US WWII veteran reunites with Italians he saved as children

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  • @Jigsaw0g
    @Jigsaw0g ปีที่แล้ว +2307

    The amount of stories like this hidden within this period of time is unimaginable. And the sad part is, there are only so many WW2 vets left.

    • @stan4now
      @stan4now ปีที่แล้ว +60

      It is sad, especially when we've hardly shown our appreciation or done more to get Congress and the VA to take better care of them. I know this from having worked with disabled combat veterans.

    • @JM-db8ez
      @JM-db8ez ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Sad part? WW2 ended nearly 80 years ago, how long do you want these guys to live?

    • @Jigsaw0g
      @Jigsaw0g ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JM-db8ez your ignorance is shining. Anyone with an IQ above 1 knows I mean it’s sad we won’t get to hear anymore stories after a certain point. It’ll be lost history. Maybe grow a brain in that head of yours before making idiotic statements like that

    • @vvoof2601
      @vvoof2601 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @@JM-db8ez That's not the point though.

    • @Gala-yp8nx
      @Gala-yp8nx ปีที่แล้ว +11

      If there were more of them still with us then certain political movements wouldn’t be happening right now.

  • @bakabaka6565
    @bakabaka6565 ปีที่แล้ว +1767

    Now he has unfortunately passed away. In Italy we love him. Great memories for this fantastic heroe that came to save us from the darkness

    • @shawnp6744
      @shawnp6744 ปีที่แล้ว +142

      He has not passed away.
      He has went on to a new assignment.
      A man lives as long as their story lives.
      Mr. Adlers story is forever.

    • @luchyie4178
      @luchyie4178 ปีที่แล้ว

      Came to save you. . . by killing you? Never understood this "liberation" B.S. Bombs dropped on homes, civilians, etc. Italy and Germany were not liberated, rather killed and occupied.

    • @BathSaltShaman
      @BathSaltShaman ปีที่แล้ว +32

      ​@@shawnp6744 Masterfully put

    • @tomhome6414
      @tomhome6414 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @ray24051
      @ray24051 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      @@shawnp6744 old soldiers never die he was just reassigned to heaven.

  • @lgarcia67
    @lgarcia67 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +624

    My dad was friends with an Italian WWII veteran. He fought the Nazis alongside American troops in the front. He and his wife were nothing but class and he was a very hard working man. He unfortunately was heavily traumatized and would go into this rage and would spend time in his house I guess waiting for it to pass. His wife would tell my mom of his horrible nightmares and how he would start screaming, hiding and throwing stuff in the middle of the night. In his nightmares he was still fighting the Nazis. RIP Pepe, a kind man with all the mental scars of that conflict

    • @TheMRmatt007
      @TheMRmatt007 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      Viva la Lotta per la Liberazione! Viva i Partigiani! Viva la Libertà!

    • @boh365
      @boh365 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ✊@@TheMRmatt007

    • @juju1896
      @juju1896 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      I’ve read many memoirs of war vets who had nightmares and ptsd like this. For so many people, veteran and civilian, who experience war, the war never ends internally. All the more reason we need to live in peace.

    • @avalonjustin
      @avalonjustin 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      They gave their minds, their futures, their lives to fight evil. Legends!

    • @reeselath32
      @reeselath32 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      rest in peace

  • @MateoSolis96
    @MateoSolis96 ปีที่แล้ว +752

    Bruh man really went rrrrrrrrrrrrr… what a legend

    • @WolframZart
      @WolframZart ปีที่แล้ว

      yeah what a legend...you people are everything that is wrong with this earth...

    • @Nikepedia
      @Nikepedia ปีที่แล้ว +26

      The locals used to know him as Rrrrrr.

    • @tggorudon2551
      @tggorudon2551 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@NikepediaHe used to get all the ladies with his Rrrrr

    • @Noobie_3
      @Noobie_3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      He is the Thompson

    • @wolfyklip
      @wolfyklip 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ttttttttttttttt. ddddddddddd.

  • @darthslackus499
    @darthslackus499 ปีที่แล้ว +474

    Let's not forget the courage of the Momma that placed herself in his line of fire. Even though he was an ally, you never know how a soldier will behave while under the guise of war.

    • @Mark5-m1h
      @Mark5-m1h 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      And preventing him for tratatatatatata

    • @juju1896
      @juju1896 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      That momma was so damn brave for her babies!! She deserves to be honored as well. I want to know her name.

