@Starscream91 Quite the opposite, the abnormal occurrences is what make history interesting. Learning something that you thought was different, that's when history becomes very interesting.
I was just thinking how our people from both sides fought sometimes shoulder to shoulder to defeat the nazis. It saddens me that our govs seem to of forgotten that. God bless them all.
unless theyre Naz!s or spoke to a "naz!" ever, then no one considers them human. Ironically, a lot of the atrocities the "naz!s" commited were SOVIET atrocities. for example, the Takiyn (sp?) massacre. the mass grave filled w emaciated bodies kids are always shown in elementary school, were actually all victims of soviets, not germans. No one talks about the white phosphorous bombing of german women & children THAT WASNT CONSIDERED A WAR CRIME, or the "denaz!fication process", or how EVERY SINGLE NAZ! tried at the Nuremburg trials that confessed had SMASHED TESTICLES via Israeli torturers. arent confessions under duress no good? oh yeah, doesnt matter
Indeed. I attended an exhibit about the Romanov royal family and their murder at the hands of the Bolsheviks. I saw an old Russian man there moved to tears. I have Russian relatives, and seeing that old man's reaction brought home all at once what really happened there at the hands Christian and Russian hating Bolsheviks.
So true. The only time i saw my grandpa cry was when he talked about the war. Also when my grandma talked about how a german policemen shot a polish worker who was placed on her familys farm i could feel her anger and sadness. Poor Marek, she said, he done nothing wrong, nothing wrong at all. Her words.
+David Hickey your a liar damn, satanic trolls try to kill everything beautiful, you will burn in hell for leaving the man who always loved you. This video makes me feel the beautifulness of life and this man will be in heaven for his precious heart, that selflessness was out of pure love, remeber the man who made you loved you with all his heart, now look at you ugly so ugly.
They are treasures indeed. I work with Honor Flight who started by sending WWII vets to Washington DC to see their memorial. We have since moved on the Korean and Viet Nam vets as we are sadly running out of WWII vets because we are losing them so rapidly. I’ve never met one whom I didn’t fall fully in love with. They were indeed the greatest generation.
Dear Americans. Thank you very much from the Russians for your help in that difficult time! When I watch you on the show and on the Internet, I see that you are very good people. You are very responsive to kindness. there is a hero inside each of you. I was very touched by this story. I know that many American sailors died in Arctic waters. When they tried to smuggle humanitarian aid and lend lease to the USSR
I know the US and Russia could live in harmony, we both just want to work and feed our families but the only difference is we're separated by oceans and culture. I pray to all the Soviet soldiers that went MIA return home to their families so they could find peace.
I'm American and always interested in Russian culture and history. All the hate is political propaganda at the end of the day we are just people. We all struggle. Privyet. From USA 😊
Not completely. Americans come together after natural disasters. After Mayfield 2021 tornado, people from all over neighboring states and towns came to help. Some bought packages of bottled water or food to send to the victims, others banded together to help search and rescue efforts. It is still there.
@EpiDemic117 Agreed, In WWI thousands of volunteers in the UK were turned down because of malnutrition, these were working men. Those who were accepted were promised by politicians that they would return and have homes fit for heroes. What did they get, heroes fit for homes. The same mistake wasn't made after WWII, with Clement Atlee in charge. Decent houses, NHS, better working conditions etc.
Americans used to be the tallest. But now we're getting shorter (as are North Koreans) while other countries are getting taller (especially Northern Europeans). Most likely due to diet, e.g., fast-food and sugar.
@@timearly5226 Lol what crack are you smoking or are you a European and false flagging? Last time I was in Europe, all the men were wearing skinny jeans like women do in America, I don’t know how they could walk without their balls surviving.
It is lovely to see this video getting so much exposure. I was the interpreter who facilitated the interview in Moscow in 1988. At the time I was in Moscow conducting PhD research into the legacy of the holistic Ukrainian educator Vasily Sukhomlinsky (Vasyl Sukhomlyns'kyi), and I was employed by CBS for three weeks to assist Charles Kuralt and his production team. It was a memorable experience.
@@goodshipkaraboudjan Hello Russell. I was not there for the visit by the American veteran, only for the original interview with the Russian dentist at the time of the Reagan Gorbachev summit. The interview I attended was only a day or so before Charles Kuralt returned to the US.
Wowee! The internet is truly amazing! I saw this when I was a kid in 88, and my history teacher bpught the tyranscript and read it to us. I always wanted to see more of it, how long was the original park bench interview and can you recall any anecdotes they didn't air. Thank you very much for letting us know;
I"m just sorry that we're such knuckleheads today. I'm worried that Biden is going to hurt Russia. Once he hurts Russia then the Russians are going to want to hurt Americans.
@Artur Sibagatullin I knew a lovely Russian family who left Russia by way of Iran when the government was appropriating lands & property. These folks were the salt of the earth. Generous, loving, good God fearing people. Always something bubbling on the stove & fresh baked bread. They grew their own food & butchered their own meat. Saved the hides. Lived self sufficiently. They are gone now, either dead or moved away, and I miss them. Every single one.
@@jamallabarge2665 me too man. Trump was the only politician in my time that didnt actually want war and did everything in his power to prevent it. People are moronic for voting him out.
@@SkarTissue I'm still on the fence about the election. I keep hearing stories about Dominion Software and the Ballot counting process. The Corporate Owned Media is so desperate to elect Biden. Just the other day the Official News was "Electoral College Picks Biden". In the fine print is the news "The ballots are sealed until next year". In which case how did our Corporate Media know the results?
Before the war they were known as the lost generation (kinda like no hopers with strange haircuts etc etc , (like we say about every generation that comes after us )
Edit: I'm getting rid of the "Americans downplayed Canadians" part of my comment. This is me owning up to my words said here. As a Canadian, I'm proud of my great uncle's Sacrifice. His name was Edmund Thomas, and he passed away near Caen, after storming the beach. I"m not sure what happened, but he passed in battle as far as I know. It didn't describe how he passed on the Offical government Canadian military site, and my grandma passed a few years back. As an indigenous man, it's not like he was fighting for equality, something we didn't have back then, but I find his sacrifice to be commendable. I hope to visit the gravesite in France one day, pay my respects to the man.
The captured Russian soldier were forced to work in the coal mines in Bavaria, often without food to eat. My grandfather (a German citizen) who worked with 2 of them would share his food with the soldiers, even thought he could be arrested and sent to a work camp for doing so. When a Russian division marched into the town and the Nazis fled things were hard for the citizens of the town but not my Grandfather and his kids. The Russians he shared his family's food with made sure, when they were free, to take care of the man (and his family) that had risked his own freedom to feed them. People are people. Take time to love the unloved.
@@DeusSalis Stalin may have been evil but the russian average person was just as kind and normal ans anyone. Look at this man in this video this was the everyday russian.
And there descendants are called Nazis for being pro US constitution now in places like my home city SF and Bay Area... Wow the love at the end of the video is so true and amazing... ❤️
I'm not Russian, I'm not American. But seeing this story really touched me. I also respect how the journalist and his willingness to follow through with the whole story. I cannot recall seeing anything like this with modern journalism tho I'm sure its out there
Modern journalists would rather sow discord and denounce a side, rather than advocate unity and showcase camaraderie. They are too busy advocating their political stances, rather than let stories speak for themselves! They stopped being objective and force their readers to view events and people only through their narrow political viewpoint. And most importantly, they stopped listening to criticism and instead denounce any and all critics as the contemporary evil of society. They adapted to the advent of the internet in all the wrong ways,sacrificing all meaningful discourse in the name of not proliferating fake news. Whether from the one political spectrum or the other, this trend is bound to have serious ramifications in the coming years! War is Peace. Slavery is Freedom. Ignorance is Strength.
An equivalent would be the Pashtun Villagers who saved the US Navy SEAL and protected him from the Taliban, while caring and feeding him. Journalists tracked the dude down and brought him to the USA to meet the man he'd saved.
Some ppl do not realize the history of wars. Previous wars, weren't like present wars. Back then, is was a fight for resources. Now days, it's a fight for power. However, resources are running out, and so is power. People should get right with God. The time is nigh.
Same here. There are still so many good people. You wouldn't know it if you believed everything on the news. But the majority aren't racists or any of the other ugly names they label us with these days.
The reunion was beautiful. I love the Russian man’s heart and how he requests him to write and that he “will write back with all his heart”. Very powerful.
@Milano-perhaps you hate us bc you are full of hate. Perhaps you are the type that wouldn’t help your fellow man. There are people out there that are not like you. Thank God for that
@Milano bravisimo see, that's exactly the point of my original comment....you are hating on the GOVERNMENT, in reality the majority of the American PEOPLE are caring, loving, help a neighbor out....you exemplified my exact meaning of the propaganda....let govts hate each other....let us peoples of ALL nations help each other....F*** the governments
@Milano bravisimo I was born almost exactly 9 months after his murder in the town where he had a residence and got married....my REAL initials are JFK, I'm not saying he was my father, but think mom was a fan, she denies, but the coincidence just too great....pretty sure I was named in honor of
For those curious as to what happened to these men from this story (recorded in 1988), I'll say for most since for some I can't find at all: The two brothers who Dr. Aseyev mentioned, Michael & Peter Wowczuk passed away in 1967 & 1984 (respectively); Sidney Brockman passed away in 1990; & William Jarema passed away in 2012. And something that wasn't mentioned here but was mentioned in Kuralt’s notes as he was putting together this story: How did the Germans find out of their plan? A nightguard ID'd as Corporal Alfred Jung discovered their operation a few nights after they've started & simply "turned his back and let them continue"; unfortunately, when his officers found out that he had been hiding the secret from them for some weeks, he was immediately taken away from the camp & executed by beheading. After the war, Dr. Aseyev managed to track down Mr. Jung's family & personally thanked them, & in exchange they later sent him a thank you letter & a portrait of the man who was "an exceptional member of the human race."
