There was an elderly man named Desmond Finnegan who I was blessed to become very close with after moving into my new home. He was an amazing friend always willing to help anyone in need. As I grew to know him, he opened up about his service in the US Army. He was part of the assault wave on Omaha Beach. He told me of the hail of lead and steel raining down on the beach and especially the cacophony of noise. Desmond was on the beach for roughly an hour when an artillery shell landed near him. He recalls flying up in the air and then nothing. He woke up 6 months later in a hospital in the United States. He had been in a coma for 6 months.he did not know his parents or who he was. It took him 10 years to fully recovery from his brain injury and regain his memory. He passed away in 2012 and I’m in tears as I write this as he was like a second father to me after my dad had passed. God Bless our Greatest Generation. Semper Fidelis 🇺🇸
How lucky for you both to have found each other. You a second father he I am sure a daughter. What MEN went through in those times and survive was truly heroic and truly terrifying. The tragedy of the lives lost. So wonderful that he found you and opened up. You were both blessed. ❤️🙏
@@TrueHopeGolfhe told me he was comfortable talking to me about it because I I served in the Marine Corps for 7 years and that it’s different talking to someone who served.
I've been to Normandy twice. Utah Beach, Omaha, Juno, point du Hoc etc. I can say 100% that it should be obligatory for every hiigh school senior to have their senior trip there.
Agreed particuarly with how ignorant many of them are to it I was homeschooled between 2005-2010 & even at the backend of that period The treatment towards elders & vertrains was the same as 1960 Now its a competly different beast & it's disgusting
@scylentdeth3198 Rishi Sunack the Mitt Romney of Southern England wants to make it mandatory if he wins a second term in Office While Kier Starmer, the Southern England Al Gore wants to ignore that & give kids to the right to vote instead These are the same kids who don't know what D-Day is
Sadly, only one day this month is set aside to honor them... and only one day to mourn them last month... seems like we should have a Month dedicated to them instead of a bright rainbow to tell the world who you like to have relationships with... How times have changed! These men stared death in the face and pressed forward! They must be remembered and their stories must be shared! Thank you for sharing this one Jocko!
Please join in celebration of America Month +. Memorial Day, D Day, Flag Day, and Independence Day. Weeks of celebration and commemoration of the great sacrifices and promises of freedom
Odd isn't it: Women get a day; men get a day; veterans get a day. Homosexuals get a month and, in the UK at least, Blacks get a month ('Black History Month.'). As things stand the most 'celebrated and commemorated' people in our community have such honour bestowed upon them (a). for a characteristic they cannot control and (b). for a sexual preference; (c). Both of the above. Of the above groups veterans are the only body who have, through their own individual efforts and not through fate alone, actually earned their status and merit praise, celebration and commemoration. Why not give them two months then??
This is why it frustrates me beyond words to see people dishonor the Flag. Those people have no idea what it cost for them to have the freedoms they enjoy today. We owe everything to our brave servicemen since the forming of the greatest country on earth
Agreed, the people that speak bad about are servicemen and women really grinds my gears. While they sit on their couch eating cheetos or going to the occasional antifa rally . Smh, have some respect .
@@mattmorrison9379 they went back to their ancestral homeland in violation of the founders wishes (not getting involved in the intrigues and wars of Europe). They attacked for a lie as the Lusitania was in fact carrying weapons. The American financiers were funding the Bolshevik butchers for what reason? Americans have no idea of history because they live in the propaganda nightmare created by extremely cunning social engineers who wanted to use the US as the knife in their hand to carve up the post war era.
Thank you to the greatest generation, and to all of those in our 248 year history have given their blood and lives for our freedom! To all those who fought and came home, thank you for your service and unwavering dedication to our country and your brothers! We will never forget!
And this is a great example of why hearing any type of disrespect toward those who put their lives on the line to defend our freedom will always fill me with rage.
We had two WWII vets in our family, one Navy & one Marine. I feel truly fortunate to have heard some of their stories first hand, we miss you Brownie & Norm. FLY NAVY!!!
Im from Southern England & I was homeschooled for a lot of my youth & I used to speak to a lot of WWII Vertrains & learnt more from them than in an actual classroom The local newspaper also used to give away Free DVDs which had documentaries about WWII, at that time people seem to appreciate elders better & understood history not now Those vertrains have sadly passed on & the youth of today are cold, selfish & worst of all naive. In Southern England alone nearly half of under 16s don't know what D-Day is Which is tragic beyond belief In 2010 there were about 30,000 vetrains & people who contributed to the war effort (In the factories, delivering food, making propaganda films etc) Now there's about 100 & within a decade they'll probably all be dead There's a film called a Foriegn Field produced & starring Sir Alec Guinness which follows him & 3 friends going to commentate the 50th anniversary of D-Day It's a beautiful piece & besides Babe & one or two small parts in TV movies was the last thing Guinness did before passing on in 2000 but its a brilliant one & shows we need to all be united to conquer evil
My history teacher in junior year of high school said our textbooks should only be used as a synopsis of what we’re learning. We should be in the libraries, reading stories and newspapers, and speaking with those who have experienced history. Personally, I love history movies and they always prompt me to dive deep into the actual period of time and history of the story being told.
Thank you Jocko. I love when you read excerpts from cool books. I’ve been to the landing beaches, Pointe du Hoc, the American cemetery etc. Something special took place June 6th, 1944. The world owes a big debt of gratitude to the men and women that contributed to the hard fought success of D-day.
My grandpa served in the 29th infantry division and was spared the worst of it as he landed on the beaches the night of the 6th. He wrote a book titled one man’s war a memoir of World War II. Thank you to all the World War II veterans!
