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My name is Kristin O’Malley Garrett and I am Bernard “Ben’s” great-niece. Ben was my grandfathers older brother. They enlisted on the same day along with there youngest brother, Edmund. Ben went into the Army along with Edmund and my grandfather, Vincent went into the navy. They said goodbye the day Ben had to report and that was the last they saw each other. I have letters that they sent each other while both were training. My husband and I bought my grandparents house and found this flag and telegram. We don’t know where the Purple Heart or dog tags are. It’s possible they were buried with my Great-Grandfather. I asked my grandfather about him and he told me he was killed on the beach but didn’t know exactly what happened. Only that he never made it off the beach. Yes, we could have kept the items but as a family we wanted to make his story known and it be used as a teaching tool. On behalf of my family and in honor of Ben’s memory we are moved and so thankful to Erik for bring the items to Normandy. A true man of his word. And to JD for encapsulating this moment for myself and my sister to show our children so our history and Ben’s legacy will live on. I hope we did right by Ben and he is proud to see his scarifice wasn’t made in vain. Thank you, thank you, thank you to Erik and JD. To Ben and the countless WWII sailors and soilders who fought and survived and fought and made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom.
This channel is simply my favorite channel on UA-cam. Both of these gentleman honor our fallen with such class and dignity. I learn something each time that I watch one of your videos. May God let the family of Pvt. O'Malley have peace. Thanks for what you both are doing. You are making a huge difference.
This video represents why history education is so important. A family and it’s generations have kept the memory of their lost loved one very close to their hearts and to share the story of their solider with all the world, is truly a gift. The flag was received in honor. But, still has sadness felt by those who knew him. To have the flag brought to his final resting place, after so many decades it very honorable. So many young lives sacrificed. May peace be upon him and his family. Great work Eric and JD of keeping history moving forward.
The videography and light background music for episodes like this are not to be underestimated. It helps to bring out the true feelings of the video. You 2 have done a fantastic job being serious and respectful at the proper times in telling the stories of this glorious and tragic time in our history.
Thank you for doing this video and to making the trip and recording this eulogy. It is a task to find the man, find the grave unpaid. Thanks to you and ALL wwII retro historians from the next generations, my generation, that do this ! I am a Brit , now in TX and appreciative of the USA involvement in WWII. I lived in Paris 6 years and every spring I took my 3 sons and wife to Normandy. They 'get it'.'
This really hits hard. My grandfather was also a medic landing in France. Thank you endlessly for making the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. May God bless you always!! ✝️🇺🇸
Wow, this brought me to tears. I can't imagine the emotions you must have felt standing there with the flag on the beach and at his grave. Thank you so much Erik for doing that for the family and sharing with us.
I visited that cemetery in 1986 while stationed in England with the USAF. For many years D-Day to me was always about units that landed, the casualties and the men buried there. When I would look at a cross and read the name it was just that, a name, of a life stopped, never to be fully lived. Your video has brought home the fact that each life lost on D-Day, had a story and a family behind it. Can't thank you enough to let us get to know Private O'Malley and to thank the family for making this happen through your museum!
I'm very grateful and humble that you guys are showing so much respect and honor to these brave kids who lost their lives far too soon. This whole D-day series has been fantastic and well done. I really hope some of the few surviving WWII vets still with us have had a chance to see some of these videos. Great job to you guys.
Well done Eric and to JD. You two are one of the brilliant shining stars of the WWW and You Tube who bring history and the sacrifice of men and women who served this country of ours.
I Don't Know Anyone With Courage To Run Across A Beach That Has No Protection Bullets Flying Watching Your Fellow Comrades Dying And Did What These Brave Men Did..As Watching These Videos I Try To Pretend I'f I Was One Of The Soldiers There On June 6th 1944 And Imagine As Soon As The Landing Craft Hit The Beach What The First Thing I Might See And What Actions To Take...Thank You Erik And J.D For All That Your Doing Keeping History Alive
The Normandy series is seriously one of the best series of this type ever. This could well just be a major television event showing all these artifacts. Keep it up - this channel is a true gem!