Thank you Steven. This made me think about all the good and brave "enemies" who sacrificed themselves like this boy. May he and all of them rest in peace.
Steven Lambert - Thank you so much for the update on this compelling story. Sadly it’ll only be a few short years until the remaining WWII combat vets are gone, therefore, it is up to us to document and propagate stories like this.
Back then there was a lot more "salt of the earth." Thanks be to Jesus Christ. NOW, the salt has lost much of its flavor & is trotted under the foot of Nazis', I mean Democrats.
@@steelcantuna There are still many millions of people just like you describe. The corporate media has gone off the deep end and makes it seem as if everyone has turned into some soft little snowflakes, but that isn't the complete picture.
@@steelcantuna this kind of comment doesn’t really contribute to your cause. I’m sure it seems clever but it’s just a regurgitation of rhetoric without understanding.
We are don't listen to the media when it comes down to the wire. It will be the same as always europe and Russia with north +south america united against the people who still haven't learned that freedom will always win there are too many people used to it
@katie rae That group are very good at dividing people. Rich vs poor, straight vs gay, men vs women, left vs right, cops vs their communities, poc vs white, whites vs themselves in some fucked up display of self-hatred that only one so demoralized and subverted could. We have some dark days ahead of us.
My father fought in WW2 in Europe in the Army. He was in D-Day, was involved in the Liberation of Paris, fought in the Battle of the Bulge and helped with the Liberation and recovery at Bergen Belsen. He met the Russian troops near Berlin in late April 1945. My father was a country music singer and carried a guitar with him across Europe. When they met up with the Russians they saw my father's guitar and asked through an interpreter if my father could sing for them. With everything going on at the very end of the war in Europe my father entertained the Russian and American troops to celebrate the end of the war there. My father said the Russian troops were so friendly and appreciative for my father's gesture because Stalin had banned all American music in Russia and it was in high demand on the black market so it was a rare treat for them.
"There were only about 8 of us" No. When every American stayed silent when questioned, they all helped. Even though it was such a small thing. Their silence saved lives.
I have nothing against Russia.... its always been the government. I will embrace love and defend any Russian that accepts me the way I accept them. PERIOD.
Not a chance with usa gov the way it is .I, personally think the only chance of any alliance would need D-C vanishing down a sink-hole ! ...............
Chris Abruzzi I did because I'm old enough to remember how news used to be. they actually did stories track people down looked up sources to make sure stuff was true you would have your news anchor give you the facts of the news and you didn't have 24-hour new shows that don't have reporters but just pendants with their own political leanings trying to get you to digest the news in their View.
MrXenon1987 Why didn't you expect that? They obviously would want to get a chance to meet again if they could. There was no travel restrictions for the USSR or the United States for a citizen to go to one or the other.
@@Nog311 My grandfather was a prisoner of war in the Crimean until 1951, when Truman declared the war officially over and many prisoners could go home. His friends recall the journey to the prison camp in cattle trucks. At every stop a few prisoners would have died. The Russian CO would go to the local village and make up the numbers. When they got to their destination a significant number of prisoners were Russian.
@@Nog311 Yes but when your enemy fought a war of annihilation against you, you shouldn’t expect 3 square meals, a warm fire and tickets to the Bolshoi ballet.
Where a Russian thanks US soldiers, and the current young generation, can't or wouldn't fathom the sacrifices of the older generation made up of these HERO'S.
@Mutant Pig the people of a country follow orders of the government leaders. We are all just humans. Governments and the few people in charge start wars not the citizens.
@@TheTeddyGuy28 mine fought on D day, on juno beach, i asked him what he felt when the ramp dropped, he said to him and everyone, its like a numb feeling, he made it to the barbed wire up the beach, and a German shrapnel granade went off, killed all of his friends, and he was hit in the shoulder, he said he didnt feel it, he just saw blood squirting out than it felt hot, he had passed out and someone dragged him behind a bunker, looted his body not knowing he was alive, than someone found him after the battle, he was shot by an MG42 right through on another occasion and had a bullet lodged in his neck still after the war, must've been a ricochet, he only told me about D day because i told him i watch documentaries about the war all the time, i was the only one he told, even over my dad and his siblings, i noticed he got a little emotional about D day so i changed the subject, he would not talk about what happened after D day, he said he'd come into contact with Americans but thats all, i didnt want to bug him
My father said the same. He was a ten year old French boy living near Versailles when WWll ended. He said he remembered the American GIs were very young, smiling all of the time and with perfect teeth. My grandmother would not allow her children near the German soldiers nor accept any candy or food from them. My father had many more stories, many way too sad and horrific.
These are the men who built the American middle class. The ones who upheld the idea of fair play and tried to leave the world a better place. God bless them all.
Dr. Evil Ask real Africans where they want to live ! I think 🤔 they are invading Europe as I type ! Why do so many peoples of color want to live amongst them racist whites ?
I served for twenty two years in both the USMC and US Army. This is, without a doubt, one of the best videos on You Tube, We should all learn to hate war.
As I watched the Russian man sharing his story, my mind went to picturing him hearing Russians trash talking about Americans and telling them a story about Americans that put their own life on the line to save the lives of Russians. It was so important to this man to get his story told to millions of people and it was awesome to see his wish granted. This video has been watched by 1.8 million people in a single decade, I hope this story lives forever.
@@oliviawutam Trust me, Reread it, and it'll makes sense watch! 😊At first read tho, it doesn't seem to make sense. I thought the same thing as you, Like, where tf is going with this comment lol
It's also a story of what happens when people are caught up in dire situations and the trivial things in life fall away. Some people can't sit back and watch it happen without doing something. It's why they're heroes. I always wonder if I'd have done it, and I don't think I'd have the courage.
@@grbmajor6645 No, journalism still alive and well. The problem is that the problem is that the American populace is complicate in burying it. Most news is not politics in any way, and if it is, usually it's about things like city council. However, outlets like CNN, Fox, The Times, and MSBC have to reach wider audience, and a story that only effects say... Cleveland, won't gather much attention. Their need to chase ratings only compounds the problems. The truth is: THEY ARE GIVING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT. Stories like this, although usually less dramatic, are very common in local news channels and papers. They are actually often held in contempt by the viewership for being "fluff." I would say that is not entirely fair, but it is the reality of what readers/viewers think. These outlets also tend to be less politically focused, with better sources, and stories directly relevant. However, people are increasingly turning their back on local outlets in favor of national... and being less informed as a result. You could just find better sources, but you would rather talk in soundbites... ironically, one of the problems with some forms of modern journalism. You tell the American people there is a problem, they will all line up to stop, you say they are part of the problem, they will plug their ears.
@john bloggs Might want to show her to the lame duck president too. He likes 'em a bit skanky- It is funny how many stories the Russians come up with that turn out to be bs. In the 30's, they claimed to fly across Antarctica in a single engine plane, but the one that was photographed departing Russia had a different antennae than the one that landed in Vancouver Washington.
@@kevinjohnson7300 I guess there's no comparison between Hitler in his bunker ordering his generals futilely to attack in the last days of the war and Trump in the White House futilely ordering his lawyers to attack in the last days of his administration.
"We were repaid *many* times, by having that feeling of self satisfaction" Wow. I am nearly speechless. These men were simply born different, the greatest generation indeed.
I'm an American raised during the cold war and this warmed my heart. I grew up fearing 'the evil empire' and now my wife of 15 years is Russian and we have two wonderful children together. Our countries are incredibly powerful individually but together we are unstoppable.
Me too .... Got a tri-lingual daughter born in Moskau , and zero psychological compatibility with nationalists . Russia has a completely different mentality .... and her mum is exteme and refuses any criticism of Russia .... ( like an inverted inferiority complex) . And isnt it about time we stopped obsessing about the great patriotic war , it was 80 years ago and the Germans are about the most cultured intelligent people on the planet....... My dad ecsaped the Gestapo during the naz invasion of rotterm - just - my uncle was killed by the Japanese but it is such a long time ago that it hardly seems relevant ,....Not in any way overlooking Kiev , Leningrad , Stalingrad , Rzhev , Okinawa etc
The empire was evil, I'd say... but it's men and women are no less human, capable of love and compassion, than the citizens of any other nation. People seem to forget that a person isn't their country.
If he had been the type of pompous self-righteous journalist today, he probably would have never even taken the time can meet that old man and learn this incredible story. Always take time to be kind to others and listen to their stories.
Coolest? You haven't got any idea what you are writing about, nitwit. Needless to say that it's quite totally evident that English is not your mother tongue or you are a damned ignorant.
@@pup1008 Forgive me please, and I humbly apologize for over looking them! They somehow slipped my mind and I never gave the a thought. I'm ashamed I was so careless about not mentioning The Brits, and my family came from Hevingham, England. Norfolk County to Irasburg, Vermont. In 1843.