80 years ago, the greatest generation did the unthinkable to save us all and changed the world forever. Sometimes, it feels like people don't realize the cost these men paid to give us the life we take for granted. We will never forget your sacrifice! Thank you, and may your brave souls rest forever in peace, Heroes of Normandy. 🙏
I listened to the BBC news yesterday morning. They were, naturally, full of the D-Day commemorations. However, I could not help but notice that the newsreader referred to the fact that we were commemorating "all of the people who fought on the beach that day." Note the word 'people' and not 'men.' By such subtle - and unsubtle - methods is history gradually redrawn so as to fit a modern sensibility. Truth must be bulldozered out of the way lest it offend. Ben Milligan's book stands as one of the many memorials to the efforts of the men who fought on that day. Let us all try to preserve the accurate record and carry on telling not only the story, but the true, unvarnished, story.
i read this post a few times , at first i was like "whats this guy saying" but i was watching 1984 the otherday and the the phrase "double plus good" popped in to my head and the scene with the reduction of the dictionary. why have male and female when you can have people, you always have to remember the bbc is state media
Thankyou sir 🙏 as tired as I am of the treasonous polititians of today !! I will always draw courage from the ordinary men full of Morales and compassion for each other !! Tears of love & pride for our lost brothers God bless common folk
I can’t even imagine what that would have been like. Knowing what these men did makes all of our problems seem like nothing. RIP to all of them. I want to visit Normandy one day.
This is the speech that should be read at the D-Day ceremony. I’m afraid our presidents address will pale in comparison to this. Thank you for your sacrifice.
My Pop was at Omaha on one of 5 LCC’s or Landing Control Craft that day I believe he was at Dog Red, Pointe DuHoc was just a bit West. By the end of the morning only 2 LCC’s were left his and one other. The others were sunk by mines or arty. They did get the 29th ID and 1st ID ashore. 🇺🇸
Both Roosevelt and Eisenhower gave powerful speech and message for the US troops prior to the landings, FDR in his D-Day Prayers and Eisenhower with his "Full Victory and Nothing Else" speech
Tbh I think most are at least somewhat aware of it but just don’t care whatsoever and only know what they hear from others and have no interest in learning about it either.
@sonofthebrownmanbond7315 Uh ever try and organize the largest amphibious international invasion in human history? Or even just a large event? Tons of stuff to go wrong. Human error.
Father served and passed in November 2019. Great stories and generation for sure as a kid growing up and meeting his many friends and service members from that war. As said, they awoke a sleeping bear! As a Naval veteran and father of a Marine Officer currently walking the line - thank you to all those families across this great country for your service in WW2 and specifically the plan that triggered this day. We continue to live in honor of them who lost their life that day in a way that honors the sacrifice. I appreciate the threads that each one of them owns in what makes up our countries flag.
I don’t care where you’re from or what service you were in, we shall never forget the service and sacrifice of their duty of any military personnel past, present or future. Lest we forget.
Agreed mate, I’m from Australia but you have to respect the sacrifice that all our boys across the globe gave during the whole span of ww2 on their respective battles and places ect. Rip to all the fallen American, uk Aussie New Zealanders and every other Allied nation that fought and died alongside each other for a safer future. It’s the least we can do to make sure they are to be remembered in good faith so that we didn’t grow up in constant fear pain and suffering at the hands of an enemy state.
We must not forget that so many people and families sacrificed so much and on all sides. We must not forget that we haven't been told the entire truth about that war and many others. We must keep forging forward as to create a better union for our descendants. We must recognize who is the enemy and who isn't. Sometimes the enemy is across the field and sometimes the enemy is behind the wire. Sometimes the enemy is in both places simultaneously.
My salute to the Warriors Patriots and Special Operators on D Day 80 years ago today including the Navy UDT freedom fighting frogmen, Paratroopers, Marines on stand by, the Tuskegee Airmen and the Army Rangers of the Greatest Generation of World War ll battling against Nazi Germany and Hitler himself and his evil regime by any means necessary to win the war and safeguard freedom and humanity
More storytelling and testimonies please! Jockos voice, cadence, and intellect make for an awesome listening experience! Peace Brothers and Sisters. God Bless USA
Let us never forget those who journeyed into the howling dark and did not return. For their decision required courage beyond measure; sacrifice, and unshakable conviction that their fight... our fight, was elsewhere. They ennobled all of us, and they shall not be forgotten.
My grandfather was on the U.S.S. West Virginia during D day. Chief Botsun Eugene Cloutier. I never met him, he passed long before I was born but he sounds like a badass. When the Japanese attacked, he couldnt find a weapon to fire back with, so he just started throwing potatoes that rolled onto the boat after an explosion at the Japanese planes. Imagine fighting off Japanese war planes with potatoes. Those guys were truly built different.
Thank God I am alive today. Both of my grandfathers returned home from WWll. My father and my uncle both returned home from Vietnam. I was 19 when the first Gulf War started. I did not join. To this day, I wish I had joined. Why am I still here?!!
Those words are inconceivable actions to many, including myself. Those men did something so incredible in one day that I truly hope its impact will stand the test of time. NEVER FORGET Thanks ya freakin stud
I wish more people would start talking about how much of a waste of life it was considering how things turned out over the last 80 years. If you told any one of those boys in England on the eve of invasion what the country would become before even the last one of them died of old age they'd have turned their guns the other direction.
God Bless...The Greatest Generation...they were....always remember...so few of them left any longer. God Bless our military men and women. Thank you Jocko....your words matter.
Served with the 4th ID, 2nd battalion 8th rifle regiment. French fortige is worn, and the battle streamers on the battalion flag are still waving proudly !
Thank you so much for this. 99.5% of us have no idea what this was like. The sacrifice, the death, wounded, and a triumph that wasn't immediate. Heroes all.
My great uncle turned 21 on June 5, 1944. On June 6, he landed on Utah Beach with the 4th Infantry Division as a rifleman. He was wounded twice throughout the war and received 2 Purple Hearts. Once a few days after June 6. He later fought in Korea and was a helicopter mechanic in Vietnam. He died in 1993, and never made it to the 50th anniversary. In the 80s he met a German man who was also at D-Day fighting for the other side, and was wounded the same day. They joked in saying they could have shot each other. Never forget these important men and women who saved our world from tyranny and fascism.
