The most beautiful thing to me here is that in the letter, the friend and fellow soldier of Claire's ancestor wrote that it was a great shock to him because he loved him, just didn't mince words, said it plain and simply, something so sweet and vulnerable said by one man about another man that he cared about and its a show of tenderness that we wouldn't necessarily associate with those times back then especially with soldiers in war
My grandmother lost her baby when she learned of my grandfather's death, not in war, but at a sawmill. He ended up in the pit at the sawmill, the back of his skull cracked. He was ill at the time but was poor so he had to work since he had children and a wife to support. He had taken the sawmill job during The Great Depression even though he was a farmer. My mother was their last child and was only about five years old when he died. It's caused her great sadness her entire life. His death caused the trajectory of her life to be very different to what it would have been had he lived. We are linked to our ancestors and their lives and stories effect us.
Wow, a hero who followed his better angels and sacrificed for others. He is a guardian angel of high esteem in Heaven. Lchaim from Jerusalem. Schlama. Malkuth. Hubba
It's sad now. Imagine what it was like then. The grief caused by the world wars just in the fortunate countries that escaped war on their soil was enormous.
One of my great-grandfathers was a WW1 veteran. He survived to live his life and raise a family. Before his military service, he spent a couple of years in Hawaii doing ecclesiastical service. Learned to speak the native Hawaiian language fluently. He never went back. He wanted to preserve the Hawaii he remembered in his memories than see what happened to it years later. Whenever a friend from Hawaii called him, he always spoke in Hawaiian with them.
You grieve in little steps throughout your life as you have that little moments realizing there's something that everyone else has that you don't and never will. The moments that make memories are all somewhat lessened by their absence.
So often, friends said men died instantly. It was to spare the widow's distress. Nobody knows if these reports of instant death are true, or kindly protective. In all wars, it was done. So sad. So very sad.
In the same letter, however, its author reveals that the other dude struck by shrapnel from the blast , hardly, 'died instantly' instead taking about 1 hour to succumb from his 'mortal wounds'. He didn't mention whether that soldier was conscious or not for any of that period so its possible, in fact, likely that some degree of suffering was experienced. Unless, the medic penned a separate letter to kin of "Lt Riley" in which he gives a similar yet more obvious fictionalized account of events(i.e., a sanitized version) then this particular one featured here is probably accurate. Your point is well-taken yet I'm inclined to believe that the demise of Danes' Great-Grandfather either occurred in an instant or he was immediately rendered unconscious and passed away within seconds.
@@tommyriam8320Yes, the fact he mentions that Lt. Riley lasted an hour before dying of his shrapnel wounds makes it more likely that his account of Capt. Ebbert being killed instantly is accurate. Otherwise, he would probably have said that *both* men died instantly in the destruction of the tower. In general, when you see letters in archives sent by WW1 commanding officers or unit friends to family members of KIA soldiers, it is truly remarkable just how many of them "died instantly" either "after being shot through the heart" or "after being struck in the chest by a piece of shrapnel" or something similar. Literally *nobody* ever died in agony after coughing their lungs out for a few hours following a gas attack or fell and slowly drowned in the gluey mud of Flanders or got buried alive in a dugout by a shellburst...
The gravestone is marked "D.S.C." that means "Distinguished Service Cross" which is our nation's second highest honor behind the Medal of Honor. Where is that medal? She or someone in the family should have it.
Clair Danes' great-grandfather died as a volunteer artillery observer - a dangerous job, as any soldier assigned to this job will tell you, then and now.
A letter from a superior officer was the normal means of death notification until the 20th century, and didn't become uncommon until WW2. Stories just like this one are far too common. RIP, Captain.
Per Wikipedia…. In 1998, Danes was declared persona non grata by Filipino officials. Restrictions imposed on Danes involved a ban from entering Manila or the Philippines and prohibition on distribution of her films in the region.[notes 1] The ban came after Danes said Manila, the capital of the Philippines, "smelled of cockroaches, with rats all over, and that there is no sewage system, and the people do not have anything - no arms, no legs, no eyes". Danes later apologized for those remarks, but they refused to lift the ban.[43][44][45]
Americans just like to revisit old traumas to find some To ing to cry about . Literary every relative of everyone from the past suffered in one way or the other .
The most beautiful thing to me here is that in the letter, the friend and fellow soldier of Claire's ancestor wrote that it was a great shock to him because he loved him, just didn't mince words, said it plain and simply, something so sweet and vulnerable said by one man about another man that he cared about and its a show of tenderness that we wouldn't necessarily associate with those times back then especially with soldiers in war
My grandmother lost her baby when she learned of my grandfather's death, not in war, but at a sawmill. He ended up in the pit at the sawmill, the back of his skull cracked. He was ill at the time but was poor so he had to work since he had children and a wife to support. He had taken the sawmill job during The Great Depression even though he was a farmer. My mother was their last child and was only about five years old when he died. It's caused her great sadness her entire life. His death caused the trajectory of her life to be very different to what it would have been had he lived. We are linked to our ancestors and their lives and stories effect us.
