4k visit to general George Patton's grave - Luxembourg American cemetery
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Luxembourg American cemetery is the final resting place of general George S. Patton and well over 5,000 American soldiers who died while fighting the Nazi's in Europe in the 1940's.
George Patton did not in WWII, but actually in a car accident (very debatable if it was an accident or if it was done on purpose to kill him) shortly after the war during the reconstruction of Europe.
Patton was one of the most feared generals America ever produced. As well as one of the most quotable. There are so many famous ones. Here are as couple.
"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived."
As Patton raced ahead of everyone else into German territory the higher ups sent him a message not to attack the city of Trier. It would take too long and be too costly to take. Telling him it would take four divisions. Little did they know Patton was so fast he had already captured Trier. and with half the divisions they estimated would be required. He sent this message back.
“Have taken Trier with two divisions. Do you want me to give it back?” Over the next 10 days, they cleared the entire region north of the Moselle River, trapping thousands of Germans. They then joined the Seventh Army in sweeping the Saar and the Palatinate, where they took 100,000 prisoners.
Watch my previous video to see Bastogne, Belgium. Site of the Battle of the Bulge.
There is an US WW2 cemetary in the south of the Netherlands called Margraten. 8,301 US soldiers are burred there. Another 1,722 names are on the walls of the missing. Each grave is adopted by a Dutch family. There is even a waiting list. A lot of graves have a photo of the soldiers that is burried there. Forever gratefull to these heroes. So young still!😢
I have adopted US graves in the Middle and East of The Netherlands. Almost all US victims are buried in Margraten, a few not!
We here in Luxembourg honor and respect All the great american soldier who gave their life to liberate our country.
Thank you. And I respect your beautiful country and people. Glad we are friends.
You sometimes have to wonder if great people like General Patton were still alive, would they believe the American and European population today deserve their ultimate sacrifice 😢
Probably.
My father, Capt. Rex S. Morgan, US Army, was Chief of Mortuaries of the European Theater during and after WW2. He and his men were responsible for establishing temporary American cemeteries on the continent, several of which became permanent.
Maj. Gen. Robert McGowan Littlejohn, who served as General Dwight D. Eisenhower's chief quartermaster in preparing the 1944 invasion of France, personally put my father in charge of Patton's funeral. Dad traveled to Paris to pick out the general's coffin, a steel casket with a glass liner. He prepared his body for burial, dressing out the general in his beribboned military jacket. (Interesting side note: If you exhume Patton today you'll find my dad's business card in his jacket pocket.) Dad even lit the candles in the church. We still have the Zippo lighter in the family archives.
My father can be spotted in several newsreels of the funeral, most visibly walking behind the casket on the left as the pallbearers carry the general to his grave. Initially, Patton wished to be buried alongside his men, but due to the heavy foot traffic from visitors, his gravesite was moved to the front of the cemetery.
By the way, my father shouldered all this significant responsibility at the tender age of 25. Men were different back then.
Additionally, Dad and his men were put in charge of cremating and disposing of the remains of the top Nazis (Hermann Goering and Co.) who were hanged following their conviction at the Nuremberg Trials. That's a BIG story for another day. For more about my father's fascinating life, Google "Rex Morgan" and "Philadelphia broadcaster."
Without a doubt, your father's was a fascinating life. Saludos desde Chile.
I liked his story. My uncle was in the first tank (Coba King) that broke into Bastogne to relieve the 101st. He was killed outright on 19 March 1945. Buried in this cemetery and returned home several years later. James Garland Murphy Texas. God Bless them all.
Thank you for sharing . Website has list of US Military Cemeteries. I live 2 hours from The Patton Museum at Chiriaco Summit.
Fascinating history!
Thank you for the footage. Our great uncle is buried there: Plot D Row 13 Grave 27.
Pvt Isaac Rodriquez Menchaca. 502 Parachute Infantry 101 Airborne. KIA 1/14/1945.
That's amazing. If I had known you I would have been sure to record his grave.
Have you ever been there to see his grave? I could try to find it and make pictures for you, I live like 20 minutes from there!
@@parkerinho Yes, in 2003. That was pre-iPhone era so we never had video of cemetary. We do have some photos. thanks!
It always amazes me as to how precise the headstones are arranged in a proper military cemetery. No mater which way on gazes across the cemetery, the headstones are as straight in alignment.
One of many military cemeteries in Europe.So sad that so many died.What would their lives have been?
Very dignified, as it should be. A fitting tribute to the greatest Allied General of World War II. Men like Patton, LeMay, and Nimitz knew how to win wars. O'Reilly's book "Killing Patton" is an excellent, fascinating, and well-researched book about Patton.
If we would have listened to Gen. Patton, we wouldn’t have the problem with Russia that we’re having now!!
2 days ago i was there it broke my hard so many lives lost . but the cemetary is in mint condision.
Yes, it reminds me of visiting Normandy, France. Very sad, but special places.
I know, but it’s all we can do.
Maybe their families appreciate the respect.
It like he still lead his troops even in death.
There are many other ceneteries run by Monument Commussion, There is a Lafayetee Escadrille monument outside Paris.😊
A simple grave for an extraordinary man..
Deo Vindice
RFK same thing all by himself...
"Sad, but beautiful" Truer words could not have been spoken! This is an incredibly beautiful video! Going behind General Pattons grave showing him looking out at his men and walking among the gravesites reading some names and states was quite touching! I'd like to thank you for traveling to Luxembourg to show us this sad but beautiful cemetery! God Bless!!
