WATCH: 97-year-old WWII vet jumps from plane again in Omaha Beach for 75th D-Day Anniversary

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 มิ.ย. 2019
  • A 97-year-old World War II veteran and former paratrooper jumped from a plane in France on Wednesday, 75 years after first jumping in Normandy during D-Day.

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  • @jacstone2237
    @jacstone2237 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5821

    Grandpa:dont mind the bad landing..back then bullets were flying everywhere.

    • @oldi184
      @oldi184 4 ปีที่แล้ว +161

      were flying everywhere
      are flying now
      were flying back then

    • @sonnypruitt6639
      @sonnypruitt6639 4 ปีที่แล้ว +233

      @@oldi184 Thank you English major nazi.

    • @norms3913
      @norms3913 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Machine gun rounds and flak rounds from the aa flak guns would filling the skies back then

    • @jakesanchez3415
      @jakesanchez3415 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Flak Gun bullets blasts are seriously scary that time. close blasts, jesus Christ!

    • @WilliamKing-hf8lc
      @WilliamKing-hf8lc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@sonnypruitt6639 LOL... Really,... like we need to be corrected on what Jac Stone meant. I bet oldi184 is fun to hang out with. He soooo smrt (Smart for you oldi184)

  • @blakedurston
    @blakedurston 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12122

    “Sorry about the landing”
    “Its ok, it was still better than last time”

    • @amiribr8341
      @amiribr8341 4 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      Hah

    • @poggersquirrel583
      @poggersquirrel583 4 ปีที่แล้ว +635

      That’s depressing as hell.

    • @shutyobishazzup4578
      @shutyobishazzup4578 4 ปีที่แล้ว +405

      yeah looks like he went through hell that time.

    • @johnfrancisterne1072
      @johnfrancisterne1072 4 ปีที่แล้ว +613

      Considering that his last jump had flak guns firing all over the place, this looks like a vacation

    • @zCopyCatz
      @zCopyCatz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +218

      at least this time no guns were shooting at us*

  • @Ryy_Ryy
    @Ryy_Ryy ปีที่แล้ว +1023

    So crazy to think the last time he made that same jump was one of the scariest days of his life and he survived it to do it again as a hero near the end of his life. This was so awesome to watch.

    • @rolfen
      @rolfen ปีที่แล้ว +17

      This was probably the second scariest day of his life. Doing a parachute landing at this age!

    • @jesryldacera6219
      @jesryldacera6219 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      The most badass grandpa ever🎉😮

    • @user-tv7ht3kh1b
      @user-tv7ht3kh1b ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you for being German

    • @Vin_San
      @Vin_San ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Just hope that he hadn't a traumatic memory issue, like, feeling again the Flak guns, or feeling sad about his brothers in arms with him in the plane that didn't make it.
      Paratroopers on D-day were the thunderstorm of the free world of this time.

    • @josefang9211
      @josefang9211 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      and remember his comrades ☹

  • @Pulsonar
    @Pulsonar ปีที่แล้ว +340

    This near 100 year old man made me feel very small indeed. To return nearly 80 years later by parachute to where his comrades fell on the bloodiest of all D-Day beaches is one of the bravest things I’ve ever seen.

    • @user-vy8bd4ny8q
      @user-vy8bd4ny8q ปีที่แล้ว +2

      How small? I mean I am only Midget height at 4 ft 8, so yeah I am small.

    • @kigezifaithministry3797
      @kigezifaithministry3797 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

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  • @BeautifuLakesStreamsBiologists
    @BeautifuLakesStreamsBiologists ปีที่แล้ว +1950

    Tom passed away in November of 2022 at the age of 101. He lived and gave more than most all of us. His spirit now soars.

    • @luvmydogs8389
      @luvmydogs8389 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      R.I.P. honorable soldier. You gave so much for our great country and we could never pay you or those who give their lives back for your bravery and courage. Thank you sir for your service 🇺🇸😞🙏.