@@HomerDPoll No problem my friend & thank you for being man enough to do that. 👍 It's just that so many films are "American-centric" & seem to totally discount our involvement in WW2. Truth be known it was won by American money & Russian blood but we did stand alone against German tyranny in two world wars initially. Norfolk is a lovely place, lot of people in the South East make it up that way saying it is like the UK was maybe 40 years ago.
@@pup1008 Your welcome my friend & fellow human! Although I'm an American due to being born in America, as my ancestors came here from England. I have never forgot my roots. Mostly England 60% from my father. And a little Scottish 20%, & 20% Irish from my Mother's side. I kid my friends and tell them, I'm afraid to attend a soccer game, cause I don't want to root for the wrong side and get an ass beating. So I just enjoy watching on tv!
@@HomerDPoll 😄 I love America & Americans too! Been there a few times & always received a warm & genuine welcome! The Scots are great people although they might not always say the same of us 😄 but the Irish are something else, one of my favourite countries to visit. Football, as we call it, is a religion over here. Big disappointment in the summer as we made it to the finals but then lost the Euro Cup. 😕 Lovely talking to you! Sorry we got off on a tetchy start. We greatly value the help America gave us in the war & the lives sacrificed for the cause.
please do as well with the Jumping Joe story. It was when a russian battalion save an american from a POW Camp. and the american beg to the only Soviet Female Tank Commander to fight alongside with them. she died but the american went into Germany got injured and survive.
Hollywood won't do movies like this anymore. It would make the American military (and straight White men) look good, and make Germans look like the bad guys. Also, there is no way to make a woman the center of the story and the "brave heroine" who risks her life to save the Russians. Simply put, it does not fit the SJW narrative.
I'm an American who has been living here in Russia for two years now. So special to see these two men reunited at the end of this video. My wife just approached me to find out why I'm sitting here smiling and crying.
American here.. I’ve always wanted to go there. Russian women seem a lot more my style. I know how that sounds lol. The females here in the west are so stuck up these days because of how society is and I’ve been sick of it for along time. The women over there don’t seem to be like that. Obviously they are so attractive and beautiful over there but just they way they act compared to females in the USA is so much better. Females in the USA think they are queens.. like you owe them something right from the start and it makes me sick. No they are not all like that but a large number seem to be anymore.
@@bmorg5190 You're a clown. Lots of women in the US are stuck up, but most russian women in the US are worse. Have fun buying them a mercedes/bmw, house, and clothing you can't afford 😂😂
I’m 34 and grew up in a rural community in Southern Indiana. During Veterans Day my 6th grade year a ww2 vet came and spoke to us. Long story short he served in the European theater and he told us a story about when his unit liberated a POW camp. I’ll never forget as he explained how malnourished the people were in those camps. He said everyone in his squad was weeping as they made their way through the camp. They got towards one of the last buildings they hadn’t cleared out and he said a big Russian came running at them from around a corner with his arms outstretched and gave him a giant bear hug. They were pretty deep into Germany and so they decided that from then on they would give the Russian an American uniform and he fought with them for months. They finally happened upon some Russians and the Russian went around and said his farewells to everyone and they went their separate ways. Even during the worse parts of the Cold War he had tried yearly to get in touch with him but was never able to find him. I’ll always remember this story. In a lot of ways including my family who have served it was a big reason for me to join the service. It’s important to talk to our veterans who aren’t going to be around for much longer. You never know the perspective they will give you or how they will impact your life.
"they would give the Russian an American uniform and he fought with them for months..." I would have had a hard time believing that had I not just read a similar tale in Anthony Beevor's book about the Battle of Arnhem. Dutch guys who were keen joined the Americans and fought with them, not just in NL, but well into Germany until the end of the war.
I recently heared a similar story on the radio (im Russian) about american soldeir who lots in occupied europe during paratrooper landing, got into concenctation camp, broke out, got captured and put back in again, then was liberated by soviet armor batalion, they got him a land-lease sherman and he joned the battle again, then got wounded and was in hospital till the end of war. He survived and returned home.
Many of you might not be old enough to remember, but this is how news used to be. Awesome story, I wish the mainstream media would rid themselves of all the taking heads and hire professionals again with real stories to tell.
Could be worse- I tried watching right wing "news." Little more than pro-Trump propaganda. Sad to see the way Fox and Company panders to the far right...no information, all opinion.
In the USA, it used to he, it did not matter whether you won or lost, what mattered was how you played the game. I ask Milenials about this.. they never heard it before. Ever since 1980, "winning" is all that matters, and the more ruthless, the more you cheat and hurt the other guy, the better. Let's get the US back to where we were, back to where we are SUPPOSED to be : honor and ethics. Loom like arrests will begin soon- then, after it is All over, let us bring our country hack.
@@DerDop I've been very careful about this lately. I kept saying "Russians" when I really meant the Kremlin. The Russians themselves don't deserve my scorn, and I didn't mean it toward them at all. I don't like autocrats as they crush the spirit of the people. All over the world today, we have a battle to contain autocracy and authoritarianism. In that, we are united with so many other people, although some of us are not yet awake to the danger.
Between 3 and 3 1/2 MILLION Russian POW’s were starved to death in open air prisons by the Nazis. Hardly any buildings. Some had to dig into the ground to keep warm. My father in law was one of the fortunate ones who survived. He even witnessed cannibalism in the camp.
I'm sitting out here in this parking lot just crying my eyes out this story totally took me off guard. This was so beautiful. God bless the Americans and the Russians who fought in World War II.
1000% WE THE FREE PEOPLE OF HUMANITY SHOULD *ALL* ALLY TOGETHER AGAINST ALL EVIL AND TYRANNY AND MAKE IT RETREAT ONCE AND FOR ALL INTO THE DEPTHS OF HELL!
The Russians took such a horrible toll in that war. A little light in all that makes me proud. God bless that Russian Dentist and his friends he found on the American side. We were never that different.
For those of you who live this story. Check out Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler. Charlie was flying a B-17 bomber, that was barely flying after being struck and the Germans spotted him and told Franz to knock the b-17 out of the air while attempting to fly back to the allied base for repairs. Franz hopped in his plane and caught up and saw the startled Americans fearing for their lives and instead escorted the B-17 to safety in allied occupied air space. The two later met each other and become best of friends until their deaths just months apart. Another awesome story of soldiers overcoming their governmental differences.
4:22 am. 21 years old. Was sad about my life being so difficult with loosing my dog and so much family passing away within a single year. This has brought a much needed uplift in my spirits despite being some decades old.
@@tomatosteve3444 Hang in there, James. I've been there and can tell you that things do get easier with time. Just know that you are loved. God bless you.
Brought tears to my eyes... remind me of my dad... he was in WW2 in Europe and saw some of the prisoners that were liberated and said it was horrific you could not have believed they did that to people... he was only 17 years old@ the time...
I remember a TV show once, where someone brazenly asked, "Am I my brother's keeper?" And the person he snarled that at just quietly said, "The answer is supposed to be 'yes.'"
All these men had to be heartbroken when they saw the state of Russian/American relations for the next 40 years when the war ended. Another reminder that just because the governments of two countries are irreconcilably different doesnt mean the people have to hate eachother.
Certainly helps the Democrats running false flag political bullshit against the Russians. With that krap going on there is no hope of it getting better any time soon.
We'll did swallow capitalism hook, line, and sinker. It was flashy, so it had to be right. I'm not saying Stalin was better, but we chose our side. Well, the upper-class chose it and we died for it. In reality, it is all in our heads and wealthy pockets.
@@fernandoharo3738 Oh no big scary Easterner wants to reclaim former Soviet territory and sell his raw resources waaah what will Europe do if America can't protect them from that totally-evil-arch-enemy?
My step father weighed 83 pounds upon liberation. He always spoke about how badly the Russians were treated. Many more died than American soldiers. He spoke of sharing what little they had with the Russians.
Those people are so ignorant then 🤦♂️ USA sent them thousands of planes, tanks, and trucks.. not to mention tons and tons of food.. a lot more also. This is for the people saying it didn’t happen too not you brotha. You’re spot on. Man I wish both of our countries could get together. Be cool just for all of us to hangout. Just us normal people. That goes for all the countries too. Sick of all this crap humans do to each other. I’m sure you are as well 😒
In my travels though life, in the workplace, in social settings such as church or community gatherings, I've met plenty of men who are men in this era. I appreciate what you're saying, but maybe it wasn't necessary to put down the younger men of today.
Most of my bloodline died fighting on the Eastern Front. The ones who survived escaped the Soviet Union a few decades later to become proud Americans. Forever thankful for the USA.
“Why did the Americans take dangerous chances night after night to smuggle food to the Dr.?” Because we are Americans and this is our way, and by God it always will be 🇺🇸
@@The_Essential_Review The idea of nobility and pride to a fault is a very American way of thought. Whether that’s a good thing or not is up to you, but that’s just the way we are
@@The_Essential_Review Having pride in your countrymen being willing to risk their lives to help people they don't have any obligation or reason to is warranted, and infinitely better than whatever the hell you're doing. Your behavior is disgraceful and you probably would have turned in the guys helping the Russian POWs like a coward, considering the spineless air of your comments.
Tears fall down my eyes. my fellow Americans were angels. They had souls and heart. The were raised to respect others. As a son of a WWII veteran, St. Malo, Brittany, France, I salute you humanitarians, you angels. You Americans.
