D-Day's 80th anniversary: 97-year-old WWII paratrooper shares his story

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  • @eclipse-sh1qmZ3mOtcua
    @eclipse-sh1qmZ3mOtcua 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +36

    Being a paratrooper was very dangerous. My uncle was a paratrooper. He was killed on D-Day parachuting into Europe with Allied Forces.

    • @toddbob55
      @toddbob55 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      My grandfather was shot through the mouth in the Hurtgen Forest medics somehow got him to safety he survived the war and lived to 94

  • @myriamhernandez7570
    @myriamhernandez7570 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

    We must never forget!!!

  • @andrewmacdonald4833
    @andrewmacdonald4833 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    I just hope America deserves men like you...

    • @tomscott3
      @tomscott3 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      See, that's the problem; we don't! See my OP.
      Very Best Regards,
      Tom Scott
      Author ● Speaker ● World's Leading Expert on the Corrupt U.S. Legal System
      _Stack the Legal Odds in Your Favor_
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    • @boomer6611
      @boomer6611 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      C'mon man keep the faith!

  • @AccessKelly
    @AccessKelly 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    He's adorable. We don't have much time left with these ones. Pay attention. A few more years and they'll all be gone. 😢

  • @johncurtis6815
    @johncurtis6815 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    What an incredible man, god bless you sir. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your service.

  • @edwinodus
    @edwinodus 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    He was only 17. Amazing!

  • @garden2356
    @garden2356 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    The last thoughts of a dying soldier.
    In memory of our loved ones. "My mom, my dearest beloved, today, nor all our tomorrows... I will not come home, but my love will meet your face when the sun shines, when the rain drops falls to meet your tears and the breeze will blows gently upon your back...my love will always be with yours...'
    💜

  • @myronlarimer1943
    @myronlarimer1943 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Sincere gratitude to this man and his entire generation. Your service, your commitment and your patriotism are not forgotten. God bless you today and always, sir.

  • @heath2510ok
    @heath2510ok 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Thank you Sir for your service may God be with you 🙏

  • @moonshinershonor202
    @moonshinershonor202 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    They don't make them like that anymore. Kids nowadays could learn s few things from him.
    He has more courage and honor in one pinky than any gangster or thief out here.

    • @ElaineWood-f2t
      @ElaineWood-f2t 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You speak the TRUTH

  • @AnnA-tu3ig
    @AnnA-tu3ig 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Wonderful story. Thank you for profiling this American hero.

  • @ElaineWood-f2t
    @ElaineWood-f2t 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    God bless you, sir. We thank you for your service and dedication to this nation!

  • @sayedkhalilullahmonib3363
    @sayedkhalilullahmonib3363 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Thank you 🙏 Sir we love you too and we highly appreciate and admire your dedication and sacrifices

  • @walterneville2625
    @walterneville2625 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    A TRUE HERO, AND PATRIOT, GAVE ME GOOSE BUMPS, AND BROUGHT A TEAR TO MY EYE..

  • @rolfagten857
    @rolfagten857 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Hector Hita theWorld War 2 hero looks like the man from "American Chopper"

  • @emcinc9654
    @emcinc9654 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    God bless you sir. Thank you for what you did. We desperately need people like you now. Thank you from a fellow veteran

  • @KatharineShaw-z8u
    @KatharineShaw-z8u 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Hector would have been 17 years old on D-Day. Can you imagine this generation of 17-19 year olds signing up to fight for their country?

  • @BufordDuckworth
    @BufordDuckworth 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Imagine fighting Nazis on DDay only for your country to try to elect one as president 80 years later.

    • @andiwinbauer3272
      @andiwinbauer3272 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I hope you’re talking about Biden

    • @HelmetOfHonor
      @HelmetOfHonor 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@andiwinbauer3272 no Trump is the one who said he wants to be dictator

    • @margoalamoto3903
      @margoalamoto3903 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@andiwinbauer3272 It isn't Biden who praises Putin and Un Jong. It certainly wasn't Biden who lacks respect for America so much that he lied about American elections being fraudulent. And it wasn't Biden who mocked McCain's military service and a Gold Star Family. Our fallen are not "suckers and losers." They were men who believed in America so much that they gave their lives for us. I hope one day you believe in America.

