WWII Veteran Describes His Traumatic Frontline Experiences
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- Опубліковано 17 тра 2021
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This is an interview with a WW2 rifleman who served under Patton explaining the reality of combat on the frontlines in the worst war in humanity. He served with company E of the 301st Regiment of the 94th Infantry Division. They were known as Patton's Golden Nugget as he used them whenever he could. They served in the submarine pen areas of Normandy and then fought into Germany taking down the Third Reich
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Legends of WWII Thanks so much for making these videos! These videos are very important, and these veteran's experiences need to be preserved so future generations can see what these men did to preserve the free world! I can't thank you enough for making these!
Listen to "untold Normandy day German perspective " its amazing work by this German writer that interviewed all the survivors in1954
Subscribed (with notifications) after the very first interview I saw on this channel. I also automatically give you a like before watching the video. I'd remove it afterwards, but thus far have had no reason to do so.
In an ideal world, there would be a vast library documenting the experiences of *every single soldier and civilian in WWII.* It seems to me that you're trying to make it a reality, before it's too late.
Keep it up! 😁👍
Thank you so much for this channel its historically priceless. Both of my grandfathers were in the war but they weren't on the frontlines, I don't think either of them say much if any combat, but I know they lost dozens of friends. Their sacrifice will never be forgotten and your channel is helping to preserve their first hand accounts for generations to come. We just have to hope they find it as valuable as we do.
Did you ever interview any one from the Aleutian islands Campaign? Has anyone had stories from their dad recorded, I mean the son telling all the stories his dad told him sort of thing?
What a privilege to still have these men alive and to hear their stories.. thank you for doing these. Thank you
I am humbled and grateful to have the opportunity to hear this man share of his experiences
My father in law was a medic in Vietnam and said that the first thing a wounded soldier checks for is his groin. He said if his “groin” wasn’t there that their will to live completely fades away.
Understandable
Also happens when people wake up from a coma! I wouldn't want to live without my 🍆 either 😅
Gotta see if my twig and berries still work
Even if it don’t work, one still feels male
@Fabian Kirchgessner your wife would
This soldier's memory is so vivid. This was a little short less of an 8 minute interview but man his testimony of the service he spoke of here. From seeing replacements killed upon just arriving, his fellow soldiers incapacitated by an anti-personnel mine to seeing 5 tanks and it's crew smashed by an 88mm anti-tank gun. 😔
Plus what he himself had to go through personally. This is sad.
You don't even want to imagine what these brave men, these soldiers had to deal with in the fight for liberty.
I pray true peace upon this man 🙏
Yeah it's insane, it's a whole different level when you have a man like this giving you his eye witness account. The part that really got to me was when he described the top half of the lieutenant going with the top of the tank... just imagining that is sickening, let alone witnessing it in person
mixed emotion here...😔😔
My parents were both World War II veterans. My dad was US Navy, South Pacific and my mom was a WAC that was part of a unit that ferried B-17s from the Boeing plant here in Everett Washington down to Southern California for deployment to the Pacific. I'm so grateful to have been raised by people of that generation because I would not be the person I am today without them. Rest in peace Mom and Dad!😇💜
May they rest in peace🙏
Wow did they share their experiences with you?
All of us who had a Mom or Fad that served during WWII are a very luck generation. My Dad served in the Pacific in the retaking of the Phillipines in Oct.44. May all those Mom's and Dad's Rest in God's loving arm's eternally.
My grandfather was on the Intrepid during WW2. We have pictures of my grandmother in a uniform in both china (in front of a flag), and one labelled Philippines. We have no idea what the uniform is, but she is with several women in the same uniform. She told us she built military radios.
Gonna need a part 2 or full interview, the way this man tells stories is something else
ua-cam.com/video/Yom8dh3HH50/v-deo.html one of my favs
Yes we want more history from these great examples of true men! Our young men could use so much of these guy's experiences to learn from! When you think your life is hard just remember what they endured..
