Meuse-Argonne: The Largest American Cemetery in Europe
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- Join me as I tour the largest American Cemetery in Europe. Among the graves I visited are Freddie Stowers, Eddie Grant, Victor Emmanuel Chapman, Erwin Bleckley, and Marion Crandell.
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The videos that have this format of highlighting the stories of specific soldiers tend to be my favorites of all your original content. More often then not these soldiers tend to be remembered as just a statistic so hearing their stories is so special. Thank you Chris for yet another great history on location video
Same. It only makes you emotional and seeing the thousands of tombstones all around reminding you of all the stories and lives that were.
Yeah I feel that. Whenever I watch these I can’t help but get a little choked up because we only think of these men and women as numbers. But they were brothers, sons, cousins, fathers, sisters and daughters. When it comes to these large conflicts we tend to lose sight of that and only see them as the 14,000 buried in this cemetery. These types of videos help us to remember that everyone has a story.
@@roachers99 same thought I had.
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My Grandfather, James Nathan Sittingdown received the Purple Heart at Muese-Argonne. Perhaps one day you can do a video on the Native American 90 Division 358th Infantry service during the Great War. My father, Johnny Q Sittingdown, fought on D-Day and I’m very proud of the service they performed. Great video!
What a legacy, my friend.
@@dbach1025 I’m only 59 but my father was 42 in 1962. Just worked out that way. Thanks for the reply.
WW1 is an overlooked part of american history since we played a more minor role but this video shows how massively we were still involved
I don't think we played a more minor role, the stakes just weren't as high.
Objectively all sides today agree that there there were people fighting against 3 tolitarian aggressors who were invading one part of the world after the other.
Meanwhile, world War 1 was just a bunch of European alliances siding against each other. As I think about it, world War 1was basically the world's greatest useless conflict
@@andrewsutherland133 I wouldn't disagree it just depends on how you'd define minor in this situation
@@rayquaza1245 oh, I reread your comment and thought you were comparing it to world War 2
My great uncle is buried at Meuse-Argonne. I visited him in 2017; in future I plan to bring my grandchildren, and tell them to bring their grandchildren in 50 years.
My grandpa was in the 6th division 17th machine gun battalion as a part of the Meuse Argonne offensive. One day I will get to where he fought during the war.
Thanks for sharing the stories of these American heroes.
There's an amazing story about the 77th Division, known as the Lost Battalion and a homing pigeon named Cher Ami in the Meuse-Argonne. Surrounded by Germans and under friendly fire with communications cut off the pigeon was the only source of getting messages out. He was dispatched with a message to tell the artillery they were shelling their own. This little feathered hero was released and shortly after shot out of the sky. Somehow he got back up and made it back and saved what was left of the 77th. He was shot through the chest but flew the 25 miles in less than half an hour. In the end he had been shot in the chest, lost an eye and had one of his legs blown off. Alive but badly wounded. Army medics were able to save Cher Ami, but he lost his right leg and was permanently blinded. Due to Cher Ami’s trip, the bombardment on the Lost Battalion stopped and 194 men safely returned to American lines. Cher Ami returned to the United States where he spent the rest of his life. Cher Ami died due to his war wounds on June 13, 1919, in Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. His body was preserved and presented to the Smithsonian Institution with honor in 1921.
I love how you go down to the individual stories. They really matter the most and make the war that isn’t talked about enough really personal and giving a face to these numbers makes it harder to forget. Please never stop this.
I am deeply touched by your presentations. I can see that you are very, very, moved at times while you recount the stories of these fallen heroes and, very often, are on the verge of tears. I feel lucky that I am able to shed tears freely in the privacy of my home as I listen to you. Thank you so much for what you do so well.
I love the stories of individual people. The rows and rows of graves take my breath away.
My great grandfather was at Meuse-Argonne in the 89th 353. He was a Captain and later Major, WIA during the battle. Humbling to think he could have very easily been buries beside his brother in this very cometary. Like Capt. Grant, he played professional sports in Ohio. Capt. Portmann graduated from Western Reserve. He was an established attorney and also was a G for the Massillon Tigers in 15' and Cleveland Indians in 16' of the Ohio League. God bless these brave men and woman.
