
Wow! Thanks for sharing that.
You might mean a pathfinder not an Eagle Scout.
Woah, I hope your family kept his helmet and uniforms as heirlooms most definitely, absolutely priceless
From Ohio?
Dude eagle scout is not what you think it is lmao. Pathfinder is the word you're looking for
Dick Winters earned the right to take a tank home if he wanted....as well as many others.
100%
The police in Austria or Germany a few years ago actually found a Panther in a guys home along with a lot of other WW2 weaponry. There are some news videos about it on CZcams. Crazy story
@@nigeh5326 He was restoring it if i remember correctly
As far as I'm concerned, if you take fire in service of your nation, you can drag home whatever TF you want, provided it doesn't belong to a civilian or full of explosives.
The use of trophy guns in crime (the main excuse for prohibiting them) is virtually unheard of.
And I *know for a fact* the background check you undergo for enlistment is more thorough than the for gun purchases. If you can trust a person to carry rocket launchers for your nation, you can trust that person with a tank.
It's not that you can trust them, it's that Gun crime in the US has only relatively recently (1980s) skyrocketed, and that it's far easier to obtain a gun illegally than ever before, so why would anyone use a valuable and recognisable ww2 garand, when they can get a generic AR15 copy for comparative peanuts?
In fact, because of the way modern militaries have been used as an escape for people from poor, low-educated populations, it's statistically more likely that, on their return, many veterans will not receive the support they need to transition back to civilian life, and will get involved in violent or sexual crimes.
Now I want to break out the "Easy Company" DVD set watch it again.... Thanks for all your hours of work......
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Excellent! I stopped the video in order to preorder the Spiers book. Dale Dye does the forward. I will not let these men go quietly into the night. I will honor them, learn of them and teach my children about their valor and heroism.
Guns,Guns, and more Guns. It’s incredible that a lot of “Easys” Guns can be found in a Civil War museum in Gettysburg PA.
Thanks JD for another amazing video.
Thanks!
Nicely done, hopefully the WOKE administration, won't try too ruin these gems of great history. I can't explain the amount of respect I have for these men! The 506 was and will forever be the original true soldiers of our nation 🇺🇲🇺🇲 these men are heroes in my view(they returned home in a very humble manner, that made it back, again i can't expressmy amountof gratitude towards these MEN. My grandfather was a merchant marine captain in the the Atlantic, along with his 3 brothers, uncle Fran was a lintinuent colonel the USAF with 53 missions flown into enemy territory,, my uncle Roger was a navy man in the south Pacifica, uncle Bill was aboard an aircraft carrier as well. The amount of respect I have for these men can't be explained, and of course they were all as humble as can be about it. That generation of men will never happen again, and I miss all of them dearly too this day
Dick Winters is buried in Hershey PA, which isn’t too far from Gettysburg.
Dick Winters was from Lancaster, and Eisenhower had a farm in Gettysburg, so there's quite a few contributing factors to those weapons being in Gettysburg
Just order my limited edition version of the book. I am an army vet and watch the series around every Veterans Day. I have also read the Band of Brothers book. It is excellent.
Nice!
I started watching your channel in 2019 just after returning from Normandy for the 75th anniversary. You do amazing work and I wish you all the success in brining History alive for millions of viewers!
Appreciate that!
This is a wonderful time capsule of world history! How could anyone (10 people) dislike this video??
🤷🏻♂️Don’t know. Make them mad and share this video with a few others 😄
maybe they were the sons of German officers 😂😂😂
Hats off to the curator of this amazing museum. His descriptions of these items are as good as one could hope for. I must return to Gettysburg just for this museum.
Pretty amazing place.
I know Jared personally. Him and I are in the same WWII Living History Group together, "The Furious Fourth". Jared has been pressing me and other group members to write books about our Grandfathers experiences during the war as well to tell the story of other vets like Jared and Erik have done. Great content JD!
Nice! Thanks for sharing that!