@@xipingpooh5783 He was. He used to say “The Longest Day” movie was the closest depiction to what it was like. There’s also a scene in Band of Brothers where they go to support the men under attack coming from Utah Beach. My cousin, his grandson, and I were saying if those men hadn’t been there, he may never have been born.
D Day has been a pivotal day for me, my heart and my spirit. I always had those men in my thoughts when I served and at war in Iraq. I even went to France on R&R specifically to go to Normandy -rented a Peugeot hehe- Brittany and Omaha, went to the cemetery as well where a Sherman American Tank stands outside the entrance. This Day is imprinted in my heart. They are all my heroes. They should be all of our heroes. Semper Fidelis. Thank You Sir for your podcasts. You Sir are also a hero just by keeping up the motivational podcasts, books and resilience, your book has been there during very nasty dark times. Ooorah!! -wink-haha Cpl. Valenzuela OIF, OEF.
Well said. An eloquent reminder of their sacrifice. Those were tough times. Really tough. I’m hoping nothing like that lies in our future as I don’t think we’re up to it.
"I represent the fighting spirit of the Navy, and those who have gone before me, to defend freedom and democracy around the world." That part of the Sailor's Creed has a great meaning to me, especially on a day like today. HOORAH!!!!
agreed but I have to give the army credit for d day they fought hard and was dedicated to the mission I know we joke around about the army but all seriousness I have the upmost highest respect for the army.
The commies we helped that have now taken over our society and ruined everything for our future generations have already forgotten what those white men did for them.
These accounts are so important. It won't be long before our D-Day observances will include none who were there that day, so we must seek, collect, and treasure the words they have for us now.
@@johncurtis6815 So, the question is after nearly 80 years of the Allies victory over Germany.... Are we better for having won? The U.S. has remained at war almost nonstop or used military police action on Libya, Syria, Iraq, Panama, Jordan, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Korea and have bases all around the world, surrounding Russia and Iran. Destabilizing South American Governments and installed puppets. The US is trillions of dollars in debt. People are more concerned about the Super Bowl, pop stars, Hollywood movies, and those useless kardashian whores than government corruption. Most people don't have savings. Unsecured debt is rampant. Health care is mandatory insurance, nothing more. As of 2016, ScienceDaily reported an estimated 27 million people are on anti-depressants, a 400% increase since the mid 90’s. Lord knows what it is at now. We actively helped, created and aided Al Qaeda. Now we have ISIS, a group that seems to be extremely lucky capturing airdrops of arms and ammunition dropped for our “ friends." They are extremely adept at social media and recruiting British teenagers. It’s has been proven that the US imports drugs. How many millions of people have died or suffered as a result of military action or economic sanctions? The U.S. education system is a farce and creates debt for jobs that don't exist and cannot be discharged. All I can say is, thank god Hitler wasn't successful at defeating (((international banksterism))) or we couldn't enjoy the benefits of a fiat currency, high crime, the current muslim migrant crisis plaguing Europe; communism's reign of terror throughout Eastern Europe, China and elsewhere post-war; the seemingly endless wars for oil in the Middle East, the international banking cartels' system of debt driving usury, forced multiculturalism, a completely degenerate entertainment industry, the lgtbq agenda sexually indoctrinating our children with things like drag queen story hour and “desmond is amazing", the COVID crisis and subsequent lockdowns and waves of deaths from the forced vaccinations, a diminishing white population, the UN, The W.E.F, the E.U., off the wall racial tension, black lives matter, antifa, 3rd wave feminism undermining the traditional family, and a complete loss of manufacturing which was outsourced to China. Shell corporations and offshore incorporation to avoid paying taxes. Having to basically write a blank check to the Federal Reserve, a private jewish-owned banking consortium, so financiers could get bonuses and bail out foreign banks. How about unconditionally supporting a small country without a constitution, against the interests of American citizens, financing an openly racist, rogue and apartheid state that destroys homes and builds walls around people. All the while said country's lobbyists continue to support and encourage immigration throughout the U.S, Canada and Europe, while they push African immigrants into tent cities and use racial epitaphs calling for them to be deported. On top of a looming nuclear WW3 via the Ukraine conflict with Russia, and now israel going hardcore on the gaza strip. How are you enjoying the current economic downfall under Biden btw? I find it astounding that Hitler was all those terrible things claimed he was, yet all our politicians (that includes alleged heroes like churchill, roosevelt and eisenhower) and bankers, in comparison, have done just as worse or even exceeded what Hitler was blamed for in these last 70 years. After all, we are for “democracy" and a "free market" economy. That makes all of our actions right and acceptable to history and the eyes of the lord? Ever notice there is no shortage of Hitlers? Assad, Idi Amin, Saddam, Osama, Putin, Qaddafi, even Bush and Trump, depending on the perspective.. That’s just the short list. Who would we be as a people without a Hitler to destroy? Who could we save? Our Politicians and other group collectives like leftist antifa need a Hitler (a false personification of evil) like we need food and water. Hard to imagine what our world would have looked like had that supposed "monster" won. We can thank our lucky stars we saved ourselves from that monstrous scourge to ensure a small amount of people can maximize profits and plunge entire nations into a debt that can never be paid. It's a safe bet to say that every problem currently plaguing our world is not in spite of the Allied victory, but the direct down-the-road RESULT of it! And frankly, the sense of patriotism you all feel from it is nothing but a sad, pathetic joke. Who won? The Jewish Bankers. The most insidiously evil people on the planet and they are still playing the game. What did we learn? The bankers, zionist jews and their paid for politicians will wage war and destruction on any nation that challenges their fiat currency shell game and make them an anathema to the world, just as they've done to Germany. Who's next? I venture to say it is going to be the US. Once that country has been thoroughly subverted and used up what will become of you? I find it truly astounding though, that all these rootin' tootin' patriot 'muricans and brits (the kind who bray about muh freedom) can't put the pieces of this puzzle together and see all of this, with all the braying they love to do about "critical/free thinking" and addressing the problems of the world, they nonetheless possess the highest levels of cognitive dissonance because they still naively believe in the biggest lie of the 20th Century, that being the nobility of the Allied victory of WW2. The allies frankly behaved appallingly, and today we're seeing the fruits of that war. Sorry, but the short term affluence experienced in the 1950's and first half of the 60s hasn't counted for much in retrospect, the damage was done. If we can call a victory over Germany in light of what has transpired after the last 70 years, what did we gain? Has our world really become a better place? (Looks around) Doesn't look like it to me. And anyone who thinks that it did is simply put, deluding themselves.