Broke my phone and trying so hard to get my new one up and running but having trouble so had to sign in using 3G to see your new content Chris! I love all your videos and the way you present and live your life! I don’t know if you saw my comment on I think the TR trust buster series but had about 200 vids to go now I only have about 90 left😭I loved all of it but crying that I’m gonna have to wait for all the newest stuff instead of having all the stuff to watch lol! I definitely am gonna rewatch all of them to truly get it in my brain but still lol... gonna cry once I reach the end!
My great uncle Forest F. Woods, later of Portland Oregon was wounded at the Meuse in late 1918. He survived being twice wounded at once. Wounded in the right upper arm and the left leg by German machine gun fire. He survived and passed away in Portland in 1965-66. I remember him well as we have color video of he and I together. R.I.P Uncle Forest.
Finally catching up on your videos from France. They were informative, emotional, and enjoyable. I hope you had a great time and can go back again soon. Keep up the good work.
Love these type of videos. The emotion you show while telling the stories. Thank you for honoring these brave men and women.
All I can say is wow. I used to only watch your reaction videos, but the quality and passion put into your original content is just outstanding. Thank you for your dedication to your work.
Your videos from the western front have been very emotional for me and special. I wanted to share the fact that my great grandfather whom I was named Arthur Wohlleben, was drafted into a gas regiment in late 1918. He never went over to fight but I have faith he would've. But I think to myself if he had and been killed...I wouldn't be here. Thank you to you and to all who have served and given their lives 🙏 ❤️
I love all of your content! History is one of the most fascinating things the world has to offer us and i am appreciative of the time and effort you put into everything you do thank you Chris
Awesome video, as a 25 year old American we did not learn a lot about Americans in WW1. Thank you for helping shed light on the topic and keeping these stories alive as always.
My grandfather who served in both world wars started out in the Meuse Argonne as a private in the 332nd Machine Gun Battalion. Who knew they had Machine Gun Battalions right? This unit was assigned as part of the 171st Infantry Brigade, 86th Infantry Div which served as a replacement division from which recruits were transferred to other Infantry Units in Europe. I don't know what front line division he was ultimately assigned. I only know that from Sept 26 to Nov 10, due to losses and battlefield promotions he came out a Sergeant Major in that short time. In all the decades that I knew him he never once talked about WW1.
I love how hard you have worked on your content in producing a better final product. Although your passion and knowledge has never been in doubt. Keep up the good work. From Winchester, England.
I’m not a big history person when it comes to War history or anything like that. But seeing the sites and seeing the names and stories of people who has been apart of and tragically lost there lives to this conflict has changed my mind a bit about learning about the Great War.
The cemeteries of the great war in France are so we'll attended to, it matters not who's soldiers are in there, it's a credit to France and it's people. Pollarded trees are a particularly French thing which differentiate between "wild" and architectural planted trees, you see it in cities centres, chateau estates and cemetaries (it keeps things tidy) wherever I have been in France.
These stories are amazing
Amazing work.
You show great respect. It’s truly inspiring.
That was an amazing act of bravery by Freddie Stowers. What an incredible story.
You really do a superb job on these videos! Well done sir 👏👏👏🍺🍺🍺🍺!
This is definitely one of the places I want to visit if I ever visit Eastern France.
I like your videos. Thank you, Chris.
Beautiful, brilliantly expressed and informative
Fantastic. Thank you.
September 28th is my birthday. I’m a disabled combat infantry veteran of the Iraq war. This gave me chills.
Great video. I love the reverence that you’ve shown these fallen heroes.
Beautiful, thank you so much 🫡
Thank you for bearing witness for these men and women. It’s clear you’ve done so much work to make these videos so personal and informative.
Amazing stories of real heroes. So well told.
I love that you don’t hide how much these stories get to you.
Also, go Royals!
I visited this cemetery in 2018. Suddenly I stood at a grave with a Danish sounding name; Georg Jensen. He had immigrated from Denmark to the US and back in our B&B looking through my database I found out that we had been there on his birthday. Shivers ran down my spine. Never forgotten
Came across this particular cemetery four years ago,it was a beautiful day in July and could not believe how beautiful the place looked.On our arrival we met the guy who was in charge of looking after the cemetery,he was American and told us about the place history etc.We asked if it was ok to walk amongst the graves and he said sure go say hi to the guys..The place is stunning but also sad..RIP TO THE FALLEN…
Many people like to skip, the contributions of people considered marginal- thank you for going out of your way.
