Landing Troops in the First Wave on Omaha Beach, a U.S. Navy Radioman Remembers
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- Опубліковано 11 лип 2022
- Abraham Laurenzo was a senior in high school when he heard the news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor come over the radio. Angered by the attack he immediately enlisted in the U.S. Navy. After 6-weeks of basic training, he was sent to Miami of Ohio where he learned to operate radio equipment.
On June 6, 1944, Laurenzo was the radioman aboard LCI (Landing Craft Infantry) 409. The landing craft would deliver 200 troops in the first wave on Omaha Beach. After successfully dropping off the troops the ship collided with an LST (Landing Ship Tank) and had to return to dry dock in England for repairs.
Laurenzo would go on to make subsequent landings delivering fresh troops in the south of France. Near the war's end he would find himself transporting German prisoners of war.
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That’s my Pop Pop! I have heard the stories as he told them to my kids for their history reports, but not like this. Thank you to the American Veterans Center for capturing these oral histories! I am proud to be the granddaughter of an Eagle Scout & Vet and the mother of a future Eagle Scout!
That's your grandfather? Wow! You must be very proud. Our country is very grateful to him. He knows more than most that freedom is not free. Did he ever mention that to your kids for their history reports?
@@RubyBandUSA When I was in elementary school I wrote a report based on this man's stories of dday and had some of the pictures he'd brought back. My Pop Pop too :)
Way 2 make it about u
Thank you for sharing pop pop with us! What an amazing man.
@@derelictspodcast she is proud, as she should be. This is what UA-cam is about. Sharing our stories, in the comments as well.
My great grandfather drove a higgins boat first wave on omaha beach. So much respect for these men. Thank you sir for your service.
Thanks to all our Veterans who served. Semper Fi.
My grandfather was stationed in Hawaii as a 3rd Class Navy Radioman. He communicated to ships in the pacific. I always wonder how many sailors he coded to out there
I love these d-day interviews! 🇺🇸 thank you sir
Thank you sir for your service to this country. God bless you
Love em! So many ww2 veterans are dying everywhere as they are old so time is limited but thanks for them interviews.
Yep, and the next generation of Americans will say the same thing about the Korean and then Vietnam war veterans. Hopefully technology will be able to capture all of the willing participants stories before they pass on. One can only hope!
Sir Thank you for your service You have done your Duty We are truly Greatful.
Great man, great interview!!! My father went to Sampson for basic training for the Air Force in 1954.
very beautiful American Military Program for me. I love all American Veterans so much with all my heart.😊😇🥰😍🤗❤🤍💙💪👍
... all except the traitor dixicrats
Abraham Laurenzo: thank you so much for your service. You were very brave. We will never forget you, and thanks to the American Veterans Center channel your story will live on.
What he said there towards the end of the video, about his "made a man out of me very quickly", and his reference to what he had learned as a Boy Scout, it touches your heart to hear a man make such statements. It points out that, one of the goals of a Boy Scout is that it is introducing Boys to the beginnings of the concepts unique to men. I was never a Boy Scout, but, the Boy Scouts are something that we have lost, and it is a shame.
I have so much respect for veterans, specially those who fought in a war, I had the honor of helping out a WW2 vet that lived beside me, Mr James Robbar from Elgin Illinois, he served in the Marines corps in the pacific, I could never get him to tell me stories of his firefights, all he would say was that he saw and experienced things that he wished no one else would. RIP James and all those vets that gave their lives for this nation.
Thank you for your service. Welcome home.
Thank you sir for your service 🇺🇸
Thank you for sharing your personal story and thoughts including your courage, sacrifice and courage for freedom. 🇺🇸 God Bless You and your family 🇺🇸
These stories from older World War II veterans are absolutely fascinating and when this gentleman recited the scouts honor in detail like that I was blown away! You can tell that he has lived a good life and he carries himself with pride and dignity.
These are great men I could only pray and hope I could raise my sons to be men of this stature ..
Thank you sir for your service God Bless America 🇺🇸
ORGULLOSO DE ESTOS VETERNAOS. MI TIO VETERANO DE LA KOREAN WAR,
A Good Honest account of his service 👍
God Bless Him 🙏
Sir, thank you endlessly for your service and may God bless you always!!! Sorry you barfed all the way.😔 ✝️🇺🇸
I love his Boy Scout oath at the end. The Boy Scouts raised me right and it’s a shame this has gone away. He’s a hero.
incredible that 80 years later were still getting these interviews
78 years later...