Very excited about the American Artifacts series and boy what a start. I predict that this series should propel you to the 250,000 subscriber's and beyond. Thank you JD
Thanks! Really hope that people enjoy the new series. We've got some crazy stuff that we'll be highlighting. Hopefully people share these out and use it to help get others excited about history.
Another difference between the 2 M1911A1's- the mainspring housing that forms the rear of the grip- Major Winters has a flat housing while Gluth's has a rounded housing. I was an Army armorer in Europe during the Cold War for a Military Police Company (and also an MP) and would swap around the housings per the preference of each MP. I prefer the rounded- it fit my hand better.
Thanks!
How tight were the tolerances on those 1911s? I was never a fan of the M9, not because it's a 9mm but because they were just so bulky for my small hands and they just didn't feel like they were made well. The M17 is a wonderful pistol, in my opinion.
Also, Major Winters' 1911 has no frame relief behind the trigger, the longer trigger, shorter spur on the grip safety, and double diamond grips which indicate it is not an A1. This would date it's manufacture before 1924.
The hammers were different, as was the beaver tail, length of the trigger, the scallop on side of the trigger
Thank you. Maj. Winters has a 1911 and Guth had a 1911 A1, the mainspring housings were different as were the rear sights.
Best series i ever watched
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Nice examples of a 1911 and a 1911A1. They are holy grail guns of mine!!!!
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I've always thought that the Luger is one of the most beautiful firearms out there.
Agreed. That one is high on the list of firearms to add to the collection.
I am not a great fan of weapons ( I had enough of them during my military career), however, isn’t it amazing that something that is designed for the sole purpose of killing, or at least incapacitating, the enemy can be viewed as a thing of beauty, which in some cases they are, but they are also ugly when they are viewed purely as a weapon, as they say “beauty is in the eye 👁 of the of the beholder”. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴
I was friends with Ed Pepping from Easy Company. He was a medic and loved telling and educating everyone about his time in easy company and all his memories and pranks they use to do. They were great men from the greatest generation.
Oh wow! Would loved to have spent some time with him.
@@TheHistoryUnderground you would of loved to spend time with you and he would of loved to share his stories with you. Wish we could freeze time and spend more time with them. You should meet his son and visit a place called Oxman's Surplus in Santa Fe Springs, CA next time you pass through. It's a surplus store with WWII artifacts from local vets and family members. The owner is a WWII vet and his sons run it now.
I wish I would’ve known about this place when I visited Gettysburg 2 summers ago…
Mighty fine display you have there!
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This channel is very underrated.
Thanks! Hopefully people are sharing the videos and it'll continue to grow.
My Father WWII 9th Army 8th Armored Division Landed on Omaha Beach D-Day on June 6, 1944. First town St Mere EGlees, on to St Lo, in his words they got the sh-t kicked out of them in St Lo. Fought in the Battle of The Bulge where he carried two GIs under heavy fire to safety, he received the Medal of The Silver Star award in May of 45 for doing so. He also told me the 82nd Airborne Division jumped into the wrong place, He passed away 12/2002. Forever my hero! God Bless all that served
Just when you think this channel couldn’t possibly get any better… Boom!
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You’re knocking it out of the park. Keep up the great work
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Excellent book. I’m almost finished with it now.👍🏻
Nice! Great book.
@@brettgreene1476 www.gettysburgmuseumofhistory.com or amazon.com
Good stuff. Thank you for going slow and letting us get a real good look at the artifacts. 👍
No problem. Glad that you enjoyed it.
Great stuff. Watched several times. You guys can't make enough of the WWII paratrooper videos (in my opinion)!
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Read “Hang Tough”, it was great. I’ll be waiting for the next one about Spears.
Love your videos! Really appreciate y’all taking the time to share this impressive collection with us. I hope I get the chance to come visit soon. Thanks again, guys.
Thanks! Pretty excited about the next book as well.
@@TheHistoryUnderground I read a book once.
