Youthful WWII Veteran Shares About Shooting at the Germans

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  • @RememberWW2
    @RememberWW2  Před 3 lety +27

    Please subscribe for more WWII veteran interviews!

    • @misterdog7
      @misterdog7 Před 3 lety +2

      When did you film these interviews? WW2 soldiers must be all nearing a 100 years old now so I'm surprised you found so many. In any case, great job guarding their stories for eternity, thanks!

  • @IMN602
    @IMN602 Před 3 lety +151

    The amount of respect and love i have for these old warriors is just immense!!

    • @soundofeighthooves
      @soundofeighthooves Před 3 lety

      why ? their idiotic fight made this crazy word possbile

    • @soundofeighthooves
      @soundofeighthooves Před 3 lety

      @Ramona Rael lol :D i bet you believe in corona too

    • @mikev8577
      @mikev8577 Před 3 lety +2

      @@soundofeighthooves It’s not like anyone knew that though. They were young men who loved their country and fought for it honorably, regardless of consequence. That in itself is admirable.

    • @soundofeighthooves
      @soundofeighthooves Před 3 lety

      @@mikev8577 if you outnumber you opponent by men and material by far and fight a fight impossible to lose then no honour is involved.

    • @mikev8577
      @mikev8577 Před 3 lety

      @@soundofeighthooves Stop being a wehraboo.

  • @artmills7957
    @artmills7957 Před 3 lety +275

    My father was a Medic in the U.S. Army. He said the regular Germain army would not fire on American Medics and the U.S. Army would not fire on German Medics. The Germain SS however would fire on American Medics. There were even instances of Medics on both sides aiding wounded soldiers of the other side.
    Edited to add, I will assume the "likes" are for my deceased father. He was proud to have served.

    • @sirderam1
      @sirderam1 Před 3 lety +31

      The "even instances" of medics treating wounded soldiers of either side was not all that uncommon.
      As an example, in the Falklands war (1982), the senior British medical officer on the Islands, Surgeon Commander Rick Jolly RN, triaged and treated casualties according to clinical need regardless of nationality. He was, as you might expect, decorated for galantry by the British after the war. Perhaps a little more unexpectedly, he was also decorated for galantry by his erstwhile enemy, Argentina.

    • @CobyRupert
      @CobyRupert Před 3 lety +14

      Then compare that to the Apache helicopter pilots who gunned down the reporters in Iraq and then gunned down the father and his kids going school who came along in a van and tried to help the reporter. The technique of “Double tap” drone strikes to kill medics and rescuers got its own nickname.

    • @6tuf85dyfu
      @6tuf85dyfu Před 3 lety +8

      While this may be true in some instances, we shouldn't absolve the German regulars, the Wehrmacht, of their crimes against humanity. The evidence that German regulars treated western European enemies "better" on the battlefield is anecdotal at best. This is perhaps due to relatively better treatment of western POWs by the Germans compared to those from the Baltics, African, and Slavic theaters who suffered immensely at the hands of the German Wehrmacht. Even at their best, many were brainwashed to believe non-Aryans were lesser and could be treated as such. There's little honor in fighting for a country determined to systematically wipe our entire races of people.

    • @didierborne166
      @didierborne166 Před 3 lety +10

      What did he fight for? For the election fraud...for the destruction of the 1st amendment and the whole constitution. Sham impeachments , fake dossiers??? For protecting the Chinese in Afghanistan? What would have he done if he would have known?

    • @sheepsfoot2
      @sheepsfoot2 Před 3 lety +11

      My father told me when his company where on a road heading for the front a German plane came in for the attack but when the pilot saw a red cross vehicle passing them he pulled out of the dive and even tipped both wings as he headed off elsewhere for other targets !

  • @davidparadis490
    @davidparadis490 Před 3 lety +213

    You see, unlike the movies, in real life, when someone sprays you with a machine gun, it rarely misses.

  • @jonrobinson1958
    @jonrobinson1958 Před 3 lety +47

    THANK YOU SIR for your service

    • @didierborne166
      @didierborne166 Před 3 lety

      You got to be kidding. Thankful for the destruction of free speech and election fraud. This phrase is becoming hollow.

    • @MootGamez
      @MootGamez Před 3 lety

      @@didierborne166 explain what you mean

    • @didierborne166
      @didierborne166 Před 3 lety

      @@MootGamez The military is no longer in operation for America. In Afghanistan they are protecting Chinese mining operations and poppey fields. LOL

  • @joevignolor4u949
    @joevignolor4u949 Před 3 lety +22

    My uncle was a WWII veteran who fought in Europe. He told me that war will make you do things that you would never even think about doing otherwise. He told me about one time when he saw an American soldier and a German soldier engaged in hand-to-hand combat. He ran towards them, pulled out his pistol and blew the German's brains out. He said that now he can't even imagine doing something like that but at the time he didn't even hesitate or blink.

    • @fordy0flo
      @fordy0flo Před 3 lety

      He probably shot dude in the face like five times I bet blew his shit to smitherines .