How many Jocko types were there? Of all the awesome things Jocko did on the battlefield, I would be willing to bet he would love to have been there. May the brave men who lost there lives that day rest, forever, in the Grand Halls of Valhalla!
Hey USS South Dakota aka Sodak was in a shootout in the Pacific. She set her Kingfisher scout plane on fire with an aft turret volley..... then blew it into the water with a 2nd volley Those 16inch monsters had serious concussive waves....
The question is: if they could see the nations that they fought for today, would they do it again? Having known both my grandfather's, I am going to have to say 'Hard No' At least we are not speaking German, right?
I'd say he'd say hell yeah because as of today more of Europe if free than in 45 - 50 when the war finished. Nothing that's happening in europe isn't happening in us as well so I don't get your argument
From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remember’d; We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother;
My grandfather, Philip, joined up in '39 and fought through until VE Day. He ended as Captain in the Beds & Herts regiment and fought in France, Italy, Africa and finally Greece. He fought through the ruins at Monte Casino and lost an eye on the very last day of the war when a shell landed in the street as he had his morning smoke. If he could have seen into the future and had a glimpse of UK towns and cities today, I wonder if he and his brothers would have taken even 3 steps down the dock towards Europe in the first place?
Never forget their sacrifice for liberal progressivism, if not we would never have BlackRock, Obama, drag queen story hour, and millions of foreign doctors and engineers. My wife's black son thanks you veterans.
@@kennethcurtis1856 My grandfather fought in Luzon, he'd be horrified by what this place has become. Leaving politics at home is why we're in this mess.
My pop served in Europe October '44 thru the end of the war. BY FAR the greatest generation. Rest in peace pop. You and your mates are protecting God's flank. Heaven has never been safer. #jocko #God #pop #dday #allgavesomesomegaveall #ww2
There was an elderly man named Desmond Finnegan who I was blessed to become very close with after moving into my new home. He was an amazing friend always willing to help anyone in need. As I grew to know him, he opened up about his service in the US Army. He was part of the assault wave on Omaha Beach. He told me of the hail of lead and steel raining down on the beach and especially the cacophony of noise. Desmond was on the beach for roughly an hour when an artillery shell landed near him. He recalls flying up in the air and then nothing. He woke up 6 months later in a hospital in the United States. He had been in a coma for 6 months.he did not know his parents or who he was. It took him 10 years to fully recovery from his brain injury and regain his memory. He passed away in 2012 and I’m in tears as I write this as he was like a second father to me after my dad had passed. God Bless our Greatest Generation. Semper Fidelis 🇺🇸
How lucky for you both to have found each other. You a second father he I am sure a daughter. What MEN went through in those times and survive was truly heroic and truly terrifying. The tragedy of the lives lost. So wonderful that he found you and opened up. You were both blessed. ❤️🙏
Thanks for sharing this. Pretty amazing
God bless you. What a beautiful story. Semper Fidelis.
@@TrueHopeGolfhe told me he was comfortable talking to me about it because I I served in the Marine Corps for 7 years and that it’s different talking to someone who served.
God bless
I've been to Normandy twice. Utah Beach, Omaha, Juno, point du Hoc etc. I can say 100% that it should be obligatory for every hiigh school senior to have their senior trip there.
Agreed particuarly with how ignorant many of them are to it
I was homeschooled between 2005-2010 & even at the backend of that period
The treatment towards elders & vertrains was the same as 1960
Now its a competly different beast & it's disgusting
Most wouldn't appreciate it. They are too far removed from the event.
Bro we didn’t even have a senior trip.
Let’s cut to the chase and go to mandatory military service instead.
@scylentdeth3198 Rishi Sunack the Mitt Romney of Southern England wants to make it mandatory if he wins a second term in Office
While Kier Starmer, the Southern England Al Gore wants to ignore that & give kids to the right to vote instead
These are the same kids who don't know what D-Day is
Sadly, only one day this month is set aside to honor them... and only one day to mourn them last month... seems like we should have a Month dedicated to them instead of a bright rainbow to tell the world who you like to have relationships with... How times have changed! These men stared death in the face and pressed forward! They must be remembered and their stories must be shared! Thank you for sharing this one Jocko!
What's even more tragic is that many of those rainbow types seek to undo what these incredibly brave men gave their lives for.
Please join in celebration of America Month +. Memorial Day, D Day, Flag Day, and Independence Day. Weeks of celebration and commemoration of the great sacrifices and promises of freedom
salutes from Norway brother. Remember D-Day, forget pride
Odd isn't it: Women get a day; men get a day; veterans get a day. Homosexuals get a month and, in the UK at least, Blacks get a month ('Black History Month.'). As things stand the most 'celebrated and commemorated' people in our community have such honour bestowed upon them (a). for a characteristic they cannot control and (b). for a sexual preference; (c). Both of the above.
Of the above groups veterans are the only body who have, through their own individual efforts and not through fate alone, actually earned their status and merit praise, celebration and commemoration. Why not give them two months then??
