I was a combat medic in the Hürtgen Forest - Pvt Charles N. Shay
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- Опубліковано 25 лис 2019
- 📽️I was a combat medic in the Hürtgen Forest - Pvt Charles N. Shay
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During the fall of 1944, the 16th Regiment of the 1st Infantry Division was experiencing heavy combat in the Hürtgen Forest located on the German border. During this bloody battle, many young men lost their lives from both sides. Charles Norman Shay, medic in F company of the 16th Infantry Regiment was greatly impacted by the death of one of his comrades, and it would haunt him for the rest of his life. Pvt Munfard Kelley, a young married man from Alabama was wounded in the chest by tree burst on November 19, 1944. Charles Shay heard a cry for a medic and rushed to the aid of his friend. Unfortunately, Pvt Munfard Kelley was wounded too severely and Charles was unable to save his life, something that he still struggles with to this day.
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The following video is dedicated to Charles N.Shay, Munfard Kelley and all the service members who lost their life in the Hürtgen Forest. 🌹
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Produced and directed by Florent Plana - Фільми й анімація
My Grandfather was in the 1st Divison BIG RED ONE - With this man at the Hurtgen Forest. My Grandfather was Shot through the face busted out his jaw and teeth and bullet came out his back. He Survived with a Purple Heart- God Bless all these Heroes.
Hello Todd, what unit was he in ? Would love to know more about your grandfather. Thank you very much for sharing a little bit about him with us. Sincerely, Florent
I am amazed, he deserves a Purple Heart! My family was liberated in May 45, thank you to your grandfather and comrades. I love you. April 2021
Thank you Mr Shay for sharing your memories with us. I wish good health and much joy to you and your family.
Thank you very much for watching this video and for your comment. Sincerely, Florent Plana
Merci pour ce témoignage si émouvant.
Thank you for your service and your sacrifices you have made for all of us. . I know you have never forgotten the men you served with. My uncle never did he served in Europe and lost many friends. The greatest generation.
Hello Randy, thank you very much for your comment and for watching the video. Do you know which unit your uncle served with ? Would love to know more about him. Sincerely, Florent Plana
Hürtgen Forest was on of the battles my Dad was in.
Do you know which unit he served with ?
I have visited the Hürtgenwald many times, it is an hour drive from where I live. The last scene is filmed on the US cemetery in Margraten.
This must be a haunting place to come across and I hope one day to be able to visit.
Yes indeed, it has been very moving to visit this cemetery with Charles N. Shay. Looking at all these graves is very moving. Thank you for watching the video.
I would love to visit there. Planning a trip soon
With the Belgian flag by the grave, I was thinking of Henrie Chappelle Cemetery.
Rip all the brave fighters of that war 🙏
This made me cry. So sorry for this tremendous loss.
Absolutely, thank you very much for watching this video. Sincerely, Florent Plana
It seems to help the older veterans to walk the old battlefields in peace. I hired a contractor who had been involved in El Salvador fighting and he said he went back to make peace.
Absolutely, we have been in touch with many WW2 veterans who came back in Normandy many years after the war. As you said, they wanted to make sure that future generation would not have to go through what they have to endure during the war.
God bless all the medics.
Thank you very much for watching this video and for your comment. Sincerely, Florent Plana
Crying my eyes out. THANK YOU, Sir to you and your comrades. April 2021
Congratulations Florent ! A very emotional story of Charles in the Hürtgen Forest 😢 I have seen the video several times and it's always the same emotion...😔
Thank you very much my friend. I'm glad you liked the video.
This is SO moving. God bless him.
Thank you very much for watching this video James. Sincerely, Florent Plana
RESPECT
Absolutely, thank you for watching the video. Sincerely, Florent Plana
Beautiful.
Thank you very much for watching this video and for your comment. Sincerely, Florent Plana
RIP to all who gave their lives so we could live ours in freedom
I had the privilege to Mr. Shay at Normandy American Cemetery last summer.
That's amazing, did you have a chance to talk with him ?
@@florentplana9560 We didn't talk as much to him, as we did his son. I have a great pic of him with the beach he landed on behind him in the distance. I've learned far more about him since we met him.
BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU
god bless these men thank you for your sacrifice
Absolutely, thank you very much for watching this video. Sincerely, Florent Plana
My father in law was a medic in the lead division, 9th Infantry Division , into this forest. He was wounded three times and received 3 Purple Hearts. He never talked about it.
Superb !
Thank you very much for watching the video, I am glad you enjoyed it. Sincerely, Florent Plana
RESPECT !!!!!!!
Absolutely, thank you for watching the video. Sincerely, Florent Plana
My dad was wounded in Hertgen Forrest 24Nov1944 was with 26 infantry Big RED ONE.... passed away 2011
Thank you very much for commenting the video and for sharing about your dads story. The 26th IR was an incredible outfit.
My father was there he was a scout/sniper
Hello Larry, thank you for your comment. Do you know which unit he was in ? Sincerely, Florent Plana
Mr. Shay was in the worst battles in WW2.
He couldn't get his friend out of the foxhole.
He knew the friend would be dead in minutes.
His nerves were shattered.
He brought The Ceremony to the far away Land to bring them back Home.
They do not walk that place wandering outside their bodies anymore.
Mr. Shay came to bring them Home.
Because though Mr. Shay was a medic among them during that terrifying time of world war, he is also a Spirit Man in the ways of his Ancestral American Native Root.
I have visited several WWII battlefields, but the Huertgen Forest was the worst terrain by far.
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