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I don't know why this popped up in my suggestions, but I'm glad it did. I'm the guy who met Cudlitz at a comicon, and had him sign his Band of Brothers photo instead of one of the many Walking Dead ones. Curious, what's the name of Dick Winters book? There's a bunch of titles that pop up on Amazon, and I'd like to get the right one. Is it the memoirs one?
I'm fans of every WWII movie and also play every WWII game, i'm love your video because make me remembered history,place,scene when every trooper take an action of WWII.. Please make more content about place of band of brother or WWII in Europe. Hope you go to Eagle nest.
My Great Uncle was in Easy Company of the 506th- Burton P Christenson- He landed without a rifle. He told me that he could see the church burning when he was coming down in his parachute. He jumped out right behind Winters. He actually drew the picture that was used on the memorial as well.
I herd a story about one guy that lost his rifle on the way down and landed with a knife and two candy bars haha.. he eventually acquirers a rifle and fights on. Damn impressive. Hero’s man
I visited in 2012 and completely lucked out. Charles De Vallavieille, who ownes Brecourt Manor, was going out to get his mail and saw me staring out into his cow pasture where the guns were located. At the time I lived in Salem Oregon and met Don Malarkey on a few occasions. When I mentioned this to Charles, he enthusiastically told me Don was one of the first veterans to visit after the war and was one of his family’s favorites. He let me go out into the field and look around. Wow! He brought out a cap and asked if I could give it to Don. I said I’d try my best. He also showed me photos of Don with his family. It was a fortunate day that I will never forget.
I am so heartbroken but yet I am so thankful. My father lost his life there trying to protect other people. He cared that much that he went over there and give his life for our freedom. But today my father has probably rolled over in his grave for what's becoming of this country right now. Thank you to everyone who has served and is serving to protect thank you so much
David Urfer, my tour guide while over there said about 80% of the monuments are all publicly funded. They are super friendly over there and they have definitely not forgotten.
Yeah, thanks to the series "Band of Brothers". Unfortunately I've never heard of him until then, way later in my life than school. I wish I had known about him back then. I'm a design engineer. I may have been inspired back then to be something really great........God I so hate these people bringing down our country. We all need to get involved in politics or the idiots will keep leading this country down the sewer.......
Winters taking out those 88's was one of the best scenes. These men were so brave. They don't make them like that anymore. Truly the Greatest Generation. It brings tears to my eyes knowing I will never be able to tell a WW2 veteran how much they mean to me. Thank you for taking us on the journey with you.
I just finished reading Dick Winters' "Beyond Band of Brothers". He was a textbook man of honor. We should all try to live our lives by his example. I know there were obviously other very honorable men and women who served WWII, and there are equally honorable people today. But reading what his approach was on life, duty, accountability, responsibility and sacrifice, even at that young age and in those circumstances, is quite remarkable. A must read by all interested in western Europe during WWII, and anyone interesting learning more about leadership in general.
My wife and I were at Brecourt Manor at the exact monument you were at. We visited one week after the 75th anniversary events last June 2019. A trip we will never forget. May all the brave men of the 101st Airborne and all the men who gave everything for our country rest in God's arms.
Lucky you, I was there for the 75th anniversary, but it was in lock down for trump and Macron. Took a day of my trip. Visited some nice other places though! Ranville and Pegasus bridge!
@@Streetl3gal My wife and I were fortunate enough to get tickets into the ceremony at the cemetery for the 75th. You mentioned the lock down. I have on my car window the very sticker/pass needed to get around in that lock down zone on that day. Great stuff!
The Normandy landing areas are such special places. Everywhere you go there are memorials, statues, and markers of something that happened in June 1944. I visited Sainte Mere-Eglise and the Airborne Museum. I highly recommend this town as a stop for a D-Day experience that is moving and humbling. Such great sacrifices by such great men. Let’s never forget them.
Just wanted to let you know that my teacher has been using your videos to help us learn about history during the corona virus! I really enjoy your jokes and sometimes I laugh while writing out the assignments. Thank you for helping us to learn during these trying times!
Oh wow. Thank you. That means a lot. I'm glad that you are enjoying the videos and learning a thing or two in the process. Hope that you continue to enjoy the content that's coming out!
My wife gave me the gift of a Beyond Band of Brothers trip two years ago. I went by myself because she couldn’t get off. I can never thank her enough for letting me go there. God Bless all who served.
I just found your videos. Let me say, your passion for the subject, your respect for the subject really shines through. I don’t know how you can afford to do this but I thank you. As a fellow devotee of the subject matter, I really appreciate what you are doing and agree with so much of what you say. Thank you for brining this to us. God Bless.
I appreciate that! To answer one of your questions, I actually can't afford to do it. I was fortunate to be flown over there for a training and then did these side trips while I was there. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to do it. Kind of exploring some ways to finance some future work though to create some more historical content. Again, thanks for the kind words.
Again, I’m gushing about the subject and just how much we loved having visited all your stops ourselves. Thank you so much for keeping the story of true American dedication alive.
Cliff Right - Thanks! Glad that you are enjoying the videos. Just trying to do a small part to generate interest and appreciation in history. If you come across a video from time to time that you like and wouldn’t mind sharing it, I’d appreciate the help in spreading the word.
We stayed in Bayeaux France when we visited and toured Normandy. I was amazed at how accommodating the people in the area were. Some of the nicest people I have ever met. They tried their best to make us feel welcome and helped a lot with info and directions. I would love to go back and stay another month.
Watched several of your videos lately. Impressed with the respect you give to each event - in comment, cinematography, and especially in the music. I’m always amazed at the value that a good drone operator and quality cameras lend to any production. What once required expensive helicopter usage is done often to better effect by drones! You guys do quality work in honor of others who sacrificed so much for us. Your narrator and guide does a great job! He’s apparently no amateur. Very solid presentation and he’s clearly awed by his topics. These videos are often quite emotionally evocative. Thanks! Oh, and that breakfast made me hungry.
Oh wow. Those words really do mean a lot. I wear a few hats including cameraman, narrator, drone operator, and post production editor. Jack of all trades, master of none 😅
I'm just getting into your videos now, having found them recently. The history is wonderfully done, of course, and you really bring it to life, but I just wanted to say that you seem like a super nice dude, and thank you for that. There can never be too much kindness and appreciation. Keep up the good work of being an awesome person and a kickass history teacher!
A view from the UK. JD, as i go through your videos chronologically - and really enjoying them by the way, it strikes me you have the same condition as many other people i talk to about our passion for history and that is when you are at a place of history, particularly a war, you stand for a few minutes and begin to feel the place, you feel echoes from the past. You close your eyes and 'see' what kind of event occurred. The drama as it unfolds, the adrenaline rush the combatants had. As in this video, even a building involved, that was probably occupied by first German and then liberated by allies can give you this 'feeling'. Tell me if i'm the only romantic on the planet. Keep 'em coming, they are not too long and your presentation is perfect. Sorry, got to go, i've got episode 51 to watch.