Bless You!
Thank you so much for taking the time and effort to record this for us, Chris! It's great to not only see these places, but hear some of the stories of those who were involved as well. Great work as always!
These videos make me tear up but I love watching everyone of them. I wish I could retake high school history because of these videos
These field trips are excellent, thank you for your important work in highlighting the sacrifices of these soliders. I would love for you to visit the UK in November for remembrance, all around, we commemorate the fallen. Near where I was born, an old farmers field was was an airfield for US pilots in WW2. They recently built a supermarket, much to our chagrin, but at least in the parking lot of the supermarket there is a memorial now, and we can pay our respects. This was just a very small squadron of brave Americans based there, that helped save my country, and there are memorials the length and breadth of the country testifying to that. Thank you, we will never forget, God bless
Fascinating and very well made
Thank you for this. The stories of these individuals are truly moving.
The production quality of these videos is amazing. You are putting some film makers to shame. The thing that does it for me is the emotion you put out, it really draws me in.
Fantastic stories there that I never knew about and no doubt will be thousands more that we both know and don't know about.
Respekt und Dank für dein Video ... Chabo
Awesome as always.
Very emotional as I knew it would be.
Thank you Chris
Hello, relatively new subscriber in nearby Dublin. Though a life science major at University I had the great fortune of having an incredible history prof for an elective and I found a life long love of history. I consider myself well read in U.S. Frontier history, particularly if the Great Lakes Region, also on the late Roman Republic era, and U.S. Military history.
I myself have visited the largest U.S. Military Cemetery outside the U.S. at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
There are approximately 16,500 American Service men and women interred there. In addition the Chapel is built of a circle of monoliths on which is carved the names of 36,000 MIA’s presumed dead who fought and died in and around the Philippine theater of war. The Monoliths are organized by U.S. States and Territory’s and the men and womens names carved on them are from those respective States. There is a mosaic on the floor that marks each State and a sitting bench to sit and reflect.
The cemetery is placed on a plateau and can only be described as beautiful. It is a 157 acre of well manicured green lawn with the white grave crosses organized in semi-circular rows. The cemetery has large Acacia Trees in and around the cemetery. The view to the west is a spectacular view of Manila Bay.
After I had walked around the cemetery I sat down on the lawn with my back against a beautiful Acacia Tree and sat there and reflected.
Something I did that you, as a fellow Buckeye, would appreciate is that I bought a Buckeye Necklace with me from Ohio. At the cemetery as I walked around the graves when I saw that the name of the deceased was from Ohio I placed a single Buckeye on their cross. Just to let their spirits know that us folks back home have not forgotten their sacrifice.
When the wife and I were leaving I approached the Philippine Military guard at the entrance and said “Thank you for taking such good care of my country men”. To which he stood at attention and in a clear but humble voice said “ Sir, it is our sacred honor”.
I was moved beyond words. I also learned a great deal of respect for the kind and gentle nature of the Filipino people. It is also one of the most beautiful places I’ve visited. Though I couldn’t really deal with Manila and it’s incredibly dense population, the rest of the Philippines is beautiful. The beaches there are spectacular and the mountains of Central Luzon have a surprising similarity to the Great Smoky Mountains. The City of Baguio should be on any tourist visiting the Philippines must see list.
Great show!
Nicely done.
Your stories are wonderful bringing the human elements to war
Love the videos!
Loved the way you opened the video.
Thanks for doing this! Respect!
Missed the premiere, but still just as amazing to watch after!
This was a great video. Really enjoyed it.
My great grandfather was in the Yankee Division (26th) . His Victory Medal has four battle clasps including Meuse-Argonne.
My great uncle has a bunch of battle clasps as well. He was artillery, and fought at Belleau Wood, Chateau Theirry, St Mihiel, and finally Meuse-Argonne where he was KIA. When researching his service it didn’t make sense to me why he was in so many battles, until I found he was in a 155mm unit, as opposed to the typical 75mm guns used by most US Artillery. No general ever wants to go into battle with less firepower than the maximum available.
