Naval Academy Glee Club Tribute to Pearl Harbor. "Eternal Father", The Navy Hymn.
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- In memory of the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, this song is dedicated to those who lost their lives in the defense of the United States of America.
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I''m a 71 year old , Navy, VNam vet. When my ship was in Pearl Harbor I went to the Arizona memorial. I was only 20 but I stood there reading the names and cried like a baby. I still cry when I hear the Navy Hymn. I was in Subic Bay, Philippines in 1968 when the distroyer USS Evans was cut in half in a collision with the aircraft carrier Melbourne (Australian). 77 sailors died. I take this prayer seriously
Amen, shipmate
@@gonzalezrv1 second that as a son and grandson of the USAF
my last re-up before I retired was on the Arizona
Me too.
Thank you for your service🇺🇸❤
I am an American sailor, no longer on active duty, and I have asked to have this played at my funeral.
Thank you for your service sir.
May that they be long in the future and may you have only peace, joy and happiness between now and then! Thank you and bless you for your service, sir
@@robertschmidt7879 "Thank you sir, for that most gracious thought.
Thanks for your service, Sailor. May you never see perils and may your journey through the rest of your life be smooth sailing with unlimited horizon.
So has my Dad...he was in the Submarine Service
My Dad was 33 yrs of age Dec. 7, 1941. After going through the entire depression in the Dust Bowl in Kansas, he and his brother stood in one recruitment line immediately following Pearl Harbor. He was put in the U. S. Navy on a hospital ship for the duration of the war. Proud to have been raised by a member of the greatest generation!!! "...Oh hear us when we cry to Thee..." My prayer in this day and age....
I was stationed in Pearl Harbor with my llate husband who served on active duty for 20 years, we had the Navy hymn sung @ his memorial service so this particular rendition has brought tears to my eyes, not just as a widow but also as a Sailor 🇺🇲 God bless you in the name of the Father & the Son & the Holy Spirit Amen ✝️🙏❤
And may God bless you to, my sister in Christ and former shipmate.
thanks x YOU service
My Dad was a Pearl Harbor Survivor, he never stopped talking about it
Please tell your father "THANK YOU, SIR"
My father landed at Normandy on D-day and rarely ever talked about it !
Those who were at Pearl Harbor and our other military bases on Oahu on 7 December 1941 served humanity in a way few people will ever appreciate. I'm too young to have served in the Navy at the time of Pearl Harbor, but 14 or 15 years after 7 December 1941, my family was first stationed on Oahu. The effect "Pearl Harbor" had on me in the mid-1950's has been with me all of my life since then. I hope that when the day comes I die, the Navy Hymn will be sung at my funeral. My burial ground of choice will be the National Cemetery of the Pacific, a.k.a. Punchbowl. Those Americans who died on 7 December 1941 served our country and all of humanity as well as anyone ever has. Thank you to all of our veterans!
Tell him I said thank you for your service!
I very much hope you treasured that. So many that fought in that war never did talk about it. It wasn't until the twilight of his life that my Grandfather, who was wounded in Italy with the 85th Infantry Division, opened up and talked about his experiences during the war. I imagine he wasn't alone in keeping the things he saw to himself. We should learn all we can from those that served while they are with us.
Thank you for this beautiful rendition. I will be playing this piece at my father’s burial tomorrow morning. He passed recently and was extremely proud of his 24 years in the US Navy. He loved this hymn and I know he’ll hear it tomorrow. ❤️🇺🇸
John: I know this reply is late, but much respect to your father; his service is truly appreciated. I know he loved that you played this beautiful hymn. 🇺🇸
I was born on the 5th of d😢ecember 1941 by that time a uncle had all ready joined the RAF from wisconsin 1940
So sorry for your loss but what a beautiful tribute to Him
Since I was a child, tears have come to my eyes hearing this deeply moving hymn. My father (class of '36) retired as a RAdm after 36 years of service from WWII to Vietnam. My entire extended family have been Naval officers for generations. My father, my mother, and many other family members have been buried at the Naval Academy with this hymn wafting over their grave-site. Bless all military members and their families who spend their lives in defense of our freedom.