“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them.”
Wow! Can I just say how much I appreciate the way you honor these heroes. You really pay tribute to them and their personhood-they aren’t just soldiers, these were men, and you and Erik really do them justice! More so than many museums I’ve visited…great job! And yes, my tear ducts are working! ❤️🇺🇸🙏
Very moving and touching guys, great job!! It’s for this brave soldier and his fellow band of brothers, that we patriots fight for America so that their sacrifice was not in vain.
Going back and watching what I missed along the way. Great channel ! My mother was a 10 year old German girl in 1944 and she never talked about that time until she was much older. At first I didn’t think she remembered much or wasn’t close enough to anything significant. Many years ago when cable television started documentaries she would watch what she came across. One day I was sitting next to her and a little behind and never saw my mother cry until then ( maybe 70yrs old ) and small tears came from her eyes and she broke down about a time when my grandmother, my oldest uncle, my mother and the 3rd uncle were boarding at a train station to move Germans to another area not as effected by the war at the time. She said she was holding my grandmothers hand and dropped her doll and let go to pick it up and in a quick few seconds lost sight of them. She panicked and a young German soldier noticed what happened and whisked her up and caught up with my grandmother and returned her to her family. She had had several brief stories about that time. She was closer than I imagined and she was able to talk more openly after the first time. My grandfather was a German soldier that was a captured POW and was in a camp in New Jersey for a duration and served as a cook. I have a US mess kit spoon that was issued to him for personal use that her game me on a trip to Germany in 1973 shorty before he passed away with en E engraved in it for his first name Emil. My father was stationed in Germany in 1957 and met my mother. They married on May 4th, 1958. They resumed to the United States in 1961 where my mother became a citizen with with my 2 sisters and brother. She had some slightly different accounts of what happened than told in some history books. First hand knowledge is invaluable. Your channel certainly brings light to the truth as told by the many that were there. Keep up the awesome channel !!
So many men fell, so many years ago. We can never forget that each one was somebody, not just a name on a cross. Will the human race ever realize that these wars rob all of us of some very brave men that faced death and yet moved forward. Who can say what these men could have done with a long life. Beautiful tribute, thank you.
Love how much honour and respect Erik and you show to these amazing men who fought so hard! ❤️ My grandfather was born in Germany (not sure exactly where) but he grew up during WW2. He left Germany at 18 and came to Canada 🇨🇦. His father (my great great grandfather) was Hitler’s first man I believe! Would have to clarify for sure. But if you or Erik would be interested in possibly finding out more I would be honoured ❤️
Thanks again to Erik and J.D., this series on Normandy is simply OUTSTANDING! This type of information should be taught and shared in school. I am 68, and never appreciated everything that took place in Normandy, but now it is my favorite subject. To hear all of these personal stories is so special. Both of these young gentlemen both deserve a medal for their work. God Bless you both!!
Wow talk about tear jerker. This one brought more than one tear JD. You just set a new high for patriotism.Like I mention before , my father served in the CBI Theater and after watching your videos it has struck me just how lucky we were to have him come home and start our family. I am of the Viet Nam era and because of a lucky draft lottery draw, I was never called up. My draft lottery number was 364 and it never came close. I was 1A the whole time. I honor all vets right up to today's heroes. Thank you for the great work that you do so that the vets are always honored.
Being a soldier from NJ myself, I got chills when you said where he was from. Rest easy, Pvt. O'Malley. We have the watch from here. Thank you for your service and sacrifice for our country.