    • @cameronkedas3375
      @cameronkedas3375 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @andiwinbauer3272
      I hope so too. If they are, they’re correct.

    • @BufordDuckworth
      @BufordDuckworth 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@andiwinbauer3272 What's the lead levels in your blood? I'm not asking because I want to know, I'm asking because I want YOU to know.

  • @world3957
    @world3957 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    RESPECT

  • @terry970
    @terry970 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thank you for your service! Thank you to all of the men who never came home. Remember all that gave freely of themselves to help stop the Nazis, Japanese, Italians and the Norwegians. Who all wanted the axis powers to control the free world. It does my heart good to know of all Americans and her allies who gave their lives for freedom! Since ww1, ww2, Korea, Vietnam, desert storm, operation Iraqi freedom, Afghanistan and the others I missed. Thank you all for your service!!!

    • @cameronkedas3375
      @cameronkedas3375 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Don’t forget the Vichy French, an Axis “Puppet State.” They were present in the Invasion of French North Africa and did put up resistance to the Americans there, including my great grandfather. was a paratrooper in WWII. He was with the 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment in North Africa and later the 456th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment assigned to the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment in the 82nd Airborne in Sicily. He was then sent back to England to prepare for Operation Overlord when he was transferred to the 101st Airborne and jumped into Normandy, and later jumped into Holland. He also participated in the Battle of the Bulge and Western Germany. He had made 4 combat jumps during the war. He survived and passed away in 2006.
      Technician 4th Grade John J. Lower 1919-2006

  • @TellySavalas-or5hf
    @TellySavalas-or5hf 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Saint Mere Eglise was packed with tourists at june 6th 1944.

  • @tomcummings711
    @tomcummings711 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Five Thousand Ships , 150,000 men Fox Get your Facts Straight !

  • @TirrellKajder
    @TirrellKajder 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I hope one day people see how good you are

  • @dilloncrowe1018
    @dilloncrowe1018 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The 11th Airborne division is INCREDIBLY underrated.
    There's a TH-camr called The Fat Electrician that made a whole video on them, I HIGHLY recommend it!

    • @cameronkedas3375
      @cameronkedas3375 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @dilloncrowe1018
      I’ve seen that video, and many others he has on his channel. You’re correct about the 11th. They were the only Airborne division in the pacific, but not the only airborne outfit. The 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment was also there. My Great Grandfather started his time in the Army with the 2nd Battalion, 503rd PIR. In 1942, they sailed for England to prepare for Operation Torch in French North Africa. The day before he and his unit jumped into Africa, the 2/503 was redesignated as the 2nd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment. He made one of the 3 US Airborne jumps in North Africa at which I assume was the Tafaraoui Airfield in Algeria south of Oran. He would engage German forces at the Faïd Pass, the first US unit to engage the German Army in WWII. After North Africa, he was transferred either to Battery C or D of the 456th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion which was assigned to the 505th PIR of the 82nd Airborne throughout the war. With the 456/505/82, he jumped into Sicily and fought at Biazza Ridge. After Sicily, he and his battery returned to England, either C or D because the HQ Battery, A and B batteries had been detached from the 82nd and supported the 1st Special Service Force in Italy and Southern France, later forming the 463rd PFAB. While training in England, he was transferred to the 101st Airborne and jumped into Normandy and Holland, and later the Battle of the Bulge and Western Germany/Central Europe. He survived and passed away in 2006. Thank you for reading if you made it this far.

    • @dilloncrowe1018
      @dilloncrowe1018 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@cameronkedas3375 I never said they were the only Airborne outfit.

  • @orangepurple8546
    @orangepurple8546 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My highest respect to you, sir. May you have a long life. I'll never forget

  • @ComfortsSpecter
    @ComfortsSpecter 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Incredible Effort
    Immaculate Freedom
    Beautiful Emotion
    Great Man
    Good Work

  • @johnschuh8616
    @johnschuh8616 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The 11thAirborne has not received much publicity but they were famous then as among the best. A true wild bunch.

  • @Autobotmatt428
    @Autobotmatt428 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Was he a part of the Los Banos raid. God bless him

  • @maxwellcrazycat9204
    @maxwellcrazycat9204 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Hector at 97 has it more together mentally than a certain 81 year old that claims to be something he's not in reality.

