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- Song: Blood on the Risers (Gory gory what a helluva way to die)
From: US Army
"Blood Upon the Risers" is an American paratrooper song from World War II. It is associated with all current airborne units, including the 101st Airborne Division, the 82nd Airborne Division, the 173rd Airborne Brigade and 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) of the 25th Infantry Division, and the 120th CTS (United States) as well as British airborne units. It is known as "Mancha Roja" (Spanish for "Red Stain") in airborne units from multiple Latin American countries. In Spain it is called "Sangre en las cuerdas" ("Blood upon the risers" in English).
This song has been featured in the television miniseries Band of Brothers, the television series Preacher, and the video game Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30, and was also mentioned in Donald Burgett's book Currahee!: A Screaming Eagle at Normandy. Sung to the tune of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic", the song tells of a fatal training jump of a rookie paratrooper whose parachute fails to deploy. This results in him falling to his death.
The song is also a cautionary tale on the dangers of improper preparation of a parachute jump. The protagonist does everything right, but forgets to hook up his static line which would automatically deploy his main parachute; upon discovering this error during the jump, he deploys his reserve chute in bad falling position with disastrous results. As the reserve chute is stored in a belly bag on the World War II-era rig, deploying it in a bad falling position could easily lead to an accident, not unlike the one described in the song. "Risers" are the four straps that connect the suspension lines of the parachute canopy to the parachute harness.
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always have loved this song
my fav airborne song
Dustin L part nine, entitled why we fight. The boys in easy are heading for another town, and sing this on the way there.
"we are paratroopers son, we are supposed to be surrounded “
- cpt. Richard Winters
Hell yeah
We’re soldiers born to die
@@eboiiman5 And take out a bunch of enemy or a bridge in the damn process of dying! Screw those Nazis!
@@cassuttustshirt4949 and it’s a hell of a way to die
@@ARC--ms1se Indeed. All ways to die in war are.
"What happens if my reserve doesn't open, sergeant airborne?"
"You'll have the rest of your life to figure it out."
Give a man a fire and he'll be warm for an evening.
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
I always say if my reserve doesn't open thats its not my problem anymore, watch out on the ground don't get hit by my body cause it's your problem.
Haha
G😊😊😊😊😊zz zz. Z
@@taylormartyn2809unless you get that crazy 1 in 10 million survival... A fate worse than death imo considering life after an injury like that
Imagine going skydiving with friends and someone in the back starts singing this song
Lmao underrated
Should be top comment
Suddenly I ain’t going skydiving
This is definitely something I’d do
Im the sort of person who plays it
As a Navy vet I know all too well the amount of crushing boredom that must've precipitated the creation of this masterpiece
😂😂😂
To paraphrase a TH-camr I watch (army vet), "I'm never going to complain about a DMV wait again. That was NOTHING."
We made a CIWS Mk .2 on deployment, our CO yelled at us for using it to launch trash over the side. It was a big ass slingshot with somewhere around a 600lb draw
Boomer
As an Army vet I know all too well how much the Army spends on the Army Band lol
What if the chute won't open?
"Just bring it back and we'll give you a new one."
I've heard that before, what's it from?
"What if my chute won't open?"
"Don't worry, you'll get a proper funeral"
"if your rattlesnake anti venom doesn't work then we'll give you your money back if you bring it to us"
Sarge? What should I do if I do step on a landmine?
"Normal procedure lieutenant, is to jump 200 feet in the air and spread yourself over a wide area"
@@thatguyapplesauce1060 that's what indo-tibetians do in ladakh
*Red Army:* Pridefully sing about their country and how they'll return home.
*Wehrmacht:* Happily sing about their girlfriends and how nice their comrades are.
*US Army:* Cheerfully sing about paratroopers falling to their death.
*The Brits:* Sing a song about how they'll kick Nazi Germanys butt to Berlin.
Confederates: sing about how they're the best
@@calebheney302 you sure?
"SS marches in enemy's land and sings the devil's song.
A rifleman on Oder's shores, silently hums along.
We whistle it above and below.
And the whole world can curse or praise us
Where we go we always move forward
And the devil he laughs like this: Ha, ha ha, ha!
We fight for Germany, we fight for Hitler
The red foe shall never rest"
Sounds like to me they're lamenting being killed in Russia.
@@Reset358 Neutral countries don't get to have songs about their WW2 heroics so it makes sense.
@@ReichX1000 Also roasting the Union.
Entire class sang this at graduation on the Airborne walk in front of families/friends. The looks on their faces......
Some dude yanked his reserve just because of some twisted risers on our second jump, a night jump. As you can imagine, he ain't gonna jump no more. And we didn't get to sing this song.