    • @Kalani_Saiko
      @Kalani_Saiko 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      This is what I was thinking as soon as I heard it.

    • @Charison22
      @Charison22 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      God this made me laugh. Im going to hell.@@Mark5-m1h

    • @JohnDoe-tl4gm
      @JohnDoe-tl4gm 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Yeah tbh, I didn’t really understand how he saved them? Unless he got them to safety or shelter afterwords, the only thing he did was NOT shoot them. And thats…good? I suppose?

  • @MrSlanderer
    @MrSlanderer 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +78

    This gentleman is 97? He has a surprisingly clear mind for his age.

    • @mchrysogelos7623
      @mchrysogelos7623 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I listened to a 100-yr-old? 101-yr-old who was a young lawyer at the time of the Nuremberg trials, he retold some of the stories and he didn't miss a beat, his mind was so sharp for an 'elderly'! man.

  • @yorkiepit
    @yorkiepit 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +209

    My dear, departed grandfather fought in Europe during WWII, was in the Ardennes and was with one of the first units that went into Germany.
    What he found there was destroyed cities and starving people. In one of them, he was approached by a nearly dead young boy named Hans.
    My grandfather got him medical care and made sure that he and his mother got food regularly.
    For the rest of his life, my grandfather and Hans remained close, Hans never forgot what he had done for him and his mother.

    • @bitchinbob2045
      @bitchinbob2045 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      Atta boy Gramps.

    • @deletdis6173
      @deletdis6173 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Beautiful story

    • @DominationDom
      @DominationDom 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      your grandfather seems like a great gramps to learn of. Thank you for your short story; may I ask what happened to hans's relations to your family after your grandfathers passing? I'm a German and avid history learner and I'd like to hear as many WW2 accounts of vets as I can, to support the thought of never letting a ww3 happen :)

  • @MrPickledede
    @MrPickledede 3 ปีที่แล้ว +492

    My grandfather served in Italy with the British Army....what an amazing story!

    • @navchinna
      @navchinna ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I thank him for his service 🫡 Also, a very Merry christmas to you and your family, Mr. Pickledede!

    • @MrPickledede
      @MrPickledede ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@navchinna Thank you so much and a very merry Christmas to you and your family as well!

  • @crazytrain03
    @crazytrain03 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +78

    I was at work one day, and seen this older man come in with a WW2 veteran hat on, full of pins and ribbons. A few of them stuck out to me as a veteran...his double purple hearts and his airborne wings and the 82nd Airborne patch. I Introduced myself and thanked him for his service...then a bit of chatting. I try to talk as much as I can with anyone from WW2 that's still alive...there's so few left. By the end of that conversation, I shook that man's hand and thanked him again. He was on the beaches of Normandy before any allied forces landed. They parachuted in at night, behind the German lines, as landing scouts for the invasion and calling in fire support to the hilltops. Once the beach was secured and forces pushed in, they linked up with the main force, and pushed in to liberate Europe. That generation of men and women, is truly America's greatest generation and true heroes of the world

    • @rvnmedic1968
      @rvnmedic1968 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Same here. My Dad was a Pearl Harbor survivor and died at age 63. Every time I see an older guy with a WW2 ball cap, I stop and thank them and add that we'd be speaking German or Japanese if it wasn't for them. I get choked up just trying to tell them that.

  • @Bigskyguy56
    @Bigskyguy56 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    "THE GREATEST GENERATION" may God Bless you & protect you.

  • @Russianbro777
    @Russianbro777 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    All of these US veterans should be respected and given attention instead of celebrities.

    • @Spocklee
      @Spocklee 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      yup, celebs have done nothing good for their country or society.

    • @simonemontagna7678
      @simonemontagna7678 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      are you 8 years old? that's not how any of this works at all

    • @JRAnalyzes
      @JRAnalyzes 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      a nonsensical comment.

  • @pokemonfan2630
    @pokemonfan2630 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    THESE soldiers fought for us, not the government, not for corporations, for us!

  • @teresalegler2777
    @teresalegler2777 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    Wowza, what a beautiful story! Their mother was so smart and brave at the same time. Glad they all were able to meet again.

  • @muffs55mercury61
    @muffs55mercury61 2 ปีที่แล้ว +292

    Italy was a bloodbath in 1944 as the Nazis were very desperate by then and stopped at nothing to hold on (which they lost) At Anzio very few walked away without a scratch in the end (just one example)
    The picture of him and the kids at 1:00 just tears me up. So beautiful.