Amen
We will never forget and always respect. 🇺🇸
From your mouth to God's ears
Damn right! Such brave men😢
Thanks to the vets! from the 🌏
This is why it frustrates me beyond words to see people dishonor the Flag. Those people have no idea what it cost for them to have the freedoms they enjoy today. We owe everything to our brave servicemen since the forming of the greatest country on earth
The Germans weren’t threatening American freedom
these same soliders would spit on black people back home in america..humans are complicated
They weren't fighting for the flag. Stop it. They were fighting for ideals. Including your right to protest.
@@idiocracyunfolding9053 exactly.
well, its not like america wouldnt have freedom if it didnt get involved in ww2
We should always remember and respect what both you and they did!
Agreed, the people that speak bad about are servicemen and women really grinds my gears. While they sit on their couch eating cheetos or going to the occasional antifa rally . Smh, have some respect .
@@mattmorrison9379 they went back to their ancestral homeland in violation of the founders wishes (not getting involved in the intrigues and wars of Europe). They attacked for a lie as the Lusitania was in fact carrying weapons. The American financiers were funding the Bolshevik butchers for what reason?
Americans have no idea of history because they live in the propaganda nightmare created by extremely cunning social engineers who wanted to use the US as the knife in their hand to carve up the post war era.
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Thank you to the greatest generation, and to all of those in our 248 year history have given their blood and lives for our freedom! To all those who fought and came home, thank you for your service and unwavering dedication to our country and your brothers! We will never forget!
Goosebumps and tears. Bravery beyond belief. Thank you jocko for a great reading. God bless.❤
And this is a great example of why hearing any type of disrespect toward those who put their lives on the line to defend our freedom will always fill me with rage.
We had two WWII vets in our family, one Navy & one Marine. I feel truly fortunate to have heard some of their stories first hand, we miss you Brownie & Norm. FLY NAVY!!!
Im from Southern England & I was homeschooled for a lot of my youth & I used to speak to a lot of WWII Vertrains & learnt more from them than in an actual classroom
The local newspaper also used to give away Free DVDs which had documentaries about WWII, at that time people seem to appreciate elders better & understood history not now
Those vertrains have sadly passed on & the youth of today are cold, selfish & worst of all naive. In Southern England alone nearly half of under 16s don't know what D-Day is
Which is tragic beyond belief
In 2010 there were about 30,000 vetrains & people who contributed to the war effort
(In the factories, delivering food, making propaganda films etc)
Now there's about 100 & within a decade they'll probably all be dead
There's a film called a Foriegn Field produced & starring Sir Alec Guinness which follows him & 3 friends going to commentate the 50th anniversary of D-Day
It's a beautiful piece & besides Babe & one or two small parts in TV movies was the last thing Guinness did before passing on in 2000 but its a brilliant one & shows we need to all be united to conquer evil
That's England for it... place is a dumb. Has been for the last 15 years... will be a complete ghetto in the next 50, as will America
I’ll have to check that out. Alec Guiness was a great actor
@cwr8618 Where are you from?
It's quite easy to watch in England, France & Austrilia
Not sure how accessible it is in North America
@@CalumRoberts-i1x US. Stationed in Japan though
My history teacher in junior year of high school said our textbooks should only be used as a synopsis of what we’re learning. We should be in the libraries, reading stories and newspapers, and speaking with those who have experienced history. Personally, I love history movies and they always prompt me to dive deep into the actual period of time and history of the story being told.
As a Veteran, I want to Thank the Black Veterans who also stormed Normandy, France. Rest in peace to ALL too of those who were there.
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"NEVER FOUGHT TO DEFEND MY COUNTRY 💪💪💪💪 ALWAYS FOUGHT TO ATTACK OTHERS 💪💪💪💪 MURCIA HEELL YEAH!!!!"
Thank you Jocko. I love when you read excerpts from cool books. I’ve been to the landing beaches, Pointe du Hoc, the American cemetery etc. Something special took place June 6th, 1944. The world owes a big debt of gratitude to the men and women that contributed to the hard fought success of D-day.
My grandpa served in the 29th infantry division and was spared the worst of it as he landed on the beaches the night of the 6th. He wrote a book titled one man’s war a memoir of World War II. Thank you to all the World War II veterans!
Harold Gordon?
80 years ago, the greatest generation did the unthinkable to save us all and changed the world forever. Sometimes, it feels like people don't realize the cost these men paid to give us the life we take for granted. We will never forget your sacrifice! Thank you, and may your brave souls rest forever in peace, Heroes of Normandy. 🙏
God bless them all - may we never forget their sacrifices on that day of days
I listened to the BBC news yesterday morning. They were, naturally, full of the D-Day commemorations. However, I could not help but notice that the newsreader referred to the fact that we were commemorating "all of the people who fought on the beach that day." Note the word 'people' and not 'men.'
By such subtle - and unsubtle - methods is history gradually redrawn so as to fit a modern sensibility. Truth must be bulldozered out of the way lest it offend.
Ben Milligan's book stands as one of the many memorials to the efforts of the men who fought on that day. Let us all try to preserve the accurate record and carry on telling not only the story, but the true, unvarnished, story.
i read this post a few times , at first i was like "whats this guy saying" but i was watching 1984 the otherday and the the phrase "double plus good" popped in to my head and the scene with the reduction of the dictionary. why have male and female when you can have people, you always have to remember the bbc is state media
Men... young men.
That was sick. Thanks Jocko, and thank you to the greatest generation!
Thanks for your education on this, Jocko. We NEED THIS. Especially the younger generations.
Thankyou sir 🙏 as tired as I am of the treasonous polititians of today !! I will always draw courage from the ordinary men full of Morales and compassion for each other !! Tears of love & pride for our lost brothers
God bless common folk
Treasonous politicians were responsible for the war in the first place
I can’t even imagine what that would have been like. Knowing what these men did makes all of our problems seem like nothing. RIP to all of them. I want to visit Normandy one day.
What these men did is WHY we have all these problems.