I absolutely love this serious. And I thank Erik for bringing these artifacts back to where they came from and to JD for capturing its story. when you go to a museum and you see an artifact and learn about it its really cool and you learned something new but when you bring the artifact back to where it came from and you tell the story behind it that just brings more meaning and emotion to the piece. And when you capture it for others to see it brings out way more emotions then it would seeing it in a museum. and I absolutely love what you two are doing. as a history buff myself I appreciate it. Cause for me it just brings so much more meaning to everything when you bring things back to where they came from or where the story happened. and it takes living history to a whole other level. I hope you continue this serious maybe with some things in the U.S. or other places. Because to me this is a great learning tool one i think people would love to see including me because your not just in a museum telling us about a dog tag, or a piece of a parachute, or a part of a plane, you are bringing them back to where they came from and you are telling us a story of what happened to the person or people behind the artifact. Not only that but you are visiting some of their graves too. And placing a flag next to them which shows so much respect and truly brings these artifacts to life. brings them to a reality of this really belonged to this person. Like it’s not just an artifact but an artifact that once belonged to someone who gave the Ultimate sacrifice. or an artifact in the story of someone’s life and what they did and what happened to them. It keeps all their memories alive. and it’s just truly amazing. from one history lover to another thank you both for all that you are doing with this serious it’s truly amazing and on a whole other level. and it is done so respectfully as well.
The men who landed, fought and died on those beaches, are all great Americans! Thank you for bringing these stories to all of us, I wish that everyone would see this, it just might give them a greater appreciation of this country.
I can't say enough on how well you JD and Erik make a great team! Great Video, Editing, Music! To Bring Pvt O'Malley Sacrifice to life and Honor him and all of the Great Men and Women that Paid that price for Freedom! Thank you!
Another wonderful personal video about a real person and not just a grave marker. Keep telling these stories they died to allow others to be free. But every grave is a story, they cannot all be told. As long as we watch, talk and think of them none of them will ever be forgotten.
Both of you have no idea how much RESPECT I have for you and what you have done to preserve the memory of those that gave there lives to save the world I will be coming to visit you soon in Gettysburg my freind I have to shake your hand I'm a big WW2 BUFF and and admire you both for what you do Once again thanks for keeping history alive and remembering those who made it
Thanks for sharing this tribute to an American hero. I wish you could add more about his entire life leading up to D-Day. Maybe his family that posted can fill in more about him. The fact that he was a medic says something about his personality and intellect.
Hello! My grandfather didn’t talk about him until later in his life. It was too painful for him as they were so close. I have letters Bernard wrote home and in one of them to his aunt (his mother died when he was 13 giving birth to his youngest sister) he enclosed money to his aunt-who was likes his mother-to buy his sister a graduation high school graduation present for her. His aunt bought his sister a watch and she had it until she passed away several years ago. He had a big heart and was always making sure everyone else was okay. Seems kind of perfect he ended up being a medic.
Omg.. if any of you are new to this channel you're in for a rare treat. They touch on stories that just aren't told in documentaries. Yes the places are familiar but the actual stories covering individual soldiers on all sides are remarkable and touching. Thanks again for an amazing story guys. I'm one who greatly appreciates your efforts in teaching us about wwII rarities untold by others 👍🇨🇦👍
Had a tough time watching this one--very moving story. So glad you saw fit to honor this man the way you did, and to share this emotional experience with us. Thx
Our family lost 2 to war. WW1 a Great Uncle, Vietnam a cousin. To have family buried so far away you can't visit or show respect to them is very hard. Thank you for doing that for them. As I will never have that chance for my Uncle.
Hi JD, I am a fellow believer in Christ and history fan. Your recent videos on WWII are some of the best I have ever seen. If you decide to do more on the revolutionary war be sure to check out Elizabethton Tennessee. Very rich history here, most notably the over mountain men and the battle of kings mountain. Much more history here too! God bless my friend!
My grandad drove landing craft full of American soldiers onto Utah beach . Brave men , he landed 7 times , the balls of those men we can only dream of.
@@TheHistoryUnderground definitely, I’m very proud of both my grandads , one the Royal Navy joined at 14 faked his birthday to join up , the other fought Rommel in North Africa a desert rat. He was caught at Tobruk was also on the long March . I just have to remember those blood lines are in me and I try my best to make them proud . Everyone of those blokes are hero’s .
Thank you for bringing forward a bit of the awareness of the human cost in freeing Europe and the rest of the globe from tyranny. Many folks "know" some history they have been taught, but it's things like your videos that show the cost of those actions. Living people lost all of their tomorrows to save ours, may they rest on the arms of their God forever.