I nearly break down every time I hear the Hymn. I was 6 when I first heard it during the funeral proceedings for JFK. It was played at my maternal grandfathers funeral as well (Captain, USN, as was his brother and brother in law and another brother who was a career sailor). The greatest generation is well deserving of Rest with our Eternal Father.
Same here. My uncle LTJG Albert Oberg [Annapolis '42] was mortally wounded in the loss of DD-467 Strong in the Solomons in July 1943. Before dying he was brought by a small party of survivors to a small Japanese-held island, where he was buried. They avoided the soldiers. Only one of the men survived to tell the story. A graves registration unit found the site two years later and it was empty, they presumed as was their practice that Japanese soldiers had found and stripped the body and tossed it into the ocean. I was born the following year, so we never met [or had the cousins he ought to have fathered], but I remember them all in my imagination, and so do my children and their children.
We all cry to it !!!!!!
@@shaunquigley5967 It does take a special person to be at sea, and it takes special family members to live for such long periods without their loved one(s). My entire childhood was spent waiting for my dad to come home from sea duty--I think he spent 4 Christmases with us in his entire career. It was that close Navy culture that was our support. ❤️
Thank you for your kind words and thank you for your service. I'm well aware of the courage, fighting spirit, and esprit de corps of our Marine brothers and sisters, and have the utmost respect for you as well. We are, of course, from the same military family. I also have Marine officers in my family, one of whom received the Navy Cross for action in Vietnam. I worked at Quantico years ago and took part in daily PT, and there certainly are few military members as fit or combat ready as a Marine. (My dad and his brothers, however, were strong and fit and fierce as dragons all their lives.) 👍🏽
Thank you, Scriptor13! Your father, USNA Class of 1936, was in the same class my friend, the late Captain Harry B. Stark graduated in. Captain Stark was the finest men I ever had to pleasure to get to know. The Naval Academy and our other service academies make the outstanding gift of developing such wonderful men (and now women) who lead our country. Long live our service academies from one whose visited several of them but never had good enough grades to make it into one of these fine schools. I served in the Navy as a hospital corpsman. Wore the uniform from August 1970 to 10 November 1971. In my own way, I'll serve our Navy and our Country to the day I die. Semper Fidelis to all our service members and to their families.
In memory of crew of of the Indonesian Naval Submarine KRI Nanggala 402 who are declared lost at sea earlier today. May they Rest in Peace.
This hymn was sung at my husband's funeral in April, 2018. He served in the Navy, in the Pacific, in WW2. His family miss him, but we are proud of him. /Winston's wife
wife ,your man is among his own folks, the boys who were taken from us too early
all await us when work here is done
@@danilorainone406 Thank you, Tom. /Gretchen Ellis
Thank you
So was my dad in the South Pacific, WW2. And he could sing. He always sang this hymn. He didn't talk much about the war, but he wrote a memoir of his service for the family. It gets better every time I read it.
Dad who was a aircraft carrier pilot on the Shangri-la was laid rest on Veterans Day 11/11/11 and am I so very proud that he served.
My grandfather served in the Royal Navy in WW1; my father, the same, in WW2. Hands across the ocean.
In memory of my beloved husband, who served 2 tours in Vietnam. Had this hymn sung at his military funeral in 2001. Miss you! Thank you vets everywhere. RIP.
so much sacrifice throughout our history and so many have totally discarded it all
May he rest easy
My parents were both WWII Navy officers. We learned this hymn at the Navy Chapel in Norfolk My brothers and sisters and I sang it at their burials in Arlington. Fair winds and following seas to all these fine future officers.
My husband was a proud sailor stationed on a Navy ship for four years when he was a young man. Remembering him each day as he died this past June and we miss him very much. I play this Navy Hymn, Eternal Father, on my computer at least weekly as it is so beautiful.