    • @jharris0341
      @jharris0341 Před rokem +1

      Respect to your uncle.

  • @gulfwarveteran3832
    @gulfwarveteran3832 Před 3 lety +26

    God bless you sir I had 3 late uncle's who served in WW2 and my late father and two uncle's in korea and I served in the Gulf war

  • @petergleave7807
    @petergleave7807 Před 3 lety +69

    Eighty years ago, today, my father's regiment of the Royal Artillery - 68th (4th West Lancs) Medium Regiment, R.A. - was involved in British General Archibald Wavell's Operation Compass offensive against the Italian army in North Africa, in which 25,000 British, Australian and Indian troops attacked and defeated over 130,000 Italians.
    Dad's regiment had only just arrived from England, and was, at that time, the only regiment of Medium artillery (1 × battery of 4.5" guns - 234 Bty. [his unit] and 1 × battery of 6" howitzers - 233 Bty.) in Wavell's army.
    68th Medium went into action for the first time in late December, 1940, participating in the bombardment of the defences of Bardia, with their specific target being a double regiment of horse-drawn field (75mm and 100 mm guns) artillery, preparatory to the tank and infantry assault. In one of the histories of the War in North Africa, there is a photograph of a gun of 234 Battery in action, and, also, a photo of a distant view of Bardia under bombardment. The targets for the guns of the several regiments of artillery involved are visible as being at the base of what appears to be a forest of tall pine trees - the dust and debris from the shell bursts.
    Following the 'softening up' by the artillery, the Matilda tanks and infantry went in, and the Italians quickly 'threw in the towel', surrendering en masse to the attackers.
    Following the Italian surrender, Dad and his comrades went forward to examine the effects of their gunnery and were shaken and horrified to discover the sheer scale of the devastation they had wrought. In Dad's words "It was bloody awful."
    He and his mates then went over to join the Aussie, British and other members of the infantry and tank units who were moving among the Italian prisoners, sharing food and talking to those who were able to speak English, and examining photos of their families.
    I'm sure that almost everyone on both sides were struck by the realisation that there was little difference between them. They were all young men who were there solely because they had been called up to carry out the orders of their countries' governments. None of them, given half a chance, would have been there, and almost none of them would have wanted to harm - let alone kill - ordinary people with families so very like themselves.
    That's the real problem with war fighting: the ones who really need killing for the benefit of Humanity tend to be those furthest from the Front.

    • @brettr7970
      @brettr7970 Před 3 lety +8

      "...the ones who really need killing for the benefit of Humanity tend to be those furthest from the Front."
      Roger that.

    • @bradgregersen7091
      @bradgregersen7091 Před 3 lety +3

      Your father sounds like a great man , I thank him for his service and I thank you for sharing this story . God bless

    • @petergleave7807
      @petergleave7807 Před 3 lety +8

      @@brettr7970 Thanks, Brett,
      During the next week, or so, I'm going to add a couple more stories about my Dad's wartime experiences, including what happened at Herakleion on the afternoon of 20th May, 1941 - the first day of the German Airborne Division's assault on Crete - and regarding the Luftwaffe's attack on the ships of R. N. Force 'B' on the 29th May - during the evacuation of the 4,000 men of the garrison of Herakleion - and, specifically, what happened to H.M.S. Orion - one of the two cruisers involved in the operation. Dad was on the top deck of Orion, which had 1,100 soldiers embarked. During the course of repeated attacks by Luftwaffe Junkers 87 'Stuka' dive bombers and Ju 88s throughout the morning and early afternoon, Orion was struck by two bombs which caused over 560 casualties - including over 300 dead.
      Both cruisers were badly hit - sustaining hits by two bombs each, two of the six destroyers involved were sunk, and over a thousand soldiers and members of the ships' crews were killed. On arrival at Alexandria, Orion sank at her moorings, but, having been refloated, sailed to the US where she was repaired and subsequently took part in the naval operation to provide fire support for the 'D'-Day landings on 6th June,1944.
      Fortunately, during the course of about a decade, I was able to make covert recordings of Dad's wartime experiences - he would never have put certain aspects of them 'on the record' - and these enabled me to understand what had caused the combat-related P.T.S.D which haunted him for the rest of his life and impacted very seriously on his family.
      In the event, the insights I gained into the cause of Dad's P.T.S.D., and the actions I took in order to completely resolve the serious depression I subsequently suffered from for the first four decades of my life, have led me to develop a major project based at St. Giles's Church, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire (near Windsor) which - apart from being famous as the subject of Thomas Gray's famous epic poem, 'Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard' (1750), was 'Home Church' of 4th (Prince of Wales's Own) Ghurkha Rifles Officers' Association from 1947 - 2007.
      The veterans had fought in Burma during the war and had been, variously, P.O.W. on the notorious Burma-Siam 'Death Railway'; fought against the attacking Imperial Japanese 15th Army during the Battle of Kohima; or served with 111 Brigade of General 'Uncle' Bill Slim's 14th Army, as Brigadier Orde Wingate's Chindit 'Special Force' during Operation Thursday in early March - early June, 1944.
      The intensity of the veterans' prolonged (3 1/2 years) captivity on the Railway, or during Operation Thursday, resulted in many of them suffering from serious psychological wounds for the rest of their lives, and it was their - and my father's - experiences which motivated me to develop this project.
      As for Dad, he died peacefully in his own bed, with just me and my brother with him, six days short of his ninety-first birthday on 4th September, 2009 - seventy years and a day following the outbreak of W.W.2. on 3rd September, 1939 - a week to the day before his twenty-first birthday.
      Best wishes!