I was born in September '43, and I clearly remember being at Union Train Station in Houston, TX in late 1945, seeing many uniforms as I was being led by my hand through the crowds of soldiers coming home!
I can't say enough how great of a job you are doing by sharing these stories with us. They are touching and have great value to us history buffs, but more importantly, stories like this one, are so special to the families. Teaming up with Erik has been a homerun. So many stories, so many great artifacts and really, for you, a blessing of opportunity to share with us. I think what you are developing here could be turned into a great series on the history channel and even a stand alone documentary. Well done Ben!
Yet again and again and again another fantastic vid in this series. Seriously man, you need to move to France, maybe for a year and continue on this journey, maybe the whole way into Germany. This is stuff you just don't see anywhere else. Once again a fantastic job.
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My name is Kristin O’Malley Garrett and I am Bernard “Ben’s” great-niece. Ben was my grandfathers older brother. They enlisted on the same day along with there youngest brother, Edmund. Ben went into the Army along with Edmund and my grandfather, Vincent went into the navy. They said goodbye the day Ben had to report and that was the last they saw each other. I have letters that they sent each other while both were training.
My husband and I bought my grandparents house and found this flag and telegram. We don’t know where the Purple Heart or dog tags are. It’s possible they were buried with my Great-Grandfather.
I asked my grandfather about him and he told me he was killed on the beach but didn’t know exactly what happened. Only that he never made it off the beach.
Yes, we could have kept the items but as a family we wanted to make his story known and it be used as a teaching tool. On behalf of my family and in honor of Ben’s memory we are moved and so thankful to Erik for bring the items to Normandy. A true man of his word. And to JD for encapsulating this moment for myself and my sister to show our children so our history and Ben’s legacy will live on. I hope we did right by Ben and he is proud to see his scarifice wasn’t made in vain.
Thank you, thank you, thank you to Erik and JD. To Ben and the countless WWII sailors and soilders who fought and survived and fought and made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom.
His sacrifice won't be forgotten thanks to you. 🙏
Thank you, Kristin. That really does mean a lot to me. It was a pleasure to share his story.
His Sacrifice will never be forgotten, Hopefully his items are on display in Erik's collection.
@@TheHistoryUnderground the work you do to persevere history and the individuals story’s can’t be measured. Please keep going!
Great video great tribute
To answer your question, as a Iraq war veteran, 91B medic, yes you did.
This channel is simply my favorite channel on UA-cam. Both of these gentleman honor our fallen with such class and dignity. I learn something each time that I watch one of your videos. May God let the family of Pvt. O'Malley have peace. Thanks for what you both are doing. You are making a huge difference.
Appreciate that. Hopefully, people are sharing these videos so that others can learn about these men.
This video represents why history education is so important. A family and it’s generations have kept the memory of their lost loved one very close to their hearts and to share the story of their solider with all the world, is truly a gift. The flag was received in honor. But, still has sadness felt by those who knew him. To have the flag brought to his final resting place, after so many decades it very honorable. So many young lives sacrificed. May peace be upon him and his family. Great work Eric and JD of keeping history moving forward.
The videography and light background music for episodes like this are not to be underestimated. It helps to bring out the true feelings of the video. You 2 have done a fantastic job being serious and respectful at the proper times in telling the stories of this glorious and tragic time in our history.
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JD, you aren't just sharing history, you are preserving it in a meaningf way. Thank you.
Thank you.
Very moving. Thank you Private O'Malley for the ultimate sacrifice you and so many other young men made for us. 🙏
Those guys were something else. Pretty moving to be able to visit his final resting place.
Thank you for doing this video and to making the trip and recording this eulogy. It is a task to find the man, find the grave unpaid. Thanks to you and ALL wwII retro historians from the next generations, my generation, that do this ! I am a Brit , now in TX and appreciative of the USA involvement in WWII. I lived in Paris 6 years and every spring I took my 3 sons and wife to Normandy. They 'get it'.'
Thank you. I appreciate that. Got a few British stories coming up in the next few episodes.