@@vivians9392 you can't be serious 😂
Thank you for your service
Love these! So much respect for them
I know this is for Americans but would love to see some British guys too
he sharp, his narrative was very well spoken. True Hero
Crazy to think most of Omaha’s casualties were from just two or three machine gunners at most and some accurate mortars. Hard to imagine if a front line like on the Eastern front had met them.
Oooh, a skipper would lose his command for that peace time.
👍👍 Much respect sir!!
What a great person.
All my WWII heros have passed on, not many of them left, I'm thankful we have these few left to document their experiences....God Bless our military, we owe them so much !!!
Thank you Sir
Priceless. Thank you for getting these interviews! We need to keep these stories.
Our pleasure, thank you for watching. Saving these incredible stories from our heroes is why we are here.
AMERICA BABY!
A most excellent video! So proud of Abraham for living up to Scouting values while serving our great nation!
I am privileged enough to have completed RMA school in San Diego in 1996. But can't even begin to imagine the hell you guys went through. Respect and Salute sir. Thanks and God bless.
I was 7 when I heard a veteran talk about this with my dad I’m 26 now and I can still see the pain in that man face. It’s funny how things like that stick with you
Incredible how good his memory is. My wife will ask if I’ve eaten anything, and I can’t even remember a meal 3 hours prior 😂
Those guys had serious balls. Hero to a man.
I salute you Sir.
My Uncle was in the 2nd wave with the 29th on Omaha.
My uncle was also in the Navy at Normandy. He was responsible for clearing underwater mines.
Hi, I'm Brazillian and love the chanel. May I can ask for something? Please, make the videos with subtitles. With all respect for those men and women, I love theyr stories, but it's hard to understand a lot of words they say.
Thanks.
push the "CC" button in the bottom right.
@@JoelMMcKinney I did, but it's not very accurate and sometimes Google messes with everything
Dude, you are going to have to learn English. The USA cannot be all things to all people. We mainly protect democracy throughout the world and throughout time (exception being Ukraine). But when it comes to language translations ... learn English.
@@RubyBandUSA I'm not asking for translation. I'm asking to put subtitles in english. I can understand an young person perfectly. The problem is with the speach becouse of age. Again, I respect all this brave man and becouse of that I want to know more about them.
During the dieppe raid all the landing craft had hull mounted cameras taking footage as the craft landed and troops wadded ashore and without a doubt they would not have failed to mount these on D-day landing craft, there is no logical reason why they would not, so where are the D-day landings footage like that of dieppe? too gruesome for the survivors and families of the lost no doubt, I assume it lay's hidden and buried somewhere in the military secrets safe house and in the future when those directly concerned are dead from age I wager they will surface.
Mick, I don't know about you, but as an American there is no amount of passage of time that would make that footage bearable to watch for me at least. All German soldiers should have turned on the filth known as hitler instead of fighting the Allies.
@@RubyBandUSA god no it would be horrendous and sickening to watch for anyone let alone one with personal attachment.. as for the average german christian soldier they simply did there duty and believed what they were told and knew nothing of what was really going on with Hitler, of course. you cant expect them to know do you? free and open press and talk was not an option in the war.
Apparently only 10% made it to the beach. Men (kids) falling L & R!
Why we call them the Greatest Generation. RIP all.
Great story, and while I was never in the service, I was a Boy Scout, and I can honestly say it helped me throughout life. One of the greatest helps was simply the motto, "Be Prepared". Same thing Jesus said.
Salt water showers, anyone ever had to take a salt water shower knows what he’s talking about. This guys great !
This is amazing. This guy remembers his scout pledge verbatim decades later.
I have photos of lci boats in pozzuoli in 44 if he would like to see them
He must have been TRIPIN !!! Imagine your just sitting in your office doing work and BANG a massive F’n dagger comes stabbing through the wall of your room 😂😂😂😂 props to you THANKYOU for your service pops
Keep myself: “physically strong, mentally awake, & morally straight.”
It is insane that such intelligent men agreed to wage war on America.
Thank God for these men and Women!! Hate to think what would happen if we had to repeat a war like this with the generation that is out there now!!!
