My brother and I both served in the USAF. Jim served from 1969-1992. I served from 1975-1996. After we served, we lost track of each other. 37 years would pass before I would find him. Unfortunately, Jim passed away from small cell lung cancer, and complications from Covid. Since then, Memorial Day has taken on a new importance to me. I miss him more each day.
My dream job would be to be a groundskeeper in one of these cemeteries. I can’t think of a job more important and more honorable, and nothing more humbling.
America is the greatest nation on earth where freedom, opportunity, prosperity and our civil society can flourish. We owe a gratitude of thanks to the brave men, women and their families who gave the ultimate sacrifice. Teach you children well.
"Lest We Forget, we must remember their sacrifice, and what their sacrifice has meant." - Every PBS station in USA should play this video at 11 AM and 11 PM on every Memorial Day.
"If other eyes grow dull and other hands slack, and other hearts cold in the solemn trust, ours shall keep it well as long as the light and warmth of life remains in us."
Having walked the beach's and served in Europe , I am both in debt to those who would maintain our troops graves , but I am honored to have served the people , to whom freedom and liberty , know so well.
After this was aired. Fox news went on a 24/7 rampage on France. Regarding these Cemeteries. "Kids playing. Disrespect to our fallen. School plays performed there. Kids laughing , playing". Why? France didn't let us use their military airbases to use. During Bush Jr's war in Iraq. Most of NATO was against it While they supported Afghanistan war. PS Republicans in Congress removed FRENCH fries from the Capital menu.
I saw the hundreds of memorial crosses at the top of the War Cemetery at Monte Cassino and German and American it is something that makes you just stand there and the silence is like something I have never felt before. Most of the age groups were 21 years old at time of death. I remember the long winding road going up this mount and could not help but wonder how many men died trying to get to the top of this fortress. . It was a stormy day when I went which kind of made it more eerie with the distant sound of thunder and looming dark clouds overhead. I was just turning 19 myself when I went and wondered if I would have been born at that time I could have been one of the names on those row after row of perfectly lined crosses. We should never forget what happened during those dark day's and always remember and show our respect for those who had to live and fight during those dark day's. Battle of Monte Cassino 1944 also known as The Battle Of Rome. RIP boys that became men overnight.
Great men, let us never forget them. Brave men, we remember them, and we raise our Voices to these lads, Brave Americans, Brave English soldiers, heroic Irish soldiers too.
Very moving tribute to the fallen. Should be viewing in every family each Memorial Day, lest we forget. No one should be sidetracked with issues of "good" or "bad" war; the focus is on those who willing gave their all.
If we fight bad wars. Why did we kill Hitler. He didn't attack us? Most Americans, even Nam Vets will say Nam was a bad War. Same with the 3002 invasion of Iraq. What did the ME or the world gain? But more anger
Very moving tribute to all our brothers and sisters! Should be shown to todays youth to show the sacrifice of and devotion of these people for their country and freedom! GOD BLESS YOU ALL!
They all & those shipped home. Didn't die, fight for America's freedom. But that of our European friends & allies in the Pacific. Including jhina's. It's said, told numerous times in this video. By Americans & the people of the cities, towns & countries they died fighting FOR.
I post this on FB every year in hopes that just one of the people who see it watch Amazingly moving So important I have a French friend who is so appreciative of what americans did for his country Like the french in this wonderful film
thank you for posting. god bless all those who never were found and those buried with their commrades.god bless and give comfort to families who elected to have their loved ones stay where they were killed.god bless those in foreign countries who did not forget&contiue to tend those graves.
@@jeanninepeters3068 I visited the graves of my grandfathers today who both served in WW II They are in Jefferson Barracks here in St Louis The rows and rows of head stones are a reminder of just how many Americans served the cause of freedom Obviously , not all of those in the cemetery died in battle , but ALL GAVE SOME SOME GAVE ALL I find it a great privilege to be able to go to such "hallowed grounds" God Bless America🇺🇸
All, everyone of these deaths & the ones shipped home. Didn't fight for your parents grandparents FREEDOM. They fought for the freedom of our friends, allies in Europe & in the Pacific. Philippines & even China. Where the Japanese performed Horrors on the population. If those countries were left on their own, Japan would have taken Australia, maybe. Being patriotic is cool. But being educated on reality is great too.