I really enjoy your enthusiasm for the history at the sites you have visited ,it really comes through on your videos. I especially like the fact that you are using a drone for a different dynamic in filming the sites.
I may never get to these places so I love not only that you are providing these videos, but you do it in such a manner that I feel like I'm there. Thank you.
Really exceptional. Beautiful video to the eyes and good info. Breakfat looked awesome. Actor Charles Durning was part of the invasion and was the only one in his unit to survive. He won 3 Purple Hearts and Silver and Bronze Stars for valor among other awards and the Legion of Honor in 2008. He kept quiet about his action because of the scars in memory but later in life was able to talk about it .
I have seen Dick Winters statue. Very impressive, just like the statues of Lord Lovat and his brave piper Bill Millen. He piped the Lovat Scouts ( Commandoes) ashore to the tunes "Road to the Isles" and "Highland Laddie". On Sword beach. It is my privilege to know a man who served with them. A Mr James Clark. Thank you very much Mr Clark for you and your comrades service. Plus the Allied services as well. We will Remember them and you with thankfulness.
I plan on getting back over there one day and doing a proper video on Sword Beach and Pegasus Bridge. How cool that you know a guy who served them them too!
@@TheHistoryUnderground Lt Brotheridge is considered by many historians to be the first casualty on D Day. Shot whilst crossing the bridge (Later named Pegasus Bridge) over the Caen canal. He was a platoon commander in the Ox and Bucks light infantry glider troops which landed next to "Pegasus Bridge" at 00:19hrs 6th June.
Pegasus bridge. Very interesting museum. Been there. They actually still have the bridge there. Piper Bill Millen. What A hero he was! Was not shot by the Germans cause they thoughtless was crazy... just marching forward with his bagpipe.
At great risk of sounding like a grumpy old man,I find it hard to imagine young men of the same age today being able to step up and answer the call.And to perform such selfless acts of shear bravery.I am in awe of every one of them!We all owe them a debt that can never be paid,all we can do is remember,respect and be gratefull.
I think there are plenty of brave men and women serving today, but I would agree that it would be impossible to field an effective combat force of "citizen soldiers" today. There simply isn't enough raw material here to work with these days. I think the only thing that can pull this country back together is e a term of mandatory national service of some sort. But, that has zero chance of happening.
Oh entirely. When I was a young man I joined The Territorial Army. I guess it's the US's version of The National Guard. If I'm completely honest I only joined because I am not a hero, but I wanted the experience without there being a big chance of being shot at. Back in1985 it didn't look like there was a conflict imminent so I joined up. But, and it's a big but! I am not brave, or a hero in the making. There is no way I would have been as effective as a soldier who signed up for regular service. And of course today, many more women would step up for the fighting too! Back then women were not sent anywhere hazardous, when in fact any female soldier who joins The Regs has bigger balls than I ever had!@@katazack
Really cool video! Wow some of the monuments are beautiful. My dad Samuel c Jacobs was in the 508th PIR CO H in WW2. He was in both the 101 and 82nd, and ended up guarding Ike in Berlin at the HQ. He also stayed with Ike when they went back to England. To bad all those records burnt up in St Louis. I tried to get a copy of his service record to no avail, Years ago. Dad was 29 when he went to war. Born dec 4 1914 died 30 april 2000. Much love to a Hero........... RIP DAD.
@@TheHistoryUnderground Oh by the way, I grew up in Harrisburg and live most of my early years 9 miles from Dick Winters. Us kid used to ride our bikes to Hershey during the late 60s early 70s. Though I never met Dick!
My friends and I were studying in Antwerp and rented a car and drove to Normandy. Stayed at an Airbnb which was an old farm/chateau near St. Marie Du Mont...will never forget that breakfast our host made us! Very polite and lovely people!
Awesome video! The bravery of paratroopers on that day is mind boggling. Gave me chills just watching the video, can’t imagine being there! Bucket list trip for sure.
I am an american who relocated to Amsterdam. I love Band of Brothers, the series, as well as Dick Winters' books. I really have to applaud your initiative to undertake a journey like this. I am so jealous; but I am also inspired to undertake some of this journey myself. I am too close not to. Anyway, great job! Real inspiration.
Enjoyed every second of that. You have shown things I did not know existed although I have been briefly to Utah Beach. Everywhere you go, you bring to life and make us want to go there. Well done.
Wife and I are American's stationed at USAG Stuttgart and just visited Bastogne and Normandy over the past couple of months. Wish I had found your channel BEFORE we went. Lots of great info man!
@@TheHistoryUnderground I'm very grateful I am HERE during COVID! We've been in the UK for 6 years and now Germany for the past 2. Soooooo much history everywhere. Even our house is 250 years old!
I glad you had the chance to visit Normandy. Truly a surreal and amazing experience. I walked on Omaha beach where my dad walked on 2 days after the invasion. Have a picture of him walking on Omaha beach with one of his ship mates with their ship in the background
Yes they were. I visited Normandy in 2015 and again in 2019 for the 75th anniversary of the D day landings. I made my reservations back in late 2018 just to make sure I could attend. It was a very moving and incredible experience to say the least. Even watched a few survivors of that day get special recognition from the French government and from President Trump as well. There were 1000’s of attendees at the ceremony. Something I will NEVER forget.
My grandfather on my dads side fought in the 42nd infantry division and fought his way up through Italy if I remember correctly. My grandfather on my moms side was a navy Seabee. My wife’s grandfather was a marine infantry man who fought in Guadalcanal. All those guys in ww2 are heroes. I am a combat veteran was in the infantry, I was wounded in Ramadi Iraq. I was in several firefights but I don’t compare what I went through close to what they did. True hero’s.
We talked with people who live there. They showed us the exact spot of the C-47 crash on the prairie field close to the memorial. The lady explained that nothing grew from the field anymore, because the gasoline just burned everything... such a sacred place. We have so much respect for these guys. We are lucky to live close to Normandy and to discover all these details. Have you been to the dead man corner place near Carentan? You would love it. Great job man , great content!
Very interesting! You're quite fortunate to be in such close proximity to all of those places. Haven't been to dead man corner, but I certainly hope to go one day.
Wow. Another truly magnificent video. I have always wanted to make my pilgamage to Normandy. Your videos make an excellent planning guide for hopefully my future visit. Well done.
For my 21'st birthday, my Dad, and I traveled to Normandy. And during our trip, we visited many of the famous sites..but one in particular, was very cool. And that was Brecourt Manor...the sight of the infamous 105mm guns that we striking Utah Beach. Unfortunately, the site is now a farmer's land...so you can't actually walk on the location, but it was still pretty cool to see.
It was always a farmer's land, the occupying soldiers just turfed them out and moved their canon in. There's a big battery up in the Pas de Calais area where the Germans evicted three whole farmsteads so they could build a huge bunker.