@@Gitarzan66 very nice, I suggest three roads to the alamo or with the old breed to be considered for your second.
@@bradbutcher3984 Lol, I finished 'With the old breed' back in the spring. I actually have a large collection of books I've been hoarding over the decades. Looking at 'Hang tough' for sure.
Brilliant!! Thank you for this and greetings from England.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I read the book Hang Tough, it was a great read. I am looking forward to the new book coming out.
Me too!
One of the best episodes! Very interesting.
My dad was in Europe from August of 1944 until December of 1945. Growing up, I knew he had been in some heavy fighting, such as the Battle of the Bulge and the crossing of the Remagen bridge.
If we were watching a war movie or an episode of “ Combat”, I would ask him why he did pick up a German helmet, a rifle or other equipment. He would laugh and say that they didn’t have the time or room in their packs for a bunch of souvenirs. It added extra weight and could be noisy. After the war was another story.
His division, the 99th, was northeast of Munich when the war ended. Much like the 101st, the 99th was moved toward the Alps to prevent a Nazi retreat into the mountains.
For several days after the war ended, the 99th collected surrendered German weapons and equipment. As the Americans were in a static location for a period of time, this was the time for souvenir collecting!
Dad told me that the engineers had dug a trench with an M-10 tank destroyer, that had a blade mounted on the front. As small arms were surrendered, most were field stripped and deposited in the trench. A few times, the M-10 would roll over the weapons at the bottom of the trench.
Most common among the surrendered weapons were K-98s. Every so often, something different would show up. This happened with a G-43. Dad was a company commander by this time and would have to sign capture papers for German weapons being brought back to the US. It also gave him a chance to pick something for himself. He set aside the G-43 and brought it back. His was not a sniper version but interesting none the less. Often called, “Hitler’s Garand”, the G-43 was Germany’s answer to a semi-automatic rifle. Interestingly, Germany and England went into WWII with basically the same rifle as WWI.
Several years ago, my mother and I donated that G-43 to the local museum in my hometown. The staff had not seen a German rifle like it. It is still on display there.
Thanks for sharing those historical weapons. It's so amazing to know the history behind them. I have a few WW2 weapons but will never know what role they played during the war.
Thanks for watching!
I remember going to the museum when I was a kid, maybe 15 or so years ago. Definitely need to revisit the next time we go to Gettysburg as I'll actually probably appreciate it more now lol
Pretty amazing place. Much has been added since you were there as well.
Gonna love this series. Can't wait until the next one.
Thanks! Feel free to share it out with a few others!
Wow! Just an amazing collection!
Definitely. Much more to come.
You kiddin' me man? This series is off to a powerful start. I'm so stoked to see what you have planned! I clicked my ACME 470 Clicker half a dozen times.
Nice! Pretty excited to share a bunch of this content.
Another fantastic video!! Recently found your channel and needless to say I am hooked and have watched a ton of your videos and will keep watching them!
Thanks! Appreciate that. Feel free to share it out with a few others :)
Simply fascinating. Fantastic collection. Bye from Italy 🇮🇹
SWEEEEEEEEET! This just made me very happy
Glad that you enjoyed it. Thanks!
@@TheHistoryUnderground I literally sit by my phone watching for your next post! Great job!
Super excited about ordering a copy of Hang Tough! And can’t wait for the next book as well!
Awesome!
Wow those wepons have sure seen somethings ! What a collection of history
American Artifact, looking forwards to this series.
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Love the content my friend. Have a blessed day.
Thank you! You too!
Guns, guns, guns! Absolutley love your videos. Looking forward to coming to the Museum again soon. Thanks for sharing your items and your passion for preserving history JD and Erik.
I've always loved your Band of Brothers content, but this is a video I didn't know I needed. Just fantastic!
Awesome! Thanks! We've got more Band of Brothers content coming in the future on both American Artifact and History Traveler.
Very educational JD. Outstanding job.
outstanding! its so much more personal when you see the things they carried up close. i hope i can make it to the museum one day.
