Veteran Recalls The Moment He Was Shot And Captured By The Nazis | Remember WWII with Rishi Sharma

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  • Опубліковано 13 кві 2024
  • Private Guy Atkinson was defending a French farmhouse from German attack when he was shot by a heavy machine gunner and subsequently became a P.O.W. Here, Private Atkinson gives his own honest testimony of what the life of a P.O.W meant for him.
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  • @eleanorturner8967
    @eleanorturner8967 2 місяці тому +9

    My Dad was with the 82 nd Airborn
    He was Machine gunned @ the Buldge.
    They packed him out on a wood door. They hit him 4 times . He almost got cut in half .. My Dad was my hero . He never talked about it until I came home from Vietnam. I was in the Marine Corps.
    They were the Greatest Generation !
    We Miss him everyday !

    • @philipnestor5034
      @philipnestor5034 2 місяці тому +2

      Your dad is part of the greatest Generation. Men like him saved us.

    • @jethro1260
      @jethro1260 2 місяці тому +1

      Your dad is my hero too and you also are for serving our country, Thank you...

  • @TomSmith-ls5rn
    @TomSmith-ls5rn 2 місяці тому +2

    Like my Hero Father that served in WW2, this man is one of the greatest generation. Look at his medals and citations. Thank you Sir.

  • @theroller5673
    @theroller5673 2 місяці тому +7

    Nice-looking, good-natured man. Seems pretty sharp for memories from long ago, most you tried to forget. Thank you for everything sir!

  • @xvsj5833
    @xvsj5833 2 місяці тому +10

    God Bless you Sir and thank you for your courage, sacrifice and service for freedom 🇺🇸

  • @otpyrcralphpierre1742
    @otpyrcralphpierre1742 2 місяці тому +9

    The Greatest Generation.

  • @jethro1260
    @jethro1260 2 місяці тому +3

    People this is what a real man looks like, a hero that should be honored forever 🙏, Thank you sir for everything that you did so that me and my family can live free 🙏 ❤️

  • @rustyshackleford4728
    @rustyshackleford4728 2 місяці тому +20

    Some 20 year olds wish they had that guys hairline

  • @petesmusic6648
    @petesmusic6648 2 місяці тому +2

    What an amazing soldier , enjoyed his story ,

  • @karlamathes5052
    @karlamathes5052 Місяць тому +1

    God bless you sir and thank you from the bottom of my heart for your service.
    Thank you for sharing your story, you are part of the bravest men in our history. Much love and gratitude

  • @redwatch1100
    @redwatch1100 2 місяці тому +3

    The problem is, the stories keep being told but the lessons keep not being learned. The only thing we learned is how to fight war better.

  • @mikewendland4982
    @mikewendland4982 2 місяці тому +4

    Thank You for Your service!

  • @metallampman
    @metallampman 2 місяці тому +1

    Youre a great man best to you and family

  • @CUDA1970Terry
    @CUDA1970Terry 2 місяці тому +4

    Interesting about the 7.92mm slug being left in his thigh. Even with the more modern surgical procedures, it wasn't any different from WWI. I spoke with a WWI Veteran that had the same injury and the doctors did the same thing. He carried that slug all the way to the grave.

    • @VNAV_PTH
      @VNAV_PTH 2 місяці тому

      I thought it would have gone straight through, but apparently not.

  • @texashoncho
    @texashoncho 2 місяці тому +1

    God bless you sir.

  • @MEG2022
    @MEG2022 2 місяці тому +1

    War is terrible. My father-in-law was drafted into the mountain troops at the age of 18, was wounded and later became a British prisoner of war in Africa. He returned home as an adult weighing less than 50kg.

  • @tomortman4850
    @tomortman4850 2 місяці тому +1

    God Bless you and thank you for your service.

  • @edkrstic6423
    @edkrstic6423 2 місяці тому +1

    It’s just so sad when we hear from the real soldiers. They were all young boys on both sides. Fighting for a cause that was beyond them. When we have memorial services every year I always take the time to watch these hero’s walk together to the German Cenotaph to shake hands and even hug each other. That would make a grown man cry. They were children when they fought but now they are old men who share the reality. Bless them all.

  • @macmccollum6064
    @macmccollum6064 2 місяці тому +3

    Great interview, thanks for your service. Cut the music.

  • @tarjeik7162
    @tarjeik7162 2 місяці тому +2

    Cool dude!!!🤩🤩🤩

  • @misterdog7
    @misterdog7 2 місяці тому +8

    All these WW2 vets should be 100 year old or more now, did you record these interviews some years ago?

    • @TheYoungCollector
      @TheYoungCollector 2 місяці тому +11

      He films these every week or so with different veterans sometimes states apart. It takes a while to edit and upload these so this could be a few months old.

    • @misterdog7
      @misterdog7 2 місяці тому +5

      @@TheYoungCollector ​ @TheYoungCollector Cheers so Guy must be well into his 90's then.

    • @TheYoungCollector
      @TheYoungCollector 2 місяці тому +9

      @@misterdog7 I looked him up and he is 101!

    • @misterdog7
      @misterdog7 2 місяці тому +8

      @@TheYoungCollector Damn they still exist! That makes these interviews even more valuable nowadays, just before this heroic generation will be gone forever.

    • @johnkelley2615
      @johnkelley2615 2 місяці тому +8

      My grandpa was one of the youngest and he is 98 now. There are some that are still 97 that were 16 or 17 when they joined at the end of the war

  • @markmcintosh7095
    @markmcintosh7095 2 місяці тому +2

    America treated German POW much better than the way we were treated. He's a very forgiving man.