Eighteen years ago we sang this hymn at my mother's funeral. She loved this and loved her life as a USMC wife.
The name "Knox" means a great deal within the Naval service to those of us who know our history. Thank you for your late mother's service, Bonnie. And thank you to your entire family, as, it's my belief the families of all those who serve in our armed forces also serve. Semper Fi, Marine!
I wore the Navy blues and this is one of the most moving hymns to me,
Ben, I agree with you 100% percent.
That hymn will be part of my memorial service.
Mine, too!
Yes sir.
ive not served. ( cannot due to illness and disability. so my job is to have yalls back. this hymn to me says it all. gives me chills
I was a member of the USNA Glee Club from 1983-87. We sang this song many times in Memorial Hall in Bancroft Hall at the Naval Academy, where this video was recorded.
The combination of the acoustics, the tributes to fallen graduates surround us, and the song itself were so moving that it brought me to the edge of tears every single time. The harmonies and the lyrics were never less than perfection, and it was like a gift from God to be afforded the privilege of singing that song, in that place, in that company. I will never forget it!
On Memorial Day 1962, CINCPAC, Admiral Harry D. Felt, invited me to attend the dedication of the Arizona Memorial. The ceremony concluded with floating a wreath while we all sung "Eternal Father". Many of the officers and politicians aboard were young officers stationed at Pearl in 1941. They were tough guys who took the war to the home islands, but there was not a dry eye among us.
God bless all the Brits of the Greatest Generation who held the line until we came to our senses and saw the light.
Amen
My respect and admiration for the British People runs deep for how they accounted themselves during the darkest days of Hitler's onslaught. No finer or tougher people on Earth, to my mind. God Bless them for holding the line until Hitler bungled into Russia, like Napoleon before him. The now 75 years of unparalleled peace, prosperity, and societal advancement that we in the West have enjoyed is largely due to the sacrifices made by the British People. I, for one, will always be grateful, and try to honor that sacrifice in my own way. Today's generations have no had to contend with a general conflagration among world powers, and they have the British, in part, to thank for that.
It’s a divine hymn, breath-taking, soul seizing.
Beautiful harmonies too but yeah even though it's not my country, it's really moving.
it's THE BEST!
I had the honor of attending a naval academy graduation, some years ago. I heard this hymn sung in the academy's chapel. I have never forgotten that moment, and finding it here brought it all back to me.
ever since I enlisted, it's always held, it's special significance!
My uncle was inboard of the West Virginia, on the Tennessee. He passed from cancer that came from exposure from high levels of radiation. The Tennessee docked in Nagasaki for several days. He was the last of his section that died of the same cancers
My Dad requested this too! He passed away in February. I have 4 friends that are practicing this song for my Dad's Burial in May.
I have not told my Mom because it's a surprise for her. My Dad was 91 and Graduated from the Naval Academy in 1953. I played this song on my phone for him the night before he died.
Seriously. Who is the clown that gave the thumbs down? A touching tribute to those of the greatest generation for which we owe everything.
I think you’ve discovered the real 1%, Patrick.
Patrick Mondor Pathetic, isn't it? A lot of my family served in the Second World War before my birth.
The same types who go on Twitter and call John McCain (USNA '58) a warmonger/jerk after his death. Such is life in a free society...
There must be a club out there that goes through all youtube videos trying to rack up as many thumbs-downs as they can. At some point they'll grow tired and get a life.
Probably the Nazis or the Japanese who bombed us
From a U S Marine, well done Navy, well done! God bless America forever
@Ron Mangrum
And may God bless and keep our faithful and incredible Corps! There's none finer!
From a USN vietnam vet, Gunners Mate Second.
Fifty-two years ago today over thirty American sailors aboard the USS Liberty perished trying to save their ship and each other. May God watch over you and give you eternal peace
Semper Fi to all Services, for the service's performed in the protection of our Country, from a former Marine Gunnery Sergeant! I served 1975-1988 proudly!! God Bless!!