    • @petergleave7807
      @petergleave7807 Před 3 lety +1

      @@bradgregersen7091 Thanks for your kind words, Brad!
      Knowing Dad, he would never have considered himself to have been particularly heroic: he would have seen himself as just an ordinary bloke caught up in extraordinary events. And this is what made (because, sadly, there are very few veterans of W.W.2. still alive who were in at the beginning) that generation (and his father's generation) such remarkable people.
      The very fact that you watched this video is proof of your interest in W.W.2., so I imagine you will also have watched Saving Private Ryan. If so, you may remember the scene where the section of G.I.s detailed to find Ryan has lost one of their number in an ambush by a German MG42 team. Having killed one and captured the other of the two Germans, the US soldiers debate killing their prisoner and force him to dig his own grave. In the event, however, the leader of the section - played by Tom Hanks - talks his men out of shooting the German by reminding them that none of them are professional soldiers, but are just ordinary civilians who have been called up to serve, and explains that he had been a school teacher.

    • @brettr7970
      @brettr7970 Před 3 lety +2

      @@petergleave7807 Wow...you do know a lot about the history.
      My great uncle was a Japanese PoW, but he died before I was old enough to really understand. Same with my grand father. He wasn't a PoW, but he was in the Navy and I got the impression he was involved with some clandestine activities in the European theatre.
      Brave men, all.

  • @floyd4311
    @floyd4311 Před 3 lety +62

    “Bring your gun and Follow Me”. The spirit of The Infantryman will never pass.

    • @RememberWW2
      @RememberWW2  Před 3 lety

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  • @rabbitholeresident6490
    @rabbitholeresident6490 Před 3 lety +199

    Although he killed the enemy combatants he didn’t kill the medics. What a man

    • @imawsomeandyournot6108
      @imawsomeandyournot6108 Před 3 lety +19

      Its a warcrime to do so. Medics are protected by the Geneva convention.

    • @fredrickmiller6534
      @fredrickmiller6534 Před 3 lety +6

      @@imawsomeandyournot6108 if that's true, it's almost more grotesque than the war itself, in a way.

    • @FabianReschke
      @FabianReschke Před 3 lety +10

      @@fredrickmiller6534 That is true. Also, after if you shoot the enemy but they don't die you have to help them when the fight is over.

    • @idocoverz1100
      @idocoverz1100 Před 3 lety +20

      @@imawsomeandyournot6108 Hahahahaha u mean the Geneva Suggestions?

    • @imawsomeandyournot6108
      @imawsomeandyournot6108 Před 3 lety +9

      @@idocoverz1100 its only a suggestion if you win.

  • @charlieaustin2818
    @charlieaustin2818 Před 3 lety +73

    His service and the service of those like him afford us the freedom we enjoy today! Thank you to all those that served the USA.

    • @hectorheath
      @hectorheath Před 3 lety +16

      And look at the State of the USA now !

    • @drakesp9479
      @drakesp9479 Před 3 lety +8

      @@hectorheath it's very sad tbh to see such a great nation absolutely brought to it's knees

    • @joevogliardo3131
      @joevogliardo3131 Před 3 lety

      @@drakesp9479 just a hiccup

    • @drakesp9479
      @drakesp9479 Před 3 lety +5

      @@joevogliardo3131 well I hope your right with Biben driving your bus good luck luck my friend

    • @charlieaustin2818
      @charlieaustin2818 Před 3 lety +1

      Nicolas d'Avout glad you got that off your chest. Have a great freedom packed day!

  • @robertbooth1427
    @robertbooth1427 Před 3 lety +59

    An honorable soldier. Humble and matter of fact.

    • @carlosdanger947
      @carlosdanger947 Před 3 lety +2

      Yea real honorable to murder soldiers who weren’t fighting you and were walking on a sidewalk .

    • @neilpratt
      @neilpratt Před 3 lety +2

      @@carlosdanger947 it’s very likely those 3 soldiers he killed would soon be firing to kill him. Kill or be killed is a fact of war unfortunately.

    • @toaster1971
      @toaster1971 Před 3 lety +4

      @@carlosdanger947 Troll

    • @1228carlito
      @1228carlito Před 3 lety +3

      @@carlosdanger947 Completely honorable. Put down the game controller, only an idiot would give his enemy a fighting chance in war.

    • @federalreservebrown2507
      @federalreservebrown2507 Před 3 lety

      @@carlosdanger947 exactly.