This really hits hard. My grandfather was also a medic landing in France.
Thank you endlessly for making the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. May God bless you always!! ✝️🇺🇸
Wow, this brought me to tears. I can't imagine the emotions you must have felt standing there with the flag on the beach and at his grave. Thank you so much Erik for doing that for the family and sharing with us.
Pretty humbling.
@@TheHistoryUnderground Indeed, I was thinking the same thing.
@@jeffe9842 me too. Wasn't expecting that.
Very moving. TY for honoring this man. God Bless him and your work.
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I visited that cemetery in 1986 while stationed in England with the USAF. For many years D-Day to me was always about units that landed, the casualties and the men buried there. When I would look at a cross and read the name it was just that, a name, of a life stopped, never to be fully lived. Your video has brought home the fact that each life lost on D-Day, had a story and a family behind it. Can't thank you enough to let us get to know Private O'Malley and to thank the family for making this happen through your museum!
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Very humbling to see a face with a grave. RIP Private O'Malley...thank you for your sacrifice.
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I'm very grateful and humble that you guys are showing so much respect and honor to these brave kids who lost their lives far too soon. This whole D-day series has been fantastic and well done. I really hope some of the few surviving WWII vets still with us have had a chance to see some of these videos.
Great job to you guys.
Wow! An emotional tribute to Mr. O'Malley.
I hadn’t planned on crying but here I am. We owe it all to all those young men that gave the ultimate sacrifice for us.
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Well done Eric and to JD. You two are one of the brilliant shining stars of the WWW and You Tube who bring history and the sacrifice of men and women who served this country of ours.
Thank you Bernard O'Malley and your fellow soldiers for your ultimate sacrifice for freedom everywhere. Thank you for telling their stories.
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I Don't Know Anyone With Courage To Run Across A Beach That Has No Protection Bullets Flying Watching Your Fellow Comrades Dying And Did What These Brave Men Did..As Watching These Videos I Try To Pretend I'f I Was One Of The Soldiers There On June 6th 1944 And Imagine As Soon As The Landing Craft Hit The Beach What The First Thing I Might See And What Actions To Take...Thank You Erik And J.D For All That Your Doing Keeping History Alive
Rest in peace Privet O'Malley with your fallen brothers.We vets of other wars will never forget those we spilled our blood with.
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The Normandy series is seriously one of the best series of this type ever. This could well just be a major television event showing all these artifacts. Keep it up - this channel is a true gem!
Thank you! Appreciate that.
Extremely moving story told with care and dignity, any budding documentary makers should watch this series and see how it's truly done.
“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them.”
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J D...... Another year provoking vlog. Again you have given all of your viewers a personal tour. Thank you
Much appreciated. Thank you.
Very moving tribute...RIP...and God bless all of the fallen.
Thank you for your service sir and to all those who served 🙏. Your sacrifice is remembered and not forgotten.
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Wow what a fine tribute to the family and Soldier. RIP
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Wow! Can I just say how much I appreciate the way you honor these heroes. You really pay tribute to them and their personhood-they aren’t just soldiers, these were men, and you and Erik really do them justice! More so than many museums I’ve visited…great job! And yes, my tear ducts are working! ❤️🇺🇸🙏
Appreciate that. Thank you.
Thank you for the Honor that you returned to this giver of sacrifice.
That was very powerful and moving. Thanks for keeping this soldier's memory alive.
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This series really helps individualize the war effort in a beautiful way.
Thanks for remembering our heroes. We should never forget their sacrifices. RIP Pvt.
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Appreciate you all. Thanks for sharing these wonderful stories. They never get old.
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WOW....speechless. He looked like my grandpa in his pictures from those years...such a sad loss. ALL of them...
Very much so.
Tell their stories. Never forgotten.
Appreciate you watching.
Very moving and touching guys, great job!! It’s for this brave soldier and his fellow band of brothers, that we patriots fight for America so that their sacrifice was not in vain.