I could listen to him all day
Me too. I want more from him!
Yeap. Longest 7 mins of my life, in tbe best way possible.
Me three
When he was saying “Bam!” At the end had me weak asf 😂😂😂 love this dude
These men were my grandpa's and uncles. They were also my neighbors. I was so fortunate to have them in my life. It made me who I am today.
Oh really wow
That's some cool stuff... I would like to shake this mans hand!!
@@peacefulwarrior4151 I live by a army base. Many settled by the base after the war. These are men of honor, grace and dignity. They saw unspeakable things yet we're very kind to people and children. They did hate the Germans and Japanese very much. That eased with time. You could tell who saw combat versus desk jobs by their level of hate for their combatents. It was ok. I understood even at a young age. Many suffered with injuries their entire lives.
This man has balls of steel God bless him love you sir!
He almost got steel in his balls, lucked out on that one! Lol
Every one of these videos makes me appreciate being able to wake up and just exist. Not having to be on a boat driving across the ocean to fight in a foreign land. Not having to jump out of an airplane with flak exploding around you. Not seeing the horrors of war. I truly am blessed to live in America, home of the free because of the brave!
this is a great comment. hopefully others will feel similar things, please subscribe for other WW2 interviews.
@@RememberWW2 I already am subscribed. Thanks for commenting. Your doing great work. Please continue giving all of these amazing people the chance to share their stories.
Home of the free ? Capitalism haz your nation in shackles my friend
@@williamacheson3569 capitalism is one of the best parts of this country. If you want it, go get it. Nobody to blame but yourself if you fail in this country.
@@williamacheson3569 dont taint this beautiful comment with your blatant ignorance capitalism is the only thing keeping the world going bud
My grandfather is a Vietnam vet and he openly tells me the things he's seen and done with no filter. He believes that people should know the true horrors of war and what it does to someone.
My Pop fought in the Dominican Republic and Vietnam. He told me a lot of stories, most of them not about combat. He told a few about combat too, but he never talked about any of his friends getting killed. One day I asked him if any of the dozen or so guys he'd mentioned by name had gotten seriously wounded or killed, and he just said, "Yeah, a few," in such a way that I knew it was something he never wanted to talk about.
He had no problem talking about things he did that he wasn't proud of, but what happened to his buddies who didn't make it home in one piece or at all was never brought up except for that one time.
@George Washington And how do you interpret that now? I grew up with the same. The alcoholism and depression was just the way it was when I was young. Some grown ups got real emotional in the late hours of those pool and cocktail parties of the 50-60's - I could hear it and it kinda scared me, but I knew those men still felt pain. Now I know better. Anyone combat vet who is truthful to themselves knows that it's a hellish thing we send the young to do. If you deny that, then you're throwing away their lesson.
can you tell me something you heard form him? im interested
@@JackJackKcajify he's told me the times he's blown up Vietnamese soldiers with his Thump gun. Shooting a solider in the stomach and hearing him cry all night and he said he got fed up, walked up to him and blew his brains out with his .45
He tells me the story of when his Sargeant was shot and my grandfather ran to his aid and was shot 3 times in the hip, medic came to my grandpa, my grandfather told him to keep his head down but the medic ended up getting shot in the head.
He told me a story how he found a human skull, shook it and heard the dried up brain raddle around. He mentioned next to the skull was a hole in the ground, he reached his arm down in it to discover what was left of the solder (guts and blown up body parts)
Another good one was he said he was having a cigarette and in the distance he seen someone look at him, nod and walk off in the treeline and he said it had to of been a thousand round that instantly rained down on him and his platoon.
When he was shot he left Vietnam for Japan to get treated , he wanted to go back so he did for another 6 months, ended up stepping on a landmine and lost his left leg. He said it blew him up about 4 feet in the air and thought it was the guy behind him, tried to get up and walk to discover he lost a leg.
Don't really care if anyone believes the storis or not but this is some of the stuff he tells me and he has the medals and scars to prove it.