  • @Laylownam
    @Laylownam Před 3 lety +31

    Mane he hardcore thank you for your service

  • @TUCOtheratt
    @TUCOtheratt Před 3 lety +162

    Unlike pop-culture lies, not all men who kill in war or in other justified situations are haunted for life by the experience.

    • @santiagovera7198
      @santiagovera7198 Před 3 lety +20

      If you can find a way to justify it, you’d be amazed with what a human can do

    • @TUCOtheratt
      @TUCOtheratt Před 3 lety +5

      @@santiagovera7198 That's another subject entirely. Why did you bring that up?

    • @santiagovera7198
      @santiagovera7198 Před 3 lety +18

      @@TUCOtheratt what do you mean, I was agreeing with you

    • @KikiRevenge
      @KikiRevenge Před 3 lety +19

      Man, getting killed with a couple of your friends while getting chow. War really is terrible.

    • @TUCOtheratt
      @TUCOtheratt Před 3 lety +9

      @@santiagovera7198 Sorry I took it the wrong way. my bad.

  • @dougputhoff3215
    @dougputhoff3215 Před 3 lety +5

    One of my Hero’s....thank you for your service sir.

  • @dan5660
    @dan5660 Před 11 měsíci

    Thank you sir for fighting that countless thousands of Americans could continue to experience freedom & peace. The vets of WWII experienced things that many soliders today would find hard to handle.

  • @paulatighe7073
    @paulatighe7073 Před 3 lety +1

    thank you for your service

  • @jameschryst3960
    @jameschryst3960 Před 3 lety +14

    My Pa was in WWII and Korea. Jim BCC AZ

  • @toddbob55
    @toddbob55 Před 3 lety +3

    God bless you sir for serving our country so we can all have freedom .

  • @kengurovich4416
    @kengurovich4416 Před 3 lety

    Thank you for your service .

  • @stantaylor3350
    @stantaylor3350 Před 3 lety +4

    My dad never said much to me about the war, I was his youngest. He did tell my eldest sister a few things, like shooting the enemy was like shooting a deer. You line em up in the sights, squeeze the trigger & down he goes. He was on guard duty near the wars end, & it was a make shift stockade. He said the German soldier's didn't even have whiskers, just kids 14--16 yrs old. Dad was 21 at the time.

  • @DDay-vv9ec
    @DDay-vv9ec Před 3 lety +6

    Bless this man.

  • @OhmaSimpson
    @OhmaSimpson Před 3 lety +2

    Thank You!

  • @billguenette7281
    @billguenette7281 Před 3 lety +2

    Thank you sir!

  • @RealSasquatchWatch
    @RealSasquatchWatch Před 3 lety +1

    another awesome story. Great job Sir!!

  • @preparedsurvivalist2245
    @preparedsurvivalist2245 Před 3 lety +9

    Did they run, or...? "No, they just died on the spot basically."

  • @Will_i_am725
    @Will_i_am725 Před 3 lety

    God bless you sir for your service to our country and keeping us free. Thank you for telling your story.

  • @sammyvh11
    @sammyvh11 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you sir ....

  • @dominator9677
    @dominator9677 Před 3 lety +1

    God bless you sir. The world needs more MEN like you.

  • @harryfrezza1931
    @harryfrezza1931 Před 3 lety

    Thank you sir.

  • @markjurkovich7814
    @markjurkovich7814 Před 3 lety +21

    When I was in my teens, I went to a logging supply business with my step dad. As I was standing there just waiting for the transaction to finish up I looked around and noticed 2 nazi flags hanging in the corners of the business. This was sometime in the early 80's so you'd think this would be unusual. Fast forward 20 years and one day the gentleman that owned that particular business walked into my place of work. I asked him" what was the purpose of the flags hanging up"? His response... " I took them off a couple of Germans that wanted to hold onto them REALLY bad!" All I could think of was Holy Shit!!! After that, he would not talk about it. When he told me that, and the look on his face and his demeanor.... there was no BS about it.

    • @johnchandler1687
      @johnchandler1687 Před 3 lety +4

      Growing up there was always an old cigarette case in my grandfather's dresser drawer that my uncle brought back from WW2. It was emblazoned with the 6th air Corp symbol and still contained the ancient cigarettes. I once asked uncle how he got it. He gave me a strand look then said he'd found it when searching a SS lieutenant. He confiscated it then shot him through the head. This was because SS men regularly murdered allied fliers they found.

  • @stephenpritchett3052
    @stephenpritchett3052 Před 2 lety

    Thank you

  • @bigjim3644
    @bigjim3644 Před 3 lety +2

    A true American hero. I owe you my life sir. We all owe you. God bless you

  • @ronniejamesdio3753
    @ronniejamesdio3753 Před 3 lety +7

    Love this guy God bless real true Soldier

  • @stevemccoy8138
    @stevemccoy8138 Před 3 lety +3

    Thanks for your Service 🇺🇸

  • @cavemanlovesmoke4394
    @cavemanlovesmoke4394 Před 3 lety +6

    Mad respect 🙏💯

    • @RememberWW2
      @RememberWW2  Před 3 lety

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  • @tomsgarage4486
    @tomsgarage4486 Před 3 lety +1

    Bless him

  • @jackmorin3362
    @jackmorin3362 Před 3 lety

    Thank you and God bless you.