@@johndouglass3691 why didnt he jump anymore. He still had atleast 3 more
You have to laugh about your death before it happens, because you won't be there to laugh after you're dead.
@@kohnbonn9744 he’s dead you fucker
@@kelseymills5664 you dont know anything about parachuting be quite. The dude didnt die from twisted risers.
The fact that they made a song this happy about someone brutally plummeting to his death just illustrates what the life of a soldier is. No wonder people get PTSD.
We also have a cadence about clubbing baby seals to death, a march about dying in the rain alone, and a song about someone fucking your girl while youre away
You dont get the song, its not about scaring you. The song is about numbing you to the fact that if your chute fails, its not due to your weight its due to the weight of your BALLS
The people that embrace the possibility of their deaths are the ones that DON'T get PTSD.
@@andrewtisdale4186 that's not how that works
@@xpropriation8505 Lol, what do you know??? It worked for me.
I remember an Airborne Officer was asked how he could jump out of a perfectly good airplane. His answer was, its better than jumping out of one that's burning.
Chris Clark
I went in the service 50 yrs ago. If you don’t remember or don’t know it was during the Vietnam conflict. Most men in uniform then were drafted.
The pilots probably drafted.
The crew chief drafted.
The maintenance crew drafted.
The plane was built by the cheapest bidder.
Perfectly good airplane? I wonder.
RLTW
Only two things fall out the sky: birdshit and fools.
@@johndouglass3691 basic math. Aircraft has 1 set of landing gear. I get 2 chutes
@@johndouglass3691 Damn right 75th Ranger Bat. Lead The Fucking Way!
(Btw not a Ranger)
@@patriotpop2436 One of my buddies was in the Airborne, and I asked the same question about a perfectly good airplane. His answer, "I know the guy flying the damn thing, it's safer outside."
kinda sadistic medics.
"i'm bored"
"HEY GUYS A PARACHUTE FAILED"
"YAHOOOO!!! HELLUVA YEAH!"
As some one who has worked at their community ambulance.....this is not inaccurate
@@sootythunder3111 bruh
Cassidy Mullins no it’s the kind of messed up mentality they both share, no ambulance rider wants to be on the call where some old lady called because she feels an unusual soreness in her leg, we all wanted the three car pile up, broken bones, having to get the neck collar for stabilization,
Cassidy Mullins it’s not sadism, it’s more about using what you spent so long training for, the fire fighter wants to put out a burning building instead of ensuring fire codes are up to snuff, the marine would rather be in combat then sitting in a dessert and never firing their rifle for four years, the brain surgeon wants to perform surgery on a brain instead of being in a walk in clinic, we don’t want the bad things to happen, it’s just to do our job as we imagined doing it when we started bad things DO have to happen
@@camamu1999 read properly, he said it's not INaccurate
"oh dont be such a baby, ribs grow back!....
...no they dont...."
"Archimedes, no! It`s filzy in zere."
I promise I veel heal you
Haha. Team Fortress 2 eh? I play that. And yeah, they were about as caring about their patients as Medic. That's to say they don't give a fuck.
And when he came too, his skeleton was missing, and the doctor was never heard from again!
anyways, zats how I lost my medical license.
The fifth verse always gets me. Falling to your death because of a failed parachute gives you a lot of time to think about your entire life, everything that's led up to that moment, and what will come after. My heart goes out to anyone who has gone through that, it's one helluva' way to die.
Wondering what the medics would find of him always gives me chills. Full acceptance that you'll soon be a mangled corpse.
But a great view
@@Psychonaut316 Halfway down
Don’t you pack your own chute?
Russians : singing about wanting to go home
Americans : cheerfully singing about a rookie paratrooper falling to his death
Amazing user name.
@@C7857-q3j i think liberty would have been better
Someone commented the same damn thing already
What's the name of the russian song?
The only Russian paratroopers song i know is VDV song
I heard an old paratrooper say to another "You'll always remember your first jump, and we'll all remember your last."
Airborne!
[Actual conversation]
Sergeant: We've got Infantry, Tank school, Paratroopers...
Recruit 1: What's a paratrooper?
Sergeant: You get paid to jump out of aeroplanes
[No volunteers]
Sergeant: But you get paid an extra $50 a month (double salary)
[Several recruits slowly raise hands]
Band of Brothers
band of brothers niceee
RIP Bill Maynard
Dont forget the shiny boots
Band of brothers lol
4:21 This lyric about him rolling round in his gore is probably the creepiest to me just because it puts the possibility if taken literally, the cadet survived long enough to react to his wounds and roll around in agony. Either that, or his body was being quite twitchy after his death. Either way, a bit of a unsettling lyric.