The man doesn't have much human compassion and would probably in all honesty, do it again if he could. He's pretty bold.
He was in the Airborn division in the U.S. Army, also highly decorated.
My other grandfather was a colonel in the 90s and retired but he passed before I could hear any stories from him.
"What did your Sargeant say?" Well he wasn't happy. You can tell he doesn't like to swear because I have a feeling the Sargeant was cursing like crazy. Lol
jesus. to survive that and come home was a heroic feat in itself. i cannot imagine just how brave and tough you had to be back then.
And they talk about it like it’s just another day at work...tough old men
@@irishuwould5185 Yes, an extremely great generation. Every time I hear these guys talk I'm reminded of many of today's soft younger people who complain about their lives and insignificant issues.
@@jacksak Soft times make soft people. Tough times make solid men and women. His generation was about sacrifice, responsibility, morals, family and duty. The Boomers betrayed the greatest generation and their own kids by turning our current generation into one of childish consumption, fantasy, hookup sex, addiction and mental health disorders. We got more socially and morally pathetic and irresponsible from the 60s onward, in my opinion.
@@mr.r2362 I absolutely agree, and I'm 77, older than Boomers.
@@mr.r2362 Yes but if the shit hits the fan now I am 100% certain the vast majority will step up. You said it yourself. Tough times make tough men and women.
“You’re ok, Lip, everything’s right where it should be.”
First thing that came to my mind as well!
First thing I thought of as well
Can I ever watch any interview with a real veteran and NOT hear references to that corny fucking show?
@@jacobrodesh9019 but that show and its references are based on real experiences from men in the 101st... soooo what are you really saying? Lol
@@jacobrodesh9019 Or you can simply ignore the reference but that is just too hard, huh?
"I kept telling him, as long as they're shelling us the infantry won't come in" tough as nails.
“They went into their settings and switched the friendly fire to ‘off.’ I says ‘oh boy. Here we go.’”
My grandfather was in the battle of the bulge, he passed away 25 years ago and I miss him all the time.
These interviews are absolutely gold.
Sir, you are a true American hero. I am sorry you had to go through that, but your sacrifice is much appreciated.
Glad these stories are being saved.
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Dear Mr. Rossignol, Thank you for your service to our country and for the freedom that I enjoy today. You are my hero. God bless you, sir.
He has a way of keeping your attention, Great story teller, I found myself being captivated, like I was in grade school during story time, when we sat in front of our teacher
The Lt. took the caution as an affront to his judgment and ended up getting himself and his men killed. There’s no place for ego on a battleground.
Many an LT suffered from a similar rush of shit to the brains during WWII and sadly many subordinates paid for that :(
There is a fine line e between bravery and stupidity.
@@gregleonard7391 So true.
My dad interviewed a B17 bombardier many years ago now to preserve his story and what it was like to live through the war. Thank you for recording and preserving the memories of these great men. Both of my Grandfather's served during WW2 and both are gone now. I know some of my dad's fathers story, he was an intelligence officer in the USAAC in the Pacific theater stationed on Saipan. My mom's dad I know a lot less about. He didn't like to talk about it and he never served in Europe or the South Pacific. I do know he was stationed in Alaska and may have been part of the Aleutian Islands Campaign for control of Attu and Kiska. That campaign was a disaster with most of the casualties coming from confusion and friendly fire. Which would explain why he never wanted to talk about it.
I have a bad night's sleep and I don't feel like going to work,the respect I have for these men and women is huge.
It's remarkable how most vets can smile and laugh at such gruesome memories..🖤🇺🇲
It's a cover-up to deal with the horror.
My father flew in the European theater and shared stories with us even when we were 10 yrs old. Sure inspired me. I'm proud to hear your story and of you. Thank you and God bless.
Lucid, clear memorys of a horror story. Warrior. I am glad you got home Soldier. Respect.
This guy is tough! His conversation was interesting and engaging. Thank you for your service Sir!