  • @fghjjjk
    @fghjjjk Před 3 lety +1

    My grandad was a in a vickers and bren gunner regiment in WW11 (22nd Cheshire) . I used to listen to his stories as a child. He never once said that he killed ppl, just used phrases "like when we ran into a patrol of young German officers it was a rough day".. Or "his friend said he'd go out on patrol in the N African desert that night.. And we never saw him again" ... Always so understated as a generation. He also said, ppl just need to forget about the war... I guess they earned that right. I never once saw him wear his medals or go on a parade. Just go to the cenotaph on 11/11 dressed in civilian clothes. His was happy to get the Maltese Cross awarded 50 years after he defended it, that's how long it took to get recognised the role the British played in stopping Malta, and the Med fall to the Axis... However I have the medals, and my great grandads from WW1 and the shrapnel he took at the battle of pashendale. The greatest generation.

  • @ianmyers6643
    @ianmyers6643 Před 3 lety +52

    How the Hell could anyone give this guy a "Thumbs Down"?? What's wrong with you??

    • @bruceflora8975
      @bruceflora8975 Před 3 lety +16

      Basement dwellers hiding in moms basement with mask on

    • @vxy357
      @vxy357 Před 3 lety +6

      some people just hate patriots who believe and love their country. they also hate those who fight for their country.

    • @andrewgray9663
      @andrewgray9663 Před 3 lety +2

      We're all entitled to our opinion, that's what freedom of speech is about. It's one of the things men fight wars over.

    • @letsgobrandon.
      @letsgobrandon. Před 3 lety

      lmfao it's not rocket science...it's because people respect the German Army who fought against so many enemies, more than the U.S Army who didn't join the war until 2 years later and that was only due to Pearl Harbor being attacked...so it might have taken even longer ? plus they've not really got a good reputation when it comes to winning battles and wars...supplying armaments, yes.

    • @andrewgray9663
      @andrewgray9663 Před 3 lety +1

      @rudy ruby Are you serious? You sound like a 1950s movie cliché.

  • @Mike9201984
    @Mike9201984 Před 3 lety +4

    Just a sad situation. It’s a shame any human being should have to go through that.

    • @williamphillip9749
      @williamphillip9749 Před 3 lety +1

      I think Chicago is worse... 4,100 shootings in 2020

    • @brandojames-deancoico3410
      @brandojames-deancoico3410 Před 2 lety

      @@williamphillip9749 lmaooo ur mad funny no where near words do you understand how many people died during ww2? not to mention just americans?????

    • @williamphillip9749
      @williamphillip9749 Před 2 lety

      @@brandojames-deancoico3410 yeah I said that to him because of the Chicago flag in his picture, mind your own business Blowdo James D-bag

  • @Yeeeeeeerr
    @Yeeeeeeerr Před 3 lety +1

    my neighbor is a vietnam vet and he told me how hellish it was when he was deployed, he still has dreams but he lives a normal life, he also told me that what i see in movies is not true, one almost never misses his shots

  • @steelcurtain2576
    @steelcurtain2576 Před 3 lety +29

    when my uncle told me about killing americans during the battle of Aachen,he never laughed.Because he had no pleasure in killing another human beings.

    • @hellkell8693
      @hellkell8693 Před 3 lety +4

      No one really should but seeing what was happening in the death camps would make it a lot easier.

    • @midwestmatthew9752
      @midwestmatthew9752 Před 3 lety +1

      Maybe because he realized he was fighting for the wrong side?

    • @steelcurtain2576
      @steelcurtain2576 Před 3 lety +7

      @@midwestmatthew9752 Idiot

    • @hellkell8693
      @hellkell8693 Před 3 lety +1

      @@steelcurtain2576 curious but do you think your father was fighting for the right side?

    • @steelcurtain2576
      @steelcurtain2576 Před 3 lety +4

      @@hellkell8693 it wasn`t my father i was talking about. My uncle,fought on german ground for his country.And during this time,yes he was fighting for the right side in his view.

  • @MrRedeyedJedi
    @MrRedeyedJedi Před 3 lety +2

    800 yards and 60 rounds a minute? Nah It must be hard when you get to that age to remember all of the technicalities. Still have a massive respect for what these men did

    • @ethanedwards8042
      @ethanedwards8042 Před 3 lety +3

      He said "A hundred yards" not "eight hundred yards."

  • @rickcastellione2267
    @rickcastellione2267 Před 3 lety +2

    "We fought the wrong enemy" - George Patton speaking in 1945

  • @myroncoleman9825
    @myroncoleman9825 Před 3 lety +20

    Looking at this video this was a time in the usa when The Pledge Of Allegi ance To The Flag meant everything to those fighting democracy in our c ountry God bless them.