Thank you. I'm glad someone else appreciates it like I do. This and Normandy really makes you pause and appreciate. Somber places.
Grave Patton
Travel is an adventure not everyone is into. I used to send 15 postcards to friends when I went somewhere. One time I asked one friend "could I see the card I sent you from Miami?" He said he thru it away next day. After that just sent cards to family, fiancee.
You want to document trip but not to the point you are with people and are taking selfies every five minutes. I buy a lot of postcards, because for outdoor shots, they are better than I can do.
With foreign friends a couple shots at dinner or party with digicam.
Oh, I always bring back small curios. Stuffed Llama from Peru, Small painting from Macau, Ashtray from Ceuta.
PS book "An Army at Dawn" author describes American Military Cemetary at Carthage. Many died during Torch and at Kasserine, El Guettar.
Yes, I was in Tunisia not too long before the pandemic. I wish I had bought a go pro and made videos then. I've been to so many amazing places few people see, but only took pictures or a few camera videos until recently.
Originally, Patton was buried amongst him men, but Eisenhower moved him as if he was still leading them.
I believe General Patton would have preferred to remain with the regular soldiers and would have been unhappy about being moved apart from them.
his wifes ashes were spread on his grave after she died
In the movie Patton there is a scene, I don’t know if it was based on a real event or not, where Patton is visiting a cemetery that is slowly disappearing beneath the desert sands. He said something to the effect: “Our cemeteries are not going to disappear.”
That was Tunisia. I've been there also.
When stationed in southern Germany in the late 80s, I visited the cemetery several times. As I remember, there was a German miliary cemetery about a kilometer or so away. I always tried to visit both when in the area to honor all fighting men.
Very well maintained.So many young men gave their lives and never returned home.
I had no idea that Paton was buried in Luxembourg. (10:43). Thanks for the upload!
Buried with his Boys..
Cześć Jego Pamięci General Patton was best frend general Stanislawa Maczka and general Władysława Andersa
...or what Trump calls a loser and a sucker.
and gets applauded by his cult for doing it. disgusting.
Thank you. We will visit in September as we are going to Bastogne.
I did a video on Bastogne as well. You will love both.
Patton was originally buried among his troops. However, as tens of thousands continued to stream into the cemetery to pay respects to their liberator, nearby graves were becoming trampled and otherwise desecrated. As a result, Patton's casket was dug up in 1947 and buried by itself behind the rows and rows of simple white crosses marking the other graves
General Eisenhower visited this cemetery in 1946 to see the General Patton gravesite. There was hundreds of graves in front of General Patton grave including his left and right, but in your clip they are all missing and the closed row of graves is now far away. Was those bodies moved to another spot or another cemetery, or was General Patton body moved to a new spot? Ps, the 1946 video clip of General Eisenhower visiting the Patton gravesite is still available on UA-cam.
Patton was exhumed and moved because of the many visitors specifically coming to his grave.
What a great video
Thank you!
I am subscribing simply because you are wearing a Philadelphia Phillies hat. GO PHILLIES!!!
haha I'm from near Seattle so my favorite team is the Mariners, but I'm a baseball fan mostly. So I like a number of teams. The Phillies have and have had a lot of great players.
Bien que je ne sois pas américain et que mon pays n'a pas été envahi par l'Allemagne, je suis allé sur sa tombe, comme un hommage.
C'était un grand homme, comme tout les grands hommes il avait un égo sur-dimensionné, un peu comme Mc Arthur ou Napoléon avant lui. Ma foi, on ne peut pas tout avoir.
Thank you so much for doing this my father is not buried there, but he served under George Patton in his third army. Thanks again for this beautiful video.
That's amazing. Did he ever tell you stories about his experience? Such an amazing generation. I envy their attitudes.
I love the fact that you read the names and home states of at least a few of the guys. I could have watched the whole video even if you would have went through all 5000+. My uncle was buried here for a few years before he was returned home. My Grandmother got a chance to visit the cemetery 20 years later and said she would have left him if she would have known how beautiful it was.
That's awesome that you have that history in your family. I would have read a lot more. Thought people were probably getting tired of me. I did a lot more to myself off video.
Battlefield WW2😂 Patton
all markers christian or jewish, but i wonder how many were athiets or others that got crosses or stars
Their families made that decision for them. Who knows. I take that back. OR they make that decision on their draft cards.
I visited this cemetery in 1989. As I recall there was a German soldier cemetery closeby. I visited there as well since I am of German ancestry.
Did it look the same then as now?
Why wasnt Patton brought back to the US and buried in Arlington.
That is what he asked for at the end. To be buried with his men. Personally I'd want Arlington back home where my family could visit, but I also couldn't cut through a Nazi line like a hot knife through butter either. So what do I know?
Broke the stalemate in France
My fathers mothers mother was related to General George Patton . She was a second cousin to him
That's super cool
Well composed and exposed but the audio lets it down a bit. At times, I struggled to hear what you were saying. Having said that, I watched it all. Thanks.
Thanks
My father ( of the WWll generation) visited this cemetery while on business in Europe in 1965. He brought pictures back of this visit for us to view. I'll never forget it.
Wow
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Nice work.. Thxs
Thanks
Du redest zuviel und zeigst zu wenig. Weniger reden wäre mehr.
No, 99% of people tell me to talk more. Explain more.
9:23, that's a pretty big military cemetery!