    • @ehirano1516
      @ehirano1516 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Damn, 97 and being able to jump in the same place he did during WWII. RIP Sir. Thank you for giving us the best of you to this beautiful nation.

    • @ssherrierable
      @ssherrierable ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Keep your opinions to yourself

    • @LawsonsPlanestrainsandFishing
      @LawsonsPlanestrainsandFishing ปีที่แล้ว +12

      R.I.P TOM ❤😢

    • @user-vy8bd4ny8q
      @user-vy8bd4ny8q ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tom aint dead ok

  • @sidney-kt6zu
    @sidney-kt6zu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2738

    When you realize he was only 22 years old when he first jumped on Omaha beach.

    • @Soundeagle3456
      @Soundeagle3456 4 ปีที่แล้ว +224

      really puts today's 22 year old's in perspective.

    • @inked1516
      @inked1516 4 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      Well back then even younger bois were going in war cus they needed a lot of troops

    • @yopeepthestyle8308
      @yopeepthestyle8308 4 ปีที่แล้ว +124

      Yep, todays 22 average year old is an attention from strangers on the internet seeking, fishing for likes, selfie taking and complain about everything self entitled drama queen. Oh what time does.

    • @imonlyhers.
      @imonlyhers. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      yea his my team mate in 1942

    • @imonlyhers.
      @imonlyhers. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      but i died

  • @TrishEllis-vd9ii
    @TrishEllis-vd9ii 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

    We should all have the utmost respect for this man. He jumped into absolute horror, to do it again for absolute joy!! Will we ever have another generation like this again....?

    • @kathyleicester7306
      @kathyleicester7306 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Yes, they are already here. Did you watch the NC frat guys holding the flag off the ground for an hour? That's a good sign.

    • @maryleibfried2104
      @maryleibfried2104 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      That's why they call it the Greatest Generation "☝️

    • @Oliver-yw9hv
      @Oliver-yw9hv 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@kathyleicester7306 that happened? can you send me a link plz

  • @yasmintomic
    @yasmintomic หลายเดือนก่อน +64

    Can you imagine the feelings and memories he relived that day ❤

    • @elenavoicu8150
      @elenavoicu8150 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      ❤ 👍👍👍...

  • @gyges5741
    @gyges5741 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13180

    Props to the camera man for jumping out without a parachute and living

  • @jacqueshenry3325
    @jacqueshenry3325 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3368

    These guys who stormed the beaches on D-day had nuts that dragged the ground

    • @ChinBiter47
      @ChinBiter47 4 ปีที่แล้ว +140

      Or they had no choice, kinda hard to run away when youre at sea.

    • @charlesbeans2398
      @charlesbeans2398 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      There nuts were carried by boat

    • @TheRedwall111
      @TheRedwall111 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      CardboardKing not like they got on the boats thinking they were going to Fiji. Opposed amphibious landings are always a bitch

    • @applejacks971
      @applejacks971 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      That's what was in their ruck sacks

    • @deadlybladesmith3093
      @deadlybladesmith3093 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@TheRedwall111 they really are

  • @_MEGADETH
    @_MEGADETH 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

    The scenes that played in his mind during the ride up must have been out of this world.... 🤯🤯🤯🤯

  • @WilliamHill-in6yz
    @WilliamHill-in6yz ปีที่แล้ว +128

    My grandfather was a WW2 vet, God bless those men.