I am so glad I watched this. Knowing some remember our country's sacrifice on their behalf is comforting. Its to bad Islam is going to make it all for nothing.
Stop highjacking the War Dead fighting for freedom, for your cause of suppressing dissent! Wtf! Also, it’s Coerced Patriotism is illegal. Upheld twice.
Scott Gross I served, I fought and I survived, and then I woke up to corporate run Government, Lobbyists and corrupt officials. go check the financial times and look at the ratings, do your own research before you berate other people.
***** then do some research, WW II Japan Attacks, US goes to War, April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson went before a joint session of Congress to request a declaration of war against Germany. Wilson cited Germany’s violation of its pledge to suspend unrestricted submarine warfare in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean, and its attempts to entice Mexico into an alliance against the United States, as his reasons for declaring war. On April 4, 1917, the U.S. Senate voted in support of the measure to declare war on Germany. The House concurred two days later. The United States later declared war on Austria-Hungary on December 7, 1917.
Scott Gross The US entered the Vietnam War in an attempt to prevent the spread of Communism. Communism is a very attractive theory, particularly for the poor masses of a developing country. Imagine a society where nobody is better or richer than you are, where everyone works together and shares in the products of their labor, and where the government creates a safety net of guaranteed employment and medical care for all. Of course, as we have seen, Communism doesn't work this way in practice. The political leaders are always much better off than the people, and ordinary workers don't produce as much when they won't get to keep the benefits of their extra hard work.
Scott Gross 1950 the Korea Peninsula was divided between a Soviet-backed government in the north and an American-backed government in the south. The division of Korea into two halves had come at the end of World War II. In August of 1945 the Soviet Union invaded Korea, which had been under Japan's control since 1910. Fearing that the Soviets intended to seize the entire peninsula from their position in the north, the United States quickly moved its own troops into southern Korea. Japanese troops surrendered to the Russians in the north and to the Americans in the south. In an effort to avoid a long-term decision regarding Korea's future, the United States and the Soviet Union agreed to divide Korea temporarily along the 38th parallel, a latitudinal line that bisected the country. This line became more rigid after 1946, when Kim Il Sung organized a communist government in the north---the Democratic People's Republic. Shortly after, nationalist exile Syngman Rhee returned to Korea and set up a rival government in the south---the Republic of Korea (ROK). Each government hoped to reunify the country under its own rule. War broke out along the 38th parallel on June 25, 1950. On that day, North Korean troops coordinated an attack at several strategic points along the parallel and headed south toward Seoul. The United Nations Security Council responded to the attack by adopting (by a 9-0 vote) a resolution that condemned the invasion as a "breach of the peace." The Council did not have a Soviet delegate, since 6 months prior, the Soviet Union had left to protest the United Nation's refusal to seat a delegate from China. President Harry S. Truman quickly committed American forces to a combined United Nations military effort and named Gen. Douglas MacArthur Commander of the U.N. forces. Fifteen other nations also sent troops under the U.N. command. Truman did not seek a formal declaration of war from Congress; officially, America's presence in Korea amounted to no more than a "police action." However, the entry of the United States into the conflict signaled a reversal of policy toward Korea. Although it backed the government of Syngman Rhee, the United States had begun withdrawing its troops from South Korea in 1948. As late as January of 1950, Secretary of State Dean Acheson had implied that the Korea Peninsula lay outside the all-important "defense perimeter" of the United States, a statement that some took to mean that the United States would not defend the ROK from communist attack. So why did the United States become involved in the Korean conflict? The decision to intervene in Korea grew out of the tense atmosphere that characterized Cold War politics. On the eve of the North Korean invasion, a number of events had made Truman anxious. The Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb in 1949, ending the United States' monopoly on the weapon. In Europe, Soviet intervention in Greece and Turkey had given rise to the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, which funneled aid to war-torn Europe in the hopes of warding off communist political victories. In early 1950, President Truman directed the National Security Council (NSC) to conduct an analysis of Soviet and American military capabilities. In its report, known as "NSC 68," the Council recommended heavy increases in military funding to help contain the Soviets. Events in Asia also contributed to an increased sense of insecurity. In 1949 China underwent a revolution that brought Mao Zedong and his Communist party into power. The nationalists, led by Chiang Kai-Shek, had retreated to the island of Formosa (Taiwan) while they continued their war with mainland China. Mao quickly moved to ally himself with the Soviet Union, and signed a treaty with the Soviets in 1950. The Truman administration faced criticism from Republicans who claimed he had "lost" China. They criticized him for not providing enough aid to the Chinese nationalists. The suggestion by Secretary of State Dean Acheson that the administration recognize the communist government of China only gave them more ammunition for their attacks.
