Not only does the US have the cemeteries in Europe, but in France, the citizens maintain them. They take the responsibility very seriously. They consider it an honor. First and Second World War era cemeteries both.
When heroes weep... ... remember their mothers wailed. War is not like the movies or the games. It smells like a sewer on fire and it sounds like screams for parents who cannot hear them.
I will always remember this incident, It was near or at the end of the Vietnam war, I was at the airport, and there were some returning soldiers coming back, as they walked through, some anti war protestors yelled and spit on them. I was so shocked! I still remember it to this day and I am 72 now.
@@barelyasurvivor1257 They should have spit on their government, even if it's besides the point. American forces had that war WON - and only because the soldiers were ordered to pull out with the job not quite finished did the Red Army there recover and take over. It wasn't the soldier's fault. That's the worst part. The soldiers themselves did not fail. And even if they did, they did not deserve such disrespect.
"The sun shining down on these green fields of France The warm wind blows gently, and the red poppies dance The trenches have vanished, gone under the plow No gas, no barbed wire, no guns firing now But here in this graveyard it's still no man's land The thousands white crosses in mute witness stand To man's blind indifference to his fellow man And a whole generation that were butchered and damned." -Green Fields of France 😴
@@arcuserarc1201 Now THAT is a good question, the answer however is harder to get to, would depend on the union I guess If they are a union of onions there would be a lot of either green slender shapes or yellow round ones! And if it is the car workers union there might be spanners and lubricant involved.... 😂
I think this is the best place to put this. Too many of my brothers and sisters in arms have been lost to wars, both during and after. THE FINAL INSPECTION The soldier stood and faced God, Which must always come to pass. He hoped his shoes were shining, Just as brightly as his brass. 'Step forward now, you soldier, How shall I deal with you ? Have you always turned the other cheek ? To My Church have you been true?' The soldier squared his shoulders and said, 'No, Lord, I guess I ain't. Because those of us who carry guns, Can't always be a saint. I've had to work most Sundays, And at times my talk was tough. And sometimes I've been violent, Because the world is awfully rough. But, I never took a penny, That wasn't mine to keep... Though I worked a lot of overtime, When the bills got just too steep. And I never passed a cry for help, Though at times I shook with fear. And sometimes, God, forgive me, I've wept unmanly tears. I know I don't deserve a place, Among the people here. They never wanted me around, Except to calm their fears. If you've a place for me here, Lord, It needn't be so grand. I never expected or had too much, But if you don't, I'll understand. There was a silence all around the throne, Where the saints had often trod. As the soldier waited quietly, For the judgment of his God. 'Step forward now, you soldier, You've borne your burdens well.. Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets, You've done your time in Hell.' Author Unknown~
The part about being hated back home just because they followed the orders of those elected by the very ones doing the hating speaks volumes. Also about the rebels fighting just to make their own rules and about history being rewritten according to other people's opinions and desires, people who were not involved. About the rebels, think about how rewritten history would call our Revolutionary War heroes if we had lost the war and were still a territory of England. They would be called rebels and terrorists. A huge like to the author!
Just like the people who fought for the South during the US Civil war are regarded nowadays. Now there is a systematic push to destroy their subculture and history.
"And did we ask for any land? No, the only land we ever asked for was enough land to bury our dead. And that is the kind of nation we are." -- Gen. Colon Powell
Take it from an infantryman who was the son of an infantryman who was the son of an artilleryman who was the son of an infantryman, war is brutal and even if you survive without a physical scratch you're still scarred.
I appreciate them that gave in my name. I believe those that bring us war are not those who fight them. An I also pray that they'd leave us in peace. Now I think graveyards in space will become parks an gardens for are dead an family to visit.
Another sad story? Another story about the inability of humankind to get along peaceably with one another? Another story about the human condition? Well written and well narrated, Squirrel. Well done, indeed. May we one day learn this hard lesson and study war no more.
No, let us still study war forever more. But not as a vocation or a goal, but as a fossil of the past, as the archaeologist looking back at a time long past, never to return again.