    • @jettmthebluedragon
      @jettmthebluedragon ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I’m taking a vacation in Italy right now 😳I plan to make a youtube video about ww2 soon 🙂but it’s crazy to think about 80 years ago if you ware gay they killed you and Italy was a axis ally 😐now it 2023 and I see gay flags everywhere from time to
      Time 🙂but dam 😐it’s hard to imangne 80 years ago today I would be in a war zone 😐

    • @redcardinalist
      @redcardinalist ปีที่แล้ว +5

      >>The picture of him and the kids at 1:00 just tears me up. So beautiful.
      just as well their mother (the real hero) was there to save them eh!

    • @Voucher765
      @Voucher765 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The 442nd Regiment entirely Japanese American soldiers fought there at Monte Cassino

    • @muffs55mercury61
      @muffs55mercury61 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Voucher765 Bless their hearts and much gratitude for their service.

    • @TheGovernor-vw9cf
      @TheGovernor-vw9cf 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@jettmthebluedragonwe defeated the wrong enemy

  • @iamaaronisaiah
    @iamaaronisaiah ปีที่แล้ว +30

    "God looked down on me and God looked down on Italia." ❤

  • @brittanycrow7185
    @brittanycrow7185 2 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    Saved by love and courage it transcends all things ♡

    • @redcardinalist
      @redcardinalist ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes just not by him but by their mother from him....

  • @colleenross8752
    @colleenross8752 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Who saves one life, saves the world

  • @xxtwobitxx
    @xxtwobitxx ปีที่แล้ว +38

    that guy is a legend rrrrrrrrrrrrr

  • @dannyadams9811
    @dannyadams9811 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Truly one of the greatest generation.

  • @Mark5-m1h
    @Mark5-m1h 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    My daddy didn't serve during ww2, he was born in 1933 and he told me stories when he was a kid they heard the news on the radio every day, he was 5 when the war started and he still remembered the fear, that was a deep wound in the world that we should never repeat

  • @dodgersfan9651
    @dodgersfan9651 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    0:26 total bad ass

    • @meltin9026
      @meltin9026 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Seriously. Such a dope pic.

    • @deletdis6173
      @deletdis6173 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Stud muffin

  • @michaelagnew7493
    @michaelagnew7493 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    God bless them all :)
    Gives meaning to "Why We Fight"

  • @OrieCipollaro
    @OrieCipollaro ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Greatest generation that ever walked this earth!

  • @palmergriffiths1952
    @palmergriffiths1952 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for your Service Mr.Adler 🇺🇲 🙏 From Canada 🇨🇦

  • @larryburton9369
    @larryburton9369 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Such a beautiful story God Bless 🙏 to all men and women who serve our country

  • @brickman291
    @brickman291 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I’m from the abruzzo region, my grandmother had my dad and his 2 sisters while my grandfather was fighting. As an American plane was strifing the Germans in our town she ran saved her kids but ran back out to save the horse and caught shrapnel in her thigh, growing up in the 60s I heard a lot of stories. War leaves generational scars.

    • @Jimbow-sz9kh
      @Jimbow-sz9kh ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Horrifying story. I hope she made a full recovery and was gifted a beautiful life due to her selfless sacrifice for her kids. My grandfather was six when he and his family fled to America from the Abruzzo region as his father saw the impending war coming and wanted his family out of harms way. My grandfather was too young to serve but ironically enough his two older brothers immediately enlisted into the US Army as soon as they became citizens. One even served as a tank gunner in General Patton's third army. He especially never shared a war story and took so much sorrow and guilt to his grave.

    • @juju1896
      @juju1896 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Brickman your grandmother was a total badass with a huge heart. Thanks for sharing her here. ❤️

  • @mikerusby
    @mikerusby ปีที่แล้ว +19

    great story, well done

  • @manuginobilisbaldspot2
    @manuginobilisbaldspot2 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    RIP to a real hero.

  • @lamontmelrose7640
    @lamontmelrose7640 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    I'm telling you, every outreach I participate in, spreading the gospel, there is no greater joy than to come across a veteran and just sit down and let them share stories of their experiences in conflict! I have such a deep respect for our military veterans, and it is an honor to know that there are those among us who risked their lives for us! God bless this man, his family, and the lives that he saved! #respect

    • @IkesPimpHand
      @IkesPimpHand 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I wish I was as lucky as you!