@@nobodyknows3180 I think the saying is "in like Flynn". In like flint was a movie with James Colburn derived from the saying "in like Flynn" as a play on words. In America referring to Errol Flynn but it has different derivatives in other countries. Just sayin'.
@Harry The Hat That's pretty much it in a nutshell - Russians don't suffer fools or tricksters, but once they get to know you, they will show you their warm and caring side. Politicians, not so much, Russians won't suffer fools kindly but they do seem to tolerate being abused by their own governments a lot. They've lived through tsars, and bolsheviks, and leninists, and now Putin. It just shows you how tough Russians are in order to survive, and just why they won't tolerate fools in their own personal lives. My wife's father was Russian, my mother-in-law Ukranian.
There are many stories like this, they should be widely known... let's not forget that a German soldier saw what was happening and just pretended not to see... and was executed when the Gestapo discovered the operation. It brought tears in my eyes.
I have to believe that God was with the poor German soldier who was beheaded for his humanity and that those that beheaded him got their just desserts.
There are plenty of stories of good decent people on every side who put their own lives at terrible risk to save and help others. These individuals know the true meaning of the words courage and heroism.
It’s important not to confuse the government of a country with the people of that country.
Let's see... hmm.. what is the top comment? Let me rephrase that, and steal it.
@Starscream91 Quite the opposite, the abnormal occurrences is what make history interesting. Learning something that you thought was different, that's when history becomes very interesting.
I get not to generalize but generally generalizations are generalized for comedy. Generally speaking.
@John Galt so the men in grueling bombers some of which faulty who died daily don’t matter? You sir are sick.
that is happening too frequently
"Not one American betrayed me" 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
That moved me to tears.. and I'm a Brit 😶
Russian here, same same )))
Wow! These are all great men…
God bless the USA. Let's work to keep that quote going!
I was just thinking how our people from both sides fought sometimes shoulder to shoulder to defeat the nazis. It saddens me that our govs seem to of forgotten that. God bless them all.
They aren’t Russians or Americans, they’re humans helping each other hang on to life. So beautiful
Exactly!
Yup
No. They are people from 2 different nationalities who share a comradery. Simple as. This is not impossible.
unless theyre Naz!s or spoke to a "naz!" ever, then no one considers them human. Ironically, a lot of the atrocities the "naz!s" commited were SOVIET atrocities. for example, the Takiyn (sp?) massacre. the mass grave filled w emaciated bodies kids are always shown in elementary school, were actually all victims of soviets, not germans. No one talks about the white phosphorous bombing of german women & children THAT WASNT CONSIDERED A WAR CRIME, or the "denaz!fication process", or how EVERY SINGLE NAZ! tried at the Nuremburg trials that confessed had SMASHED TESTICLES via Israeli torturers. arent confessions under duress no good? oh yeah, doesnt matter
@@why110 are you denying that they are human?
When men of that generation are not able to hold back the tears you know without a doubt it's real.
"They'll know this dentist that remembers them"
Indeed. I attended an exhibit about the Romanov royal family and their murder at the hands of the Bolsheviks. I saw an old Russian man there moved to tears. I have Russian relatives, and seeing that old man's reaction brought home all at once what really happened there at the hands Christian and Russian hating Bolsheviks.
I imagine that would be very moving to witness. everything the reds touched died.
I doubt that this would happen today. We are brainwashed against others.
So true. The only time i saw my grandpa cry was when he talked about the war. Also when my grandma talked about how a german policemen shot a polish worker who was placed on her familys farm i could feel her anger and sadness. Poor Marek, she said, he done nothing wrong, nothing wrong at all. Her words.
More Russians and Americans should see this.
+David Hickey your a liar damn, satanic trolls try to kill everything beautiful, you will burn in hell for leaving the man who always loved you. This video makes me feel the beautifulness of life and this man will be in heaven for his precious heart, that selflessness was out of pure love, remeber the man who made you loved you with all his heart, now look at you ugly so ugly.
+Rafael Julio haha thanx man
+David Hickey putin is doing that lol
Destens 2 and the russians will lose aswell
+David Hickey you really are pathetic
The remaining WWII veterans of all countries are rapidly fading. They are treasures.
They are treasures indeed. I work with Honor Flight who started by sending WWII vets to Washington DC to see their memorial. We have since moved on the Korean and Viet Nam vets as we are sadly running out of WWII vets because we are losing them so rapidly. I’ve never met one whom I didn’t fall fully in love with. They were indeed the greatest generation.
@@cherylann9781 How very sad!!!
The greatest generation
yes
@John Gladden ;=)
Dear Americans. Thank you very much from the Russians for your help in that difficult time! When I watch you on the show and on the Internet, I see that you are very good people. You are very responsive to kindness. there is a hero inside each of you. I was very touched by this story. I know that many American sailors died in Arctic waters. When they tried to smuggle humanitarian aid and lend lease to the USSR
Spasiba - NY
I know the US and Russia could live in harmony, we both just want to work and feed our families but the only difference is we're separated by oceans and culture. I pray to all the Soviet soldiers that went MIA return home to their families so they could find peace.
Im American and have no hate for the Russian people,,Mr. Putin,please let us be.we have more love than hate,but we wont tolerate slaughters.
I'm American and always interested in Russian culture and history. All the hate is political propaganda at the end of the day we are just people. We all struggle.
Privyet. From USA 😊
@@SteveCogno Спасибо!! 🙏🏻💗
Young Americans today have no idea how great and selfless this generation was. Now it’s only about me.
Perhaps it seems that way, but we were pretty selfish in the 1920s as well. The Depression and the war taught us many things.
Not completely. Americans come together after natural disasters. After Mayfield 2021 tornado, people from all over neighboring states and towns came to help. Some bought packages of bottled water or food to send to the victims, others banded together to help search and rescue efforts. It is still there.
The guy was waiting his whole life for an opportunity to tell his story.
He wanted to thank him. 🥺
And now his story has been recorded and will be remembered for centuries maybe even mellenia.
Pure gratitude.
To say Thank You.
He waited to thank them.
"Those American boys were strong they could throw them 100m"
There probably wasn't an American soldier back then who hadn't played baseball.
@EpiDemic117 Agreed, In WWI thousands of volunteers in the UK were turned down because of malnutrition, these were working men. Those who were accepted were promised by politicians that they would return and have homes fit for heroes. What did they get, heroes fit for homes. The same mistake wasn't made after WWII, with Clement Atlee in charge. Decent houses, NHS, better working conditions etc.
@EpiDemic117 twat no they werent you twat where the fuck do you get this garbage information
Americans used to be the tallest. But now we're getting shorter (as are North Koreans) while other countries are getting taller (especially Northern Europeans).
Most likely due to diet, e.g., fast-food and sugar.
@@timearly5226 Lol what crack are you smoking or are you a European and false flagging? Last time I was in Europe, all the men were wearing skinny jeans like women do in America, I don’t know how they could walk without their balls surviving.
American football is what gave them the arm for throwing stuff over the fences.
It is lovely to see this video getting so much exposure. I was the interpreter who facilitated the interview in Moscow in 1988. At the time I was in Moscow conducting PhD research into the legacy of the holistic Ukrainian educator Vasily Sukhomlinsky (Vasyl Sukhomlyns'kyi), and I was employed by CBS for three weeks to assist Charles Kuralt and his production team. It was a memorable experience.
What a great experience! Did they get much time to catch up together and visit memorials?
@@goodshipkaraboudjan Hello Russell. I was not there for the visit by the American veteran, only for the original interview with the Russian dentist at the time of the Reagan Gorbachev summit. The interview I attended was only a day or so before Charles Kuralt returned to the US.
@@alan_cockerill_EJR Must have been really interesting times, especially given the summit. Thanks for sharing.
Спасибо за вашу работу!
Wowee! The internet is truly amazing! I saw this when I was a kid in 88, and my history teacher bpught the tyranscript and read it to us. I always wanted to see more of it, how long was the original park bench interview and can you recall any anecdotes they didn't air. Thank you very much for letting us know;
I am as native Russian very thankful for all American people for helping to my country. God bless all Americans!!!! We will never forget!!!
I"m just sorry that we're such knuckleheads today. I'm worried that Biden is going to hurt Russia. Once he hurts Russia then the Russians are going to want to hurt Americans.
@@jamallabarge2665
Biden is not going to hurt Russia. 🙄
@Artur Sibagatullin
I knew a lovely Russian family who left Russia by way of Iran when the government was appropriating lands & property. These folks were the salt of the earth. Generous, loving, good God fearing people. Always something bubbling on the stove & fresh baked bread. They grew their own food & butchered their own meat. Saved the hides. Lived self sufficiently. They are gone now, either dead or moved away, and I miss them. Every single one.
@@jamallabarge2665 me too man. Trump was the only politician in my time that didnt actually want war and did everything in his power to prevent it. People are moronic for voting him out.
@@SkarTissue I'm still on the fence about the election. I keep hearing stories about Dominion Software and the Ballot counting process.
The Corporate Owned Media is so desperate to elect Biden.
Just the other day the Official News was "Electoral College Picks Biden". In the fine print is the news "The ballots are sealed until next year". In which case how did our Corporate Media know the results?
The "Greatest Generation." a Title well deserved.