    • @kigezifaithministry3797
      @kigezifaithministry3797 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

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    • @TheHilariousGoldenChariot
      @TheHilariousGoldenChariot 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Same here

    • @InnocentPotato-pd7wi
      @InnocentPotato-pd7wi หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      My Great -Uncle died on a beach in Anzio, Italy in February 1944. He was a Staff Sgt.in the US Army. We are of German-Swiss Ancestry! He was definitely NOT A LOSER! 🇩🇪 🇨🇭 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • @mrtiesthatbind
      @mrtiesthatbind หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@InnocentPotato-pd7wiGerman Americans have given a lot to the US. Brooklyn Bridge is one of their masterpiece

    • @InnocentPotato-pd7wi
      @InnocentPotato-pd7wi 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@mrtiesthatbind Thanks for that information! Many American Medical students went to Europe to Germany & France to get a better education . Medical schools in the USA in the late 1800's and early 1900's were not as good as European schools! 👩‍⚕️🧑‍⚕️👩‍⚕️🧑‍⚕️

  • @andrewparisotto2631
    @andrewparisotto2631 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1997

    Man is 97 hits the ground at a horrible angle and when asked if hes ok “yea were fine” real men back in those days

    • @caleb1837
      @caleb1837 3 ปีที่แล้ว +134

      nowadays men question if they are men 🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @karenmessinger9609
      @karenmessinger9609 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      They don't make them like that anymore for sure. Brave men.

    • @cowboyrome731
      @cowboyrome731 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He wasn't fine! He almost fell when he tried to walk to his wife. Something didn't look right.

    • @NickSiekierski
      @NickSiekierski 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Luckylarry911 silverstein they might not fight, but they wouldn't join the Nazis, stupid comment

    • @thesadslav419
      @thesadslav419 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Luckylarry911 silverstein what?

  • @AfroCurl42
    @AfroCurl42 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2967

    My guy's having flashbacks like crazy

    • @christianmullis9263
      @christianmullis9263 3 ปีที่แล้ว +137

      *pulls out gun*

    • @averageimbecile6222
      @averageimbecile6222 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      There’re in the trees

    • @captainriker9088
      @captainriker9088 3 ปีที่แล้ว +196

      @@averageimbecile6222 wrong war lmao

    • @GuacAttack
      @GuacAttack 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      fax why would he wanna go back heretho I feel like it's forced

    • @Benni259
      @Benni259 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Captain Riker HAHAHHHHAHHAHHAAHAHHAAHHHHAHAA

  • @Pentoute45
    @Pentoute45 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    Today is June 6th 2024. Celebrations are still going on in Juno Beach, Normandy, France at this very time.
    80 years after D-Day and 5 years after your second jump, we all wanted to thank you once more Tom.
    May the purest peace be with you always.

  • @hippiewithacowboyhat
    @hippiewithacowboyhat ปีที่แล้ว +9

    All you young guys look at that old man. Thats a hero. Thats a tough guy. Thats someone to aspire to be like one day.
    So pull your damn pants up, quit your victim mentality, be a daddy to your babies, and get a damn job...

  • @cancelanime1507
    @cancelanime1507 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2454

    He looks more like he’s in his early 80s damn..

    • @unclezlatin1495
      @unclezlatin1495 4 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      My grate grandmother is 86 and is in worst condition

    • @alfie2891
      @alfie2891 4 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      Im sorry to hear that
      I hope she lives longer

    • @darthvader4323
      @darthvader4323 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      you.....look.......familiar?

    • @SkyIon
      @SkyIon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      nah, early 70s

    • @restinpeacekobe2411
      @restinpeacekobe2411 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      More like 75

  • @croccodoggo9989
    @croccodoggo9989 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12769

    Everybody gangsta until grandpa pulls out an m1 garand

    • @techticalgaming2296
      @techticalgaming2296 4 ปีที่แล้ว +311

      And a Thompson 😂

    • @thegongoolzler2677
      @thegongoolzler2677 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Yooooo, i am so glad i imagined that

    • @geraltofrivia323
      @geraltofrivia323 4 ปีที่แล้ว +194

      technically paratroopers carried M1 Carbines
      but i get the joke

    • @theoneandonly1355
      @theoneandonly1355 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@geraltofrivia323 not all of them would of Carried carbines

    • @user-sl4dr1ou2q
      @user-sl4dr1ou2q 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      What about a Mosin-Nagant rifle?