My God! What a powerful story. We are so blessed to have him and his comrades fight for our freedom. NEVER FORGET!!!
Would love to see a couple hours with this guy
I'm so sorry that this man had to endure what he did, and I'm sorry for the friends he lost and the horrible things he had to see.
I'm glad he survived and was able to share this piece of history with us.
I salute you sir.
These videos are priceless. Soon everyone from the greatest generation will be gone you are doing the world a favour by documenting these stories.
I hope we can learn from these men and never fight a war like WW2 again..
Keep up the good work documenting these men! I love the fact you don’t ask for any money or any corny dramatic intros just straight to the veterans.
I can't imagine what these men have been through.
The nightmares had to be awful.
I know my uncle (who fought in the S. Pacific) had awful nightmares well into his mid 60's.
I watched this for less then one minute and all I could think was easy decision to call this gentleman the GREATEST GENERATION TO EVER LIVE!!
Thank you sir!!
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Fascinating ! Knowing the Lieutenant leading the 5 tanks to their death, after being warned not to continue , and seeing them all destroyed , had to haunt him all his life ..
The lt died en route to the hospital
@@suspicioustumbleweed4760 It was the Sargeant that was hit by the land mine that died on route to the field hospital , the Lt leading the tank column was killed, half his body was blown out of the turret. Watch the video again for clarification !
Some of these men are sharper than me. Truly the Greatest Generation!
Love these stories. Thank you!
Thanks for sharing these great stories.
Thanks for letting me hear a bit of his story. A hero!
I'm afraid these young people today have no idea how much we owe to men and women of this time era and the sacrifice they made to keep this country and many other countries free.
Together we can change their mindsets. God Bless the best generation the WWII veterans!
I could listen to more of his stories he has an excellent memory.
I also wonder who is the lowlife that puts a thumbs down on these videos of these men of honor.
Thanks
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Thanks very much for your service
Listening to these stories stir up the deepest sadness imaginable and makes me feel hatred for my current generation. They have no idea what real sacrfice is.
Our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan were just as tough. Just as brave. Just as committed.
Thank you for what you are doing. These guys are living treasures. We owe it to them to remember their stories.
I have so much respect for these men
Thank you for your sacrifice. I enjoyed listening to your story.
Thank you for your service, sir.
Thank you for your account of the war events that you were in. You are definitely a hero and a gentleman.
Thank you sir for your service
Thank you for sharing your combat accounts. I salute you sir.
Thank you for your sacrifice! Best story to hear!
Thank you for posting this. I watch things like this because it makes me really understand and appreciate what soldiers in WWII did for us. I hope that in a 100 years people can still look back at these types of videos to learn from them.
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO YOU AND THE FINE GENTLEMEN YOU SERVED WITH
Ty sir, these are the heroes we should idolize. These men
Thank you for all you've done for our country
My dad told me first hand stories of 88s v. Sherman Tanks.... Never ended well for the Tanks.
My grandfather was 36th Combat Engineers, originally an amphibious assault group (Seahorse patch) turned non amphibious for N. Africa and back to Amphibious.
He had more Combat landings than most Marines.
From the US 1st battles in N. Africa, ANZIO and Germany attached to the 3rd ID, in the same place Audie Murphy was.
When I graduated Combat Engineer he took me aside and was .....blunt.... about the horrors of war.
After he passed I was have idle conversation with my father about some of the things he told me (father a NAM vet) and he said "Christ son, he's never told me these things".
Worthy to note I have 3 WWII grandparents, survivor from the Indianapolis on my moms side and virtually every aunt, uncle, cousin who has served/ serving.
The horrors become work place every day events.
SAPPER
My Grandfather also served in U.S. army, from North Africa to Italy and then occupation of Germany.
ANZIO. He was brevetted to Major, but he never spoke about it. Only thing he ever really said was how hard it was to watch a dear friend lose his mind and commit battlefield suicide.
May they rest in peace. And their struggles be a lesson to us.
Amazing interview so great full for all the brave men who fought and died and spilled blood in ww2
Absolutely amazing.