Wow, a hero who followed his better angels and sacrificed for others. He is a guardian angel of high esteem in Heaven. Lchaim from Jerusalem. Schlama. Malkuth. Hubba
It's sad now. Imagine what it was like then. The grief caused by the world wars just in the fortunate countries that escaped war on their soil was enormous.
Been following Claires career since she was a teenager. she's grown into such a stunning lovely woman who doesn't seem to age..
One of my great-grandfathers was a WW1 veteran. He survived to live his life and raise a family. Before his military service, he spent a couple of years in Hawaii doing ecclesiastical service. Learned to speak the native Hawaiian language fluently. He never went back. He wanted to preserve the Hawaii he remembered in his memories than see what happened to it years later. Whenever a friend from Hawaii called him, he always spoke in Hawaiian with them.
"Evertime she looks at catherine, she sees Peter"
Claire has literally played that dynamic with her character in Homeland and her daughter.
Very precious gift to give to someone that loves you with all their heart ❤️
You grieve in little steps throughout your life as you have that little moments realizing there's something that everyone else has that you don't and never will. The moments that make memories are all somewhat lessened by their absence.
0:28
She is draped with the Flag.
1:12 Her Grandma's *3-year* *old* eyes in the drawing.
That LOOK.
That shook me up.
That Claire woman is so eloquent! She must have read a lot!
So often, friends said men died instantly.
It was to spare the widow's distress. Nobody knows if these reports of instant death are true, or kindly protective.
In all wars, it was done.
So sad. So very sad.
In the same letter, however, its author reveals that the other dude struck by shrapnel from the blast , hardly, 'died instantly' instead taking about 1 hour to succumb from his 'mortal wounds'. He didn't mention whether that soldier was conscious or not for any of that period so its possible, in fact, likely that some degree of suffering was experienced. Unless, the medic penned a separate letter to kin of "Lt Riley" in which he gives a similar yet more obvious fictionalized account of events(i.e., a sanitized version) then this particular one featured here is probably accurate. Your point is well-taken yet I'm inclined to believe that the demise of Danes' Great-Grandfather either occurred in an instant or he was immediately rendered unconscious and passed away within seconds.
@@tommyriam8320Yes, the fact he mentions that Lt. Riley lasted an hour before dying of his shrapnel wounds makes it more likely that his account of Capt. Ebbert being killed instantly is accurate. Otherwise, he would probably have said that *both* men died instantly in the destruction of the tower.
In general, when you see letters in archives sent by WW1 commanding officers or unit friends to family members of KIA soldiers, it is truly remarkable just how many of them "died instantly" either "after being shot through the heart" or "after being struck in the chest by a piece of shrapnel" or something similar. Literally *nobody* ever died in agony after coughing their lungs out for a few hours following a gas attack or fell and slowly drowned in the gluey mud of Flanders or got buried alive in a dugout by a shellburst...
What a great empathetic episode!
The gravestone is marked "D.S.C." that means "Distinguished Service Cross" which is our nation's second highest honor behind the Medal of Honor. Where is that medal? She or someone in the family should have it.
Clair Danes' great-grandfather died as a volunteer artillery observer - a dangerous job, as any soldier assigned to this job will tell you, then and now.
The wall is undefeated.
A letter from a superior officer was the normal means of death notification until the 20th century, and didn't become uncommon until WW2. Stories just like this one are far too common. RIP, Captain.
She's a persona non grata in my country
Why?
Per Wikipedia…. In 1998, Danes was declared persona non grata by Filipino officials. Restrictions imposed on Danes involved a ban from entering Manila or the Philippines and prohibition on distribution of her films in the region.[notes 1] The ban came after Danes said Manila, the capital of the Philippines, "smelled of cockroaches, with rats all over, and that there is no sewage system, and the people do not have anything - no arms, no legs, no eyes". Danes later apologized for those remarks, but they refused to lift the ban.[43][44][45]
There is a lot that our family has covered up.
Well, I'm struct by the similarity of Clare's haircut and that of the little flag enwrapped girl.
Her hairstyle fits her face really well. She's so attractive
Is it me- or does Claire speak so eloquently
She does ❤
Such a beautiful woman
She looks just like her grandmother...even the hairstyle.
Americans just like to revisit old traumas to find some To ing to cry about . Literary every relative of everyone from the past suffered in one way or the other .
Well European losses were far far greater in this war, but that's not the point of the show, is it?
His sacrifice, his.
Sorry, what??
She's not allowed to cry?
Is she ill, looks so thin
She has a privileged life so did her grand mother