Tell me what you mean by "concentration camp", and I'll tell you whether anybody can agree with you. If you are making an analogy to the camps run by the Nazis for Jews, gays, gypsies, political disidents, Poles, etc. etc. etc. - - you are dead wrong. I'm not defending the internment of Japanese-Americans, but to suggest that their internment was as brutal and deadly as the Nazi concentration camps were for their inmates almost smacks of "holocaust denier" silliness.
My brother and I both served in the USAF. Jim served from 1969-1992. I served from 1975-1996. After we served, we lost track of each other. 37 years would pass before I would find him. Unfortunately, Jim passed away from small cell lung cancer, and complications from Covid.
Since then, Memorial Day has taken on a new importance to me. I miss him more each day.
Thank you America as a British veteran we will keep your and our heroes Graves spotless
My dream job would be to be a groundskeeper in one of these cemeteries. I can’t think of a job more important and more honorable, and nothing more humbling.
Such a wonderful thought
when those kids from the Netherlands said thank you America I got tears in my eyes
This needs to be shown to all children in American schools and at all NFL locker rooms. Amen God Bless America .
America is the greatest nation on earth where freedom, opportunity, prosperity and our civil society can flourish. We owe a gratitude of thanks to the brave men, women and their families who gave the ultimate sacrifice. Teach you children well.
AMEN🇺🇸
I am a vet God speed my brothers , my heart aches for you
"Lest We Forget, we must remember their sacrifice, and what their sacrifice has meant."
- Every PBS station in USA should play this video at 11 AM and 11 PM on every Memorial Day.
Not one shall ever be forgotten, from the moment they laid down their lives in the defense of freedom until the end of the world.
Not one.
"If other eyes grow dull and other hands slack, and other hearts cold in the solemn trust, ours shall keep it well as long as the light and warmth of life remains in us."
This is one of the best PBS programs they made. I've shown this to my nieces, so they know what war really is.
War is hell. Many gave all in foreign lands so we can have all.
Having walked the beach's and served in Europe , I am both in debt to those who would maintain our troops graves , but I am honored to have served the people , to whom freedom and liberty , know so well.
So gratifying to see how these cemeteries so embraced and cared for by the countries where these dead lie.
After this was aired. Fox news went on a 24/7 rampage on France. Regarding these Cemeteries. "Kids playing. Disrespect to our fallen. School plays performed there. Kids laughing , playing". Why? France didn't let us use their military airbases to use. During Bush Jr's war in Iraq. Most of NATO was against it While they supported Afghanistan war. PS Republicans in Congress removed FRENCH fries from the Capital menu.
I saw the hundreds of memorial crosses at the top of the War Cemetery at Monte Cassino and German and American it is something that makes you just stand there and the silence is like something I have never felt before.
Most of the age groups were 21 years old at time of death.
I remember the long winding road going up this mount and could not help but wonder how many men died trying to get to the top of this fortress.
.
It was a stormy day when I went which kind of made it more eerie with the distant sound of thunder and looming dark clouds overhead.
I was just turning 19 myself when I went and wondered if I would have been born at that time I could have been one of the names on those row after row of perfectly lined crosses.
We should never forget what happened during those dark day's and always remember and show our respect for those who had to live and fight during those dark day's.
Battle of Monte Cassino 1944 also known as The Battle Of Rome.
RIP boys that became men overnight.
Very good.
Great men, let us never forget them. Brave men, we remember them, and we raise our Voices to these lads, Brave Americans, Brave English soldiers, heroic Irish soldiers too.
yes so grateful for their sacrafice. how humbling. omg all these beautiful young men in prime of their lives. soo sad
Very moving tribute to the fallen. Should be viewing in every family each Memorial Day, lest we forget.