Amazing that Corporal Stowers grew up in early 20th century SC and still loved his country enough to fight for the right to fight firstly and then made the ultimate sacrifice for his men.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends (John 15:13).
I hope to visit the WWI sites one day. I have been to the American Cemetery in Luxembourg, which was very moving.
Thank you for your videos.
Harold A Richardson. 35th Div. Desoto MO. His brother George walked past his body during the battle.
Great vlog Chris 👍🏻
amazing stories thank you for sharing them
When the yanks arrived the Brits offered to advise them to give them the benefit of their 3 years of experience on the western front. They yanks said no thanks, we’ve got this. They were very brave and aggressive but inexperienced resulting in very heavy casualties.
Any more videos on the 77th New York division, you mentioned it here.
I can already tell from the first 20 seconds of the music is gonna get to me
FINALLY! Something about the slaughter we suffered at the Meuse-Argonne. In less than a 1.5 years we lost 175,000.
that false surrender. what absolute treachery. so terrible.
very informative
Thank you sir, for going there and reminding us of the sacrifices for freedom the United States made in France in WWI. I had two uncles who fought in WWI. We know so little about the Meuse Argonne Offensive. In today's "woke" experiment, I feel we will further distance ourselves from these young Americans who gave all!!!
great video, as always ;)
My Peppere, was coastal artillery- not happy about not going to France.
One would think that he would had been useful as a translator- in his, over a hundred years living in America- his English wasn’t so very good😂 🇫🇷
Wow, marbre crosses.
Humanizing dead soldiers by telling their stories is just a good way to remind us that people who fight in a war are humans like us. They had friends, families, a favorite color, dreams, a favorite food etc
War is sad , man.
I see the improvement in production quality.
You can see the passion you have for the stories you tell and it’s amazing. I believe Bleckleys pilot was also awarded the Medal of Honor if I’m not mistaken
Yes they both were. The pilot is buried in the states.
So moving
My word! What beautiful and moving stories. The Stowers story breaks my heart. Wth, the Germans should have been a war crime. The nurse was laid to rest with many that I'm sure she had taken care of. Very fitting to be placed there. ❤️🩹
best channel on youtube
Amazing video
Death really is a reminder that in the end, we all go back where we were taken from. Reminds us that your rank, money, skin will not change anything nor be enough to bribe death. Life is precious, and to be cherished.
Intrepidity is a great word. I don’t think I’ve ever heard or seen it before.
respect all
You make great content. I wonder if ww2 soldiers visited these cemetaries, and I wonder what they thought?
I wonder if some of them had relatives buried in these cemeteries.
Bit late but the Germans would leave ww1 cemeteries alone (for the most part with the exception of one that depicted an Australian soldier bayoneting a German eagle) so yeah ww2 soldiers would probably have visited these graves
there you go again!!!! making me cry again with the stories on courage....... (i hate you, lol)
Next time you should hop over to the Netherlands and visit Margraten semetary
Hearing the human stories and seeing the row on row of pristine graves always makes me sad.
Was the cemetery disturbed by WW II battles? I'll have to look it up.
Lest we forget
what is the name of the background song
My grandfather was in the Army in the infantry. He survived WWI. I have his pocketknife from then.
The American forces who served in France in WW1 is overshadowed by WW2
Sir, if you ever make it to Margraten Cemetery, mi casa, su casa. We will find each other.
I was there last May. Beautiful place.
I've always wondered how the Vermacht of WW2 dealt with allied cemeteries of WW1?
In the West (France etc) they were generally left alone, as were the war memorials in the towns and villages. This was partly due to how well cared for the German cemeteries were in France.
U are awsome
Freddie Stowers died the same day Hitler was allegedly spared by Henry Tandey i noticed
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none of them died for freedom or their country or anything like that. of course we all should know that by now.
No, they died for me, you and all.
Corporal Stowers' story made me angry. The idea that something as stupid as skin color would keep a man who showed that kind of guts from getting a medal he so clearly deserved for so long is just infuriating. It's rather upsetting that we as humans can treat each other so badly. Still, the people that you discussed also show the other side of that too. We need more people like them.
Everything about how men like him were treated before, during, and after the war is so upsetting. Same goes for Henry Johnson who finally got his MoH during the Obama administration, almost 100 years too late.
The Neil degrasse Tyson of history