Every lyric is unsettling
War is hell friend.
@@Bagheera2No. War is war and hell is hell, and between the two, war is far worse
Welcome to the military
@@oke4326 clearly you’ve never been to hell 😅
The vocals in this song are amazing.
When men were MEN, ACTED like men and knew which bathroom to use, and they sang like men too!
@@xxxlonewolf49 ok boomer
@@disco5005 projecting much you ignorant twat?
@@xxxlonewolf49 a lot of the new generations have no idea what its like. I truly miss the WWII vets, they were one of the best vets I've ever met in my life. Never scared, never pussies, and had no problem facing their problems head on. No one gave a shit about being politically correct, sure everyone has their faults but the men from WWII will forever remain in my memories. Everyone gets but hurt and thinks being a "cunt" is a really bad thing. This world has so much bad shit that seeing people being "cunts" is simply someone that does not give a shit about you and nothing more.
May God bless the vets of America and may God bless America!
@@disco5005 shut up these are ww2 veterans
Tip: don’t listen to this on an airplane
LMFAO
When you jump sometimes you don’t have a chance
Thats why you jump out of it
Full blast on a civilian flight from the Loudspeakers or Pa
Don't listen to it before sky diving, because why would you jump out of a perfectly good airplane
If I ever become a skydiving instructor I'm singing this on the plane
Settle down Satan 🤣🤣🤣
As a pilot i will note this shit down.
r/foundsatan
would make me check my stuff
Bro, if imagine you went to the ground to see one of your skydivers strangled on a damn branch
her explaining that she's 6'6 and her bottom is the size of a king-sized pillowcase
me:
“DO THAT TO ME! DAMN!”
What the fuck did you just say
What a helluva way to die
GLORY GLORY WHAT A HELL OF A WAY TO DIE
You beautiful bastard... that's a hell of a way to die!! *music drops*
Dark humour, the best medicine to cope with traumatic situations.
Works on soldiers, cops EMTs and firefighters
TRUTH!
Absolute facts
Funny how humans always find a way to cope any kind of situations no matter how horrible it is
I read a story about a 82 division Sgt who jumped out over Normandy and his static line was stuck and his shoot didn't deploy he fell through the sky and fell threw 6 stories of trees and only broke one leg quite lucky
uhh quite lucky? if u jump into water at about 70 feet, there is a huge chance of dying, id say that man is the luckiest person haha
Devin Petersen holy chit!!
And he ain't gonna jump no more
Random Dude I highly doubt it ;)
His balls of steel took the brunt of force
what a hell of a thing to do. peace be with the fallen airborne
ALL airborne troopers have fallen - - - at least until the canopy opens, and then the fall slows. :-)
Kenneth Lauer haha fallen airborne.
Kenneth Lauer peace be with all airborne troops they risk it so we can see clear sky's
Do you mean, what a hell of a way to die? Get it? Because it says it in the song...
I'll leave now
Peace be with all that have served and the all fallen troops
My father was 82nd airborne, was killed in Iraq 2006. Never heard this song all the way through before but almost teared up at the end. Insane goosebumps, thankful for our troops. 🤙🏾🇺🇸
Thank you to your father for his service to this beautiful country. Without the brave men and women who occupy this country we would certainly not have the freedom we do now.
R.I.P. to your father, and I hope you are or were able to move on from the horrible tragedy that is death.
Hey son I served in Iraq around that time to im sorry you had to deal with that and I don't have to tell you he's a hero. I wish you the best in life you seem like a wonderful youngman
@@YankeeCommie thank you for your service 🤙🏾
Thank you to your father for his service.
Rest in Pepperonies
"he lay there rolling round in the welter of his gore"... does that mean he survived initial impact? if so, ouch doesn't begin to describe it
Brains in the chute and still moving.
Ive seen some shit on a certain gore website, it would have been twitches or convulsions, he would not have been conscious....
Thats not to say he didn't feel it, decapitations stay responsive let alone alive for 30 seconds after the deed.
@happymun102 is the answer japan?
No, its answers with joe.
Who's joe?
I am trying to remember... youtuber, science guy... a lot of really good vids, very depressing.
Joe Scott
but owie does
William Allan my thoughts exactly.
this describes it:th-cam.com/video/XihYFD-FGCg/w-d-xo.html
somehow I always thought they were saying "glory"
In the original Battle Hymn of the Republic which this is a parody of, it is Glory Glory, Hallelujah.
me to
Suraj Opinion is Never Better same here
Suraj Opinion is Never Better A lot of people say glory anyway. when you're yelling it over the engines of a C-47 with a dozen other paratroopers, nobody notices the slight difference.