I've just finished watching band of brothers for the 2nd time, haven't stop researching about the 101st airborne and 82nd airborne and the soldiers individually, the history is amazing and I would love to have the chance to visit everywhere they have been
Hey man! Just wanted to say that I’ve recently come across your channel and videos and I’m absolutely loving it! I love WW2 history and I’m planning a trip to Normandy with some friends for early next year . I’m lucky that I only live just over the channel near Biggin Hill so travelling to France isn’t much hassle for me. Watching your videos is giving me great ideas for things to visit when we’re there so thank you!🙏 Keep up the great content!🤌
I just read 5 books based on E company 506th 101st.. This episode was a huge treat as im intimately familiar with these men and these sites at this point. What a privilege for you to have been there! Also, how interesting that there is a monument at brecourt manor specifically for that unit. Do you know when the monument was erected? I wonder if any of the guys from Easy knew of it.
I just recently came across this channel and I love it especially these Normandy/European Theater episodes. I've always wanted to visit these sites in person.
If you're in the area look out for the museum at Dead Man's Corner (a destroyed tank with a body hanging out of it sat there for some days and became a kind of sign post: "Go down here and turn right at Dead Man's Corner . . . " As well as the usual displays of uniforms, equipment and a shop they have a C47 fuselage (most of one anyways) in which you take a virtual flight from England to Normandy. It's on hydraulic jacks so it pitches up and down and the noise of the engines is pretty loud - let's face it, it's like flying in a tin can not a 747. Then, all of a sudden, you hear the explosions of nearby flak shells and then the bangs and shudders as your plane takes "hits". You KNOW it's make believe and you're safe but everybody, everybody, looked around wide eyed and gulping. Not to be missed.
I’ve visited the monument for Lt. Meehan’s stick a couple times and the actual crash site is in the field directly behind this monument. If you look at Forrest Guth’s book ‘The way we were’ there are pictures of him and Walter Hendrix - E company guys - standing at the crash site days after the event. The tree line in those pics of the field hasn’t changed much in 75 years. You can match it today to this field behind the monument. A great video all the same.
Stayed at the Château de Vouilly while there, which is where Walter Kronkite and many of the US press stayed following the battle. This place is very similar. Really nice. Thanks!
I've been to all 5 breaches, cemeteries, museums, St Marie du Mont, Montebourg, Cherbourg, St Marie Eglise, Germany Batteries, Bayeux, St Lo, Falaise, Bloody Gulch, Carentan, Brecourt Manor, done all these on camping holidays from Ireland with my family. Last year we were at St Lorient U boats pen. We are to go this year, we have a house booked near St Nazaire. We been to the Somme, western front and Waterloo battle site in Belgiums. Great history in France. I've watched Band of brothers several times including the Pacific. We visited the statue erected to Dick Winters on the way to Utah beach.
The etching on that memorial at the 8:47 mark, if I recall from Winters' book was drawn by Christianson if I recall correctly. Pretty cool stuff! I love how giddy you get about being at these places and experiencing everything about it. It makes me feel better about nerding out myself when I visit these historical places!
Been waiting 3 days and you didn't disappoint, the monuments around Normandy are awesome. The one I found most impressive was at la fiere bridge. Standing overlooking that valley knowing what had gone before gave me goose bumps. I bet you where impressed with our good old Europdan weather hey 😁. Keep up the great work man.
Thanks. Glad that you enjoyed it. I really made a big mistake in not planning more time to be there and I unfortunately didn't make it to Le Fiere Bridge. Definitely need to get back. And yes, the good old European weather was a CONSTANT harassment for me.
@@TheHistoryUnderground Haha, you get used to the rain JD, I honestly believe, even if you planned a month there, you would not have enough time. I was going to go back last Autumn (fall to you 😁) with my brother, but we never made it. Unfortunately he passed away very unexpectedly in January. So when I do go back later this year it will be even more poignant. I may even have a go at vlogging the trip. Thanks again for the videos, 👏👏👍
Ken Rowe - Man, sorry to hear about your brother. I’m sure that will be a meaningful trip for you. And if you take a run at the vlogging, make sure that you send me a link.
I hadn't realised that they had found the exact spot where Meehan's plane came down until I read about it just yesterday in the book "in the footsteps of the band of brothers" by Larry Alexander with one of the Easy Company men, Sergeant Forest Guth. On June 7th Guth along with "Smokey" Gordon, Eubanks, Talbert, Tipper, Mellett and a few other Easy Company guys, came across Meehan's crash site, but it was still too hot to get close to it. Guth said that he took a few photographs of the plane and moved on.
@@TheHistoryUnderground I hadn't seen the first two episodes and only came across the third by chance when flicking through the channels on my TV and i missed the first few minutes. I recognised Earl Mclung straightaway.
i had the honour of seeing the Winters/101st Memorial back in 2015 and for me Episode 2 of Band Of Brothers is my (all-time) favourite and even now when i watch that episode and say, "I've been thier" i get chills down my spine, and to see the battlefield itself was incredible and its hard to imagine of how Major Winters manage to do what he did that day...
My dad was there in 1944 and survived. The picture of the fox hole with branches covering is exactly as dad described living in one. That offered a degree of protection from the constant shelling and flack that occurred every night. In the morning his job was to gather up the dead bodies of soldiers that died the night before. Unbelievable conditions, how they survived but by the Grace of God!
When I did the beyond band of brothers tour a couple years back. I remembered the guide mention something that one of the advantages on Utah was not only by the airborne behind enemy lines, but also had tank support able to make land. Where as Omaha was struggling to get armor on land from either being blown up by artillery or literally being sunken into the waters for being too heavy to make passage. If you do any diving tours you can still find wrecks of Sherman’s under the sea
Oh wow. I've always wondered about that Beyond Band of Brothers tour. The tanks making it onshore is something I'd never considered. Did you find the tour to be of value?
The History Underground yes dude it was worth it. You pretty much to every location they went and then some starting at toccoa all the way to eagles nest.
The History Underground right before D-Day launched the allies was trying to come up with beached tank. Consisting of a Sherman with buoys, sandbags, and snorkels. Of the 10 they tested on D-Day. Not a single one made it, they all sank to the bottom and only one tank crew was able to escape.
The History Underground not gonna lie it is a little pricey, but it’s worth it. Once whenever the virus is gone you can go on their website Stephen Ambrose tours.com and it’ll tell you everything from prices to locations. When I went back in 2018 for my senior trip in college. We were lucky to have col. shames from Easy Co. 506th with us, telling us stories and moments from his eyes.
The clip at 4:15 is often mislabeled as a C-47 crash site, but it’s clearly a B-17. The shape of the tail assembly and the markings are definitely B-17.
Great video. As you probably know, Brecourt Manor is down the lane and the chipped stone over a prominent window was caused by a motor fired by Donald Malarkey trying to take out the MG42 poking out the window. The field containing the guns is behind the one you were stood in front of, you can look over the gate into the field.
Yeah, I wish that I could go back and do a little more comprehensive treatment of that spot. I'm planning on going back someday and intend to hit that spot a little more in depth. Thanks for the kind words!