Going back and watching what I missed along the way. Great channel ! My mother was a 10 year old German girl in 1944 and she never talked about that time until she was much older. At first I didn’t think she remembered much or wasn’t close enough to anything significant. Many years ago when cable television started documentaries she would watch what she came across. One day I was sitting next to her and a little behind and never saw my mother cry until then ( maybe 70yrs old ) and small tears came from her eyes and she broke down about a time when my grandmother, my oldest uncle, my mother and the 3rd uncle were boarding at a train station to move Germans to another area not as effected by the war at the time. She said she was holding my grandmothers hand and dropped her doll and let go to pick it up and in a quick few seconds lost sight of them. She panicked and a young German soldier noticed what happened and whisked her up and caught up with my grandmother and returned her to her family. She had had several brief stories about that time. She was closer than I imagined and she was able to talk more openly after the first time. My grandfather was a German soldier that was a captured POW and was in a camp in New Jersey for a duration and served as a cook. I have a US mess kit spoon that was issued to him for personal use that her game me on a trip to Germany in 1973 shorty before he passed away with en E engraved in it for his first name Emil. My father was stationed in Germany in 1957 and met my mother. They married on May 4th, 1958. They resumed to the United States in 1961 where my mother became a citizen with with my 2 sisters and brother. She had some slightly different accounts of what happened than told in some history books. First hand knowledge is invaluable. Your channel certainly brings light to the truth as told by the many that were there. Keep up the awesome channel !!
So many people have given so much for their country.
Very much so.
Once again bringing us stories that can't be heard anywhere else. Beautifully done. Thank you for educating us.
My pleasure. Thanks.
Life changed in an instant for so many
Tragic.
So many men fell, so many years ago. We can never forget that each one was somebody, not just a name on a cross. Will the human race ever realize that these wars rob all of us of some very brave men that faced death and yet moved forward. Who can say what these men could have done with a long life. Beautiful tribute, thank you.
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Very sad but also very nice he is honored and remembered.
Thank you.
Very moving tribute to Private O’Malley. Thank you for doing this.
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Watching this today hits different. Thank you to you and Erik for doing this for our family.
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Beautiful Tribute, they shall not grow old....
Thank you Bernard. RIP
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Your my brother from another mother. Doing what I'd love to do, traveling to locations and providing historical context videos. Excellent work!
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Love how much honour and respect Erik and you show to these amazing men who fought so hard! ❤️ My grandfather was born in Germany (not sure exactly where) but he grew up during WW2. He left Germany at 18 and came to Canada 🇨🇦. His father (my great great grandfather) was Hitler’s first man I believe! Would have to clarify for sure. But if you or Erik would be interested in possibly finding out more I would be honoured ❤️
Oh wow. Thanks for sharing that.
Every day is a school day when watching your videos, thanks for sharing..👍👍
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Thank you Eric for the fine tribute you did to a fallen soldier.
Thank you.
Thanks again to Erik and J.D., this series on Normandy is simply OUTSTANDING! This type of information should be taught and shared in school. I am 68, and never appreciated everything that took place in Normandy, but now it is my favorite subject. To hear all of these personal stories is so special. Both of these young gentlemen both deserve a medal for their work. God Bless you both!!
Thank you. That really does mean a lot.
A very moving tribute to a brave man. Amongst the bravest when you consider he was unarmed helping the wounded . RIP .
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Thank you for honoring our fallen heroes!!!
May god have mercy an bless his soul. Thank u for all u do sir.
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Wow JD and Eric .I sat down to watch a video and I am so moved thank you and God bless Bernard O'Malley.
JD and Erik, thanks for sharing.😢🙏🙇
Our pleasure!
some closure after 78 years. You guys at History Underground are awesome.
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This is the best channel by far words cannot describe
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Rest in Peace Private O’Malley. You are with heroes and you are not forgotten!
Putting faces to those grave markers always hits home to me. Great video!
Wow talk about tear jerker. This one brought more than one tear JD. You just set a new high for patriotism.Like I mention before , my father served in the CBI Theater and after watching your videos it has struck me just how lucky we were to have him come home and start our family. I am of the Viet Nam era and because of a lucky draft lottery draw, I was never called up. My draft lottery number was 364 and it never came close. I was 1A the whole time. I honor all vets right up to today's heroes. Thank you for the great work that you do so that the vets are always honored.