Me to
100% of paratroopers hate green lights.
Nein! Troopers lieben grünes Licht
Phillip Culp Chill
Phillip Culp Fahr zur Hölle, Amerikaner
Ncr Ranger nice to see ncr rangers are looking out for fellows even on youtube
I freakin loved the green light. That was the fastest way to get all of that weight off of me so I could take a piss.
Average US ground trooper: *Fighting for Uncle Sam*
Average US paratrooper: *Fighting for their fecking lives*
"The medics jumped and screamed with glee, rolled up their sleeves and smiled" are you sure that's a medic
*"Dont worry ribs grow back buddy"*
@@heyimlithuanian1003 "no they dont.."
Time to practice medicine
@@dimsum3329 impossible
Honestly that’s a perfect description of our medics 😂
My dad is a retired 101st Army Airborne Colonel. When I took him to the VA hospital for a doctor's appointment there was a old ww2 vet sitting in the wheelchair and he started singing his song. The entire ground floor of the VA hospital sung along. It was a sight to see and them guys never missed a beat. He said that the song honored ALL military
And Then The Chairs Starting Clapping.
R/that happened
@@winzelthemage3996 one word mate r/thathappened
Michael Fleming my bad it auto cool Corrected
Winzel the mage Aight
I played this inside of skydiving plane. Everybody pissed off
The first time I heard this song, first idea that popped into my head was playing this on a recreational sky diving trip. With a bunch of strangers of course for boosted effect.
Legend
They are weak.
Understandably so
this is one of the 2 songs you shouldn't play, the other one is high speed dirt
My late brother was in the 11th Airborne Division, was out for a short time, then re-enlisted and went to the 82nd Airborne Division were he finished up with 23 years. HE would jump every chance he got. "I love it" were his words to me. God bless you brother!!!!!
They played this loud while I was in basic training, we all just sat and stared at the ground thinkin about people before us who gave the ultimate sacrifice. It was a very surreal moment to start off my career
I was laughing on the tarmac going to iraq about to board at Chinook, we all looked at each other with the biggest smile in our faces cause we knew where we where going. The back gunner looked at me since I was the last man told me "Yo bro, if I go down take my spot," we had a good time.
For all of you who are interested in the story behind this song:
It's the hymne of the 506. Easy Company of 101. Airborne. The story of these paratroopers is told in the HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers" which contains tellings of WW2 Veterans.
Not supposed to be any kind of advertising, I just think those 10 episodes are worth watching :D
Shifty it's actually a song for all airborne units not just the 101st
John Chesley The song was sung by all units but it was originally written by a member of the 101
They definitely are. It is the only show that has made me come close to crying.
What's your favourite episode?
Ant there's actually argument, we'll probably not anymore since most if not all are now dead, between the British Paratrooper, 101, and 82 WWII vets as to who it was that wrote these particular lyrics. Doesn't really matter who it was since it became the paratroopers hymn during the war.
Ya' know, I wanted to be a Paratrooper, until I heard this song
EthanDaGamer25 I still do.
I learned this song while in jump school at Fort Gordon. Every time the original "Battle Hymn of the Republic" song is played/sang (in church or where ever) I automatically start to sing "gory gory what . . . " If my wife is sitting beside me instead of being in the choir, I get a swift-hard elbow in the ribs. Probably the best training I ever got in the Army was the PLF (airborne troops will know what that means). I'm 81 now, and sever4al times in the past 10 years or so, I have automatically gone into the PLF and it saved me from injury. ALL THE WAY
EthanDaGamer25 LOLOLOL!!!
Lol it's a moral booster, if you die , at least it's a helluva way to die
@@davnkatz If your not lying thanks for the service sir! (believe it or not I've had people lie about serving in the military sad I know)
The Dark humor.
The Stark reality of being a Paratrooper.
One of the most sincere military songs out there.
I think the lyrics are somewhat ironic, suggesting that soldiers are not afraid of death or the Grim Reaper because of their patriotism.
❤👍
@@kiota2010 i think its more of "check your equipment or else"
It's right up there with "I don't want to join the army"
"the medics jumped and screamed with glee"
medics before this
i'm board why cant someone die
"It's been 3 weeks man when will a chute fa-SPLAT- speak of the devil"
Hopefully it isn't a German medic with a pet bird called Archimedes
Well imagine joining the forces to kick some japanese and nazi butt but then ended up in the combat medic corps
Bored*
@@jackanddienesdivorcepapers5347 And that’s how I lost my medical license
Any paratrooper knows that gravity isn't what sends him to the ground,but it's the weight of their balls of steel
Edit. Some of you really still believe in the concept of Gravity. Sheeple
Edit. In an unexpected turn of events I did not expect my comment to become so popular.