Before the war they were known as the lost generation (kinda like no hopers with strange haircuts etc etc , (like we say about every generation that comes after us )
@@geargrinder4784 maybe your just shit mate , don't drag us down with you
Edit: I'm getting rid of the "Americans downplayed Canadians" part of my comment. This is me owning up to my words said here.
As a Canadian, I'm proud of my great uncle's Sacrifice. His name was Edmund Thomas, and he passed away near Caen, after storming the beach. I"m not sure what happened, but he passed in battle as far as I know. It didn't describe how he passed on the Offical government Canadian military site, and my grandma passed a few years back. As an indigenous man, it's not like he was fighting for equality, something we didn't have back then, but I find his sacrifice to be commendable. I hope to visit the gravesite in France one day, pay my respects to the man.
@Mike Tiger with sacrifice, not empty words.
@@InVinoVeratas always the victim aren’t you.
The captured Russian soldier were forced to work in the coal mines in Bavaria, often without food to eat. My grandfather (a German citizen) who worked with 2 of them would share his food with the soldiers, even thought he could be arrested and sent to a work camp for doing so. When a Russian division marched into the town and the Nazis fled things were hard for the citizens of the town but not my Grandfather and his kids. The Russians he shared his family's food with made sure, when they were free, to take care of the man (and his family) that had risked his own freedom to feed them. People are people. Take time to love the unloved.
That’s an awesome story.
Thanks for sharing.
By saving them he also saved himself and his family. Amazing full circle moment..
We were friends…comrades in arms. Together, we saved the world from the ultimate evil… 🇺🇸 ❤️ 🇷🇺
The soviet union represented ultimate evil, however they also wanted to take out the nazis so it was a tentative alliance.
@@DeusSalis Stalin may have been evil but the russian average person was just as kind and normal ans anyone. Look at this man in this video this was the everyday russian.
🇺🇸🤝🇷🇺 Much love from USA to Russia
now the 🇷🇺 are commiting those same atrocities in ukraine today, How could you support it!?
He served Josef Stalin, who was just about as bad.
These gentlemen warriors defeated the Nazis everyday by surviving. Beautiful story.
And there descendants are called Nazis for being pro US constitution now in places like my home city SF and Bay Area...
Wow the love at the end of the video is so true and amazing... ❤️
I'm not Russian, I'm not American. But seeing this story really touched me. I also respect how the journalist and his willingness to follow through with the whole story. I cannot recall seeing anything like this with modern journalism tho I'm sure its out there
Modern journalists would rather sow discord and denounce a side, rather than advocate unity and showcase camaraderie. They are too busy advocating their political stances, rather than let stories speak for themselves! They stopped being objective and force their readers to view events and people only through their narrow political viewpoint. And most importantly, they stopped listening to criticism and instead denounce any and all critics as the contemporary evil of society. They adapted to the advent of the internet in all the wrong ways,sacrificing all meaningful discourse in the name of not proliferating fake news. Whether from the one political spectrum or the other, this trend is bound to have serious ramifications in the coming years!
War is Peace. Slavery is Freedom. Ignorance is Strength.
@@ianlisk True wise words if I ever heard any.
@@kurdbear8468 yeah the bias in News media is so apparent nowadays.
Agreed. One of the saddest things about this story is the modern "journalists" would never tell it.
An equivalent would be the Pashtun Villagers who saved the US Navy SEAL and protected him from the Taliban, while caring and feeding him. Journalists tracked the dude down and brought him to the USA to meet the man he'd saved.
I'm watching this in 2021 and it brought me to tears and for 10 minuets i forgot about the problems we face today
Amen
ME TOO .
Some ppl do not realize the history of wars. Previous wars, weren't like present wars. Back then, is was a fight for resources. Now days, it's a fight for power. However, resources are running out, and so is power. People should get right with God. The time is nigh.
Same here. There are still so many good people. You wouldn't know it if you believed everything on the news. But the majority aren't racists or any of the other ugly names they label us with these days.
@@willdorten6867 Amen!
The reunion was beautiful. I love the Russian man’s heart and how he requests him to write and that he “will write back with all his heart”. Very powerful.
He is a very passionate man and I would have been honored to know him. I'm still honored to hear his story.
"why did we(americans) try to help them?" because that is who most of us Americans are....not what's read and seen in the media
@@brandtc.7991 Say that to Iraq lol
@Milano-perhaps you hate us bc you are full of hate. Perhaps you are the type that wouldn’t help your fellow man. There are people out there that are not like you. Thank God for that
@Milano bravisimo see, that's exactly the point of my original comment....you are hating on the GOVERNMENT, in reality the majority of the American PEOPLE are caring, loving, help a neighbor out....you exemplified my exact meaning of the propaganda....let govts hate each other....let us peoples of ALL nations help each other....F*** the governments
@Milano bravisimo so Lincoln, George Washington, and many other(not nowadays) presidents don’t count?
@Milano bravisimo I was born almost exactly 9 months after his murder in the town where he had a residence and got married....my REAL initials are JFK, I'm not saying he was my father, but think mom was a fan, she denies, but the coincidence just too great....pretty sure I was named in honor of
For those curious as to what happened to these men from this story (recorded in 1988), I'll say for most since for some I can't find at all: The two brothers who Dr. Aseyev mentioned, Michael & Peter Wowczuk passed away in 1967 & 1984 (respectively); Sidney Brockman passed away in 1990; & William Jarema passed away in 2012.
And something that wasn't mentioned here but was mentioned in Kuralt’s notes as he was putting together this story: How did the Germans find out of their plan? A nightguard ID'd as Corporal Alfred Jung discovered their operation a few nights after they've started & simply "turned his back and let them continue"; unfortunately, when his officers found out that he had been hiding the secret from them for some weeks, he was immediately taken away from the camp & executed by beheading. After the war, Dr. Aseyev managed to track down Mr. Jung's family & personally thanked them, & in exchange they later sent him a thank you letter & a portrait of the man who was "an exceptional member of the human race."
Thank you Steven. This made me think about all the good and brave "enemies" who sacrificed themselves like this boy. May he and all of them rest in peace.
What a man.
Steven Lambert - Thank you so much for the update on this compelling story. Sadly it’ll only be a few short years until the remaining WWII combat vets are gone, therefore, it is up to us to document and propagate stories like this.
Yeah that war brought out great evil from that country and great good.
@@deaterk agreed
This made actually made me cry. Such a sweet old Russian man and inspirational acts from the American POWs
I love that he had to tell his story. That generation was a tough lot.
THIS STORY IS PROOF OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT. Should be shown in every high school across America.
That’s true, This will decrease the hatred between America and Russia. This needs to be spread
@@coffeelink943 No American I have ever met hates Russians. The feelings between the two governments.... not so much.
@@johnnywhitsel1583 same to me, I haven’t met anyone that hate Russia personally, the one I know just dislike the government.
show it to the pentagon
No not just America across the world
God bless you America, from the bottom of the heart of this Russian, thank you.
Reporter Charles Kuralt could not have gotten anything on the air today. He was a JOURNALIST...
Back then there was a lot more "salt of the earth." Thanks be to Jesus Christ. NOW, the salt has lost much of its flavor & is trotted under the foot of Nazis', I mean Democrats.
@@steelcantuna so true !!! They must be STOPPED !!!!!
@@steelcantuna There are still many millions of people just like you describe. The corporate media has gone off the deep end and makes it seem as if everyone has turned into some soft little snowflakes, but that isn't the complete picture.
@@steelcantuna ....what does this have to do about democrats and what about republicans? They are also evil
@@steelcantuna this kind of comment doesn’t really contribute to your cause. I’m sure it seems clever but it’s just a regurgitation of rhetoric without understanding.
I wish the USA and Russia were like this now
the good folks of both countries still are
We are don't listen to the media when it comes down to the wire. It will be the same as always europe and Russia with north +south america united against the people who still haven't learned that freedom will always win there are too many people used to it
I wish the usa and the usa were like this now.
@katie rae That group are very good at dividing people. Rich vs poor, straight vs gay, men vs women, left vs right, cops vs their communities, poc vs white, whites vs themselves in some fucked up display of self-hatred that only one so demoralized and subverted could. We have some dark days ahead of us.
@Marshmallow Man Is there an argument in there somewhere? Fuck your little "further division" strawman.
My father fought in WW2 in Europe in the Army. He was in D-Day, was involved in the Liberation of Paris, fought in the Battle of the Bulge and helped with the Liberation and recovery at Bergen Belsen. He met the Russian troops near Berlin in late April 1945. My father was a country music singer and carried a guitar with him across Europe. When they met up with the Russians they saw my father's guitar and asked through an interpreter if my father could sing for them. With everything going on at the very end of the war in Europe my father entertained the Russian and American troops to celebrate the end of the war there. My father said the Russian troops were so friendly and appreciative for my father's gesture because Stalin had banned all American music in Russia and it was in high demand on the black market so it was a rare treat for them.
Keep this clip in mind whenever someone calls another people our "enemy."
Thank you, enemy is a word invented to motivate your own solders to kill with a vengeance to become a "hero" what a crock
The Russians were never our enemies, the politicians on both sides are.
"There were only about 8 of us"
No. When every American stayed silent when questioned, they all helped. Even though it was such a small thing. Their silence saved lives.
He's referring the running (or throwing) of the food. Only 8 knew of the details on how this was happing. Everyone else was in on it.
8,000 real americans. god bless "em all.
Why don't you go ahead and tell the mans story yourself.
Had anyone spoken up he would have had a short life.