THANK YOU SIR, GOD BLESS YOU ALL.....
This made me physically queasy, listening to it.
Thank you Sir, for doing what I could never do. 🙏
Bless our vets!
That's right GOD BLESS THE WWII VETERANS of the ALLIED COUNTRIES! Thanks for watching, please consider following the channel for other WWII veteran interviews!
You are doing great work by documenting these great humans stories. Genuine heros
Great video. Good that you made this. Such an honour to see this man telling his story, I dont know if he lives still, but what a good man.
I love this content. Thank you for your sacrifice Good Sir. Also, thank you for taking the time to make these videos to preserve these legends.
This guy was with it and remembers the detail in his story we need more videos of these vets you are making history by filming and listening
Talk about just being next level tough been dealing with all of the stuff you see then having to live the rest of your life like you didn't experience it thank you for your service Norm
Thank you so much for your service. Proud Australian here
God bless you Mr. Norm. Thank you for your service and all you did for us. Without men like you we wouldn't be here today. Thank you for sharing your story. This poor man can just whip these stories out where im sure at the time he was devastated.
You do amazing work, thank you.
My father fought in Normandy and became an American prisoner of war in the Falaise pocket. As a German that man would have been an enemy then. But this man has shown what he is made of. I would absolutely prefer men like him to the softened wimps of the 21st century. Even as an enemy, this man would be closer to me than the manlets that surround me today. Maybe there is something good about that too. I am over 60 and the end of life is closer to me than the beginning. Perhaps the bleakness of the present makes it easier for me to let my life go one day. Then maybe I can meet men like him in another world. That would be a pleasure for me.
Thank you sir ,for defending our freedom,,,Greetings and love from the Netherlands.
Thank you, sir.
Thank you Sir!
Thank you for these videos. So important to document history and never more important than now with a generation of Americans that don't understand what fighting REAL evil was like.
I'd love to send this man a letter of gratitude
We will never be able to really fathom what horrors of war these brave men experienced. We need to be forever grateful to these men for the sacrifices they endured.
God bless you sir, thank you for your service and duty for this country.
You are right! GOD BLESS ALL THE WWII VETERANS!
Thank you sir.
Thanks for preserving their history. Very important we learn from these American heroes.
Respect for this man 🙏
Thank you for taking the time to make these video documents for us Legends of WWII.
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Thank you Sir for your service. Everything thing you have suffered mentally.........because of your sacrifice......I love you and I honor and respect you. You guys were and are the best America has ever had.
Could listen for hours of this man telling WW2 stories. Mad respect for him and all the men and women serving in WW2.
Thank you Sir and God Bless
Bravo soldier!!! I’m glad you kept your head down and came back to us (With all the important stuff in working order).
This is the first interview I’ve seen where a soldier speaks about what would be a ritual for me…. Recovering from a concussion and checking to see if the block and tackle were still with me.
It seems to me that you acquired an excellent knowledge of battlefield first aid. I’m wondering how much was training and how much was based upon experience?? Just as in civilian life, I would think that there were those that could not respond to the wounded as effectively.
This civilian salutes you
Real heros and those who gave thier lives. Respect🔥
A real hero..God bless you sir..
Hearing it first hand. Thanks for recording him
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Remarkable. Subscribed
Wow! What a story and memory
These guys a amazing men Thank you for your service sir
Thank you for your service, Mr. Rossignol.
I wish my Dad had lived longer. He was on the hospital ship Relief. I would have liked to have talked more about his experiences. This channel is doing a good good thing. Most of these men, if not all, are in their nineties.
Thanks for watching Jim...They are in their 90's-100's...Please consider following the channel for other WWII veteran interviews! GOD BLESS THESE WWII VETERANS!
Norm looks and sounds EXACTLY like my late Uncle Steve. Made my hairs stand up. Thank you for your service Norm!
Thank you sir
Thank You
We need to hear more from this guy, he is extremely well spoken