Ivan The slav who squatted which are being pulled down by gravity...
Ivan The slav who squatted I don't know what's better, your comment or your name.
FLIES SPREAD DISEASE SO KEEP YOURS CCCCCLLLLOOOOSSSEED
LOL!😂😂
Dimitrov The Destroyer of Worlds lol that's for ladies only
And any physicist knows that weight is an emergent property of gravity and mass.
Musashi Miyamoto said that a warrior must accept the thought of himself beheaded, stabbed, pierced with arrows, and blown apart by gun fire to lose the fear of death.
To basically understand what he's getting into, and accept the possibility of dying in so many horrible ways.
In a way, accepting his own mortality.
I'm guessing that's what this song was for, to show the airborne guys the kind of possible death that came with the trade.
What a profound comment to find here.
*A good death is one that you get credited for.*
More like a cautionary tale about jump procedure.
"His static line unhooked".
Was the primary reason for the accident. It used to be you disn't deploy your chute like skydivers do today. The Static Line was a line you hooked to the plane before jumping. The act of jumping out the plane pulled on the Static and primed the chute for opening.
Rookie cadet forgot it and jumped.
They have a reserve parachute in case the first one fails for wathever reason. I don't know if it was a pilot chute to pull out the main chute like skydivers do today or if a separate spare chute. But they don't just "step out" of the plane. There's a proper way to jump out they train over and over again before the real jumps, to make sure the main chute deploys withouth incident or in this case, so the reserve chute deploys instead of getting tangled in their legs.
This is a great song not just for morale, but to make tgem remember their training. Lest they have one helluva way to die.
@@ThZuao im pretty sure the military still uses static lines today.
@@kingmuddy5898 UK one does. And if I remember this correctly the reserve one is separate and on your front
WW2 Paratroopers: “Are you sure this would work?”
High Command: “Hah! I have no idea!”
God bless those who beta tested the concept of an Airborne division.
Without them the bugs and glitches wouldn't be fixed
Well, how else were they supposed to figure out how to get 50 to 200 people to jump out of the back of a perfectly good airplane and all but guarantee that they make it to the ground, one way or another.
Source: Am Airborne
"Now....let's go pwectice mayhem."
@@hsdracotenebris1916 Back then? Offering an extra $50/mon certainly worked.
This was the mentality you had to take. Planes had been around for 30 years or so. And the army is asking you to not only jump out of one, but behind enemy lines while getting shot at. Death was expected and greeted in song.
Yes...jump out of a perfectly good plane with just a glorified umbrella for 'support'...what's not to love?
I remember hearing my Grandpa who was an Airborne in WWII sing this song when I was like, seven. I never knew what it meant until now.
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your grandpa sounds very cool
"Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
God Bless those who gave the ultimate sacrifice and died fighting for our nation, we will never forget. Freedom is not free 🇺🇸🇺🇸
A fellow eagles fan! Nice. But football aside, God bless those people.
Not to be rude bro but I seems like, from this side of the world at least that your people are forgetting it.
@@vincentmalasawmkimajongte7489 its not many of us most Americans still love and support our veterans but the crazy ones are all in the city's and they get all of the attention
Vincent Malsawmkima it’s easy to say that on the outside, from our perspective the other countries have forgotten what the USA has done for them
@@vincentmalasawmkimajongte7489 if anything everyone else Is forgetting. British people hate Americans despite America pretty much single handedly saving Britain from Nazi conquering, Europeans hate American despite the fact we, alongside the Soviets, saved every single country in Europe from nazi rule. Also if you dont live in america how would you know that Americans are "forgetting" WW2? Thousands of towns, including tiny ones, have WW2 memorials. It would be impossible to "forget".
I love how the tone completely changes based on the speed you play this march.
Bravest bastards since Normandy even then bravest men to ever do this shit...considering they only had a thin piece of parachute to protect them from instant death on the ground, going into FLAK guns that take out metal planes, bombers, ect. Also avoiding patrols, getting shot from the air by troops, and all other nasty sort of ways to die.
That's a hell of a way to die if it fails...
demonfangify airborne isn’t really used anymore because we aren’t fighting a localized enemy with war fronts to jump behind or territories to take over.
demonfangify Damn you ain’t lying!!!