Thank you for your service sir!
I was honored to sail onboard Truxtun CGN-35 as a young sailor. the US NAVY was a great experience for this brash, rebellious out of control youth it truly was a blessing in my life, and I love my God my country and my countrymen.. God bless you all.
BEAUTIFUL....My Dad was in the Navy during WWII. He was so proud to have served.
My Dad, a crewman on the New Mexico at Okinawa couldn't hear this without tears
Powerful! In Loving Memory of my grandfather, Delmont Paul Sauer. He served in the US Navy during WWII.
Always gives me chills and brings tears to my eyes. I was a member of the USNA Glee Club back in 1972/1973 when we were lead by John "Doc" Talley.
As an ex Royal Navy family, I salute you.
My dad was a navy pilot in WWII, and this was played at his funeral. It fills me with such awe. Also thinking of those who lost their lives on the Pensacola Naval Air Station. My home town.
My dad was a Pearl Harbor survivor and he loved this hymn. We sang it at his funeral in 2001. On December 7, 1941, he was a 19 sailor on board the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard Tugboat USS Sotoyomo, which was sunk in the attack. He swam under burning oil to get to the shore. He went back out on another Navy Yard tug to the aid of the USS California.
I just finished 2 books on the U.S. Navy in WWII: "The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors" and "Neptune's Inferno". After reading the stories of quite a few of the sailors who made the ultimate sacrifice in this conflict, this song strikes a chord deep within my soul. For every Marine or Army soldier who died on Guadalcanal, 3 sailors died at sea off Guadalcanal. Yet we kept going at the enemy until we were ultimately successful.
This hymn always moves me, for several reasons. First, Dad was Navy In WWII, and served another hitch postwar. They played this at his funeral. Second, I was a recreational deep water sailor, with thousands of nautical miles under my keel. Third, I had the great good fortune to sing with the Second Army Chorus in the late 1950s. Seeing all these beautiful young men and women performing takes me back. At age 85, I wish I could hug them all and wish them fair winds and following seas as they launch their careers ❤️
Thank you. I had an uncle that survived the attack on Pearl. He was a radioman on the USS Bagley (DD-386).(He survived). Uncle George would have a traditional Hawaiian pig roast on the 4th of July. The top table was for my dad, Uncle Walter; and, Uncle David. (All surviving WWII vets.) (My Great aunt Johanna (Shea) Thornton was a WWI veteran (LT USN Chief of communications for the Atlantic Fleet). You would think that that would be a sad thing. It was a
a great way of rembering that there are times that an individuals step up to the plate for what we cherish in our freedom.
My father was in the navy during WWII. He served on the USS Valley Forge air craft carrier. I have great respect for all who served during that time. May God bless you and your family.
My father was a Marine. This hymn was sung at the end of each service at the Post Chapel. Brings back memories.
Semper Fi. Thank you for your family's service!
Fratenal Greetings from the UK , For all those who put to Sea , God Bless Them
My father and his twin brother were there on the U.S.S. Solace a hospital ship. My father’s ashes were taken to Pearl Harbor. He was proud of his service. Thanks Dad.
The hymn moves me every time. It's an incredible sentiment to the sailors who've risked everything to defend the nation on the open sea against those who would seek to destroy us but it's also a reminder that the ocean itself is a force to be reckoned, a force deadlier than any warship ever built that has claimed more lives than any naval battle ever has. For those of us who served in the Navy, it's an honor in of itself to uphold that heritage.
God take care of our Sailors.
Amen
In loving memory of Winston Rutherford Ellis, Yeoman 2, WW2, husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, who died March 17, 2018. I love you, Win. /his wife
On tuesday 1/26/21 my dad a navy veteran passed away at the age of 93. He signed up 12/7/44 at the age of 17 and served 7 yrs.first with NCB147 for 2 yrs and then ACB1for 5 yrs. came home married mom and raised 5 sons. He will be missed. Thank you for this song and for your service.
last year, my school band and choir had the honor to perform this piece on the uss lexington. thank you to all of the brave soldiers who bravely serve!