Appreciate those words. Thank you.
Being a soldier from NJ myself, I got chills when you said where he was from. Rest easy, Pvt. O'Malley. We have the watch from here. Thank you for your service and sacrifice for our country.
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I have been to many cemeteries in Normandy.Somme and Ypres and they always bring me to tears just thinking about all the young life lost.🇬🇧🇺🇸🇨🇦🇨🇵
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I absolutely love this serious. And I thank Erik for bringing these artifacts back to where they came from and to JD for capturing its story. when you go to a museum and you see an artifact and learn about it its really cool and you learned something new but when you bring the artifact back to where it came from and you tell the story behind it that just brings more meaning and emotion to the piece. And when you capture it for others to see it brings out way more emotions then it would seeing it in a museum. and I absolutely love what you two are doing. as a history buff myself I appreciate it. Cause for me it just brings so much more meaning to everything when you bring things back to where they came from or where the story happened. and it takes living history to a whole other level. I hope you continue this serious maybe with some things in the U.S. or other places. Because to me this is a great learning tool one i think people would love to see including me because your not just in a museum telling us about a dog tag, or a piece of a parachute, or a part of a plane, you are bringing them back to where they came from and you are telling us a story of what happened to the person or people behind the artifact. Not only that but you are visiting some of their graves too. And placing a flag next to them which shows so much respect and truly brings these artifacts to life. brings them to a reality of this really belonged to this person. Like it’s not just an artifact but an artifact that once belonged to someone who gave the Ultimate sacrifice. or an artifact in the story of someone’s life and what they did and what happened to them. It keeps all their memories alive. and it’s just truly amazing. from one history lover to another thank you both for all that you are doing with this serious it’s truly amazing and on a whole other level. and it is done so respectfully as well.
Thank you for those kind words. Glad to see that the efforts are making an impact in some way.
You are standing among a group of honoured men. Heroes everyone….
Absolutely.
The men who landed, fought and died on those beaches, are all great Americans! Thank you for bringing these stories to all of us, I wish that everyone would see this, it just might give them a greater appreciation of this country.
Not just Americans
Such an honourable thing to do. I don't know what else to say. Very moving.
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I can't say enough on how well you JD and Erik make a great team! Great Video, Editing, Music! To Bring Pvt O'Malley Sacrifice to life and Honor him and all of the Great Men and Women that Paid that price for Freedom! Thank you!
Much appreciated!
Superbly done. I Don't watch TV because there is programmes like this on UA-cam.
Well done Erik you and JD have done a honor to a fallen bother
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Beautiful story and sentiment. Being from New Jersey myself, very touching. I wish all the stories of the fallen could be shared.
Another wonderful personal video about a real person and not just a grave marker. Keep telling these stories they died to allow others to be free. But every grave is a story, they cannot all be told. As long as we watch, talk and think of them none of them will ever be forgotten.
Wow! What a great deed of respect for the fallen medic, Bernard O'Malley. Thank you.
Great job guys. So moving.
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Both of you have no idea how much RESPECT I have for you and what you have done to preserve the memory of those that gave there lives to save the world I will be coming to visit you soon in Gettysburg my freind I have to shake your hand I'm a big WW2 BUFF and and admire you both for what you do
Once again thanks for keeping history alive and remembering those who made it
Thank you. That is much appreciated.
Wow. Bernard lived in the neighboring county next to me. What a small world. Rest in Peace Bernard.
Very moving tribute
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Thanks for sharing this tribute to an American hero. I wish you could add more about his entire life leading up to D-Day. Maybe his family that posted can fill in more about him. The fact that he was a medic says something about his personality and intellect.
Hello! My grandfather didn’t talk about him until later in his life. It was too painful for him as they were so close. I have letters Bernard wrote home and in one of them to his aunt (his mother died when he was 13 giving birth to his youngest sister) he enclosed money to his aunt-who was likes his mother-to buy his sister a graduation high school graduation present for her. His aunt bought his sister a watch and she had it until she passed away several years ago. He had a big heart and was always making sure everyone else was okay. Seems kind of perfect he ended up being a medic.