Real shit
That's why it's a war crime to shoot paratroopers falling from the planes
@@pyro2901 Nope. According to the laws of war this only counts for aircrews when they jump out of their planes in case of an emergency. But not for Airborne troops
At least I think so
I learned this song while in jump school at Fort Gordon. Every time the original "Battle Hymn of the Republic" song is played/sang (in church or where ever) I automatically start to sing "gory gory what . . . " If my wife is sitting beside me instead of being in the choir, I get a swift-hard elbow in the ribs. Probably the best training I ever got in the Army was the PLF (airborne troops will know what that means). I'm 81 now, and sever4al times in the past 10 years or so, I have automatically gone into the PLF and it saved me from injury. ALL THE WAY
Davnkatzr , NSDQ! Thanks for serving, Brother
I am really jealous right now
Your awesome 👏👏👏👏👏
Jump school is at fort benning though
Davnkatzr I dont remember airborne school being at gordon
He said he's 81. That means he probably saw the Vietnam. And during the war there were, I think, airborne infantry training courses at gordon. That adds some plausibility
Besides the actual lyrics, this song is beautiful, a salute to everyone in the military, hope you are doing well out there.
This song always makes me cry. I know no paratroopers nor do I have some sort of history with them, but this song never fails to make me teary eyed. Sometimes when something is simply so beautiful and tragic you can’t help but get emotional.
My uncle jumped at Normandy.
Sucks to be those dudes riding that IL-76 tonight.
War is always a losing game for the people.
My great grandpa was 82nd and 101st during WW2. He taught this song to my dad when he was a boy, who taught it to me when I was a boy. My grandpa was later my inspiration for joining the Army. RIP T/4 George Smith (1915-1997) you brave SOB.
The masculine urge to jump into certain death
I’m British and since you guys helped us in ww2 I love your country 🇬🇧🇺🇸 brothers forever
Haha well some of us had our parents killed so you guys could keep a stranglehold on Ireland so the feeling isn't mutual.
We kicked your asses then helped your asses.
Well, to be more positive than the other 2 comments. Thanks. We’ll always have each other’s backs.
Love you too buddy
Always ready to stand with you man
This shit's good, they don't hardly ever make songs like these anymore.
Today marks the 77th anniversary of dday. Rest In Peace to all the brave soldiers that died.
80 years today.
"we all know how Tuttle is, no sacrifice too big. This morning while the rest of us were selfishly having a cup of coffee. He went off in a helicopter to do some field surgery. He jumped with his plasma, his bag, everything an army doctor needs, except his parachute." -Hawkeye Pierce, M*A*S*H S1 E15 Tuttle
Yes!!! I thought I was the only one who thought of Tuttle every time I heard this song!!!!!!!
My God hold Jonathan Tuttle close to his heart.
Germans: Singing about their military and how strong it is
Ireland: Making fun of their enemies
America: Singing joyfully about paratrooper falling to their death
🇺🇸
Spiers: "You know why you hid in that ditch, Blithe?"
Blithe: "I was scared."
Spiers: "We're all scared. You hid in that ditch because you think there is still hope. But Blithe, the only hope you have is to accept the fact you're already dead, and the sooner you accept that, the sooner you'll be able to function as a soilder's supposed to function. Without mercy, without compassion, without remorse. All war depends on it."
This is the original version of the song, but there are variants. Some classes changed the chorus to "Glory, glory, we go flying through the sky,
Glory, glory I am not afraid to die,
Glory, glory we're the pride of Ifantry; and the Airborne made a man out of me."
Respect to all of the brave and daring souls who jumped before, those who jump now and those who'll jump after.
Kinds of defeats the purpose changing it.
That last verse is bone chilling
I mean my British Grandpa sang it differently. It was along the lines of:
“Staff Sargent major jumped from 30,000 feet, he landed on the runway like a pound of strawberry jam! And he ain’t gonna jump no more!”
30,000ft is too high
@@cadenorris4009 which is why he landed on the runway like a pound of strawberry jam
@@marcus2249 blood and also, British. Dumbass
@@cadenorris4009 average altitude for most aircraft of that size in WW2
@@cadenorris4009 why is it too high?
I did a report on this song haha. My teacher wrote on the side (What a terrible song :() Lol. But I ended up getting an A+ on it.
Hispanic Cuckslayer and Sjw flayer I can see where you're coming from and agree too.
Makayla Kessler kick your teachers ass, he/she has no respect for those lads
that teacher is a piece of shit if they think this song is terrible and deserves a swift ass kicking for not respecting the bravery of the men that fought and sang this song
What a terrible song? k then. . .
but what a helluva why to die!
I think the teacher meant 'terrible' as in 'sad' not as it 'bad'. The sad face says all.