Salute to the.. EASY COMPANY.... Led by Maj. Dick winters... Tnx a very very big much... For your service.... Hailed Heroes ... God bless you all gallant boys n your bravery..🙏🙏.. We will not forget you... God bless America 🇺🇸....🙏🙏🙏
Great video. Although I was there several times it still gives me goosebumps. Just one thing. The place where Brecourt Battery had been situated was further down that line, literally the next field.
I've had a few others say that but I'm not 100% positive. The maps and other tours that I've consulted say that the battery was in the field just behind the memorial.
The place where Lt Meehan’s plane had crashed was found in 1952, with the help of winesses. Personnal items and remains were found and French people decided to build this monument. Searching the site, they found rings, crickets, and a watch, that had stopped at 1:12....You can also see a burned revolver recovered at this crash site in the Gettysburg Museum of History.
I recently saw a documentary on the installation of the monument with the sculpture of Dick Winters. I heard him talk to the interviewer while an elderly man. Gentle, self-effacing, but truly courageous and truly a leader.
I was blessed with the honor of crossing over to the Boy Scouts on Omaha Beach. Easily the most scared I've ever been going to Point Du Hoc, the Cemetery, and the surrounding area. Absolutely breathtaking experience I will never forget. I was speechless.
My great uncle landed on Omaha with the 29th. During the battle of the bulge he volunteered to join the 3rd Armored as a reserve unit for the breakout in Bostogne. He was hit by a German sniper outside of Foy while working with the 506 to take the town. German mortar shell fell right where he would have been if he was still running instead blew off a few toes on one foot. The sniper dropped him and the shell went off just barely in range to injure him. On his death bed he swore he’d kiss that kraut square on the mouth for saving his life.
Great video. Love your clips for future travel info etc but, I don’t want to be a stickler, but I think your video shows the wrong paddock of the battle of brecourt manor. Sure the monument is there on the corner of the main road but just a bit further down that road, opposite the farm buildings is the “actual” site of the event. The zig zag of the battery can still be seen in the current fence line. Thanks again for such awesome videos. Cheers.
No, no. That's not being a stickler at all. I actually appreciate the clarification. In the video, I refrained from pointing out any tree lines where the guns were and tried to keep it more general simply because I didn't know for sure. One of my biggest fears in posting these videos is putting out any information that would mislead anyone. I'll go in and post a clarification in the video description right now. Thanks!
Cheers for that quick reply. Hey we love your clips and we planned on coming to the USA later this year. But that is probably off given Covid. We loved your Arlington video and plan to go there. My partner and I Love history travel. We were in Normandy for the 75th anniversary of D Day. Awesome. When we do get over to the US we’ll look you up.
@@brendonwood8197 - Hopefully this all passes and you can make it over sooner rather than later. When you come, DC is an amazing place and my videos didn't even scratch the surface of what all is around there. Again, thanks for the clarification. Hopefully, I didn't muddle things up too much in that video.
Great video and quick info about Harrison Summers, thank’s!! I hope you know that the battery was 300metres away from where you are standing by the monument and actually behind the hedgerow you see in the background (not the field you are pointing at). The field is close to Brecourt mansion just down the road. Interesting thougt about Meehan and Winters och if the plane had not been hit. I like your videos a lot!
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I don't know why this popped up in my suggestions, but I'm glad it did. I'm the guy who met Cudlitz at a comicon, and had him sign his Band of Brothers photo instead of one of the many Walking Dead ones. Curious, what's the name of Dick Winters book? There's a bunch of titles that pop up on Amazon, and I'd like to get the right one. Is it the memoirs one?
Klocko Fett - I’m glad that it popped up for you too! The book is called Beyond Band if Brothers. Excellent read. Thanks!
I'm fans of every WWII movie and also play every WWII game, i'm love your video because make me remembered history,place,scene when every trooper take an action of WWII.. Please make more content about place of band of brother or WWII in Europe. Hope you go to Eagle nest.
My Great Uncle was in Easy Company of the 506th- Burton P Christenson- He landed without a rifle. He told me that he could see the church burning when he was coming down in his parachute. He jumped out right behind Winters. He actually drew the picture that was used on the memorial as well.
How proud you must be!!
I herd a story about one guy that lost his rifle on the way down and landed with a knife and two candy bars haha.. he eventually acquirers a rifle and fights on. Damn impressive. Hero’s man
In Band of brothers lt spiers talked to soldier named Christensen... was that your great uncle? The same Christensen that was depicted in the series?
Played by Michael Fassbender, that's bad ass
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I visited in 2012 and completely lucked out. Charles De Vallavieille, who ownes Brecourt Manor, was going out to get his mail and saw me staring out into his cow pasture where the guns were located. At the time I lived in Salem Oregon and met Don Malarkey on a few occasions. When I mentioned this to Charles, he enthusiastically told me Don was one of the first veterans to visit after the war and was one of his family’s favorites. He let me go out into the field and look around. Wow! He brought out a cap and asked if I could give it to Don. I said I’d try my best. He also showed me photos of Don with his family. It was a fortunate day that I will never forget.
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I am so heartbroken but yet I am so thankful. My father lost his life there trying to protect other people. He cared that much that he went over there and give his life for our freedom. But today my father has probably rolled over in his grave for what's becoming of this country right now. Thank you to everyone who has served and is serving to protect thank you so much
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As an American, I am grateful to the people of France for the respect and honor they show for the sacrifes of our soldiers. Thank you!
Amen to that.
David Urfer, my tour guide while over there said about 80% of the monuments are all publicly funded. They are super friendly over there and they have definitely not forgotten.
Absolutely phenomenal!! Dick Winters is a true American legend.
Amen to that. He definitely stands apart. Thanks!
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yeah, like Forrest Gump at Bubba Gump shrimp company (Monterey Ca.) and Mickey Mouse omg
They all are IMO. Greetings from Belgium.
Yeah, thanks to the series "Band of Brothers". Unfortunately I've never heard of him until then, way later in my life than school. I wish I had known about him back then. I'm a design engineer. I may have been inspired back then to be something really great........God I so hate these people bringing down our country. We all need to get involved in politics or the idiots will keep leading this country down the sewer.......
Winters taking out those 88's was one of the best scenes. These men were so brave. They don't make them like that anymore. Truly the Greatest Generation. It brings tears to my eyes knowing I will never be able to tell a WW2 veteran how much they mean to me. Thank you for taking us on the journey with you.
Thank you. Here is a better treatment that I did of that engagement: ua-cam.com/video/4na2ZdvAcmc/v-deo.html
Weak men make for weak times; weak times make for strong men; strong men make for strong times; strong times make for weak men. Where are we?
I just finished reading Dick Winters' "Beyond Band of Brothers". He was a textbook man of honor. We should all try to live our lives by his example. I know there were obviously other very honorable men and women who served WWII, and there are equally honorable people today. But reading what his approach was on life, duty, accountability, responsibility and sacrifice, even at that young age and in those circumstances, is quite remarkable. A must read by all interested in western Europe during WWII, and anyone interesting learning more about leadership in general.