If some of these stories are accurate, then if there are Xenos out there, we should study and remember War. Because if we don't, then they will come knocking, to challenge, conquer, or to extinguish us. However, if we are alone, then I would agree that we should only study War as a lesson, and not as a need.
I often try to explain to my wife the reason why I like these hfy stories. As ridiculous as some of them are, most of them managed to strike a very real representation of some aspect of what it is to be human. This one more than most.
Rest in Peace all who have dies in Way and that we will remember them long after they are gone. Why to have the planet to give them peace of mind that the dead died on Human soil and not some middle of no were dirt ball. Help the channel get to 100k People were are soo close now.
'Twas England bade our Wild Geese go, that "small nations might be free" But their lonely graves are by Suvla's waves on the fringe of the great North Sea
Listened to on Sunday, May 26th, 2024. Day before the US holiday known as Memorial Day. Honoring those who have fallen while in military service. An appropriate story for the moment.
Little like button. The sun's getting real low good sir. You've done good today more then anyone can ask for. Your more then enough. Thank you for your hard work. Get some rest my little friend and settle down. We can take on the world tomorrow for now we have earned our rest. Sleep well little like button
Damn, what a hell-of-a story. So deep, sad and in a little way,..... uplifting. Worthy of a book this story line is very well written and read with heart. Yes a book of a Thousand Yards. Thank you both writer and reader for this.👏 (and the 💤 emoji the reader asked for .) Much respect from Down Under.
Dude you REALLY got to start issuing either tissue or onion ninja warnings on your stories. There have been several I dang glad I wasn't some place public listening. Thanks for the story tale spinner. 😢
a sad story today, a story of unimaginable loss. Thank you for the story. Here is a like and comment for entertaining me, to help your channel grow, and get you the recognition you deserve. 😪
A place to provide rest for both sides of the conflict. This is why I feel it is wrong to be tearing down memorials to Confederate soldiers. While I don't agree with what they fought for, THEY fought for a cause they believed was just and should be remembered for such. To continue to provide lessons for us all. After all, if we forget our history we are doomed to repeat it.
The war started because of slavery, but most confederates were fighting against the union's overreaction to the separation. "The war of Northern Aggression" they called it.
@@ninjayacdan I’m sorry, but you’re wrong. The Civil War started because of taxes and political inconsistencies between the southern states (democrats) and the northern states (republicans). The emancipation proclamation made the civil war reorient to a war on slavery.
Ironic that at the time this story posted today I was attending a memorial service for one of the long time congregants of my church that passed in December at 86. USAF vet with military honors and a good man.
We don't claim this planet for it's resources as it have none, we don't intent to farm it as it don't fertile soil, we don't want to build industries on it as it's location would make those wasteful. No, nothing like that. This planet is entirely a graveyard. A place of mourning. All of it. A Mausoleum.
So, the planet was claimed for memorial purposes?
Definitely very human.
"What do you want this planet for?"
"Cementary."
This is why America has cemeteries in Europe.
May they rest in peace
@@oliverdouglas4065 yes
I'll be honest, I didn't even know we had cemeteries overseas...Thank you for the knowledge.
Not only does the US have the cemeteries in Europe, but in France, the citizens maintain them. They take the responsibility very seriously. They consider it an honor. First and Second World War era cemeteries both.
When heroes weep...
... remember their mothers wailed.
War is not like the movies or the games. It smells like a sewer on fire and it sounds like screams for parents who cannot hear them.
As a former military man who has been spit on this one hit me hard.
You are not alone brother
I will always remember this incident,
It was near or at the end of the Vietnam war, I was at the airport, and there were some returning soldiers coming back, as they walked through, some anti war protestors yelled and spit on them.
I was so shocked!
I still remember it to this day and I am 72 now.
@@barelyasurvivor1257those protesters are the very reason why we lost at 'Nam.
I can never understand the mentality of people who do that, and I am infinitely happy that I cannot.