Eyes dry? Nope. Good. This is is the best of humanity in the worst of circumstances.
If someone can watch this and not shed a tear they would not be my kind of people
@@mikebudzinski3879 Agreed.
True Brotherhood . . . under the worst, under circumstances. Must remember how far one could go . . . to maintain a sense, of humanity !
Chris Collier he said not one American betrayed me, man if that doesn’t make you cry? I quit. God bless those guys.
I'll also own up to crying from this video as well.
We were once allies and, God willing, we will be again some day. Our people are not enemies.
Sadly it's the government's that set the agenda.
I have nothing against Russia.... its always been the government. I will embrace love and defend any Russian that accepts me the way I accept them. PERIOD.
@@ashflame6888 you accept them as?
@@comradekenobi6908 Can you read? or are you just the special stupid? Really READ IT OUT...... sound it out..... and try again.
Not a chance with usa gov the way it is .I, personally think the only chance of any alliance would need D-C vanishing down a sink-hole !
...............
Finally, i found a video without politics in it, instead, its full of peace, proud and salute to each other. What a beautiful
Wow.....I didn't expect the reporter to go back and locate the Americans......Fantastic video....
obviously he went back this is a superb history and he knew that on spot.
Chris Abruzzi I did because I'm old enough to remember how news used to be. they actually did stories track people down looked up sources to make sure stuff was true you would have your news anchor give you the facts of the news and you didn't have 24-hour new shows that don't have reporters but just pendants with their own political leanings trying to get you to digest the news in their View.
MrXenon1987 Why didn't you expect that? They obviously would want to get a chance to meet again if they could. There was no travel restrictions for the USSR or the United States for a citizen to go to one or the other.
The Germans treated Soviet prisoners ruthlessly.
And verse visa. At war's end, Germans were desperate to surrender to Americans, so the Russians wouldn't get a hold of them.
The Soviets treated Soviet prisoners ruthlessly as well
@@Nog311 My grandfather was a prisoner of war in the Crimean until 1951, when Truman declared the war officially over and many prisoners could go home. His friends recall the journey to the prison camp in cattle trucks. At every stop a few prisoners would have died. The Russian CO would go to the local village and make up the numbers. When they got to their destination a significant number of prisoners were Russian.
@Kev Prz Is my humor getting above your head?
@@Nog311 Yes but when your enemy fought a war of annihilation against you, you shouldn’t expect 3 square meals, a warm fire and tickets to the Bolshoi ballet.
Where a Russian thanks US soldiers, and the current young generation, can't or wouldn't fathom the sacrifices of the older generation made up of these HERO'S.
Dude's not just "a Russian" he's a hero in his own right.
@Mutant Pig No perfect amount of strength.
@Mutant Pig the people of a country follow orders of the government leaders. We are all just humans. Governments and the few people in charge start wars not the citizens.
@Mutant Pig No shit, they would likely have been killed if they refused
@Mutant Pig You werent there, you dont know any reason for what happened. You dont know truth now let alone truth 80 yrs ago.
The Americans did sometimes great things. My Grandfather was as well impressed by the american soldiers in Germany 1945. They were the best, he said
Was he Russian?
Out of curiosity, what was your grandfathers nationality?
My grandfather fought in Europe with the US 90th Infantry Division.
@@TheTeddyGuy28 mine fought on D day, on juno beach, i asked him what he felt when the ramp dropped, he said to him and everyone, its like a numb feeling, he made it to the barbed wire up the beach, and a German shrapnel granade went off, killed all of his friends, and he was hit in the shoulder, he said he didnt feel it, he just saw blood squirting out than it felt hot, he had passed out and someone dragged him behind a bunker, looted his body not knowing he was alive, than someone found him after the battle, he was shot by an MG42 right through on another occasion and had a bullet lodged in his neck still after the war, must've been a ricochet,
he only told me about D day because i told him i watch documentaries about the war all the time, i was the only one he told, even over my dad and his siblings, i noticed he got a little emotional about D day so i changed the subject, he would not talk about what happened after D day, he said he'd come into contact with Americans but thats all, i didnt want to bug him
My father said the same. He was a ten year old French boy living near Versailles when WWll ended. He said he remembered the American GIs were very young, smiling all of the time and with perfect teeth. My grandmother would not allow her children near the German soldiers nor accept any candy or food from them. My father had many more stories, many way too sad and horrific.
You say that like Americans are ramming Russian ships in the Pacific ocean and not the other way around
These are the men who built the American middle class.
The ones who upheld the idea of fair play and tried to leave the world a better place.
God bless them all.
Fair play ? Ask the blacks how that all went.
@Mike Urashevich You don't know that. Today's kids are smarter than we ever were.
Why all dislike?
Dr. Evil Ask real Africans where they want to live ! I think 🤔 they are invading Europe as I type ! Why do so many peoples of color want to live amongst them racist whites ?
And look what they've done with the freedom and equality they have.
I served for twenty two years in both the USMC and US Army. This is, without a doubt, one of the best videos on You Tube, We should all learn to hate war.
Greetings to you as well J.D.!!
Good man.
You are wise as you are brave thanks
Thank you.
mikewarden57 Thank you ..
As I watched the Russian man sharing his story, my mind went to picturing him hearing Russians trash talking about Americans and telling them a story about Americans that put their own life on the line to save the lives of Russians. It was so important to this man to get his story told to millions of people and it was awesome to see his wish granted. This video has been watched by 1.8 million people in a single decade, I hope this story lives forever.
You are confusing your story,sorry
@@oliviawutam You seem confused about what I wrote. Which part of my original post are you disputing or don't understand?
@@oliviawutam Trust me, Reread it, and it'll makes sense watch! 😊At first read tho, it doesn't seem to make sense. I thought the same thing as you, Like, where tf is going with this comment lol
Amen
None of your leaders ever served ( Clinton , Trump and all the others of the elite
Crying my eyes out. What a feeling it must've been to meet a person who saved you from hunger-death and gifted you so many years of life.
@@VeganWitch111 What does any of this have to do with one good soldier saving his brother-in-arms?
@@johnsmith4811 if you happen to have that question answered, then you’re not a human being… just saying.
@@Xerdar36Ameen
This is a great story of Americans and Russians working together. If we were like this now there would be no limits to what we could achieve together.
AMEN to that!
Pretty much
One hell of a power couple id say
The godless ones will not allow it.
It's also a story of what happens when people are caught up in dire situations and the trivial things in life fall away. Some people can't sit back and watch it happen without doing something. It's why they're heroes. I always wonder if I'd have done it, and I don't think I'd have the courage.
Beautiful story. I miss journalists like Charles Kuralt.
Journalism is dead today.
RIP Journalism... sad.
@@grbmajor6645 No, journalism still alive and well. The problem is that the problem is that the American populace is complicate in burying it.
Most news is not politics in any way, and if it is, usually it's about things like city council.
However, outlets like CNN, Fox, The Times, and MSBC have to reach wider audience, and a story that only effects say... Cleveland, won't gather much attention.
Their need to chase ratings only compounds the problems.
The truth is: THEY ARE GIVING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT.
Stories like this, although usually less dramatic, are very common in local news channels and papers. They are actually often held in contempt by the viewership for being "fluff." I would say that is not entirely fair, but it is the reality of what readers/viewers think.
These outlets also tend to be less politically focused, with better sources, and stories directly relevant.
However, people are increasingly turning their back on local outlets in favor of national... and being less informed as a result.
You could just find better sources, but you would rather talk in soundbites... ironically, one of the problems with some forms of modern journalism.
You tell the American people there is a problem, they will all line up to stop, you say they are part of the problem, they will plug their ears.
@@louurich9087 Yes, journalism is still alive, but NO it is not well.
My proof? Two words - Hunter Biden.
@@grbmajor6645 only in the usa..
Can we please play this video throughout America and Russia? Now would be a good time, no?
Mandatory watch for all high school students.
Man....just imagine America and Russia being close allies. The world would be a different place for sure.
Russians were our allies in world ww1..the Russians lost most of their men to ww1..
@@lindamahrer1760
We were allies for WW2 too despite having opposing views
I kinda wished it would’ve stayed that way
The entire world would be 20× more advanced and we wouldn't have to worry about China if only the social democrats had won against the bolsheviks.
People organize themselves...
@Shirt Flames That’s just the way it is. Political division causes wars & massacres, but we’re all people living on the same rock.
This should be played in our American Junior High’s.
Yes, we need to teach kids about the horrors of war and drugs. Drugs are a MAJOR problem in my state of Kentucky.
Might want to show it to the , now soon to be lame duck president
@john bloggs Might want to show her to the lame duck president too. He likes 'em a bit skanky- It is funny how many stories the Russians come up with that turn out to be bs. In the 30's, they claimed to fly across Antarctica in a single engine plane, but the one that was photographed departing Russia had a different antennae than the one that landed in Vancouver Washington.
They are teaching kids that republicans/trump supporters are Nazi's
@@kevinjohnson7300 I guess there's no comparison between Hitler in his bunker ordering his generals futilely to attack in the last days of the war and Trump in the White House futilely ordering his lawyers to attack in the last days of his administration.
"We were repaid *many* times, by having that feeling of self satisfaction"
Wow. I am nearly speechless. These men were simply born different, the greatest generation indeed.
When the russian guy opened his sack of goodies and made that sound of happiness,man literally got me right in the feels....