My wife and I were at Brecourt Manor at the exact monument you were at. We visited one week after the 75th anniversary events last June 2019. A trip we will never forget. May all the brave men of the 101st Airborne and all the men who gave everything for our country rest in God's arms.
Lucky you, I was there for the 75th anniversary, but it was in lock down for trump and Macron. Took a day of my trip. Visited some nice other places though! Ranville and Pegasus bridge!
@@Streetl3gal My wife and I were fortunate enough to get tickets into the ceremony at the cemetery for the 75th. You mentioned the lock down. I have on my car window the very sticker/pass needed to get around in that lock down zone on that day. Great stuff!
The Normandy landing areas are such special places. Everywhere you go there are memorials, statues, and markers of something that happened in June 1944. I visited Sainte Mere-Eglise and the Airborne Museum. I highly recommend this town as a stop for a D-Day experience that is moving and humbling. Such great sacrifices by such great men. Let’s never forget them.
Very moving places indeed.
Just wanted to let you know that my teacher has been using your videos to help us learn about history during the corona virus! I really enjoy your jokes and sometimes I laugh while writing out the assignments. Thank you for helping us to learn during these trying times!
Oh wow. Thank you. That means a lot. I'm glad that you are enjoying the videos and learning a thing or two in the process. Hope that you continue to enjoy the content that's coming out!
My wife gave me the gift of a Beyond Band of Brothers trip two years ago. I went by myself because she couldn’t get off. I can never thank her enough for letting me go there. God Bless all who served.
That is one heck of a gift. I’ve heard great things about that tour.
I just found your videos. Let me say, your passion for the subject, your respect for the subject really shines through. I don’t know how you can afford to do this but I thank you. As a fellow devotee of the subject matter, I really appreciate what you are doing and agree with so much of what you say. Thank you for brining this to us. God Bless.
I appreciate that! To answer one of your questions, I actually can't afford to do it. I was fortunate to be flown over there for a training and then did these side trips while I was there. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to do it. Kind of exploring some ways to finance some future work though to create some more historical content. Again, thanks for the kind words.
Great video....'The Eagle will always scream for our fallen brothers' on the memorial...just fills me with tons and tons of emotion!!!
Again, I’m gushing about the subject and just how much we loved having visited all your stops ourselves. Thank you so much for keeping the story of true American dedication alive.
Cliff Right - Thanks! Glad that you are enjoying the videos. Just trying to do a small part to generate interest and appreciation in history. If you come across a video from time to time that you like and wouldn’t mind sharing it, I’d appreciate the help in spreading the word.
We stayed in Bayeaux France when we visited and toured Normandy. I was amazed at how accommodating the people in the area were. Some of the nicest people I have ever met. They tried their best to make us feel welcome and helped a lot with info and directions. I would love to go back and stay another month.
By far, your channel is the best on UA-cam. Well done sir, well done.
Appreciate that! Thank you.
Watched several of your videos lately. Impressed with the respect you give to each event - in comment, cinematography, and especially in the music. I’m always amazed at the value that a good drone operator and quality cameras lend to any production. What once required expensive helicopter usage is done often to better effect by drones! You guys do quality work in honor of others who sacrificed so much for us. Your narrator and guide does a great job! He’s apparently no amateur. Very solid presentation and he’s clearly awed by his topics. These videos are often quite emotionally evocative. Thanks! Oh, and that breakfast made me hungry.
Oh wow. Those words really do mean a lot. I wear a few hats including cameraman, narrator, drone operator, and post production editor. Jack of all trades, master of none 😅
I'm just getting into your videos now, having found them recently. The history is wonderfully done, of course, and you really bring it to life, but I just wanted to say that you seem like a super nice dude, and thank you for that. There can never be too much kindness and appreciation. Keep up the good work of being an awesome person and a kickass history teacher!
scubabunny81 - Thanks! I really do appreciate that. That seriously means a lot. Hope that you continue to enjoy the content 🙂
A view from the UK. JD, as i go through your videos chronologically - and really enjoying them by the way, it strikes me you have the same condition as many other people i talk to about our passion for history and that is when you are at a place of history, particularly a war, you stand for a few minutes and begin to feel the place, you feel echoes from the past. You close your eyes and 'see' what kind of event occurred. The drama as it unfolds, the adrenaline rush the combatants had. As in this video, even a building involved, that was probably occupied by first German and then liberated by allies can give you this 'feeling'. Tell me if i'm the only romantic on the planet. Keep 'em coming, they are not too long and your presentation is perfect. Sorry, got to go, i've got episode 51 to watch.
I really enjoy your enthusiasm for the history at the sites you have visited ,it really comes through on your videos. I especially like the fact that you are using a drone for a different dynamic in filming the sites.
Thank you very much! Can't help but to be enthused when visiting these places.
I may never get to these places so I love not only that you are providing these videos, but you do it in such a manner that I feel like I'm there. Thank you.
Wow, thank you! That really means a lot. I'm glad that the videos can take you there in one way or another.
Really exceptional. Beautiful video to the eyes and good info. Breakfat looked awesome.
Actor Charles Durning was part of the invasion and was the only one in his unit to survive. He won 3 Purple Hearts and Silver and Bronze Stars for valor among other awards and the Legion of Honor in 2008. He kept quiet about his action because of the scars in memory but later in life was able to talk about it .
Thank you so much. And thanks for the extra information also. Always love to see what I learn when I post these videos.
I wish you could have done this tour with Major Winters. How amazing would it have been to hear his stories.
We are losing so much history every day.
I know! Visiting with Winters would have been something else.
@@TheHistoryUnderground when I was in the 501st we could have Thanksgiving dinner with ww2 vets. What a national treasure.
I have seen Dick Winters statue. Very impressive, just like the statues of Lord Lovat and his brave piper Bill Millen. He piped the Lovat Scouts ( Commandoes) ashore to the tunes "Road to the Isles" and "Highland Laddie". On Sword beach. It is my privilege to know a man who served with them. A Mr James Clark. Thank you very much Mr Clark for you and your comrades service. Plus the Allied services as well. We will Remember them and you with thankfulness.
I plan on getting back over there one day and doing a proper video on Sword Beach and Pegasus Bridge. How cool that you know a guy who served them them too!
@@TheHistoryUnderground Lt Brotheridge is considered by many historians to be the first casualty on D Day. Shot whilst crossing the bridge (Later named Pegasus Bridge) over the Caen canal. He was a platoon commander in the Ox and Bucks light infantry glider troops which landed next to "Pegasus Bridge" at 00:19hrs 6th June.
Pegasus bridge. Very interesting museum. Been there. They actually still have the bridge there. Piper Bill Millen. What A hero he was! Was not shot by the Germans cause they thoughtless was crazy... just marching forward with his bagpipe.
At great risk of sounding like a grumpy old man,I find it hard to imagine young men of the same age today being able to step up and answer the call.And to perform such selfless acts of shear bravery.I am in awe of every one of them!We all owe them a debt that can never be paid,all we can do is remember,respect and be gratefull.
Yep. Greatest generation to weakest generation in less than 100 years.