  • @JohnPennock-d3y
    @JohnPennock-d3y 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow, man was a REAL HERO! Thanks for your service Sir. John P.

  • @mariagianniotis1651
    @mariagianniotis1651 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Bless his heart. What a great story. Thanks to his daughter for finding them. 👍👏🙏🌺🙏🌺🙏

  • @deepaktripathi4417
    @deepaktripathi4417 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A real soldier.... Hat's off to you! 🙏

  • @eastprospecthomestead
    @eastprospecthomestead 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Ma is the real hero, but bless his soul for liberating them.

  • @bobbyc.3587
    @bobbyc.3587 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    God bless you! My dad served in ww2 - USMC.

  • @Deac0n_Blues
    @Deac0n_Blues 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sometime it's in the darkest of times in which we see the best of humanity

  • @Mav_F
    @Mav_F ปีที่แล้ว +61

    My grandfather saved 2 Americans hiding from the Germans for a week or so in Italy. The Americans didn't listen to him (not sure if they understood it was too dangerous to leave) and took off in the wrong direction and about 20 minutes later he heard machine gunning and knew it must have been the Americans getting gunned down. It upset my grandfather a lot. Maybe it wasn't them but who knows to this day. That was during WWII, of course.

  • @decafmocha211
    @decafmocha211 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    These stories never get old...Hero

  • @johnfrost691
    @johnfrost691 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Adler humm he tracked perseus no joke this man is a true hero for every country and every human

  • @juliemerritt5144
    @juliemerritt5144 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    God bless him

  • @whitehedboii
    @whitehedboii ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Amazing love from finland!!!! 😍😍❤️😘😘🤗🤗🇫🇮❤️🇮🇹

  • @ZATennisFan
    @ZATennisFan 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As it always is with these stories the real beauty is in all the lives that wouldn’t have happened if he hadn’t held fire. The effects of that act will ripple through time for all eternity.

  • @love2sing20101
    @love2sing20101 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is so heartwarming. ❤
    WWII American vets are/were the best! Missing my grandpa…

  • @cerberusknight3987
    @cerberusknight3987 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    War can be hell but there are moments where the most wholesome side of war well show this was one o those moments

  • @vincebelmonte7710
    @vincebelmonte7710 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    My mom was born during the war and food was scares they were hiding in a cave down a ravine she told told me American solders would always bring them food god bless them.Monte Casino

  • @katgrey6239
    @katgrey6239 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you, sir! God bless you

  • @philchurch1115
    @philchurch1115 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My Father was 10th MTN DIV company C 87th and was in the hill towns of Italy and his group took a reunion trip in 1974 and I was with them, and you should have seen how the people of the hill towns welcomed them it was a beautiful site to see.😄

  • @taschigawahades1942
    @taschigawahades1942 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When you get reminded Soldiers are People Human too❤

  • @grandmemaw3605
    @grandmemaw3605 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a beautiful story, private alder is a hero

  • @bonjourtoi3894
    @bonjourtoi3894 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ça c'est un beau cadeau. Merci pour tout.

  • @weatherboi
    @weatherboi 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One of the best news videos I have seen in a long time on TH-cam.

  • @KahonSuko
    @KahonSuko 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    God bless u for yr kind heart

  • @swampghost72
    @swampghost72 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have often thought about the stories that no one will ever know about..I feel honored to have known that generation growing up while they were still a big part of society..Now they are few..Whenever I meet a ww2 veteran I cherish the moment..They are indeed the greatest generation..They were selfless , they knew that real sacrifice brought great rewards for all of humankind..They saved the world..If not for them we would all be speaking German today.

  • @Gigrunt887
    @Gigrunt887 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    He is a legend

  • @STRANGERINMOSCOW1
    @STRANGERINMOSCOW1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is what life is about! I love it ❤

  • @kevbrix9686
    @kevbrix9686 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Truly a story of ages. Immaculate.

  • @emoflashero1
    @emoflashero1 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    3 gens of families borned thanks to the man

  • @avalonjustin
    @avalonjustin 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What an awesome and beautiful story🥰

  • @bobfranks8719
    @bobfranks8719 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Such a beautiful thing 😊

    • @ronb67
      @ronb67 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If he is what they claim.
      Can you find what Unit they claim he was in?
      I can't put blind trust in anything the media reports.