  • @ollieox9181
    @ollieox9181 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    To think how brave this guy was to jump back then - when the airplane and parachute tech was in its infancy. Many respects.

    • @AmenYeshua
      @AmenYeshua ปีที่แล้ว +18

      And flak and machine gun fire constantly being sent skywards.

    • @Homer-je1pz
      @Homer-je1pz ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And whats the alternative? Not jump and get shot for treason?

    • @ollieox9181
      @ollieox9181 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Homer-je1pz
      Yeah, umm, such a thing would not fall under treason. They didn't execute soldiers for such a thing. He would likely just be kicked out of the Airbourne Corps and made to be a regular trooper. It wouldn't be a Private Slovik situation; this wouldn't be desertion and certainly not treason.
      He might get into trouble for disobeying a lawful command.

    • @PRH123
      @PRH123 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Not really in it's infancy, the equipment and procedures were already well developed, and have changed very little since then to the present day...

    • @tvre0
      @tvre0 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ollieox9181 yeah, shooting them is something the germans would have done lol

  • @dannylaw7367
    @dannylaw7367 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +78

    I was 82 Airborne, and this 97 year old, great shape hero, is still a hero all these years later. May God bless and keep him even longer to inspire us all.

    • @kigezifaithministry3797
      @kigezifaithministry3797 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

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    • @breaker86
      @breaker86 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      AMEN...................AGREE

    • @lyndafayesmusic
      @lyndafayesmusic 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      These videos at least mean communicating in an eloquent language instead of a bunch of American gibberish?
      Back when leaders fought to defend the rights of the innocent, instead of massacring for power and greed.
      "God Gave Them One More Day" and " Why War?!"
      VideosToInspireHumanityByFredGold&LyndaFaye
      Dedicated to our vets who've been displaced by Joe's new asylum seekers!

    • @johngraham6181
      @johngraham6181 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      My uncle was a doc with the 82nd Airborne and made it through. Makes you think what he went through.

  • @gamingwithderick7521
    @gamingwithderick7521 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1699

    The dislikes are the people who lost against him in WWII

    • @christianmullis9263
      @christianmullis9263 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      2:39 his smile, he misses the action

    • @thedinotim7544
      @thedinotim7544 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The plush Channel I don’t they can dislike the video

    • @sovietunion1700
      @sovietunion1700 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@thedinotim7544 theres something called a joke

    • @hawru2883
      @hawru2883 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They ded tho

    • @Chendoart
      @Chendoart 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Living in the villas that there grandparents stole from European jews.

  • @gusgotter5280
    @gusgotter5280 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2232

    “hey, sorry about the landing.” “don’t worry, last time i landed 2 miles away from the rest of my platoon in the middle of war torn france”

    • @jeremy6987
      @jeremy6987 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Now that funny

    • @daniellee3507
      @daniellee3507 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Man i thought he act said that

    • @chinmaydesai2449
      @chinmaydesai2449 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      At least this time nobody is trying to shoot me while I am landing

    • @ilovecadoYT
      @ilovecadoYT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Legend has it this is Private Ryan

    • @mvaro1241
      @mvaro1241 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And thats how im alive

  • @ironbomb6753
    @ironbomb6753 ปีที่แล้ว +200

    I can't imagine the memories that flooded back as he stood in the door of the same type airplane he jumped from in combat. Honor and Respect to our Veterans. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️

    • @NewKanyeFan
      @NewKanyeFan ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Seeing all the fields and hedgrerows in his perspective must have been something.

    • @CreatingAlong
      @CreatingAlong ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@NewKanyeFan gives me PTSD of playing HLL

    • @kigezifaithministry3797
      @kigezifaithministry3797 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

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    • @kigezifaithministry3797
      @kigezifaithministry3797 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

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    • @bache72
      @bache72 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@NewKanyeFan Yes, And the sound. The sound and vibration of the plane as he was about to jump. Deja vu. Goose bumps.