I'm an American raised during the cold war and this warmed my heart. I grew up fearing 'the evil empire' and now my wife of 15 years is Russian and we have two wonderful children together. Our countries are incredibly powerful individually but together we are unstoppable.
Me too .... Got a tri-lingual daughter born in Moskau , and zero psychological compatibility with nationalists . Russia has a completely different mentality .... and her mum is exteme and refuses any criticism of Russia .... ( like an inverted inferiority complex) . And isnt it about time we stopped obsessing about the great patriotic war , it was 80 years ago and the Germans are about the most cultured intelligent people on the planet....... My dad ecsaped the Gestapo during the naz invasion of rotterm - just - my uncle was killed by the Japanese but it is such a long time ago that it hardly seems relevant ,....Not in any way overlooking Kiev , Leningrad , Stalingrad , Rzhev , Okinawa etc
The empire was evil, I'd say... but it's men and women are no less human, capable of love and compassion, than the citizens of any other nation. People seem to forget that a person isn't their country.
Thanks for sharing, I love finding personal accounts like yours in the comments
If he had been the type of pompous self-righteous journalist today, he probably would have never even taken the time can meet that old man and learn this incredible story.
Always take time to be kind to others and listen to their stories.
I really don't think they had a choice. He was pretty insistant on speaking to a reporter.
This is one of the coolest war stories I've ever witnessed. I have an extreme respect for these men.
There Nothing cool about war
@@oliviawutam I doubt that’s what op meant
@@oliviawutam I got the impression PIVIDUB was referring to the story telling and not the war. There just happened to be a war going on.
Coolest? You haven't got any idea what you are writing about, nitwit. Needless to say that it's quite totally evident that English is not your mother tongue or you are a damned ignorant.
The World is a better place today because of Veterans like them (Russian & American) fellow humans. Bless your families, both!
Yeah forget all about the *Brits* who actually stood up *ALONE* to Hitler for 3 years! Feck me!
@@pup1008 Forgive me please, and I humbly apologize for over looking them! They somehow slipped my mind and I never gave the a thought. I'm ashamed I was so careless about not mentioning The Brits, and my family came from Hevingham, England. Norfolk County to Irasburg, Vermont. In 1843.
@@HomerDPoll
No problem my friend & thank you for being man enough to do that. 👍
It's just that so many films are "American-centric" & seem to totally discount our involvement in WW2. Truth be known it was won by American money & Russian blood but we did stand alone against German tyranny in two world wars initially.
Norfolk is a lovely place, lot of people in the South East make it up that way saying it is like the UK was maybe 40 years ago.
@@pup1008 Your welcome my friend & fellow human! Although I'm an American due to being born in America, as my ancestors came here from England. I have never forgot my roots. Mostly England 60% from my father. And a little Scottish 20%, & 20% Irish from my Mother's side. I kid my friends and tell them, I'm afraid to attend a soccer game, cause I don't want to root for the wrong side and get an ass beating. So I just enjoy watching on tv!
@@HomerDPoll
😄 I love America & Americans too! Been there a few times & always received a warm & genuine welcome!
The Scots are great people although they might not always say the same of us 😄 but the Irish are something else, one of my favourite countries to visit.
Football, as we call it, is a religion over here. Big disappointment in the summer as we made it to the finals but then lost the Euro Cup. 😕
Lovely talking to you! Sorry we got off on a tetchy start. We greatly value the help America gave us in the war & the lives sacrificed for the cause.
Someone make a damn movie out of this!
Hollywood would rather make a movie of girls trapped in a pool. (They actually did))
please do as well with the Jumping Joe story. It was when a russian battalion save an american from a POW Camp. and the american beg to the only Soviet Female Tank Commander to fight alongside with them. she died but the american went into Germany got injured and survive.
"Hart's War" ca 2002 has a subplot regarding this content
Hollywood won't do movies like this anymore. It would make the American military (and straight White men) look good, and make Germans look like the bad guys. Also, there is no way to make a woman the center of the story and the "brave heroine" who risks her life to save the Russians. Simply put, it does not fit the SJW narrative.
No they shouldn't. Hollywood could fuck up a junkyard.
I am an American. I have always had a great respect for the Russian people. Their government, not so much...
More Americans and Russians need to see this.
I'm an American who has been living here in Russia for two years now. So special to see these two men reunited at the end of this video. My wife just approached me to find out why I'm sitting here smiling and crying.
American here.. I’ve always wanted to go there. Russian women seem a lot more my style. I know how that sounds lol. The females here in the west are so stuck up these days because of how society is and I’ve been sick of it for along time. The women over there don’t seem to be like that. Obviously they are so attractive and beautiful over there but just they way they act compared to females in the USA is so much better. Females in the USA think they are queens.. like you owe them something right from the start and it makes me sick. No they are not all like that but a large number seem to be anymore.
@@bmorg5190 ew
@@bmorg5190 You're a clown. Lots of women in the US are stuck up, but most russian women in the US are worse. Have fun buying them a mercedes/bmw, house, and clothing you can't afford 😂😂
@@bmorg5190 who asked?
@@aztronomy7457 this is a comment section you complete idiot and you are asking.. 🤣🤦♂️ uh durrrrr
I’m 34 and grew up in a rural community in Southern Indiana. During Veterans Day my 6th grade year a ww2 vet came and spoke to us. Long story short he served in the European theater and he told us a story about when his unit liberated a POW camp.
I’ll never forget as he explained how malnourished the people were in those camps. He said everyone in his squad was weeping as they made their way through the camp. They got towards one of the last buildings they hadn’t cleared out and he said a big Russian came running at them from around a corner with his arms outstretched and gave him a giant bear hug. They were pretty deep into Germany and so they decided that from then on they would give the Russian an American uniform and he fought with them for months.
They finally happened upon some Russians and the Russian went around and said his farewells to everyone and they went their separate ways. Even during the worse parts of the Cold War he had tried yearly to get in touch with him but was never able to find him. I’ll always remember this story. In a lot of ways including my family who have served it was a big reason for me to join the service.
It’s important to talk to our veterans who aren’t going to be around for much longer. You never know the perspective they will give you or how they will impact your life.
Thank you for your service.
"they would give the Russian an American uniform and he fought with them for months..." I would have had a hard time believing that had I not just read a similar tale in Anthony Beevor's book about the Battle of Arnhem. Dutch guys who were keen joined the Americans and fought with them, not just in NL, but well into Germany until the end of the war.
Hey mate, I recently watched a video about Joseph Beyrle, check his story out
I recently heared a similar story on the radio (im Russian) about american soldeir who lots in occupied europe during paratrooper landing, got into concenctation camp, broke out, got captured and put back in again, then was liberated by soviet armor batalion, they got him a land-lease sherman and he joned the battle again, then got wounded and was in hospital till the end of war. He survived and returned home.
Very well said sir
Many of you might not be old enough to remember, but this is how news used to be. Awesome story, I wish the mainstream media would rid themselves of all the taking heads and hire professionals again with real stories to tell.
YES! Its very sad to see the recent news and journalists who think a dog playing with a cat is a riveting professional triumph.
Yep. Information. Not opinion.
Could be worse- I tried watching right wing "news." Little more than pro-Trump propaganda. Sad to see the way Fox and Company panders to the far right...no information, all opinion.
geshnizusa happy to say that in Canada there is still stories like this being told on CBC
In the USA, it used to he, it did not matter whether you won or lost, what mattered was how you played the game.
I ask Milenials about this.. they never heard it before. Ever since 1980, "winning" is all that matters, and the more ruthless, the more you cheat and hurt the other guy, the better.
Let's get the US back to where we were, back to where we are SUPPOSED to be : honor and ethics. Loom like arrests will begin soon- then, after it is All over, let us bring our country hack.
When media told stories honestly and let it be told by those who lived it, rather than put an agenda on it.
Charles Kuralt was one of the best.
"He was an ALLY." 🥺 🇷🇺🇺🇸🥺
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@@walthermodel01 🤓
@@walthermodel01 clown 🤡
Now this is a true example of real manliness. God bless all the brave people who fight for common humanity.
thank you for saying that.
hell yeah! these are they stories that make me tear up and love the other side of humans!
🥲Yes
Soldiers should always be locked up though, because they are trained to murder.
@@AK-tx1vg they are trained to protect their nation and it's people
Media and Propaganda seperate us
We are much alike I believe
Personally I like Russians
Yes. The Russians are great, the Russian state really sucks.
@@DerDop I've been very careful about this lately. I kept saying "Russians" when I really meant the Kremlin. The Russians themselves don't deserve my scorn, and I didn't mean it toward them at all. I don't like autocrats as they crush the spirit of the people. All over the world today, we have a battle to contain autocracy and authoritarianism. In that, we are united with so many other people, although some of us are not yet awake to the danger.
they don't like you
@Chris Davis I said "they", I'm from a post soviet country and there are russian leftovers from the occupation and they don't like you
Constantin Raileanu so does the US government
Between 3 and 3 1/2 MILLION Russian POW’s were starved to death in open air prisons by the Nazis. Hardly any buildings. Some had to dig into the ground to keep warm. My father in law was one of the fortunate ones who survived. He even witnessed cannibalism in the camp.
Its all about people feeling love for humanity
Not even gonna lie I cried like a baby watching this. This is so touching.
You are not alone
Yeah, that escalated quickly for me too
Buckets! Me too...