There is a thing I said to myself every day and that is to ALWAYS give my best effort to honor those that came before me and did the same.
Perfect tempo not rushed by so many. Fantastic harmony and performance. Thank you.
Absolutely phenomenal performance by the USMC Glee Club! I did not go to the Academy, BUT I am a Navy sailor and US Marine over the years served, and every time I hear this hymn, it makes me feel a sense of pride that only serving can tell. God Bless the USNA and God Speed to all that graduate and serve with distinction. JB :-)
Joseph, THANK YOU for your service soldier! I also feel pride when I listen to Navy Academy choir, as my dad came from absolutely nothing, but fought in WW2 and stayed in to rise up in ranks and become a mustang admiral. He was also one who determined who got into the academy. I remember so many fine young men with their families, coming to the house when I was young, and being interviewed by my dad. I miss him everyday and I still talk to him. I love the military and am so proud of our fine young people who serve our country and help to protect us. It is a pride that can't be put into words but makes me tear up always. Blessings to you, sir!
@@foobarmaximus3506 I am a ex Navy wife, my husband has passed but I was so proud of him and shipmates my husband served on 5 ships. Thanks for your service FooBar.
@@wolvenwood You see, Marines aren’t soldiers, they are Marines. Same with the Navy.
I’m a retired Navy Veteran. As others have said, this hymn still gives me chills. When I was in OCS in Newport, RI….I joined the choir, as a few of my classmates did, to avoid morning marching practice. I was a prior enlisted Sailor, and my best friend in OCS was a Viet Nam combat Marine Veteran, both of us could march pretty well….and we just didn’t need the extra yelling and screaming that went with “parade drills” and perfecting “eyes right”, or “pass in review”…..as many of the Officer candidates with no prior military service did. So we joined the choir….at first, to avoid the marching practice, but later, it was an honor. And it was this hymn that brought “chills” to all of us….and tears to many when we sang it at our graduation ceremony. To all my fellow Veteran brothers and sisters, enlisted, commissioned, NCO, active, reserves and the guard, one term and retirees…..all branches….know that you have my eternal respect and sincerest thanks, for serving alongside me. Fair winds and following seas, to all of you.
Though beautiful, this is a difficult song for all Navy families.
Yes, it is. I love this hymn, but I associate it with my father's funeral when I was 13 (53 years ago). To sing this hymn, I have to get the tears out of the way ahead of time.
Agreed. Father served US Navy WWII, lost his cousin in sinking of USS Indianapolis. This song generates hard to describe feelings and images for me.
Brings tears to my eyes, remembering the cathedral at NAS Pensacola on Sunday morning.
Barbie Be - As a Navy child, it brings tears. But, tears of pride for all that my Father, Godfather, brother, nephew, and others did while they proudly served. It is a solemn hymn, and always deserves and expresses respect to me. I love hearing it ❤️
This song played when we buried my grandfather. It played again when I buried my father. One day, hopefully far off, it should play when my daughter buries me.
I was born on the 7th December, 1956. In some ways I have felt connected to Pearl Harbour, all my life. God bless America.
In memory of my father who was a plank walker on the USS Lexington CV16 and was honorably discharged December 1945 thank you for your service dad. "Fair winds and following seas. We have the watch".
I heard this spectacular song in the Naval Academy Chapel every Sunday, June 30 1971 - June 4, 1975.
I'll be a sailor till the day I die Iour, was in 7-26 63 till 5-12 67 Our country owes all of the men and women in the military our total loyalty for them.
My father was in the Navy in WW II. Can't hear this song without choking up. Today is Dec. 7 2021. May those who have given their lives then and now find peace.