  • @tommy..980
    @tommy..980 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    This mad me cry 😢 like a baby!!! For the greatest generation and my Dad who was there 80 years ago I love all of you brave AMERICANS MEN 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @nintendofan1749
    @nintendofan1749 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2482

    When jumping he was probably like:
    Ah shit, here we go again

    • @nealbkrr
      @nealbkrr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Nintendo Fan700 why did I hear this😂

    • @singularity4980
      @singularity4980 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Nintendo fan: has a cap com profile pic

    • @nintendofan1749
      @nintendofan1749 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      MandoMan66
      Your the first one to notice that
      I applaud you 👌

    • @memberberries9782
      @memberberries9782 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Grove Street, home. Least it was till I fu*ked everything up.

    • @ChiefEarlyBird
      @ChiefEarlyBird 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You picked the wrong landing fool!

  • @Zerofukstogive
    @Zerofukstogive 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6963

    Can't thank the veterans of ww2 enough these guys were absolutely incredible.

    • @pulln100
      @pulln100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +180

      I couldn't agree more lots of our guys left as boys and became men really quick they dont make men like that generation anymore

    • @robertneven7563
      @robertneven7563 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      the best ever and ever and ever

    • @stevenlawson9460
      @stevenlawson9460 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Amen

    • @davidprins5504
      @davidprins5504 4 ปีที่แล้ว +113

      I am Dutch and man like that paid for my freedom
      Nothing but love honer and pride for them and your country

    • @pepeesponja319
      @pepeesponja319 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Los Estado Unidenses de hoy en día ya no se parecen en lo absoluto a sus abuelos, les está ocurriendo lo que les ocurrió a los Españoles les queda grande la armadura de sus abuelos.

  • @guillermodvl
    @guillermodvl ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I was a paratrooper and I can say this man still has balls of steel.

    • @JackAShepherd
      @JackAShepherd หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      He literally helped save the world 🥹

    • @huylam3951
      @huylam3951 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@JackAShepherdThe bravery hero to brothers-in-arms.

  • @brendalloyd1903
    @brendalloyd1903 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    He was what anyone would call a MAN, MALE, HERO and WARRIOR!! Rest in peace you gentleman xx

    • @lyndafayesmusic
      @lyndafayesmusic 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      These videos at least mean communicating in an eloquent language instead of a bunch of American gibberish?
      Back when leaders fought to defend the rights of the innocent, instead of massacring for power and greed.
      "God Gave Them One More Day" and " Why War?!"
      VideosToInspireHumanityByFredGold&LyndaFaye
      Dedicated to our vets who've been displaced by Joe's new asylum seekers!

  • @jusefstrmland5201
    @jusefstrmland5201 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1172

    This 97 year old is jumping out of an aircraft, I'll probably be in a coffin when I'm 97.

    • @user-uq4cl8fp8u
      @user-uq4cl8fp8u 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      brother a soldier is always a soldier...

    • @SpaceCadetLaC
      @SpaceCadetLaC 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Nah thats for rich folks you will be burned into ash and put in a ceramic jar.

    • @pepemedina6088
      @pepemedina6088 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      50 yo

    • @water1374
      @water1374 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @squid {Broken} Humanity has survived worse.

    • @WillyR95
      @WillyR95 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Pikora Animation that's not true you can be healthy and still die on 79 orsomething

  • @gregorysolo3992
    @gregorysolo3992 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1918

    "nobody got hurt". 'Back then almost everyone got hurt'

    • @DanleyNuksGoneFishn
      @DanleyNuksGoneFishn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      I think if you didn’t get hurt, you were either lucky or dead

    • @moth8775
      @moth8775 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@DanleyNuksGoneFishn I pretty sure in order for you to die you either sustain lethal injuries or you brain just decides to stop working like the stupid internal organ it is.