@@barelyasurvivor1257 They should have spit on their government, even if it's besides the point. American forces had that war WON - and only because the soldiers were ordered to pull out with the job not quite finished did the Red Army there recover and take over. It wasn't the soldier's fault. That's the worst part. The soldiers themselves did not fail. And even if they did, they did not deserve such disrespect.
"The sun shining down on these green fields of France
The warm wind blows gently, and the red poppies dance
The trenches have vanished, gone under the plow
No gas, no barbed wire, no guns firing now
But here in this graveyard it's still no man's land
The thousands white crosses in mute witness stand
To man's blind indifference to his fellow man
And a whole generation that were butchered and damned."
-Green Fields of France 😴
Tears. Tears every time
damn you for summoning the onion ninjas😭
It really was all because of the pride of old powerful men too. All it was, was a tragedy.
My great great grand uncle is buried there. A young man of 25 years from Australia who died in WW1 in France. RIP. Lest We Forget.
Australia sent thousands of its best to France.
Some stories should come labeled: Beware, onion ninjas might be present in the vicinity of this story!
psst. Onion not union
@@arcuserarc1201 Thanks, did not see that ... 😄
@@klasandersson7522 how would Union Ninjas look like anyway?
@@arcuserarc1201 Now THAT is a good question, the answer however is harder to get to, would depend on the union I guess If they are a union of onions there would be a lot of either green slender shapes or yellow round ones! And if it is the car workers union there might be spanners and lubricant involved.... 😂
Great the onion ninja has a union now. To better sneak attack you.
I think this is the best place to put this. Too many of my brothers and sisters in arms have been lost to wars, both during and after.
THE FINAL INSPECTION
The soldier stood and faced God,
Which must always come to pass.
He hoped his shoes were shining,
Just as brightly as his brass.
'Step forward now, you soldier,
How shall I deal with you ?
Have you always turned the other cheek ?
To My Church have you been true?'
The soldier squared his shoulders and said,
'No, Lord, I guess I ain't.
Because those of us who carry guns,
Can't always be a saint.
I've had to work most Sundays,
And at times my talk was tough.
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny,
That wasn't mine to keep...
Though I worked a lot of overtime,
When the bills got just too steep.
And I never passed a cry for help,
Though at times I shook with fear.
And sometimes, God, forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place,
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around,
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here, Lord,
It needn't be so grand.
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand.
There was a silence all around the throne,
Where the saints had often trod.
As the soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
'Step forward now, you soldier,
You've borne your burdens well..
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell.'
Author Unknown~
The part about being hated back home just because they followed the orders of those elected by the very ones doing the hating speaks volumes. Also about the rebels fighting just to make their own rules and about history being rewritten according to other people's opinions and desires, people who were not involved.
About the rebels, think about how rewritten history would call our Revolutionary War heroes if we had lost the war and were still a territory of England. They would be called rebels and terrorists.
A huge like to the author!
Just like the people who fought for the South during the US Civil war are regarded nowadays.
Now there is a systematic push to destroy their subculture and history.
"So you want this planet as a monument?"
"No, a reminder"
"And did we ask for any land? No, the only land we ever asked for was enough land to bury our dead. And that is the kind of nation we are." -- Gen. Colon Powell
The orbiting ships are also on "eternal patrol", like the submarines and ships on the bottom.
What a brutal story... May they rest in peace
Take it from an infantryman who was the son of an infantryman who was the son of an artilleryman who was the son of an infantryman, war is brutal and even if you survive without a physical scratch you're still scarred.
I appreciate them that gave in my name. I believe those that bring us war are not those who fight them. An I also pray that they'd leave us in peace. Now I think graveyards in space will become parks an gardens for are dead an family to visit.
@@douglascunningham6319 cemeteries used to be where people had picnics and such, to honor the dead family members buried there
I am the son of a red leg from WW2. It marked him.@@vinnyganzano1930
That's exactly why Humanity is claiming that planet. It's a planet sized Mausoleum. A tribute to the victims of a mindless, insane war.