    • @ridgerunner106
      @ridgerunner106 Před 3 lety +4

      @Nicolas d'Avout Have you been to other countries? He did not murder anyone. Can you speak a mix of German and Japanese? If you can't, maybe you should thank him.

    • @chickenzzzzzzzzz
      @chickenzzzzzzzzz Před 3 lety +2

      @@ridgerunner106 how do you say "atleast we're not speaking German" in Chinese or Arabic?

    • @charlieaustin2818
      @charlieaustin2818 Před 3 lety +2

      Ridge Runner this guy Nicolas attacked me as well. He is real smart isn’t he. Like you I say God Bless all those who fought back then

    • @shamrockshore6308
      @shamrockshore6308 Před 3 lety

      +
      Myron Coleman
      Why would the pledge mean everything to those fighting democracy in our country? I'd have thought it would only have been important to those who were fighting for democracy.

    • @myroncoleman9825
      @myroncoleman9825 Před 3 lety

      @@shamrockshore6308 You're right I m ade mistake

  • @CoolDaysEnd
    @CoolDaysEnd Před 3 lety +7

    Sad to hear loss of life stories no matter which side you are on. Three young men who were on their way to get something to eat getting riddled with bullets. Hunted down like animals because of wicked leadership.

    • @hernanlecea7041
      @hernanlecea7041 Před 2 lety

      It's called war. Don't start crap and there won't be any crap.

    • @PrayedForYou
      @PrayedForYou Před 2 lety

      Clearly you havent experienced war, or puberty.

    • @CoolDaysEnd
      @CoolDaysEnd Před 2 lety

      @@PrayedForYou Clearly you do not understand corrupt leadership.

    • @PrayedForYou
      @PrayedForYou Před 2 lety

      @@CoolDaysEnd
      Hey sorry nan, I was replying to Hernan Lecea not you, my bad.

  • @bradymccue3670
    @bradymccue3670 Před 3 lety +1

    Thanks!!!!!¡

  • @kellywalker8407
    @kellywalker8407 Před 3 lety +19

    Not always like Hollywood portrays it in movies, with the spraying back and forth.
    Some of those machine gunners would aim carefully and were very good shots.

    • @ericjones9725
      @ericjones9725 Před 3 lety +1

      Machine gunners spray a line horizontal.

    • @glennbrymer4065
      @glennbrymer4065 Před 3 lety +5

      I was a machinegunner.
      My M-60 was pretty accurate.
      The feeling of operating a machinegun stays with you.

  • @novadronetechnologiesinc.3299

    “I sent them to the promise land” I like that one

  • @JC-eh4zp
    @JC-eh4zp Před 3 lety +1

    Respect from the UK sir.

    • @RememberWW2
      @RememberWW2  Před 3 lety

      Please subscribe for more WWII interviews!

  • @penguinproductions7014

    ❤️🇬🇧👍 thank you

  • @gunplow
    @gunplow Před 3 lety +4

    Freedom is not free

  • @para1324
    @para1324 Před 3 lety +4

    Full respect. 🇺🇸

  • @TheMainMayn
    @TheMainMayn Před 3 lety

    He didn't fire at the medics. What a noble soldier.

  • @lovephu4895
    @lovephu4895 Před 3 lety +5

    He looks bright

  • @tylerbrass4002
    @tylerbrass4002 Před 3 lety

    What a true to life badass.

  • @Niels596
    @Niels596 Před 3 lety

    Vielen Dank

  • @patv1271
    @patv1271 Před 3 lety

    wow thats something to be proud of

  • @jharris0341
    @jharris0341 Před rokem

    Hell yeah!

  • @redwhiteblue7166
    @redwhiteblue7166 Před 3 lety

    God Bless You 🙏

  • @adriannogales513
    @adriannogales513 Před 3 lety +6

    This man contributed such a significant puzzle piece to the overall Theatre. Salute to this Brave Man. Bless everyone in the promised land

  • @thetobaccoguy1751
    @thetobaccoguy1751 Před 3 lety

    First I thought he said 800 yards. That would be a heck of a burst!

  • @williamkeith8944
    @williamkeith8944 Před 3 lety +1

    My father was an American medic in WW2 and stated that no German troops ever deliberately fired on him on thr battlefield. It was artillery that killed indiscriminately and he stayed hunkered down when shells were falling and they couldn't scramble out of the way. When I was in Viet Nam, the enemy just tried to shoot any GO even if they were a corpsman or medic.

  • @alexgramm5170
    @alexgramm5170 Před 3 lety +1

    Great ,thank-you. Doing his duty doing his job..doesn't fire on the non-combatants knows the rules..that's what he's there for . It's war.

  • @jadedannar5877
    @jadedannar5877 Před 3 lety

    Wow.

  • @jvac1129
    @jvac1129 Před 3 lety +1

    Just talikg like it was just another day at work. I'm sure it wasn't though. Just how he sounds talking about it. And we complain about stores being closed. We got it pretty fuckin good. This dudes a hero!