    • @kidyubyub
      @kidyubyub 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @theresa1305
    @theresa1305 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beautiful story.

  • @daboys1215
    @daboys1215 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The greatest generation are almost all gone. Never forget.

  • @blondie6549
    @blondie6549 ปีที่แล้ว

    True American patriot! Respect 🫡! Thank you sir!
    🙏🇺🇸❤️🤍💙🇺🇸🙏

  • @alexvanderben9682
    @alexvanderben9682 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I love these "Thanks for not murdering us" reunions. So heartwarming.

    • @girl1213
      @girl1213 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      In a war like World War II? Oh yeah. They could have easily been killed by accident because that's the reality of war. The fact that he didn't should be praised because there are way too many untold instances of where it didn't work out that way and the soldier had to live with it. And a good number couldn't live with the guilt.
      So I hope you weren't being sarcastic

    • @jdools4744
      @jdools4744 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol

    • @Teeveepicksures
      @Teeveepicksures ปีที่แล้ว

      😂

  • @genekeller3186
    @genekeller3186 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Miracles never cease

  • @joslynandcarltonramsubhag1836
    @joslynandcarltonramsubhag1836 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    So Sweet!

  • @cliffordototivo
    @cliffordototivo 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wild stuff. Bless these people

  • @evanjacobs5411
    @evanjacobs5411 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    God Bless them all

  • @walesdad
    @walesdad ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a great story.

  • @flowerfaerie8931
    @flowerfaerie8931 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Never underestimate the value of choosing not to shoot.

  • @mpsymonds1
    @mpsymonds1 ปีที่แล้ว

    What god dam story. Beautiful.

  • @AcidAroma
    @AcidAroma ปีที่แล้ว

    Omg making me tear up hardcore, giving me seriously strong ‘Miracle at St. Anna’ vibes. If you’ve never seen that movie I highly recommend it.

  • @mikeflo6459
    @mikeflo6459 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love these stories. My great grandfather was shot in the legs at the battle of the bulge and he would always say we fight for those who can’t defend themselves. He would always say war is never the way. Rest easy pa they are many who love you.

  • @GeziCox
    @GeziCox 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It is an amazing story.❤

  • @rpr7919
    @rpr7919 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    True heroe.

  • @Anonymousgamer-gi7kj
    @Anonymousgamer-gi7kj ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My great great Grandfather Served in the SAS for 12 years in WW2

  • @regolith1350
    @regolith1350 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    It's a great story but the title is misleading. He didn't "save" the children. He stopped himself from committing a tragedy.

    • @JoelBelisario-po7fs
      @JoelBelisario-po7fs 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Inclusive teu comentário invejoso. Ele é um verdadeiro herói , tu muita inveja no coração.

  • @MiMiiViVi
    @MiMiiViVi ปีที่แล้ว

    What a wonderful story

  • @jamesfmarquess6466
    @jamesfmarquess6466 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So heartwarming

  • @kashlattimore6025
    @kashlattimore6025 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My great grandfather served in the American navy and died when my father was 4 and never got the chance to see him

    • @mchrysogelos7623
      @mchrysogelos7623 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      yes my father was only several months old when his dad died. His mom had 9 kids, buried 3 and outlived 3 husbands. The boys all joined the military as soon as they were able to send their paychecks back to their mom to support the younger siblings. My dad never talked about any of the hardships he went through during that time or his time in the military.

  • @catholic3dod790
    @catholic3dod790 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Respect 🇺🇸

  • @JoseGonzalez-wv7ye
    @JoseGonzalez-wv7ye 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    His smile is priceless Thank you for your service sir May God have him in his eternal glory Amen

  • @lillbrittz
    @lillbrittz 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bravo on you sir

  • @ViceMeister
    @ViceMeister 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We don't make hero's like this anymore.

    • @DontKnowDontCare6.9
      @DontKnowDontCare6.9 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah. These days the media pushes criminals as martyrs to justify burning of cities and call them "Summer of Love."

  • @Mrtreemeable
    @Mrtreemeable 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That story is incrrrrreeethathathathathathadabl

  • @davestark2015
    @davestark2015 ปีที่แล้ว

    Got tears

  • @alambyant
    @alambyant 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The greatest generation.

  • @alvashoemaker8536
    @alvashoemaker8536 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    REMARKABLE story!! HAPPY “solution”! (A I DON’a want to say “ENDING…”. BLESSINGS to y’all… “THANK you, sir, for your service!” ❤️❤️👍

  • @j.b.macadam6516
    @j.b.macadam6516 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for checking your fire, Sir!