I think there are plenty of brave men and women serving today, but I would agree that it would be impossible to field an effective combat force of "citizen soldiers" today. There simply isn't enough raw material here to work with these days. I think the only thing that can pull this country back together is e a term of mandatory national service of some sort. But, that has zero chance of happening.
Oh entirely. When I was a young man I joined The Territorial Army. I guess it's the US's version of The National Guard. If I'm completely honest I only joined because I am not a hero, but I wanted the experience without there being a big chance of being shot at. Back in1985 it didn't look like there was a conflict imminent so I joined up. But, and it's a big but! I am not brave, or a hero in the making. There is no way I would have been as effective as a soldier who signed up for regular service. And of course today, many more women would step up for the fighting too! Back then women were not sent anywhere hazardous, when in fact any female soldier who joins The Regs has bigger balls than I ever had!@@katazack
I was so obsessed with Band of Brothers movie and books......Dick Winters was one of the best leaders I had the privilege to read about.
Completely agree. Hope this video brought a little more life to the books and series for you.
@@TheHistoryUnderground For those who want to walk the same path Easy company ddi there are tours.....I have added it to my bucket list.
Really cool video! Wow some of the monuments are beautiful. My dad Samuel c Jacobs was in the 508th PIR CO H in WW2. He was in both the 101 and 82nd, and ended up guarding Ike in Berlin at the HQ. He also stayed with Ike when they went back to England. To bad all those records burnt up in St Louis. I tried to get a copy of his service record to no avail, Years ago. Dad was 29 when he went to war. Born dec 4 1914 died 30 april 2000. Much love to a Hero........... RIP DAD.
My gosh. That is incredible. Thank for sharing that. Hopefully some of these videos can help provide some images to go with the stories.
@@TheHistoryUnderground Excellent job! And your welcome. Mom tried to get Dad to write his memoirs, with no success.
@@TheHistoryUnderground Oh by the way, I grew up in Harrisburg and live most of my early years 9 miles from Dick Winters. Us kid used to ride our bikes to Hershey during the late 60s early 70s. Though I never met Dick!
My friends and I were studying in Antwerp and rented a car and drove to Normandy. Stayed at an Airbnb which was an old farm/chateau near St. Marie Du Mont...will never forget that breakfast our host made us! Very polite and lovely people!
Awesome video! The bravery of paratroopers on that day is mind boggling. Gave me chills just watching the video, can’t imagine being there! Bucket list trip for sure.
Glad you enjoyed it! It really is an amazing place to visit. Utah Beach next!
The History Underground Can’t wait!
I am an american who relocated to Amsterdam. I love Band of Brothers, the series, as well as Dick Winters' books. I really have to applaud your initiative to undertake a journey like this. I am so jealous; but I am also inspired to undertake some of this journey myself. I am too close not to. Anyway, great job! Real inspiration.
Great video! I've watched Band Of Brothers numerous times but just recently watched The Pacific. Both are phenomenal shows. Keep up the great work.
A very humbling experience I"m sure. Even to watch this video.
Very much. There is definitely a heaviness to those places along the Normandy coastline.
Enjoyed every second of that. You have shown things I did not know existed although I have been briefly to Utah Beach. Everywhere you go, you bring to life and make us want to go there. Well done.
Wife and I are American's stationed at USAG Stuttgart and just visited Bastogne and Normandy over the past couple of months. Wish I had found your channel BEFORE we went. Lots of great info man!
Ken Byrd - Thanks! Appreciate that. By the way, I’m completely jealous of you. I’d love to be over there right now.
@@TheHistoryUnderground I'm very grateful I am HERE during COVID! We've been in the UK for 6 years and now Germany for the past 2. Soooooo much history everywhere. Even our house is 250 years old!
Thanks so much for this. You pack so much history into such a short time frame.
I glad you had the chance to visit Normandy. Truly a surreal and amazing experience. I walked on Omaha beach where my dad walked on 2 days after the invasion. Have a picture of him walking on Omaha beach with one of his ship mates with their ship in the background
Oh wow. I'm sure the experience was compounded for you given the personal connection. Hope that the videos were able to bring back some good memories.
Yes they were. I visited Normandy in 2015 and again in 2019 for the 75th anniversary of the D day landings. I made my reservations back in late 2018 just to make sure I could attend. It was a very moving and incredible experience to say the least. Even watched a few survivors of that day get special recognition from the French government and from President Trump as well. There were 1000’s of attendees at the ceremony. Something I will NEVER forget.
Really looking forward to it. Just watched We Stand Alone Together, amazing doc. about Easy Company. See you Monday.
Ray Ross - Awesome! See you then!
My grandfather on my dads side fought in the 42nd infantry division and fought his way up through Italy if I remember correctly. My grandfather on my moms side was a navy Seabee. My wife’s grandfather was a marine infantry man who fought in Guadalcanal. All those guys in ww2 are heroes. I am a combat veteran was in the infantry, I was wounded in Ramadi Iraq. I was in several firefights but I don’t compare what I went through close to what they did. True hero’s.
Amazing to see someone produce quality stuff like this. I lived in Belgium for a year but only got to see the WW1 locations.
Thanks! Appreciate that. Hope to get back over there sooner rather than later.
Thanks for this....Band Of Brothers was my Favorite series, Hand's Down! Superior Leadership against larger enemy forces!
We talked with people who live there. They showed us the exact spot of the C-47 crash on the prairie field close to the memorial. The lady explained that nothing grew from the field anymore, because the gasoline just burned everything... such a sacred place. We have so much respect for these guys. We are lucky to live close to Normandy and to discover all these details. Have you been to the dead man corner place near Carentan? You would love it. Great job man , great content!
Very interesting! You're quite fortunate to be in such close proximity to all of those places. Haven't been to dead man corner, but I certainly hope to go one day.
Wow. Another truly magnificent video. I have always wanted to make my pilgamage to Normandy. Your videos make an excellent planning guide for hopefully my future visit. Well done.
Just found your channel. Your videos are excellent. Thanks so much for bringing content like this to us.
Glad you like them! Thank you.
For my 21'st birthday, my Dad, and I traveled to Normandy. And during our trip, we visited many of the famous sites..but one in particular, was very cool. And that was Brecourt Manor...the sight of the infamous 105mm guns that we striking Utah Beach. Unfortunately, the site is now a farmer's land...so you can't actually walk on the location, but it was still pretty cool to see.
That was one heck of a birthday present. Definitely the trip of a lifetime.
It was always a farmer's land, the occupying soldiers just turfed them out and moved their canon in. There's a big battery up in the Pas de Calais area where the Germans evicted three whole farmsteads so they could build a huge bunker.
Excellent....You do a very good job on your presentation....Very easy to understand and live the history...Thanks....
I've just finished watching band of brothers for the 2nd time, haven't stop researching about the 101st airborne and 82nd airborne and the soldiers individually, the history is amazing and I would love to have the chance to visit everywhere they have been
Hey man! Just wanted to say that I’ve recently come across your channel and videos and I’m absolutely loving it!