The letter they sent home was to his wife and baby son
Madam we regret to say your trooper’s life is done
But hold your head high for his name is in the sky
*Chorus*
The boy grew up and said that it’s a troopers life for me
A jumper like my daddy was is all I want to be
If he was here now he’d be so proud of me
*Chorus*
Newest lyrics written by the original author.
They sent him to Afghanistan, and then into Iraq,
The bullet that came speeding up went deep into his back,
He hit the ground, but his grenade found enemy on track,
AND HE AIN'T GONNA JUMP NO MORE!
this is Perfect OST for HELLDIVER 2
EDIT IN PROCESS
listen to the one for earth defense force, it sampled this and is made for a space insect video game
Z O O M
Z O O M
Z O O M
Anyways that chorus is just spicy
Nyoom
Vroom
Z o o m z
M A Z D A
Girls locker room:omg I love k pop
Boys locker room:
Edit: What hell of a way to die
“He ain’t gonna jump no more!”
*whispers* “can’t actually believe he jumped from the top of the bleachers! What a soldier!”
Lmao this comment was a w
😂😂😂😂
Too true
Dude 😂😂
Rest in Peace to Vince Speranza❤ finally reunited with the mighty 101st Airborne ❤
🇺🇸🦅🖤
I'm Korean, but this song is a great song
Unlimited respect to the U.S. soldiers who protected the free world.
Preacher used this song so damn well. Absolutely perfect.
As someone who's becoming a paratrooper. This makes me very nervous lol
Best of luck, wacho.
Did you make it? You better have not failed towers I will find you lmao.
@@jayca1402 waiting on the plane for bct right now.
@@MetalMachine95I'm heading to basic in July
@@Razorwire882 Where you heading? I'm in AIT now.
4:48 this line was metal before metal was invented
Every paratrooper I’ve met was absolutely batshit insane. It makes sense when the defining factor of your job is jumping out of. A plane into the middle of enemy territory
And bomb disposal is even more insane.
These guys are a special breed and they have my utmost respect.
Went skydiving once. Even with the instructor it was a hell of an experience. Those maniacs jumping out of planes to fight are true bad asses.
For so long I thought he "shook with pride."
James Sawley same...
Same
Same
I always get just a little nervous before jumps... but damn I love this song
Austin Williamson thank you for your service
Leaving the likes at 82…
My Uncle (RIP ~no, he passed away at age 89) said he'd take pay to jump for others. He said by time he was 30 his knees were already killing him, but he retired as E9.
My dad was a bombardier in B24. Got shot down twice: first time aboard A Liberator was a late substitute- blew out of the sky during Ploesti Raid ( MIA 42 days). After recovery, back with his crew, they were hit repeatedly. Since he had prior bailing out experience AND crew was abandoned by officers, the enlisted depended on my dad to show them how to bail out as they were trying to keep the plane up (they threw everything heavy out). The story is published. Hello to all. I'm the last of the family from the Army and 101st. The rest are Air Force. My dad is still with us at 96 yrs old and drives a Sports car
got me a combat c 130 jump tomorrow. hopefully my last jump. let's just hope it's good
Did you live?
yeah did you live
Lol yes and it was my last
Congrats.
Thanks for your service, mate!
5:23 The Harmony right here will NEVER get Old
Edit: Harmony Church. (If you know, you know.)
It took me way too long to realize this song was talking about a single person and not a compilation of paratroopers with bad luck
I broke my leg 2 months ago. This song hits hard. I’m 501st.
Just a few weeks ago two paratroopers chutes failed, and the reserves. One died immediately the other died just 3 days after.
It is literally a gory gory what a helluva a way to die.
“ THEY WERE ONLY PLAYING LEAPFROG THEY WERE ONLY PLAYING LEAPFROG”
All dislikes are from the ghosts of paratroopers who died one helluva way to die.
theyd actually like the video bc they died with honor, and this depicts one of the worst ways to die with honor and they went thru it
Exactly
Cringe
@@sixheadskf2404 a boi who play fortinte says this is cringe
Adrian Lin barely play it anymore 😂😂
Im part of the 101st division. And it fills me with incredible pride to be part of such a history rich organization. When you see that patch, you know what it is and what it stands for 💪🏼
*coughs* Not real airborne 😂 I'm just joking with you man sending love from the 173rd airborne
@@taylormartyn2809 😂😂 I know I know. I follow you guys page on instagram love what y’all are doing up there in Italy continue to be bad ass brother
A Billion times more Beautiful and creative than any Pro Soccer National Team.
God Bless the Paratroopers who sacrificed everything to allow us to be free today!
Glory Glory!
I remember listening to this on Spotify right before my jump into the Normandy with the rest of the 101st.
Wait a minute...