Forever Grateful Such MEN lived!🙏🏻🇺🇸
This dude wasn’t even in combat
@@LooioogyiJocko wasn't in combat?
This is the speech that should be read at the D-Day ceremony. I’m afraid our presidents address will pale in comparison to this. Thank you for your sacrifice.
This is no place for politics. This is a place to remember the sacrifices our men--and their families made--in allowing us to be free today.
Thank you for this.
Proud member of the 82nd Airborne Division
My Pop was at Omaha on one of 5 LCC’s or Landing Control Craft that day I believe he was at Dog Red, Pointe DuHoc was just a bit West. By the end of the morning only 2 LCC’s were left his and one other. The others were sunk by mines or arty. They did get the 29th ID and 1st ID ashore. 🇺🇸
Thank you Jocko, Lest We Forget
Thank you for sharing. May God Bless America! 🇺🇸
We will never forget.
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Heroes. Once and for all time.
Both Roosevelt and Eisenhower gave powerful speech and message for the US troops prior to the landings, FDR in his D-Day Prayers and Eisenhower with his "Full Victory and Nothing Else" speech
I'd say society as a whole today, has largely forgot.
Shameful
My wife's black son hasn't
some have
Tbh I think most are at least somewhat aware of it but just don’t care whatsoever and only know what they hear from others and have no interest in learning about it either.
@sonofthebrownmanbond7315 Uh ever try and organize the largest amphibious international invasion in human history? Or even just a large event? Tons of stuff to go wrong. Human error.
How many years later, and I wonder what those same soldiers would think of the world today? What would they think of the world they helped create?
If those men could have seen what their countries would become, they would have turned around and joined the other side.
Idk Z0gb0ts don't really think very much
Visceral and powerful - thank you
Father served and passed in November 2019. Great stories and generation for sure as a kid growing up and meeting his many friends and service members from that war. As said, they awoke a sleeping bear! As a Naval veteran and father of a Marine Officer currently walking the line - thank you to all those families across this great country for your service in WW2 and specifically the plan that triggered this day. We continue to live in honor of them who lost their life that day in a way that honors the sacrifice. I appreciate the threads that each one of them owns in what makes up our countries flag.
I don’t care where you’re from or what service you were in, we shall never forget the service and sacrifice of their duty of any military personnel past, present or future. Lest we forget.
Agreed mate, I’m from Australia but you have to respect the sacrifice that all our boys across the globe gave during the whole span of ww2 on their respective battles and places ect. Rip to all the fallen American, uk Aussie New Zealanders and every other Allied nation that fought and died alongside each other for a safer future. It’s the least we can do to make sure they are to be remembered in good faith so that we didn’t grow up in constant fear pain and suffering at the hands of an enemy state.
We must not forget that so many people and families sacrificed so much and on all sides.
We must not forget that we haven't been told the entire truth about that war and many others.
We must keep forging forward as to create a better union for our descendants.
We must recognize who is the enemy and who isn't.
Sometimes the enemy is across the field and sometimes the enemy is behind the wire.
Sometimes the enemy is in both places simultaneously.
Thank you to Those who fought back Evil to protect the Free. God Bless Them and You Jocko.
defenders of liberal democratic freedom 🏳🌈🏳⚧🔯🕎☪ we salute you.💪
LOL What a crock! You sided WITH evil (communism) to defeat the free.
we'll never forget!! thank you
My salute to the Warriors Patriots and Special Operators on D Day 80 years ago today including the Navy UDT freedom fighting frogmen, Paratroopers, Marines on stand by, the Tuskegee Airmen and the Army Rangers
of the Greatest Generation of World War ll battling against Nazi Germany and Hitler himself and his evil regime by any means necessary to win the war and safeguard freedom and humanity
More storytelling and testimonies please! Jockos voice, cadence, and intellect make for an awesome listening experience!
Peace Brothers and Sisters. God Bless USA
Let us never forget those who journeyed into the howling dark and did not return. For their decision required courage beyond measure; sacrifice, and unshakable conviction that their fight... our fight, was elsewhere. They ennobled all of us, and they shall not be forgotten.
Thank you for reading that
Thank you for the video. Well done as always.
My grandfather was on the U.S.S. West Virginia during D day. Chief Botsun Eugene Cloutier. I never met him, he passed long before I was born but he sounds like a badass. When the Japanese attacked, he couldnt find a weapon to fire back with, so he just started throwing potatoes that rolled onto the boat after an explosion at the Japanese planes. Imagine fighting off Japanese war planes with potatoes. Those guys were truly built different.
Thank God I am alive today. Both of my grandfathers returned home from WWll. My father and my uncle both returned home from Vietnam. I was 19 when the first Gulf War started. I did not join. To this day, I wish I had joined. Why am I still here?!!
This gave me painful chills! 🇺🇸
Outstanding, as always, Jocko!!
Amen!!! Thanks so much for sharing!
Heart filled with pride tears flowing down my cheeks for these men. Thank you God for their absolute bravery. Home of the free because of the BRAVE
Those words are inconceivable actions to many, including myself. Those men did something so incredible in one day that I truly hope its impact will stand the test of time.
NEVER FORGET
Thanks ya freakin stud
Awesome read Jocko ~~~
I wish more people would start talking about how much of a waste of life it was considering how things turned out over the last 80 years. If you told any one of those boys in England on the eve of invasion what the country would become before even the last one of them died of old age they'd have turned their guns the other direction.
God Bless...The Greatest Generation...they were....always remember...so few of them left any longer.
God Bless our military men and women.
Thank you Jocko....your words matter.
Thank you!
powerful. Thank you Jocko
I can't even imagine, despite the beautiful reading. God bless you men.
Thank you, God bless.
Served with the 4th ID, 2nd battalion 8th rifle regiment. French fortige is worn, and the battle streamers on the battalion flag are still waving proudly !
Thanks!
My father God rest his soul was Day-Day veteran these men were the greatest generation
Amen. Godbless you brother.