I love WW2 history and I’m planning a trip to Normandy with some friends for early next year .
I’m lucky that I only live just over the channel near Biggin Hill so travelling to France isn’t much hassle for me.
Watching your videos is giving me great ideas for things to visit when we’re there so thank you!🙏
Keep up the great content!🤌
Thanks! I really do appreciate that!
Great episode, you as always hit the mark. Continued success with your work
I just read 5 books based on E company 506th 101st.. This episode was a huge treat as im intimately familiar with these men and these sites at this point. What a privilege for you to have been there! Also, how interesting that there is a monument at brecourt manor specifically for that unit. Do you know when the monument was erected? I wonder if any of the guys from Easy knew of it.
I just recently came across this channel and I love it especially these Normandy/European Theater episodes. I've always wanted to visit these sites in person.
If you're in the area look out for the museum at Dead Man's Corner (a destroyed tank with a body hanging out of it sat there for some days and became a kind of sign post: "Go down here and turn right at Dead Man's Corner . . . "
As well as the usual displays of uniforms, equipment and a shop they have a C47 fuselage (most of one anyways) in which you take a virtual flight from England to Normandy.
It's on hydraulic jacks so it pitches up and down and the noise of the engines is pretty loud - let's face it, it's like flying in a tin can not a 747.
Then, all of a sudden, you hear the explosions of nearby flak shells and then the bangs and shudders as your plane takes "hits".
You KNOW it's make believe and you're safe but everybody, everybody, looked around wide eyed and gulping.
Not to be missed.
I think that you're going to like an episode that we have coming up in this series :)
Awesome video history love it brings tears to my eyes since I was a kid love what those brave men did in Normandy how i wish i was one of them 👍✌️🙏🇺🇸
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When you said that you were at the exact spot the c-47 went down. I had chills up and down my spine.
Me too. You should go back and watch episode 1 where I went to Jefferson Barracks on the anniversary of D-Day. It connects with this episode.
Really enjoying your videos but that isn't the exact spot of the crash site its down the road abit in a field
I’ve visited the monument for Lt. Meehan’s stick a couple times and the actual crash site is in the field directly behind this monument. If you look at Forrest Guth’s book ‘The way we were’ there are pictures of him and Walter Hendrix - E company guys - standing at the crash site days after the event. The tree line in those pics of the field hasn’t changed much in 75 years. You can match it today to this field behind the monument. A great video all the same.
Stayed at the Château de Vouilly while there, which is where Walter Kronkite and many of the US press stayed following the battle. This place is very similar. Really nice. Thanks!
Oh, dang. How cool is that? So many historic places in that area to stay. Thanks for the heads up on that!
I've been to all 5 breaches, cemeteries, museums, St Marie du Mont, Montebourg, Cherbourg, St Marie Eglise, Germany Batteries, Bayeux, St Lo, Falaise, Bloody Gulch, Carentan, Brecourt Manor, done all these on camping holidays from Ireland with my family. Last year we were at St Lorient U boats pen. We are to go this year, we have a house booked near St Nazaire. We been to the Somme, western front and Waterloo battle site in Belgiums. Great history in France. I've watched Band of brothers several times including the Pacific. We visited the statue erected to Dick Winters on the way to Utah beach.
Dang. You have definitely made the rounds over there. I hope to make it back some day and do a trip that is a little more in depth.
That's over 9 or 10 years of travelling to France
I just found this channel and it's amazing! Hope i'll go to there someday, i'm a big fan of Band of Brothers too
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The etching on that memorial at the 8:47 mark, if I recall from Winters' book was drawn by Christianson if I recall correctly. Pretty cool stuff! I love how giddy you get about being at these places and experiencing everything about it. It makes me feel better about nerding out myself when I visit these historical places!
Can’t help but to get excited when I’m in some of these historic places 🙂
Been waiting 3 days and you didn't disappoint, the monuments around Normandy are awesome. The one I found most impressive was at la fiere bridge. Standing overlooking that valley knowing what had gone before gave me goose bumps. I bet you where impressed with our good old Europdan weather hey 😁. Keep up the great work man.
Thanks. Glad that you enjoyed it. I really made a big mistake in not planning more time to be there and I unfortunately didn't make it to Le Fiere Bridge. Definitely need to get back. And yes, the good old European weather was a CONSTANT harassment for me.
@@TheHistoryUnderground Haha, you get used to the rain JD, I honestly believe, even if you planned a month there, you would not have enough time. I was going to go back last Autumn (fall to you 😁) with my brother, but we never made it. Unfortunately he passed away very unexpectedly in January. So when I do go back later this year it will be even more poignant. I may even have a go at vlogging the trip. Thanks again for the videos, 👏👏👍
Ken Rowe - Man, sorry to hear about your brother. I’m sure that will be a meaningful trip for you. And if you take a run at the vlogging, make sure that you send me a link.
Thanks for your video. It was as heart felt as I think it was you.
Looking forward to it. Thanks
Hope you like it!
Gracias por compartir estos eventos que cambiaron la historia de la humanidad. Es increible!!
Gracias!
I hadn't realised that they had found the exact spot where Meehan's plane came down until I read about it just yesterday in the book "in the footsteps of the band of brothers" by Larry Alexander with one of the Easy Company men, Sergeant Forest Guth. On June 7th Guth along with "Smokey" Gordon, Eubanks, Talbert, Tipper, Mellett and a few other Easy Company guys, came across Meehan's crash site, but it was still too hot to get close to it. Guth said that he took a few photographs of the plane and moved on.
Pretty sad. You might also find the very first episode of History Traveler interesting. It also relates to this incident.
@@TheHistoryUnderground I hadn't seen the first two episodes and only came across the third by chance when flicking through the channels on my TV and i missed the first few minutes. I recognised Earl Mclung straightaway.
Thanks. I will find it and catch up with the series.
Visit Brecourt twice... there is nothing to see but grass, but close your eyes and hear the nature. It's an impressive place!
Very much so.
i had the honour of seeing the Winters/101st Memorial back in 2015 and for me Episode 2 of Band Of Brothers is my (all-time) favourite and even now when i watch that episode and say, "I've been thier" i get chills down my spine, and to see the battlefield itself was incredible and its hard to imagine of how Major Winters manage to do what he did that day...
Plain to see that you get it too. 👊🏻
My dad was there in 1944 and survived. The picture of the fox hole with branches covering is exactly as dad described living in one. That offered a degree of protection from the constant shelling and flack that occurred every night. In the morning his job was to gather up the dead bodies of soldiers that died the night before. Unbelievable conditions, how they survived but by the Grace of God!
Exactly. Can't even imagine.
Some gave all.....and they should never be forgotten. The fight goes on!!!!!
That’s amazing buddy! Thank you for your great job !
You bet! Thanks!
I’ve said this bfore, this guy is freaking incredible!