The Apollo Club of Boston men's glee club, of which I am a member, has for several years sung the Navy Hymn, Star Spangled Banner and America the Beautiful for the Pearl Harbor commemoration at the Boston Naval Shipyard. With the participation of local dignitaries, Naval Station personnel and Veterans, remembrance and tribute are accorded to the fallen with song, speeches,Taps and salutes from a company of riflemen and the cannon of the USS Constitution as a wreath is laid upon the waters of Boston Harbor. It was again a solemn and moving moment of reflection upon the debt owed our servicemen and women for the preservation of our nation and liberty.
If this hymn doesn't bring tears to your eyes you have no heart.
In memory of my Great Uncle and three Uncles who served in the U.S. Navy during the Second World War. Thank you for your service!
My prayers are with you. Your story is the same as my family. Men of the; "Greatest Generation", knew that they must do something to serve.
My great uncle was also a Navy pilot in WW2 shot down somewhere over the Pacific. God bless America and our president.
For my Dad. Serving on CVE-1 USS Long Island.
On this day we pay tribute to those who lost their lives to eternity.
The USS Stark (FFG-31 Incident;
37 Souls perished, but....
You Are Not Forgotten
EVER.......
A Christian and a Desert Storm Vet,
John
In Memory of President George Herbert Walker Bush. We Have the Watch Mr. President; Rest in Paradise!
Amen
My uncle was navy and this song gives me chills when I hear it sung so beautifully
If you listen carefully, you will hear that this is actually A PRAYER..set to music! Blows me away everytime I hear it. This was played at my Father's funeral..a WWII veteran.
This was my grandfather's song he recently passed away. Such a beautiful song but very sad.
Anyone who doesn't feel even slightly emotional when they get to the end when they sing amen should probably check their pulse.... just to make sure they still have a heartbeat......it is so beautiful like angels singing!
Fair winds and following sea. God rest their souls.
May God embrace them into Paradise.
Amen
As a Navy Vet, I am so proud of this tribute by the Naval Academy Glee Club. Thank you for such and inspirational hymn (ironically enough I was born just 3 weeks after the Pearl Harbor bombing !).
So very powerful, I’m a Navy retiree, from 1984-2006. When I heard this I had to close my eyes and look to heaven. I think I have gotten a glimpse of it as my ears heard this. Thank you for sharing, absolutely one of my favorites. Ive been listening to it from time to time. I’m blessed by the almighty as I seek him for the last half of my life. I share it with others who know what it means. Thank you.
Brings me back to graduation every time. The navy was such a defining time in my life
I just had a flashback of singing this powerful hymn while straddling the anchor chain in the chapel while assigned to MarDet on the USS Ranger from 89-91. Gives me goosebumps 35 years later.
What a loving, and fitting tribute to the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice on that day. Seventy five years ago.
My relative Cecil is entombed in the Arizona God bless all the brave men in ww1 and ww2 heaven bless with peace in god....
To add, these are Navy Midshipmen. Very well done.
Every time I hear or read about any navel vessel or sailors who are in trouble my mind turns to this song. To all my shipmates past, present and future, fair winds and following seas.
Beautiful!!! My oldest grandson is a Marine lieutenant. May God bless our service men and women.
As a Navy recruit, I memorized the words to the "Navy Hymn" in boot camp. 56 years later, I can still recall each and every word.
This is my most favorite hymn. I served in the Navy 1963 thru. 2000, experienced a great manning things . I come to tears every time I hear The Navy Hymn and I have sung this to groups and at funerals. It Is The Most Reverent Meaningful Hymn to All Sea Farers, USN, HMRN, HMRM, To All Who Serve And Protect.
My dad was stationed at AFSC in Norfolk, Va, and every Sunday we sang this at the Naval Base Chapel nextdoor
When my parents, both Navy, died, we sang this at their respective funerals. BEAT ARMY!
Lovely hymn isn’t it, it’s tradition to sing it together on Remembrance Sunday in the UK
I will always have goosebumps, whether I hear this hymn or if I sing it. There is a fourth verse "for those in peril in the air." I wish that could have been included. Just magnificently beautiful.