Thank all of those who served.
Ty jocko , your second calling as an audio book narrator. You're damn good at it and normal audio books aren't as good after hearing you read them
You are alright for a sailor, Jocko. Thanks for the reading, well done.
Completely awesome, Jocko
Thank you so much for this. 99.5% of us have no idea what this was like. The sacrifice, the death, wounded, and a triumph that wasn't immediate. Heroes all.
Thank you Jocko & all who served! 🇺🇸
from Israel we thank you, god bless 🏳🌈🔯
My great uncle turned 21 on June 5, 1944. On June 6, he landed on Utah Beach with the 4th Infantry Division as a rifleman. He was wounded twice throughout the war and received 2 Purple Hearts. Once a few days after June 6. He later fought in Korea and was a helicopter mechanic in Vietnam. He died in 1993, and never made it to the 50th anniversary. In the 80s he met a German man who was also at D-Day fighting for the other side, and was wounded the same day. They joked in saying they could have shot each other. Never forget these important men and women who saved our world from tyranny and fascism.
Truely a breed apart, he certainly lived a full life . God bless his memory🙏🏼
@@xipingpooh5783 He was. He used to say “The Longest Day” movie was the closest depiction to what it was like. There’s also a scene in Band of Brothers where they go to support the men under attack coming from Utah Beach. My cousin, his grandson, and I were saying if those men hadn’t been there, he may never have been born.
D Day has been a pivotal day for me, my heart and my spirit. I always had those men in my thoughts when I served and at war in Iraq. I even went to France on R&R specifically to go to Normandy -rented a Peugeot hehe- Brittany and Omaha, went to the cemetery as well where a Sherman
American Tank stands outside the entrance. This Day is imprinted in my heart. They are all my heroes. They should be all of our heroes.
Semper Fidelis.
Thank You Sir for your podcasts. You Sir are also a hero just by keeping up the motivational podcasts, books and resilience, your book has been there during very nasty dark times. Ooorah!!
-wink-haha
Cpl. Valenzuela OIF, OEF.
Well said. An eloquent reminder of their sacrifice. Those were tough times. Really tough. I’m hoping nothing like that lies in our future as I don’t think we’re up to it.
"I represent the fighting spirit of the Navy, and those who have gone before me, to defend freedom and democracy around the world." That part of the Sailor's Creed has a great meaning to me, especially on a day like today. HOORAH!!!!
🏳🌈🏳⚧⚧🔯🕎☪ freedom Hoorah!
agreed but I have to give the army credit for d day they fought hard and was dedicated to the mission I know we joke around about the army but all seriousness I have the upmost highest respect for the army.
We shall not forget. God bless the greatest generation.
The commies we helped that have now taken over our society and ruined everything for our future generations have already forgotten what those white men did for them.
I want to hear the soldiers that experienced the easy Red and Fox green sector and how they eventually broke through that area
These accounts are so important. It won't be long before our D-Day observances will include none who were there that day, so we must seek, collect, and treasure the words they have for us now.
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"We defeated the wrong enemy" General George S. Patton
Our worst enemy is currently behind the wire.
@@Mr._Infamous the same leftist mind disease the Germans were fighting against.
Fuck the Nazis, we fought the embodiment of evil. Of whom, DECLARED War on the United States. They got destroyed by freedom.
@@johncurtis6815 Jew detected
@@johncurtis6815 So, the question is after nearly 80 years of the Allies victory over Germany.... Are we better for having won? The U.S. has remained at war almost nonstop or used military police action on Libya, Syria, Iraq, Panama, Jordan, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Korea and have bases all around the world, surrounding Russia and Iran. Destabilizing South American Governments and installed puppets. The US is trillions of dollars in debt. People are more concerned about the Super Bowl, pop stars, Hollywood movies, and those useless kardashian whores than government corruption. Most people don't have savings. Unsecured debt is rampant. Health care is mandatory insurance, nothing more. As of 2016, ScienceDaily reported an estimated 27 million people are on anti-depressants, a 400% increase since the mid 90’s. Lord knows what it is at now. We actively helped, created and aided Al Qaeda. Now we have ISIS, a group that seems to be extremely lucky capturing airdrops of arms and ammunition dropped for our “ friends." They are extremely adept at social media and recruiting British teenagers. It’s has been proven that the US imports drugs. How many millions of people have died or suffered as a result of military action or economic sanctions? The U.S. education system is a farce and creates debt for jobs that don't exist and cannot be discharged.
All I can say is, thank god Hitler wasn't successful at defeating (((international banksterism))) or we couldn't enjoy the benefits of a fiat currency, high crime, the current muslim migrant crisis plaguing Europe; communism's reign of terror throughout Eastern Europe, China and elsewhere post-war; the seemingly endless wars for oil in the Middle East, the international banking cartels' system of debt driving usury, forced multiculturalism, a completely degenerate entertainment industry, the lgtbq agenda sexually indoctrinating our children with things like drag queen story hour and “desmond is amazing", the COVID crisis and subsequent lockdowns and waves of deaths from the forced vaccinations, a diminishing white population, the UN, The W.E.F, the E.U., off the wall racial tension, black lives matter, antifa, 3rd wave feminism undermining the traditional family, and a complete loss of manufacturing which was outsourced to China. Shell corporations and offshore incorporation to avoid paying taxes. Having to basically write a blank check to the Federal Reserve, a private jewish-owned banking consortium, so financiers could get bonuses and bail out foreign banks. How about unconditionally supporting a small country without a constitution, against the interests of American citizens, financing an openly racist, rogue and apartheid state that destroys homes and builds walls around people. All the while said country's lobbyists continue to support and encourage immigration throughout the U.S, Canada and Europe, while they push African immigrants into tent cities and use racial epitaphs calling for them to be deported. On top of a looming nuclear WW3 via the Ukraine conflict with Russia, and now israel going hardcore on the gaza strip.