Another sad story? Another story about the inability of humankind to get along peaceably with one another? Another story about the human condition? Well written and well narrated, Squirrel. Well done, indeed. May we one day learn this hard lesson and study war no more.
No, let us still study war forever more. But not as a vocation or a goal, but as a fossil of the past, as the archaeologist looking back at a time long past, never to return again.
If some of these stories are accurate, then if there are Xenos out there, we should study and remember War. Because if we don't, then they will come knocking, to challenge, conquer, or to extinguish us.
However, if we are alone, then I would agree that we should only study War as a lesson, and not as a need.
That was a very thoughtful and touching story.
Thank you to the Author.
Thank you, most of all for bringing us your talented narration.
As a combat veteran this story hit terribly close to home. Thanks for telling it. You are right, War will never change.
Methinks our narrator might need some sleep with his daily uploads. 😴🛌
In war, the dead only know one thing that it's better to be alive.
Alas, in the coming decade, the living may envy the dead. 😢
I am in a world of shit, yes, but I am alive.
Joker DD and take raptorman with you
@@anonymousgeorge8317 That's Rafterman. Lol
A sad story well read. May the algorithm shower you with good will.
As time passes, and those who fought finally sleep, it falls to us who remain to remember.
sad melancholy tale that needs retold occasionally. thanks
thanks for the narration
Sometimes an apple is just an apple. Too many times people attribute deeper meaning than what is actually there.
I guess, the only thing to say here, was said so very well better one hundred and five years ago: "They shall not be forgotten."
Great story; Excellent narration! So much truth in that story! May all our Dead "sleep' in peace!
For DA SKWERL and his Nest
An entire planet to be designated as a Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
I often try to explain to my wife the reason why I like these hfy stories. As ridiculous as some of them are, most of them managed to strike a very real representation of some aspect of what it is to be human. This one more than most.
My friend. The last several stories you have performed have been very emotionally charged to me. You trend in waves.
*Hugs*
As the player approached the General, the NPC lokked up and began a monologue of epic proportions.
Great story! Makes you stop and think, like any good story should.
A Interaction for the Interaction God, a Comment for the Comment Throne, for the Almighty Algorithm
Sorry l missed the live cast :/ lm going to listen now.. l hope u all have a great weekend... and on with the Story..🧜♂️🧞♀️
That was heartbreaking...one of the best stories out there!
Ouch bro. Was not prepared for a painful story
Sorry to say I knew why when he said 28 million died...... IT WAS A GRAVE YARD..... And they wanted to keep it as such...
And the Archbishop went home and told them all "Let the humans have this world. They have earned it in blood and should be allowed their rest."
As always, well done. Some stories are a bit off, but your narration makes it fun.
One of those stories that shines a light on what we are and how we can be.
Fantastic readings. hugely entertaining.
The author matched our narrator today. Good.
Damn. This made me tear up a bit.
Very well read as always, and a great, very sad story.
He has one name, one name which he gave us to call him by. And we are his worst children. And he loves us anyway.
I always thumbsup your vids Squirrel-man, stories may not always be good but narration always is.
Twisted, sorrowful, but justified and reasonable. This one kinda hurt. 😢 A little too close to home for us all I think.
Almost 98K, let's do it, boys and girls.
Rest in Peace all who have dies in Way and that we will remember them long after they are gone. Why to have the planet to give them peace of mind that the dead died on Human soil and not some middle of no were dirt ball. Help the channel get to 100k People were are soo close now.
u looked like you were having a little trouble getting to the end...and when it ended it appeared as if you came out of a trance....good
If this story doesn't hit you right in the the gut, you need to check to make sure your heart still beating
thanks for the great narration and the required extra text sacrifice to the mighty AlGoRiIThM that controls the tube
'Twas England bade our Wild Geese go, that "small nations might be free"
But their lonely graves are by Suvla's waves on the fringe of the great North Sea
Those who work in front line NHS know this feeling too.