Bigfish, you underestimate the current generation. Haven't you read about all the Congressional Medals of Honor awarded the past 10 years?!! We have very capable brave folks in all ranks of the military. We also have the best technology and tactics. But I am worried about new tech from China that could disable our aircraft carriers.
True but where our military is heading is a very dangerous place with going WOKE!! Pronouns,transgender and many other nonsensical issues have left us very vulnerable!!!! China and Russia are rubbing their hands with anticipation!! Weak leadership leads to a weak military!!
the moment makes the generation
My grandpa had to join the national guard because too old to enlist in reg army. He stormed omaha beach 1st aid kit and a red cross bullseye on his helment though a pacifiest he had a 45 caliber side arm which at 1 point he had to use. He won the highest french medal for liberation of paris or france im not sure which. But the big story i remember was the battle of the bulge. He came home after the war my uncles put ketchup on mashed potatoes. My grandfather told my uncles he BETTER NEVER SEE KETCHUP ON MASHED POTATOES AGAIN. Until several years later he said it was too much to take because of the snow turned into blood. He was a 1st aid medic
Does anyone know what salt water showers would do to you? I cant think of what negative effect it would have besides the water being cold
Well, if this was an episode of Seinfeld they might refer to "shrinkage"
@@RubyBandUSA 😂😂 Like a frightened turtle 🐢
They don't make em like they used to
A bBoyscout is : trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent.
The Wolf Pack submarines would have been their biggest fear (D-Day), but I don't think he knows that most of the ship and aircraft bombardment of Omaha Beach missed their targets and virtually all of the German defenses were untouched.
Tarawa
LOL @ the thumbnail text
good joke
5:25
I wanna like this video , but these 18 years olds ,wow what were you doing at 18, thieve videos are priceless
In Normandy, his LCI was landing assault troops whereas in Southern France, he was ferrying troops. No disrespect to this gentleman’s service, but he was below decks in a radio room and didn’t see anything, so he can’t be certain how much worse Omaha Beach was than southern France.
Give him more credit than that. He was there and talked to people, saw the dead, saw the wounded, heard the stories, heard the bombs, heard the machine guns.
I have pictures of "Omaha Beach" in pristine condition all the American troops walking up the hill they were taken 11 months before the War ended..May 1945..The picture was taken about "5" feet away from the first row of troops some of them are looking into the camera some are looking down on their left shoulder's they have a patch with a big star on it..Maybe somebody's Dad or somebody's grandfather in the front row..🇺🇸When America was America now in 2023 it's a total debauchery..💨🤦♂️
Gold Juno Sword Utah stiff compared to Omaha, those bloody mg42s like ripping calico from the east to the, west curved hit in the head the chest the back a human abotoire Slaughter house, thanks sir, all the trumpets sounded for them, on the other side
If they were being shot at with .50 caliber machine guns it must have been Americans shooting at you bc the Germans used 7.92x57mm Mauser in the MG42 and 34
god all old people look the same its so depressing, i could never let myself get this bad, i would have to end it atleast before 80 if not 70
Move along then.
Lol can’t wait till you’re old, gonna laugh at you and say “good!”.
this man is probably pushing 100 and still looks fine and seems to be all there mentally, these kinds guys are a treasure man, you could learn a thing or two from them
You don't have the guts to kill yourself. I am 82 years old and I would put myself against you any day of the week! It is people like you who talk against old people that makes America so hard to live in!
When you’re young ya think I’ll never get that old until you get there then it’s to late ha. You can’t stop Father Time so be prepared it’s coming for you too😐
Dude. Why does the intro have George Bush Jr. saying "Good will prevail" ? He is inherently evil. Wtfffff?!?!
Heard that too.
"Inherently evil", give me a break. Good lord, it fit with theme. Get over it.
@@darklelouchg8505 get over a man who allowed the country that he is supposed to be leading to get attacked by operatives that were trained by the CIA in order to lie our way into a war on the false preposition of WMDs that lasted 20 years and cost more than 1 million civilian lives and countless casualties ?
Get over THAT ?
No.
It was the perfect and righteous thing for him to say shortly after 9/11/2001. Maybe you're too young to remember, or remember it differently?
@@RubyBandUSA he lied us into a 20 year war so his Halliburton buddies could get rich. Nothing righteous about GW Jr. or Chaney. They are evil , for profit, war mongers.
They dont care about your freedom. They only care about their income.
The Canadians landing on Juno Beach was no picnic