How are you enjoying the current economic downfall under Biden btw?
I find it astounding that Hitler was all those terrible things claimed he was, yet all our politicians (that includes alleged heroes like churchill, roosevelt and eisenhower) and bankers, in comparison, have done just as worse or even exceeded what Hitler was blamed for in these last 70 years. After all, we are for “democracy" and a "free market" economy. That makes all of our actions right and acceptable to history and the eyes of the lord? Ever notice there is no shortage of Hitlers? Assad, Idi Amin, Saddam, Osama, Putin, Qaddafi, even Bush and Trump, depending on the perspective.. That’s just the short list. Who would we be as a people without a Hitler to destroy? Who could we save? Our Politicians and other group collectives like leftist antifa need a Hitler (a false personification of evil) like we need food and water.
Hard to imagine what our world would have looked like had that supposed "monster" won. We can thank our lucky stars we saved ourselves from that monstrous scourge to ensure a small amount of people can maximize profits and plunge entire nations into a debt that can never be paid.
It's a safe bet to say that every problem currently plaguing our world is not in spite of the Allied victory, but the direct down-the-road RESULT of it! And frankly, the sense of patriotism you all feel from it is nothing but a sad, pathetic joke.
Who won? The Jewish Bankers. The most insidiously evil people on the planet and they are still playing the game. What did we learn? The bankers, zionist jews and their paid for politicians will wage war and destruction on any nation that challenges their fiat currency shell game and make them an anathema to the world, just as they've done to Germany. Who's next? I venture to say it is going to be the US. Once that country has been thoroughly subverted and used up what will become of you?
I find it truly astounding though, that all these rootin' tootin' patriot 'muricans and brits (the kind who bray about muh freedom) can't put the pieces of this puzzle together and see all of this, with all the braying they love to do about "critical/free thinking" and addressing the problems of the world, they nonetheless possess the highest levels of cognitive dissonance because they still naively believe in the biggest lie of the 20th Century, that being the nobility of the Allied victory of WW2. The allies frankly behaved appallingly, and today we're seeing the fruits of that war. Sorry, but the short term affluence experienced in the 1950's and first half of the 60s hasn't counted for much in retrospect, the damage was done.
If we can call a victory over Germany in light of what has transpired after the last 70 years, what did we gain? Has our world really become a better place? (Looks around) Doesn't look like it to me. And anyone who thinks that it did is simply put, deluding themselves.
God bless the United States of America.
Greetings and respects from Austria.
How many Jocko types were there? Of all the awesome things Jocko did on the battlefield, I would be willing to bet he would love to have been there. May the brave men who lost there lives that day rest, forever, in the Grand Halls of Valhalla!
I have this audiobook. It’s like 20 hours long and worth the listen.
Your a Legend well read bro
Never forget what they did in 2020
Hey USS South Dakota aka Sodak was in a shootout in the Pacific. She set her Kingfisher scout plane on fire with an aft turret volley..... then blew it into the water with a 2nd volley
Those 16inch monsters had serious concussive waves....
To always remember.
To honor their legacy and strive to uphold the values they fought for.
They fought so children could go to gay pride parades. “Values.” Please.
The question is: if they could see the nations that they fought for today, would they do it again?
Having known both my grandfather's, I am going to have to say 'Hard No'
At least we are not speaking German, right?
I'd say he'd say hell yeah because as of today more of Europe if free than in 45 - 50 when the war finished. Nothing that's happening in europe isn't happening in us as well so I don't get your argument
Given the current circumstances, one might question whether it was worth the sacrifice?
Had the honor of meeting a WWII veteran - he was airborne and made only 3 combat parachute jumps.
Thank You #DDay
My grandpa navy was on his ship during the invasion and watched it while on his gun. My great grandpa army was storming the beach. On this day.
Honoring those heroes and living our lives, Am I worth the sacrifice they made to give me freedom?
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remember’d;
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother;
I saw your video, your video is very nice words, I do a lot of work
My grandfather, Philip, joined up in '39 and fought through until VE Day. He ended as Captain in the Beds & Herts regiment and fought in France, Italy, Africa and finally Greece.
He fought through the ruins at Monte Casino and lost an eye on the very last day of the war when a shell landed in the street as he had his morning smoke.
If he could have seen into the future and had a glimpse of UK towns and cities today, I wonder if he and his brothers would have taken even 3 steps down the dock towards Europe in the first place?
Never forget their sacrifice for liberal progressivism, if not we would never have BlackRock, Obama, drag queen story hour, and millions of foreign doctors and engineers. My wife's black son thanks you veterans.
My dad served in the Battle of the Bulge, please respect his service by leaving your politics at home.
@@kennethcurtis1856 No, that's what they fought for in the end, it's the reality.
@@kennethcurtis1856 Politics? This is reality. The country is quickly becoming Weimar Germany....actually I guess we're already there
@@kennethcurtis1856 My grandfather fought in Luzon, he'd be horrified by what this place has become. Leaving politics at home is why we're in this mess.
@@kennethcurtis1856 Your dad is part of the reason the world is in this mess. His service does not deserve respect.
Well said to the author.
My pop served in Europe October '44 thru the end of the war. BY FAR the greatest generation.
Rest in peace pop. You and your mates are protecting God's flank. Heaven has never been safer.
#jocko #God #pop #dday #allgavesomesomegaveall #ww2
These women and men will always have our respect.... Unlike those who committed heinous acts while in Iraq and Afghan....
No words except, insanity...... 🤘
WW2 was a horrible tragedy.
Now brave Ukrainian heroes are preventing WW3.
We shall never forget their sacrifice.
Lmao
Western men today don't have the character that is required for those moments.
Being ignorant and dying for zog....
Imagine Jocko reading you a bedtime story. Good night Moon!!!! Yaaaa!!!! Get some get some!!!!!!
Powerful. May we never forget!
Jocko should really come out with a Christmas book. Can you imagine?!