    • @cameronkedas3375
      @cameronkedas3375 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @maxwellcrazycat9204
      I know exactly who you’re talking about, and I agree. Get him out of here.

  • @ComfortsSpecter
    @ComfortsSpecter 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Good Reference to The 11th and The Philippines
    Underappreciated part of WW2
    Could Be Better but Great in General

  • @tommarck4296
    @tommarck4296 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Known as D Day. She sounds like readCliff Notes

  • @woodyhayes7402
    @woodyhayes7402 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you Sir! Finally a man who knows what a hero is….a hero dies in a selfless act to help another. A hero has never lived to talk about it.

  • @johnathanrmstrng186
    @johnathanrmstrng186 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you Hector for your service. From one paratrooper to another can you introduce me to Caroline?

  • @Nowaaay-2
    @Nowaaay-2 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you Sir , we need more men like you.

  • @ricksmith6298
    @ricksmith6298 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Much respect sir.

  • @timotheepaton73
    @timotheepaton73 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    80 years ago, General Eisenhower directed the greatest invasion force in history. Shortly before D-Day, he came to inspect the American troops in training in Exmoor, England.
    One day, he told his aides to wait for him while he climbed alone to the summit of a hill. There, aware of his helplessness, the man who would become President of the United Sates turned to the Lord is prayer.
    Whatever battles we face, prayer to God is our greatest weapon.

  • @WolfvonKurland
    @WolfvonKurland 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My grandfather was a German general who notably oversaw the Atlantic Wall. I was in Normandy in June 2015, 2019 and 2024 as well as in Bastogne (Belgium) in December 2019 for the celebrations of these battles. I am always moved to see the veterans of the allied countries. I think this war could have ended sooner if intelligent German officers had shown more courage

  • @eagleone-ff9lz
    @eagleone-ff9lz 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Those veterans also has great faith, American last Godly generation, endured so many difficulties. Not like now Western soldiers strong bodies, well equipped, nutritious, well training but mentally spiritually broken, they forgot God.
    Very rarely WW2 veterans have PTSD, they fight more dangerous brutal and yet survive. So sad so many soldiers not even go to war and yet have ptsd.

  • @IrishSturmtruppenGodBlessUSA
    @IrishSturmtruppenGodBlessUSA 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I really think our generation should learn more about our soldiers, especially ones from wars like WWI, WWII, the Civil War, and more. Thank you for your service, Love from Ireland 💚🤍🧡

  • @garden2356
    @garden2356 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Please remember the animals and wildlife that suffered and still suffers during human conflicts...both in war and peace.

  • @jgonzalez101
    @jgonzalez101 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    God bless this courageous and valiant WWII Veteran! Truly they are Greatest Generation! God bless those still with us; and for those that have gone on, may they rest in peace!
    ❤🙏🇺🇸

  • @donb7113
    @donb7113 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    ❤🫡🇺🇸

  • @bobhope707
    @bobhope707 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    🇺🇸🫡

  • @LIMEROCKVIDEO
    @LIMEROCKVIDEO หลายเดือนก่อน

    I worked with Hector for many years. What a great American!

  • @markreynolds3850
    @markreynolds3850 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    👍👍

  • @margaretadami6358
    @margaretadami6358 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Any “woke” ppl watching this,,, I didn’t think so

  • @paulwee1924dus
    @paulwee1924dus 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Back at the beach he thought where are my comrades !!!

  • @zalalapant
    @zalalapant 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It's not an anniversary

    • @rolfagten857
      @rolfagten857 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes it is.

    • @zalalapant
      @zalalapant 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@rolfagten857 it's a commemoration and a memorial

  • @keithlillis7962
    @keithlillis7962 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is what America should be, inclusive. This brave man, born in Porta Rico and willing to risk his life for his adopted home. Tell Trump and MTG

    • @mmouseav8r402
      @mmouseav8r402 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Puerto Rico has been a part of the US. Don’t bring your dumb lefty politics into this discussion about this man.

    • @andiwinbauer3272
      @andiwinbauer3272 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes more inclusivity, tell Biden to keep letting in the illegal migrants…great idea

  • @Н.Ш-з4ь
    @Н.Ш-з4ь 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Россия спасибо за ПОБЕДУ!!! С ДНЁМ России 🤝!! !