F.K. "Hurricane" SMITH
I like that 4th verse, too. My dad was career Navy, and served in WWII, Korea and Vietnam. We often went to church services on navy bases, and we always sang this hymn. Oh the memories.
I listened to 3 0r 4 of them and am so damn proud to have served as a Navy wife for 20 years. The Pearl Harbor one broke me down, God Bless our Military.
Never in the course of human conflict has so many owe so much to so few" WC THANKS TO ALL WHO SEVERED
I personally can't relate to all those who have lost loved ones in wars, but I can say how incredibly beautiful this song is and it is a constant reminder to all that the price for freedom is very high, and many people are and were willing to die so that others could have a chance of a good life. Earlier in the year at my school, we sang this song in memory of POWs and all men and women that have lost their lives in the line of duty. It was at a veteran's breakfast in out gym, and it was very touching to see all of the people who showed up.
Who wrote to me on Facebook, "Wife, do not weep ..." assuring me that I would rejoin Winston against some day. Thank you! Until then, I work for my/his family and any one of his shipmates, although they grow fewer with each passing month. /Gretchen Ellis
I first heard this in 1963 at bootcamp, Great Lakes. Brought me to tears as it does now.
Perfect harmony. 👏
I would love to hear them sing the entire hymn in full.
“Oh Christ, who’s voice the waters heard and hushed they’re raging at his word
Who walked on the foaming deep and calm below it’s rage did sleep”
“Walkest on” please phone don’t mess with this beautiful song!
Beautiful. Thank you! My father was a Pearl Harbor Survivor. He died in 2006 and would have been 99yo this year. #NeverForget
God bless him.
✝
One of those songs, hymns, that just causes you to pause if you are a Navy guy. Beautifully done. Rex, LCDR, U.S. Navy Retired.
This hymn reminds me of my dad
He was a coxswain on a LST who took back an airfield from the Japanese in February 1944. He lost many of his unit on that week of invasion of los Negros island in the admiralties near manus in WW2. They lost over 350 of the ships company taking back that airfield that tbe zeros were being launched from to bomb our ships nearby.
This hymn was sung at my dads funeral
I’m very proud of him and all who served
Thanks be to god
God bless our country the USA 🇺🇸
A moving tribute with, to me, the most beautiful hymn ever written. USN 1966-1971 and proud of it.
How I think the Heavenly choirs will sound. Beautiful!
Outstanding! My wife's grandfather served aboard the USS North Carolina in WWI and then, called back to active duty in 1940, served on the Armed Transport "George Fox Elliot" which was sunk on August 8, 1942 a Guadacanal. Holder of the Silver Star and eternally our true HERO! RIP Robert Lee Childress
We sang this during Wednesday Vespers at the Marine Military Academy. The words came to me tonight some 35 years after I graduated - no idea why. Funny thing age.
Brings tears to my eyes every time i hear this hymn
my Dad was a Navy musician in WWII, but was on sea duty aboard the USS New Mexico when the kamikazes came at Okinawa.. he couldn't hear this hymn with a dry eye. ... same for me
My son was part of the Glee club for 4 years,Dr Talley was the conductor.Wonderful music,this was one of my favorites!!
I'm a relative of William whiting the one who wrote this my son is named after him William whiting .. It's an it's an honor to listen to it here in 2021
80 years now, and I'm still crying....😔😪
God Bless you all who have served, is serving, and especially all who died for USA! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I still tear up when I hear this. A lot of my family members, including me, have served in the Navy - and it's them I remember when I hear this.
I cannot help but think of the 5 Sullivan brothers, all of whom died in a brutal night naval battle off Guadalcanal where their ship, the USS Juneau, was sunk. The eldest brother survived the battle and survivors recall him calling out for his brothers. He eventually succumbed to the ocean after several days in the water. Not many Americans are aware that more US Navy sailors died in the waters off Guadalcanal that Marines and Soldiers that died on the island itself.