  • @FckYourFeelingsYT
    @FckYourFeelingsYT Před 3 lety

    War is government versus government.
    This is another example that people are kind, and empathetic towards others. Regardless of nationality.

  • @danubuska
    @danubuska Před 3 lety

    Congratulations

  • @rickysaucedo5002
    @rickysaucedo5002 Před 3 lety +2

    Lord bless these men! 💪💪

  • @Tom-ko5rt
    @Tom-ko5rt Před 2 lety

    WW2 was just so epic. They don’t make wars like that anymore.

  • @btrswt35
    @btrswt35 Před 3 lety +2

    Well, I'm not sure what his name is but thank you for your service.

    • @didierborne166
      @didierborne166 Před 3 lety

      You got to be kidding. Thankful for the destruction of free speech and election fraud. This phrase is becoming hollow.

    • @btrswt35
      @btrswt35 Před 3 lety

      @@didierborne166 huh? What are you talking about? Free speach and election fraud? The man, regardless of what the political front was at the time (or now), served his country. He deserves respect and dignity for that.

    • @didierborne166
      @didierborne166 Před 3 lety

      @@btrswt35 Times have changed ...statues are being torn down ...Nancy just says "people do things". You would probably agree? He should have seen that Roosevelt was colluding with Stalin the butcherer and that this alliance would spell the end of Free America at some point.

    • @btrswt35
      @btrswt35 Před 3 lety +1

      @@didierborne166 Bud, the guy was probably a 18 or 19 year old kid at the time he served. He was a soldier doing what a soldier does, not looking 50 or sixty years into the future thinking or contemplating the politics of a world that was a lifetime away. If you want to blame someone for how the world is, blame the politicians and governments. They are the people and institutions that shape the world we are in.

  • @burtvincent1278
    @burtvincent1278 Před 3 lety +3

    Good man and I thank him for his service. With all due respect I would suggest 60 rounds a minute for a machine gun is a bit slow. My memory is slipping too.😊

    • @mrmarkymark77
      @mrmarkymark77 Před 3 lety +1

      I’m sure that the rate of fire was faso than that... more like 600

    • @bepolite6961
      @bepolite6961 Před 3 lety +1

      Probably meant he fired about sixty rounds in the bursts.

  • @billbrooks9088
    @billbrooks9088 Před 3 lety

    Badass I'll show you badass# this man May God bless him and America!!!!!!!!

    • @RememberWW2
      @RememberWW2  Před 3 lety

      Thank you for watching this video, if you haven't already please consider subscribing to the channel as it helps us reach a larger audience to share these amazing Heroes with! We are aiming to hit 50,000 followers this week and each one helps!

  • @kelvyquayo
    @kelvyquayo Před 3 lety +1

    Please Never shut down these comment sections.

  • @Fa5Squad
    @Fa5Squad Před 3 lety

    Eight hundred yards. Nice shot pops.

  • @kelvyquayo
    @kelvyquayo Před 3 lety

    I nickname this dude Moses lol.
    Respect

  • @theshow837
    @theshow837 Před 3 lety +1

    Didn't kill the medics are you fucking kidding me?!?!?! What a fucking gangster 😳

  • @greenslider
    @greenslider Před 2 lety

    Such tenacity and bravery to be a soldier for your country. Such a shame that politics and the darker side of human nature allows for situations to arise where brave men must fight in the first plsce

  • @fordy0flo
    @fordy0flo Před 3 lety +1

    @1:22 they never saw it coming👌

  • @andrewiida3802
    @andrewiida3802 Před 3 lety

    God bless.

  • @shaun_177
    @shaun_177 Před 3 lety +1

    " do you even have to aim when they're that close ?" 8oo yards is roughly 730 meters. That ain't no short distance even with a MG. The cone of fire on them things need controlled bursts. Damn good shooting from this fella!

    • @WorldsMotorsports
      @WorldsMotorsports Před 3 lety +5

      It sounds like he's saying 800 yards, but he said "I'd say 100 yards". He kinda ran it all together lol

    • @shaun_177
      @shaun_177 Před 3 lety

      @@WorldsMotorsports really ?!? Well that makes more sense in regards to the interviewers reply! Haha

    • @WorldsMotorsports
      @WorldsMotorsports Před 3 lety +1

      @@shaun_177 yes it does lol! I'm like you, 800 yards you better be aiming at something lol

  • @wes11bravo
    @wes11bravo Před 3 lety +2

    He still has the young eyes of the infantryman he was.

  • @justinmcclain4663
    @justinmcclain4663 Před 3 lety +9

    Image how this man feels knowing the way this country is headed he fought for us and we are letting that generation down

    • @camerondiaztwin
      @camerondiaztwin Před 3 lety +1

      Not anymore - we voted out the fascists

    • @jamestapley8878
      @jamestapley8878 Před 3 lety

      No.. we did not. You blind fool.