  • @jimmychanga774
    @jimmychanga774 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    God Bless....

  • @bugvswindshield
    @bugvswindshield ปีที่แล้ว

    awesome!!!!!! I sure did mist up on this one!

  • @BeeFunKnee
    @BeeFunKnee ปีที่แล้ว +55

    In 1975, there was an old man who was a WWI war veteran who lived where I did at The Brand Hotel in Glendale California. He'd always elbow the young men as they tried to share the stairs with him. I was raised better than that, so I always greeted him kindly and gave him plenty of room. The others would scream insults at him and laugh though. One day as I came home from work he had elbowed me out of his way. I had been letting him do it without saying anything, but then I finally screamed, "What's your problem, old man!" at him. His answer was "I was machine gun riddled in World War One, I don't have to take you youngsters crap!" I laughed, thinking he was just another crazy 'liar'. "Yeah, like I'm going to believe that lie, ha!" I had said. It was only then that he tore off his t-shirt and I saw a line of holes going across his whole chest. He turned around and his whole back looked just like uncooked hamburger. I cried right then and there for him and he cried along with me. The other teens came along and I explained what I had seen. Then I told them they'd have me to deal with if I ever caught any of them not showing him proper respect. Soon, they too were calling him "Sir" and making sure he had plenty of room while he used the stairs. That was 48 years ago, a whole lifetime for some humans, and I'll take the memory of that brave war veteran to my grave with me. You can't ALWAYS judge books by their cover.

    • @IkesPimpHand
      @IkesPimpHand 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The man understandably didn't like being crowded most likely due to PTSD

    • @BeeFunKnee
      @BeeFunKnee 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@IkesPimpHand Yes, I agree. He probably had what they now call C-PSTD which id "Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder". PSTD time after time after time. Watching the world move right away from your own generation leaves a hurting person as if lost behind in another long-gone era. No one can relate with you, too many are playing youthful games, too. Too many whine about small personal things when you know you've had honest traumatic experiences. My life is like that and I've been told I have C-PTSD. Meanwhile, the world just goes on and on. Maine says "Hello".

    • @lobotalonco6196
      @lobotalonco6196 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Back in his day, they called it shell shock. I used to work in a restaurant and have kinda a similar experience with a retired Navy Seal. Modern Warfare is so terrible it literally breaks strong brave confident men's minds. I quit along time ago and havnt seen him in years I hope he's doing alright. 🫡 btw writing from Kennebec county here

    • @BeeFunKnee
      @BeeFunKnee 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@lobotalonco6196 "Hello" Kennebec county! I'm a person who experienced trauma from an early age. Three Vietnam War veterans I have had as friends said the statement, "You beat me". I had to finally ask one what that meant. He told me that I had experienced trauma as a child, and that they had all been adults even if young adults at the time. I'll leave you with an Abraham Lincoln quote...
      "In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all, and to the young it comes with bitterest agony, because it takes them unawares. The older have learned to ever expect it."

    • @lobotalonco6196
      @lobotalonco6196 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @BeeFunKnee yep ol Abe was a pretty smart guy. I'm glad you survived your ordeals and are still fighting the good fight, lol. Another smart guy who loved big cigars named Winston said: "A kite flies highest against the wind, not with it." I think you may relate to that a bit. I know I do. Take care.

  • @milkcultleader2706
    @milkcultleader2706 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Wait how did he save them?

  • @tdtdtd1826
    @tdtdtd1826 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bless him

  • @hanslaurentius4618
    @hanslaurentius4618 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful 😊!

  • @thespiceofbryce
    @thespiceofbryce 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    incredible.

  • @williamwallace4080
    @williamwallace4080 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I mean props to him for not shooting kids but their mother saved them, not him.

  • @divyabhashini
    @divyabhashini ปีที่แล้ว

    Respect u sir.

  • @poxahigor
    @poxahigor 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm Brazilian. My cousins fought in Italy.

  • @jpturner171
    @jpturner171 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    AWSOME!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

  • @edgarross9955
    @edgarross9955 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Every WW2 Vet talked with such swagger.
    "I had my Thompson, brrrrt" LOL these dudes had major guts ofc they did

  • @dennyawright21
    @dennyawright21 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That guy sounds like he could still direct soldiers.