No one should be sidetracked with issues of "good" or "bad" war; the focus is on those who willing gave their all.
If we fight bad wars. Why did we kill Hitler. He didn't attack us? Most Americans, even Nam Vets will say Nam was a bad War. Same with the 3002 invasion of Iraq. What did the ME or the world gain? But more anger
Very moving tribute to all our brothers and sisters! Should be shown to todays youth to show the sacrifice of and devotion of these people for their country and freedom! GOD BLESS YOU ALL!
They all & those shipped home. Didn't die, fight for America's freedom. But that of our European friends & allies in the Pacific. Including jhina's. It's said, told numerous times in this video. By Americans & the people of the cities, towns & countries they died fighting FOR.
Very moving.
I post this on FB every year in hopes that just one of the people who see it watch
Amazingly moving
So important
I have a French friend who is so appreciative of what americans did for his country
Like the french in this wonderful film
thank you for posting. god bless all those who never were found and those buried with their commrades.god bless and give comfort to families who elected to have their loved ones stay where they were killed.god bless those in foreign countries who did not forget&contiue to tend those graves.
@@jeanninepeters3068 I visited the graves of my grandfathers today who both served in WW II
They are in Jefferson Barracks here in St Louis
The rows and rows of head stones are a reminder of just how many Americans served the cause of freedom
Obviously , not all of those in the cemetery died in battle , but ALL GAVE SOME
SOME GAVE ALL
I find it a great privilege to be able to go to such "hallowed grounds"
God Bless America🇺🇸
our freedom today is paid by heavy price by our beloved heroes in the past.
All, everyone of these deaths & the ones shipped home. Didn't fight for your parents grandparents FREEDOM. They fought for the freedom of our friends, allies in Europe & in the Pacific. Philippines & even China. Where the Japanese performed Horrors on the population. If those countries were left on their own, Japan would have taken Australia, maybe. Being patriotic is cool. But being educated on reality is great too.
Should be taught in all schools.
In Flanders Fields, written by Canadian John McCrae. 🇨🇦
I LEARNED.....BOY DID I LEARN.
I am so glad I watched this. Knowing some remember our country's sacrifice on their behalf is comforting. Its to bad Islam is going to make it all for nothing.
they gave up their today's so we could have tomorrows .
Powerful statement
My dad mom and uncle are in Portland Oregon in Willamette national cemetery
Tears are filling up my eyes,fallen heroes or victims of man made wars?
Least we ever forget...
This needs to be shown to every NFL team.
Especially the Giants. OT Al Blozis is buried in Lorraine.
Stop highjacking the War Dead fighting for freedom, for your cause of suppressing dissent! Wtf!
Also, it’s Coerced Patriotism is illegal. Upheld twice.
This should be required for history classes
Young forever!
Damn us that forget!
RED CROSS STATESMEN AND THEIR MASTERS GAVE THEIR LIVES AS THE MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN THAT'S WHY I HONOUR THEM EVERY YEAR
God bless
Does anyone know the name of bagpipe tune played?
US President Donald Trump about these fallen American soldiers:”They are losers”, “Suckers”
Is this the forensic files voice guy?
Yes, the wonderful Peter Thomas also did Forensic Files.
...''Too damn many'' would have been a better title.
These Men all gave their lives for the Shareholders, the same as Men are today still dying to protect Oil fields and Haliburton profits.
what a tard you are, so disrepectful, you never served, you have no idea.
Scott Gross I served, I fought and I survived, and then I woke up to corporate run Government, Lobbyists and corrupt officials. go check the financial times and look at the ratings, do your own research before you berate other people.
*****
then do some research, WW II Japan Attacks, US goes to War, April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson went before a joint session of Congress to request a declaration of war against Germany. Wilson cited Germany’s violation of its pledge to suspend unrestricted submarine warfare in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean, and its attempts to entice Mexico into an alliance against the United States, as his reasons for declaring war. On April 4, 1917, the U.S. Senate voted in support of the measure to declare war on Germany. The House concurred two days later. The United States later declared war on Austria-Hungary on December 7, 1917.