My dad was there and told me stories. I cried
Wow
I'm sitting out here in this parking lot just crying my eyes out this story totally took me off guard. This was so beautiful. God bless the Americans and the Russians who fought in World War II.
Hi Mark! I'm Russian. I felt the same as you. That's what the people of all nations should feel watching this great video.
All the allies.
1000% WE THE FREE PEOPLE OF HUMANITY SHOULD *ALL* ALLY TOGETHER AGAINST ALL EVIL AND TYRANNY AND MAKE IT RETREAT ONCE AND FOR ALL INTO THE DEPTHS OF HELL!
@@TR4zestMI
The Russians took such a horrible toll in that war. A little light in all that makes me proud. God bless that Russian Dentist and his friends he found on the American side. We were never that different.
These men are hero’s not hollywood or boys that can put a ball in a metal circle.
For those of you who live this story. Check out Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler. Charlie was flying a B-17 bomber, that was barely flying after being struck and the Germans spotted him and told Franz to knock the b-17 out of the air while attempting to fly back to the allied base for repairs. Franz hopped in his plane and caught up and saw the startled Americans fearing for their lives and instead escorted the B-17 to safety in allied occupied air space. The two later met each other and become best of friends until their deaths just months apart. Another awesome story of soldiers overcoming their governmental differences.
Currently 20 years old crying my ass off at 5:18 in the morning. Thank anyone who takes these videos
4:22 am. 21 years old. Was sad about my life being so difficult with loosing my dog and so much family passing away within a single year. This has brought a much needed uplift in my spirits despite being some decades old.
Dude, for real. WTF am I going to do with these puffy eyes in the morning. I just wasn’t expecting such a great story.
@@tomatosteve3444 Hang in there, James. I've been there and can tell you that things do get easier with time. Just know that you are loved. God bless you.
If this story doesn't get ya, check your pulse!
Brought tears to my eyes... remind me of my dad... he was in WW2 in Europe and saw some of the prisoners that were liberated and said it was horrific you could not have believed they did that to people... he was only 17 years old@ the time...
If this story doesn't get ya, you might be a politician!
I remember a TV show once, where someone brazenly asked, "Am I my brother's keeper?" And the person he snarled that at just quietly said, "The answer is supposed to be 'yes.'"
A beautiful reunion of men. "had me weeping, it's a different type of weeping".. WOW.. powerful.
I wish my wife would stop cutting onions so I can finish watching this video....
lol
littlestflyable Youre really milking the onion thing in here arent you?
To get shot for a cigarette ,war is hell.
Yeah, that’s just pure hatred.
Guess the reasoning is if they could pass cigarettes, they could pass anything.
@@Lengsel7 Awful times
smoking kills
worth it bro
Damn.. old warriors, heroes, crying.. breaks my heart.
If our grandfathers could get along so well, why can't we?
Beautiful. They were indeed the greatest generation.
All these men had to be heartbroken when they saw the state of Russian/American relations for the next 40 years when the war ended. Another reminder that just because the governments of two countries are irreconcilably different doesnt mean the people have to hate eachother.
Certainly helps the Democrats running false flag political bullshit against the Russians. With that krap going on there is no hope of it getting better any time soon.
Excellent point
We'll did swallow capitalism hook, line, and sinker. It was flashy, so it had to be right. I'm not saying Stalin was better, but we chose our side. Well, the upper-class chose it and we died for it. In reality, it is all in our heads and wealthy pockets.
@@Toddcinca , Yeah like Putin is such a saint with no insidious agenda. idiot
@@fernandoharo3738 Oh no big scary Easterner wants to reclaim former Soviet territory and sell his raw resources waaah what will Europe do if America can't protect them from that totally-evil-arch-enemy?
My step father weighed 83 pounds upon liberation. He always spoke about how badly the Russians were treated. Many more died than American soldiers. He spoke of sharing what little they had with the Russians.
And yet people still say that Americans didn’t do shit to help the Soviets…
Those people are so ignorant then 🤦♂️ USA sent them thousands of planes, tanks, and trucks.. not to mention tons and tons of food.. a lot more also. This is for the people saying it didn’t happen too not you brotha. You’re spot on. Man I wish both of our countries could get together. Be cool just for all of us to hangout. Just us normal people. That goes for all the countries too. Sick of all this crap humans do to each other. I’m sure you are as well 😒
This Russian Dentist reminds me of a Russian Archie Bunker - I liked him immediately.
When they are reunited, and the wife pats him and says, "Isn't that lovely?" She sounds like Betty Boop. ☺
Nice story.
@@okeydokey3120 And she even looks like Edith!
@@SH-kn7ut lol
When men where men. And make no mistake these were real men thank you for sharing this it means a lot to some of us and may God bless you
In my travels though life, in the workplace, in social settings such as church or community gatherings, I've met plenty of men who are men in this era. I appreciate what you're saying, but maybe it wasn't necessary to put down the younger men of today.
Most of my bloodline died fighting on the Eastern Front. The ones who survived escaped the Soviet Union a few decades later to become proud Americans. Forever thankful for the USA.
“Why did the Americans take dangerous chances night after night to smuggle food to the Dr.?” Because we are Americans and this is our way, and by God it always will be 🇺🇸
Don't jerk yourself off thinking of yourself TOO hard now...
@@The_Essential_Review
@@The_Essential_Review The idea of nobility and pride to a fault is a very American way of thought. Whether that’s a good thing or not is up to you, but that’s just the way we are
@@guaceldono7231 I am an american but he just sounds quite full of himself
@@The_Essential_Review Having pride in your countrymen being willing to risk their lives to help people they don't have any obligation or reason to is warranted, and infinitely better than whatever the hell you're doing. Your behavior is disgraceful and you probably would have turned in the guys helping the Russian POWs like a coward, considering the spineless air of your comments.
большая любовь к моему русскому брату и сестрам 🇺🇸🇷🇺
Wish I could read this too 🤝 🇷🇺 ✌️🏽🇺🇸 🖖🏾
@@monk071 it means "
great love for my Russian brother and sisters"
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Напиток павшим
From Russia with Love America
Tears fall down my eyes. my fellow Americans were angels. They had souls and heart. The were raised to respect others. As a son of a WWII veteran, St. Malo, Brittany, France, I salute you humanitarians, you angels. You Americans.
We must never forget . We need to keep on telling these stories
Oh my I can’t stop crying!! What a generation that was!! ❤️
I am a Jamaican, but this story has universal appeal. It is so poignant.
🙌🏼
EVEN JAMAICA PARTICIPATED IN WW ii. DO NOT THINK IT DID NOT.
Well-said. Well-said.
Russian people are like that. If you have ever had a Russian friend, you'd know how warm and caring they really are.
I disagree, my russian friend would constantly bully me. Evidently we are not friends anymore but I wish him well.
@@adepic7927 You should have bullied him right back. That's how they test you. Once they find out what you're made of, you're in like flint.
@@nobodyknows3180 I think the saying is "in like Flynn". In like flint was a movie with James Colburn derived from the saying "in like Flynn" as a play on words. In America referring to Errol Flynn but it has different derivatives in other countries.
Just sayin'.
My Russian friends are pretty awesome people
@Harry The Hat That's pretty much it in a nutshell - Russians don't suffer fools or tricksters, but once they get to know you, they will show you their warm and caring side. Politicians, not so much, Russians won't suffer fools kindly but they do seem to tolerate being abused by their own governments a lot. They've lived through tsars, and bolsheviks, and leninists, and now Putin. It just shows you how tough Russians are in order to survive, and just why they won't tolerate fools in their own personal lives.
My wife's father was Russian, my mother-in-law Ukranian.
Every American should see this and feel the warmth of caring humanity... this is wonderful.
This is a very heartfelt tale indeed...
"The first casualty of war is the truth"
I can’t imagine the amount of stories like this we never heard about. And now that most of these men and women are dead we never will find out.
No, the people who hold the stories are still alive, or hold the stories alive. You also know where to find them.
So much more the reason we value what we learn, and pass it on!
I am so glad this man got to live a long life.
Now, this is a story for the ages.
Fantastic story! Back when the media gave a damn about the troops and people of this country!
There are many stories like this, they should be widely known... let's not forget that a German soldier saw what was happening and just pretended not to see... and was executed when the Gestapo discovered the operation. It brought tears in my eyes.
I have to believe that God was with the poor German soldier who was beheaded for his humanity and that those that beheaded him got their just desserts.
War is started by tyrants, not by the people lost who are honorable and duty bound to serve.
There are plenty of stories of good decent people on every side who put their own lives at terrible risk to save and help others. These individuals know the true meaning of the words courage and heroism.
All soldiers are just "patsies" used by their governments
@@tiradoentertainmentllc.2517 What? Where did you see that he was beheaded? Did I miss something?
This Americans are real heroes, allies and just good guys! ✌️
Russians are smart and nice but ill take WHISKEY over vodka unless youre pouring
Hate that our politics divide us. We could be pretty close allies if politicians didnt make us enemies
@@charleslee1960 Russian vodka is best
@@livewellwitheds6885 vodka is my favorite but i do like a good whiskey from time to time
@@kylecruz1327 Outstanding observation, so true, Спасибо
One of the best stories I've ever seen reported ever! Whew. I'm a sobbing, blubbering mess now. We must never forget. Never.
What love. What those young soldiers did was love. What the Russian doctor lived and gave back gratitude and love. Astounding.