Omg.. if any of you are new to this channel you're in for a rare treat. They touch on stories that just aren't told in documentaries. Yes the places are familiar but the actual stories covering individual soldiers on all sides are remarkable and touching. Thanks again for an amazing story guys. I'm one who greatly appreciates your efforts in teaching us about wwII rarities untold by others 👍🇨🇦👍
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Had a tough time watching this one--very moving story. So glad you saw fit to honor this man the way you did, and to share this emotional experience with us. Thx
Glad that we could share a bit of his story and put a face with a name.
RIP grateful nation Thank you and your fallen brothers and sisters
Very professionally done. A credit to the subject
I've learnt much more about WWII from watching your videos, than I ever did in high school, thank you so much.
Our family lost 2 to war. WW1 a Great Uncle, Vietnam a cousin. To have family buried so far away you can't visit or show respect to them is very hard. Thank you for doing that for them. As I will never have that chance for my Uncle.
Hi JD, I am a fellow believer in Christ and history fan. Your recent videos on WWII are some of the best I have ever seen. If you decide to do more on the revolutionary war be sure to check out Elizabethton Tennessee. Very rich history here, most notably the over mountain men and the battle of kings mountain. Much more history here too! God bless my friend!
Thank you. That is much appreciated. Hope to get some Revolutionary War content sometime soon.
My grandad drove landing craft full of American soldiers onto Utah beach . Brave men , he landed 7 times , the balls of those men we can only dream of.
Those guys were a different breed.
@@TheHistoryUnderground definitely, I’m very proud of both my grandads , one the Royal Navy joined at 14 faked his birthday to join up , the other fought Rommel in North Africa a desert rat. He was caught at Tobruk was also on the long March . I just have to remember those blood lines are in me and I try my best to make them proud . Everyone of those blokes are hero’s .
I AM THE MEDIC - I SAVE
As a medic during OIF, thank you for telling this man's story
Thank you for bringing forward a bit of the awareness of the human cost in freeing Europe and the rest of the globe from tyranny. Many folks "know" some history they have been taught, but it's things like your videos that show the cost of those actions. Living people lost all of their tomorrows to save ours, may they rest on the arms of their God forever.
It’s always hard not to tear up. Thanks for what y’all are doing. We so appreciate the men that we lost and appreciate you for not forgetting them
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You almost never fail in bringing me to tears. Very moving and emotional artifact and story.
Thank you.
I was born in September '43, and I clearly remember being at Union Train Station in Houston, TX in late 1945, seeing many uniforms as I was being led by my hand through the crowds of soldiers coming home!
Must have been something else.
I can't say enough how great of a job you are doing by sharing these stories with us. They are touching and have great value to us history buffs, but more importantly, stories like this one, are so special to the families. Teaming up with Erik has been a homerun. So many stories, so many great artifacts and really, for you, a blessing of opportunity to share with us. I think what you are developing here could be turned into a great series on the history channel and even a stand alone documentary. Well done Ben!
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Incredible. This is such important work that you gentlemen have embarked on. Please know it does not go unappreciated. Thank you for the content.
Much appreciated!
I love what you are doing with some of these artifacts. Much respect and admiration.
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Relic to resting place. The more of these the better...very impactful.
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Yet again and again and again another fantastic vid in this series.
Seriously man, you need to move to France, maybe for a year and continue on this journey, maybe the whole way into Germany.
This is stuff you just don't see anywhere else. Once again a fantastic job.
Ha! I've thought about how much content I could get if I had a whole month there.
@@TheHistoryUnderground Nah, you need a year, you'd have enough content then to take you right through to retirement in thirty odd years.
Another good production and good choice of music, Lest we forget !
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Thank you
Thank you for watching!
RESPECT.
Thank you!
Thank you... as it has always been, all gave some, some gave all... RIP 🇺🇸😔🇺🇸
Glad to share the story.