It's worth the trip.
I spent 4 years in the 101st C1/503 Inf in the 70s. During my 20 years in, I was able to go to the eagle nest . What a flow of history that ran through my body.
"Don't buy the Story" How can you not on that one!!!!! Wow! Thank you for sharing!
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Still haven't made it there yet, this is the next best thing. Looking forward to more from this series 👍
Definitely a lot of cool stuff in there.
That DVD on' Band of Brothers' is just excellent...
I wore out my first tin of BoB DVDs, so had to grab a 2nd. Great series. Another top notch vid, JD!
Ha! I get it. Glad that you enjoyed it!
Same, I got mine from a garage sale and wore out the DVD's to the point where half of them froze mid way through. Finally bought a new set in 2010 and wore those out and bought the blu ray version and replaced those discs. I also own the series on Vudu on two different accounts (I forgot my login for one, I know it now and was able to recover my account) but I've watched the series at least 500 times already and still watch it to this day. It's my going to bed background noise haha
@@AwesomesauceME08 I grabbed it on Vudu too. Sad part is, I was a bit of a collector and have well past 3k dvd's/BRs to get rid of. You are probably in the same boat.
Oh, I just love the American Artifacts series! This is SO fascinating to see and hear all the stories and artifacts from famus battles! Keep up this fantastic work!!!!
Greetings from Sweden!
Another great video! Thank you for enabling us to see so many great things about our great nation.
Thanks for watching!
You hit 3 of my hot buttons in one video. Great job.👍
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What an amazing collection! Excited for this new series, such a great idea. 👍🏻
Got some pretty crazy and interesting things that we'll be highlighting.
@@TheHistoryUnderground awesome, looking forward to it!
Wow, that was great. Once shot a Star 45, but would really like to shoot the 1911 and the Luger - great show JD, keep it up 👍👍 cheers from South Africa
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Excellent episode! In high school I read the book and then I was a big fan of the series. Thank you for the very informative video. You are preserving history in a creative way!
My buddy's father was in WW2. When we were teens he showed us his Luger that he brought back. I remember the swastika on it.
The pistol that the German officer surrendered to Mr Winters had never been fired and Winters wanted it to remain that way. So I hope it has remained in his family.
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Love WWII and love Band of Brothers. You’re living the life I want to be living. S
Thanks!
Crazy to think how many enemies those firearms put an end to
Pretty sobering.
OMG,
You are where you belong.. around the Easy group.
Should be interesting and hope it carries the BoB flavour 😊
Thanks!
I hope to travel to Gettysburg next summer to see the museum and a lot more. I didn't realize until this series of videos in the museum just how much they have that I'm most interested in. I had a bit of a WW1/WW2 collection which I had given away and sold off years ago. I'm reading Dicks book Beyond Band of Brothers right now. I highly recommend it if you've read Band of Brothers and or seen the mini-series. Beyond goes into details left out of BoB. I don't know that Beyond BoB is still in print. If not I'm willing to share it with the right people.
Awesome! You'll love it when you get a chance to visit.
Never clicked on a video so fast!!
Ha! That's awesome. Hope that you enjoyed it.
You are awesome dude. Thanks for your work sir!
I appreciate that!
Just got back from Gettysburg and it was closed for private event both days :(
Sounds like a good excuse to go back :)
Incredible to think about what life that was taken by these weapons. The stories they tell and the events they were present in.
That was a really cool video. Band of brothers is hands down my absolute favorite series HBO ever did. Boardwalk empire #2 and the pacific #3 for me. I wanted to love the pacific like I did with band of brothers since I served on the Marine Corps from 98 till 04. I dont know what it was but it didn't draw me in like band of brothers did. Maybe I'll have to watch it again to see if my opinion changes. It was great don't get me wrong but band of brothers was done so well I found myself watching and calling these dude by their names like I've known them for 40 years. Awesome that you guys have actual items from the actual men in easy company. Dick winters story in the series was amazing in how much respect the men under had for him even when they thought he was a quaker. Lol . The ending of the series when they interviewed the remaining men had me in tears. Thank all of those who have served and Semper Fi
I just discovered this channel. WW2 is my favorite era of US/ World history. All of these videos are very interesting.