How was there spotify in 1945
@@ohhello4801 Lets not talk about it, it was kept a secret lmao
@@ohhello4801 hes memeing bro
@@ohhello4801 this week on ancient aliens
Miss my father. 11th airborne, 513, medic. Phillipines and then Japan.
This song gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. Just imagine a full stick flying over the English Channel heading to Normandy singing this. The greatest generation for a reason.
My dad was an airborne ranger and taught me this cadence. One day, maybe I'll try it. For now, I'll be the medic that picks up the potential gore.
this song and a lot of other songs from ww2 (we gotta sink the bismarck) always touch me deeply. brings me in touch with emotions that are away most of the time. many in our generation have never known war, and thus have a deflated sense of the sacrifice that was given for our freedoms today
A prayer to all the men - heros, on both sides - who died. they will live on in eternity.
As a french, I'll allways be grateful to american troopers who came to free my country. I have seen the war cemetery in Normandy, so many have died to my country.... Many countries criticised the USA last years, and you are still standing with us, helping Europe today with huge military assistance in the East of Europe. We share same values and democracy, much love from France to the home of brave, long may the star-splanged banner wave ! 🇺🇸 🇲🇫
Ayyy we love you too! Always will! Stay safe friend and here to many more years to come!
0:11 Cut to Abigail smashing the laptop with a hammer.
"Hello! My name's Abigail."
@@Sleepy-yp4wx "Over the last few years I have emailed Britain's national healthcare provider 133 times, trying to get a doctor's appointment."
THAT'S WHERE I HEARD IT ! i had the chorus in my head and couldn't remember where i heard it
@@comlitbeta7532where is it from)
i love how this is about how paratroopers could die brutally and it sounds so cheerful but i guess it’s a reminder to be careful what you’re doing when jumping right ?
Hell divers should use this as a theme
Let’s just take a moment to remember all those that didn’t make it home in all the wars through the years
Perfect get out of bed music when feeling depressed
😂
When my son joined the army, I was an emotional mess. This and “Traveling Soldier” by the Dixie Chicks were his favorites but I cried like a baby every time I heard either one. It took a couple of years but I decided I was ok when I could listen to them without tears.!
Thank your son for his service to the country.
@@ploobus194 thank you. I will pass that along.
someone told me this when we were on the first day of the airborne course... i think it was the second in-charge of the course...
It went something like this...
Gentlemen, welcome to the airborne course.
The first week, we separate the boys from the men...
The second week, we will separate the fools from the men...
The third week, the fools will jump...
Thats all gentlemen....
That Sgt Airborne sounds like a badass 😂 wouldn't happen to be SSG Conrad, would it?
@@TommyTombstone
i am afraid not, unless he is in the Singapore Armed Forces...
Would like to meet Sgt Conrad, though... maybe they are related...
"Do you validate parking?" - Herr Starr, PREACHER
For anyone who isn't 100% sure what exactly happened to the guy in the song, I'll break it down by verse:
Verse 1, he's checking that he has all his equipment and makes sure his chute is ready, and suffering through the extremely loud noise inside a jump plane.
Verse 2, "his static line unhooked" refers to the static line, which is left hooked to part of the jump plane. This is used to automatically deploy the main (or primary) parachute upon reaching a certain predetermined altitude.
Verse 3 begins with him waiting for the shock of the static line causing the deployment (he hasn't yet realized that he forgot to attach his static line). The "awful drop" presumably refers to his stomach dropping when he realizes he's forgotten to hook up his static line, which causes him to panic and fuck up deploying his reserve (or secondary) parachute, causing it to wrap around his legs instead of functioning properly.
Verse 4 describes him getting even more tangled in parts of his reserve chute - the risers (the thicker portion of the cords between you and the canopy) wrapping around his neck, the connectors smacking into his head hard enough that they crack bone, and the suspension lines (the thinner part of the aforementioned cords) getting so tangled up around him that they're practically wrapped in knots, and finally the canopy itself wrapping around him almost like a burial shroud.
Obviously, verse 5 is just what's running through his mind in the last few moments as he plummets to his death - his happy life, his girlfriend, and what is about to happen to his body.
Verse 6 is the most confusing to me - obviously there are medics on-site for any injuries the trainee paratroopers receive, but I'm not sure why they're so happy to have a chute fail. Then again, I'm not an army person - just a nerd.
Verses 7 and 8 describe the impact and aftermath - "splat", indeed. In reality, your body isn't going to comically explode if this happens - it'll be more of a "crunch" as most of your bones break from absorbing the impact, but our bodies just aren't fluid enough to "splat" properly under Earth's gravity and air resistance.
I’m pretty sure everyone knows what happened.