    • @justinmcclain4663
      @justinmcclain4663 Před 3 lety

      I guess u speak for all those who fought in the second great war uh? Didn't mean to offend anyone why don't u explain? I am a opened minded person somtin u don't find much so explain

    • @camerondiaztwin
      @camerondiaztwin Před 3 lety

      @@justinmcclain4663 I speak for three uncles and an aunt, all of whom served in that war so that we could preserve actual freedom. They never supported fascism which is why every one of them would be pleased with this outcome. Neither they nor I are dim enough to consider Biden a great choice, but he is vastly preferable to that orange moron

    • @robertisham5279
      @robertisham5279 Před 3 lety

      @@camerondiaztwin How are they fascists? Do you even know what fascism even is? What about big tech ( companies that support the democratic party) censoring all these people simply for having a different political view from them. What about Pelosi referring to Trump sending the police and national guard to stop antifa and BLM from rioting in Portland as storm troopers but insisting on the national guard guarding Washington? What about the fact the fact that they're rounding up the protesters in Washington but the left has done nothing about BLM and antifa. The amount of damage done in Washington is nothing compared to what BLM and antifa did in Portland like t j.g st court house. And what about all statues they vandalized not just Confederate statues. But statutes of Lincoln, Francis Scott Key and many others but the left has said nothing.What Amazon deplatforming Parler simply because a lot of conservatives go on there.What about Twitter banning Trump? You may not like him but he's still entitled to freedom of speech. The fact that Trump was banned from Twitter and just about every other social media site as alarmed several other world leaders such as Angela Merkel and the President of Mexico. They even banned Baron Trump from minecraft. That's not fascism to you? And they weren't voted out the election was rigged.
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  • @Boostnitup
    @Boostnitup Před 3 lety +1

    Hoorah!!!!

  • @tango6nf477
    @tango6nf477 Před 3 lety +15

    Makes you realise how futile it all is doesn't it?

    • @carpballet
      @carpballet Před 3 lety +3

      Futile? They stopped the Italians, the Germans, and the Japanese.

  • @studyobserve1
    @studyobserve1 Před 3 lety

    what was the date of this storyline?

  • @randyjohnson8991
    @randyjohnson8991 Před 3 lety

    I dont wanna go no where near the promise land

  • @cameronwall8883
    @cameronwall8883 Před 3 lety +2

    800 yards doesn't seem particularly close.

  • @robertsyrell7476
    @robertsyrell7476 Před 3 lety

    In the words of general George s patton: It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died, rather, we should thank god that such men lived

  • @Grabacr47
    @Grabacr47 Před 3 lety

    Very considered of him not firing at the medics....very often the same courtesy was not extended....

  • @Edogawa1117
    @Edogawa1117 Před 3 lety

    Hero

  • @draugr3650
    @draugr3650 Před 2 lety

    The breadth of the Pisa river is lika 150-200 meters. Not really 800yards 😁

  • @thomasgibson8887
    @thomasgibson8887 Před 3 lety

    " I sent them to the promise land " , or whatever , Giggles lol He remind me of my grandpa who also fought the same war. You can't have a conscience during war. Kill or Be Killed. I wish I could have served my country as most my family have but they wouldn't let me join due to medical reason, my pancrease problems. Thank you to all who have served!

  • @robwells5753
    @robwells5753 Před 3 lety +2

    Respect!!!
    My dad was a WW2 vet I still wonder how many half brothers/sisters i have overseas : )

  • @andyharpist2938
    @andyharpist2938 Před 3 lety +1

    A friend wrote this to me today. 'Categories that talk about being oppressed after victory and motivated by revenge often turn out to be the most oppressive and hateful. History proves it.' I wonder what this old fellow will think of USA today..and all

    • @joevogliardo3131
      @joevogliardo3131 Před 3 lety +1

      I'd think he'd be pissed

    • @andyharpist2938
      @andyharpist2938 Před 3 lety +1

      @@joevogliardo3131 I reckon he would say, "if you sit back and don't fight you, get taken over by bullies." As my RAF rear-gunner father in law would say, too

  • @blitzblutz
    @blitzblutz Před 3 lety

    I would find it heartless to shoot at men going for their dinner. I just don't think I could do that.

  • @aliroyfan9897
    @aliroyfan9897 Před 3 lety

    👍🔥👍🔥👍🔥

  • @tomburbridge1114
    @tomburbridge1114 Před 3 lety +1

    I would love to by this gentlemen breakfast sometime and heard more stories !! The new kids have no idea what its like to have people shot back at you in war time. A true hero not because he killed , but because he stood his ground for the USA, win lose or draw !!! Just another of Americas best !!

  • @12mstng
    @12mstng Před 3 lety +16

    Boys and girls, THIS is a hero. Not Lebron James, not George Clooney, not Bill Mahre or Kathy Griffin. This man!

    • @kelvyquayo
      @kelvyquayo Před 3 lety +2

      Pfft- I bet this joker don't even have a blue check mark on twitter. What's he know?

    • @at6686
      @at6686 Před 3 lety

      Oh come on. Fighting guys who are trying to kill you and your buddies doesn’t compare to playing some kids game for millions.