Thanks!
love, love, love this channel, and the content. super job guys, and please keep it up
that G-43 is beautiful. I need to drive back out to gettysburgh and tour your museum.
It really is something else.
Fantastic video absolutely enjoyed it and I would love to go to this museum and JD have you got Any plans to come to England in the future 🏴🏴🏴
Great video. Really enjoyed this one a lot
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Enjoyed that. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love your series guys! Nice job!
Absolutely awesome !! As time goes by, Eric gets better and better stuff !! I love it !!
I love easy company got stuff from my collection of easy company
Nice!
Going to preorder that book!!! 😊😊😊😊
Awesome!
just ordered Hang Tough...still bummed the museum was closed during my trip to Gettysburg. Keep up the great videos!
Awesome! You also have a good excuse to go back 😁
Keep the videos coming JD! Love them brother… we’re going to get you to the pacific one of these days 😏
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Outstanding!
This is great! Thanks for sharing.👍😁👍
Thanks !!!
Great video! Greetings from Guatemala, I’m a big WWII and BOB fan! Always enjoying your work. Hope someday visit the Gettysburg Museum.
Thanks! So glad that you enjoyed it. Feel free to share it out. I'd like to see some more viewers from Guatemala :)
Guns? Did somebody say guns? 😀 I tell you I am putting visiting this museum on my bucket list. I find all of these artifacts fascinating.
Ha! You'll love it.
Just love your videos with this museu. Just ordered one of the books from the museum.!
Just awesome to me to see a movie come to life about one of my favorite movie series
Great Videos
Thanks!
Loved the movie & history of it all.
So buying that Lt.Speirs book! Great work guys.
Thanks! And I think that Spiers book is going to be a good one.
Great content as always, gentlemen.
Now this would be a cool opportunity for a collaboration with Ian from Forgotten Weapons!
Tell him to give me a call 😄
@@TheHistoryUnderground haha. I’ll certainly make the suggestion to him! That would be really neat to see him go through those pieces. He may try and sneak off with that G43 😉. Awesome video by the way. Really enjoying the content. It’s inspired me to take my family and do some traveling this spring and summer to different battlefields and historical locations. Living in NC it’s not hard to find some cool places within a days drive.
Awesome video and great collection of artifacts down there!
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Back to your roots. Amazing. Also, your videos of Sheridan, a few hours from me, awesome. I never knew a WWII bomber had crashed there. I was more invested in the Civil War scene.
Great stuff brother , thank you for sharing . Stay safe on your travels .
Looking at Forrest Guth's M1911A1 I can see where the front of the slide was cut for a dovetailed front sight, which like the curator said somehow fell off at some point. A lot of guys in the post-war years did things to their 1911s like add bigger sights. They are not original to the pistol as it was supposed to have sights similar to Dick Winters'.
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There is a lot of great info in this video. I learned a lot. Thank you!
Appreciate that. Got a lot more coming in this series.
Next vacation, forget Hawaii, coming to your museum. I feel like it will be an honor just to walk through the front doors. Being in the presence of artifacts, from some of the greatest men I believe in all of history, not just American history.
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Looks like a good museum. I like to study the provenance of the items to see if they are really what he says they are.
Much more to come from here.
Getting to the museum is on my to do list!
What an absolutely amazing collection! I recently have gotten the means to travel to Europe (job benefits) and I plan to take my father to see Normandy and all the locations from Band of Brothers. I'm going to need to get over to the museum and see these artifacts in person!
Absolutely. I’ve got a big series that I did in Normandy if you haven’t seen it already and another even bigger one coming son that might help you prep for your trip.
Normandy is amazing, it’s truly a very special place.