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When I did the beyond band of brothers tour a couple years back. I remembered the guide mention something that one of the advantages on Utah was not only by the airborne behind enemy lines, but also had tank support able to make land. Where as Omaha was struggling to get armor on land from either being blown up by artillery or literally being sunken into the waters for being too heavy to make passage. If you do any diving tours you can still find wrecks of Sherman’s under the sea
Oh wow. I've always wondered about that Beyond Band of Brothers tour. The tanks making it onshore is something I'd never considered. Did you find the tour to be of value?
The History Underground yes dude it was worth it. You pretty much to every location they went and then some starting at toccoa all the way to eagles nest.
KZX Productions - Oh my gosh. That would be my dream trip right there.
The History Underground right before D-Day launched the allies was trying to come up with beached tank. Consisting of a Sherman with buoys, sandbags, and snorkels. Of the 10 they tested on D-Day. Not a single one made it, they all sank to the bottom and only one tank crew was able to escape.
The History Underground not gonna lie it is a little pricey, but it’s worth it. Once whenever the virus is gone you can go on their website Stephen Ambrose tours.com and it’ll tell you everything from prices to locations. When I went back in 2018 for my senior trip in college. We were lucky to have col. shames from Easy Co. 506th with us, telling us stories and moments from his eyes.
Great video! Best one yet! Keep up the amazing work brother!
Appreciate it! Hopefully it brings a little life to the series for everyone.
Fascinating channel. Thank you.
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I was able to use the example of Brecourt Manor to successfully lead an assault in 2003. Thank you, LT Winters.
Another wonderful video. We enjoyed it so much ! Thankyou 🙂
Pamela Kern - Thanks! Glad that you enjoyed it. Utah Beach next!
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My Uncle James was a C-47 pilot in WWII. Luckily he made it through the war. Great video.
Been there many times. Heck, I've visited every nook and cranny on the Cotentin peninsula. It's kinda my home away from home.
The clip at 4:15 is often mislabeled as a C-47 crash site, but it’s clearly a B-17. The shape of the tail assembly and the markings are definitely B-17.
I'm loving your channel, I love military history, I served, 11 years, my question to you is , have you served.
Thanks! Appreciate that. As far as military service goes, the Lord had a different path for me. Glad that you are enjoying the channel!
Pretty dam cool, thanks for sharing.
Looking forward to the next one, this was awesome.
Glad you enjoyed it! Got a few more videos from the Normandy coastline and then we're heading up to Belgium.
Neat that the memorial is shaped like a c-47 vertical tail.
Great video. As you probably know, Brecourt Manor is down the lane and the chipped stone over a prominent window was caused by a motor fired by Donald Malarkey trying to take out the MG42 poking out the window. The field containing the guns is behind the one you were stood in front of, you can look over the gate into the field.
Yeah, I wish that I could go back and do a little more comprehensive treatment of that spot. I'm planning on going back someday and intend to hit that spot a little more in depth. Thanks for the kind words!
Your videos are priceless keep up the awesome work.
This makes me want to go and look myself. Well done
Thanks! It’s definitely worth seeing.
sooo friggin jealous of your travels...I hope I make it there, while I still have a couple marbles left. ty for this vid
ViperGTS MRE - Thanks. Appreciate that. Hopefully these videos serve to take you there in some way or another until that time comes. Utah Beach next!
Salute to the.. EASY COMPANY.... Led by Maj. Dick winters... Tnx a very very big much... For your service.... Hailed Heroes ... God bless you all gallant boys n your bravery..🙏🙏.. We will not forget you... God bless America 🇺🇸....🙏🙏🙏
So awesome, keep it coming i love your channel!!so awesome!!!👍👍👍👍😁😁😁😁😁
Great video. Although I was there several times it still gives me goosebumps. Just one thing. The place where Brecourt Battery had been situated was further down that line, literally the next field.
I've had a few others say that but I'm not 100% positive. The maps and other tours that I've consulted say that the battery was in the field just behind the memorial.
The place where Lt Meehan’s plane had crashed was found in 1952, with the help of winesses. Personnal items and remains were found and French people decided to build this monument. Searching the site, they found rings, crickets, and a watch, that had stopped at 1:12....You can also see a burned revolver recovered at this crash site in the Gettysburg Museum of History.
Pretty sad. You may also want to check out the very first episode of History Traveler. I think that you'll like it.
The History Underground Thanks, I watched it and subscribed. (New French subscriber)
I recently saw a documentary on the installation of the monument with the sculpture of Dick Winters. I heard him talk to the interviewer while an elderly man. Gentle, self-effacing, but truly courageous and truly a leader.
Merci pour cette magnifique vidéo 😀👌🏻🇺🇸🇫🇷
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I was blessed with the honor of crossing over to the Boy Scouts on Omaha Beach. Easily the most scared I've ever been going to Point Du Hoc, the Cemetery, and the surrounding area. Absolutely breathtaking experience I will never forget. I was speechless.
Thanks for sharing! Definitely an impactful place.
My great uncle landed on Omaha with the 29th. During the battle of the bulge he volunteered to join the 3rd Armored as a reserve unit for the breakout in Bostogne. He was hit by a German sniper outside of Foy while working with the 506 to take the town. German mortar shell fell right where he would have been if he was still running instead blew off a few toes on one foot. The sniper dropped him and the shell went off just barely in range to injure him. On his death bed he swore he’d kiss that kraut square on the mouth for saving his life.
Love your videos, thank you.
Thanks for watching!
Another great episode!
Thanks! Glad that you enjoyed it. Utah Beach next!
Great job, we really enjoy your videos!
This is just great. Thanks for this.
Great video. Love your clips for future travel info etc but, I don’t want to be a stickler, but I think your video shows the wrong paddock of the battle of brecourt manor. Sure the monument is there on the corner of the main road but just a bit further down that road, opposite the farm buildings is the “actual” site of the event. The zig zag of the battery can still be seen in the current fence line. Thanks again for such awesome videos. Cheers.
No, no. That's not being a stickler at all. I actually appreciate the clarification. In the video, I refrained from pointing out any tree lines where the guns were and tried to keep it more general simply because I didn't know for sure. One of my biggest fears in posting these videos is putting out any information that would mislead anyone. I'll go in and post a clarification in the video description right now. Thanks!
Cheers for that quick reply. Hey we love your clips and we planned on coming to the USA later this year. But that is probably off given Covid. We loved your Arlington video and plan to go there.
My partner and I Love history travel. We were in Normandy for the 75th anniversary of D Day. Awesome. When we do get over to the US we’ll look you up.
@@brendonwood8197 - Hopefully this all passes and you can make it over sooner rather than later. When you come, DC is an amazing place and my videos didn't even scratch the surface of what all is around there. Again, thanks for the clarification. Hopefully, I didn't muddle things up too much in that video.
These are awesome!!! Someday......
It really is an amazing place.
Great video and quick info about Harrison Summers, thank’s!! I hope you know that the battery was 300metres away from where you are standing by the monument and actually behind the hedgerow you see in the background (not the field you are pointing at). The field is close to Brecourt mansion just down the road. Interesting thougt about Meehan and Winters och if the plane had not been hit. I like your videos a lot!