Scott Gross The US entered the Vietnam War in an attempt to prevent the spread of Communism.
Communism is a very attractive theory, particularly for the poor masses of a developing country. Imagine a society where nobody is better or richer than you are, where everyone works together and shares in the products of their labor, and where the government creates a safety net of guaranteed employment and medical care for all.
Of course, as we have seen, Communism doesn't work this way in practice. The political leaders are always much better off than the people, and ordinary workers don't produce as much when they won't get to keep the benefits of their extra hard work.
Scott Gross 1950 the Korea Peninsula was divided between a Soviet-backed government in the north and an American-backed government in the south. The division of Korea into two halves had come at the end of World War II. In August of 1945 the Soviet Union invaded Korea, which had been under Japan's control since 1910. Fearing that the Soviets intended to seize the entire peninsula from their position in the north, the United States quickly moved its own troops into southern Korea. Japanese troops surrendered to the Russians in the north and to the Americans in the south. In an effort to avoid a long-term decision regarding Korea's future, the United States and the Soviet Union agreed to divide Korea temporarily along the 38th parallel, a latitudinal line that bisected the country. This line became more rigid after 1946, when Kim Il Sung organized a communist government in the north---the Democratic People's Republic. Shortly after, nationalist exile Syngman Rhee returned to Korea and set up a rival government in the south---the Republic of Korea (ROK). Each government hoped to reunify the country under its own rule.
War broke out along the 38th parallel on June 25, 1950. On that day, North Korean troops coordinated an attack at several strategic points along the parallel and headed south toward Seoul. The United Nations Security Council responded to the attack by adopting (by a 9-0 vote) a resolution that condemned the invasion as a "breach of the peace." The Council did not have a Soviet delegate, since 6 months prior, the Soviet Union had left to protest the United Nation's refusal to seat a delegate from China. President Harry S. Truman quickly committed American forces to a combined United Nations military effort and named Gen. Douglas MacArthur Commander of the U.N. forces. Fifteen other nations also sent troops under the U.N. command. Truman did not seek a formal declaration of war from Congress; officially, America's presence in Korea amounted to no more than a "police action."
However, the entry of the United States into the conflict signaled a reversal of policy toward Korea. Although it backed the government of Syngman Rhee, the United States had begun withdrawing its troops from South Korea in 1948. As late as January of 1950, Secretary of State Dean Acheson had implied that the Korea Peninsula lay outside the all-important "defense perimeter" of the United States, a statement that some took to mean that the United States would not defend the ROK from communist attack.
So why did the United States become involved in the Korean conflict?
The decision to intervene in Korea grew out of the tense atmosphere that characterized Cold War politics. On the eve of the North Korean invasion, a number of events had made Truman anxious. The Soviet Union exploded an atomic bomb in 1949, ending the United States' monopoly on the weapon. In Europe, Soviet intervention in Greece and Turkey had given rise to the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, which funneled aid to war-torn Europe in the hopes of warding off communist political victories. In early 1950, President Truman directed the National Security Council (NSC) to conduct an analysis of Soviet and American military capabilities. In its report, known as "NSC 68," the Council recommended heavy increases in military funding to help contain the Soviets.
Events in Asia also contributed to an increased sense of insecurity. In 1949 China underwent a revolution that brought Mao Zedong and his Communist party into power. The nationalists, led by Chiang Kai-Shek, had retreated to the island of Formosa (Taiwan) while they continued their war with mainland China. Mao quickly moved to ally himself with the Soviet Union, and signed a treaty with the Soviets in 1950. The Truman administration faced criticism from Republicans who claimed he had "lost" China. They criticized him for not providing enough aid to the Chinese nationalists. The suggestion by Secretary of State Dean Acheson that the administration recognize the communist government of China only gave them more ammunition for their attacks.
Tell me what you mean by "concentration camp", and I'll tell you whether anybody can agree with you. If you are making an analogy to the camps run by the Nazis for Jews, gays, gypsies, political disidents, Poles, etc. etc. etc. - - you are dead wrong. I'm not defending the internment of Japanese-Americans, but to suggest that their internment was as brutal and deadly as the Nazi concentration camps were for their inmates almost smacks of "holocaust denier" silliness.