Bravo Sir Encore!
Listened to on Sunday, May 26th, 2024.
Day before the US holiday known as Memorial Day. Honoring those who have fallen while in military service.
An appropriate story for the moment.
Little like button. The sun's getting real low good sir. You've done good today more then anyone can ask for. Your more then enough. Thank you for your hard work. Get some rest my little friend and settle down. We can take on the world tomorrow for now we have earned our rest. Sleep well little like button
I tapped the like button to wake it up, and it ignored me. So I went and got a hammer and made it take notice.....Now I need a new mouse.
Go Tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here obedient to their laws we lie.
And within a year a member of the old guard will start the first of 21 steps to honor the unknown fallen.
I love the TFOS intros. Dont make him resort to the nanite swarms to please the algorithms again!
Damn, what a hell-of-a story. So deep, sad and in a little way,..... uplifting. Worthy of a book this story line is very well written and read with heart. Yes a book of a Thousand Yards. Thank you both writer and reader for this.👏 (and the 💤 emoji the reader asked for .) Much respect from Down Under.
I do not tap, i punch that like bottom.
Also, Long live the Nano-swarm.
Excellent story
Getting closer
I really felt that one...
Makes the like button a warm glass of honey milk, tucks it into bed, and sings it a lullaby 💤 👍 💤
Dude you REALLY got to start issuing either tissue or onion ninja warnings on your stories. There have been several I dang glad I wasn't some place public listening. Thanks for the story tale spinner. 😢
For the Author! 😴
For the Narrator! 😴
For the Beard! 😴
For the Algorithm! 😴
a sad story today, a story of unimaginable loss. Thank you for the story. Here is a like and comment for entertaining me, to help your channel grow, and get you the recognition you deserve. 😪
Damn dust in the air!
A sad and thoughtful story, thank you for bring this to us. 😴🛌
Wow, the best yet!
Great story. ❤💤 😴
very good one
Sad and beautiful.
A place to provide rest for both sides of the conflict. This is why I feel it is wrong to be tearing down memorials to Confederate soldiers. While I don't agree with what they fought for, THEY fought for a cause they believed was just and should be remembered for such. To continue to provide lessons for us all. After all, if we forget our history we are doomed to repeat it.
The war started because of slavery, but most confederates were fighting against the union's overreaction to the separation. "The war of Northern Aggression" they called it.
@@ninjayacdan I’m sorry, but you’re wrong. The Civil War started because of taxes and political inconsistencies between the southern states (democrats) and the northern states (republicans). The emancipation proclamation made the civil war reorient to a war on slavery.
Powerfully sad
Ironic that at the time this story posted today I was attending a memorial service for one of the long time congregants of my church that passed in December at 86. USAF vet with military honors and a good man.
For the Algorithm, for the Author(s), for the Holographic Voice!
I go off-grid and the "like button" gets lonely? Looks like its binge time! give the man his props you lazy bums!
I fell for it…
…
He got me to hit the LiKE button… again… thankfully there wasn’t anything sticky on it this time…
This one hits hard. For the algorithm
[pets the like button]
The sun's getting low, big guy.
"No one's left behind."
And i have a rondovous with death at midnight in some flaming town.
For humanity and the algorithm
Sad we don’t see a better future for mankind
We don't claim this planet for it's resources as it have none, we don't intent to farm it as it don't fertile soil, we don't want to build industries on it as it's location would make those wasteful. No, nothing like that. This planet is entirely a graveyard. A place of mourning. All of it. A Mausoleum.
Excellent story.
there are no "Glorious" dead, they died besides their friends
That one got me
Rest in peace, brothers and sisters.
Congratulations on 100K.
Amen
If only. Thank you.
great as usual
ufff this one sits deep and hits even harder
*Pat Pat* "sleep well lil buddy" 🛌
I hit dat like button with a hammer. Fair winds and following seas to all who gave all.
a perfect request
98.2k subs. Lets GO!
HIT the Like button like it owes you money!
Damn onion ninjas