    • @lain-ih6jj
      @lain-ih6jj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      @@moth8775 your brain just called itself stupid lol

    • @dontknowme1792
      @dontknowme1792 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ❤️❤️

    • @MrAndrewURL
      @MrAndrewURL 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lain-ih6jj hahaha

  • @zango2121
    @zango2121 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    What a towering personality at the age of 97…if I can be half as fit and cheerful as this man if/ when I turn 97 I will call life a success.

  • @ellavaderknows
    @ellavaderknows 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Zero fear in that man's eyes.

  • @soliduscaride4385
    @soliduscaride4385 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1177

    It surprised me that he didn't got hurt. He got some tough legs for a 97 year old. Respect!

    • @rosesera2202
      @rosesera2202 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      That and the fact that he knew from his training how to bend his legs.

    • @BvBCrafty
      @BvBCrafty 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Yeah I thought the same, I would have broken my 23 yo legs there^^

    • @drummerboy0620
      @drummerboy0620 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Kazuhira Miller id imagine you never forget that stuff. When you’re falling out of a plane possibly to your death if done incorrectly, you’re gonna remember how to do it

    • @kalecardenas9645
      @kalecardenas9645 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Lukas Williamson yeah and they spent months of training for this stuff

    • @juan_a_otero
      @juan_a_otero 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I wasn’t so much worried for his legs, but for his hips, as he landed right under the other guy

  • @user-od2ws3xt6w
    @user-od2ws3xt6w 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1765

    After what he has seen you can tell the jump didn’t even scare him.

    • @kylereinzbada846
      @kylereinzbada846 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Yeah he saw destruction of men before this.

    • @WozzyA
      @WozzyA 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      "What's the matter, scared of a little jump?"
      "I'm not overly fond of what follows."

    • @haubitz1355
      @haubitz1355 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      He saw Americans executing Germans, a rare sight during the war

    • @cheenimuo5922
      @cheenimuo5922 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah the actual point

    • @juenpep
      @juenpep 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I think its not that deep. My grandpa jumped around 190 times, and he always tell that after the 15th it was just routine. Big respect for this man ofc. I wouldnt try even in my 20s

  • @TheCrusaderOfThePeople
    @TheCrusaderOfThePeople ปีที่แล้ว +32

    What a legend thank you for everything you did for us. People might not think to much about it now, but your generation saved the world and we owe everything we have to all of you brave veterans who put yourself in harms way for our freedoms and your families. Thank you sir!

  • @LoyalZen0x
    @LoyalZen0x ปีที่แล้ว +20

    What an incredible experience for all involved. This level of respect and honour among so many people is admirable.

  • @jesperchad821
    @jesperchad821 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2046

    When your grandpa tries warzone

    • @cptTK421
      @cptTK421 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      and dominates with a naked 1911 and Kar98

    • @kunal30207
      @kunal30207 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      And gets a grau on landing

    • @mirabile1221
      @mirabile1221 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Then freaking demolishes you with the juggernaut crate

    • @vibesisback
      @vibesisback 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      When ur grandma plays airsoft

    • @Magic_Mann
      @Magic_Mann 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dam

  • @GOLDSMITHEXILE
    @GOLDSMITHEXILE 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2613

    he looks fitter neater and sharper than many 40 year olds

    • @Grant-vk6zo
      @Grant-vk6zo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      I was thinking that same thing. He has very blue eyes with a spark as well.

    • @homefront3162
      @homefront3162 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      As I look in the mirror

    • @DOPExPIRATE
      @DOPExPIRATE 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      WTH he looks really good for 97 .. but you're stretching it with 40 I'm guessing you never go to the gym

    • @michaeld.4521
      @michaeld.4521 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DOPExPIRATE Seriously?????

    • @georgekoroneos3892
      @georgekoroneos3892 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Exactly I'm of the same opinion I think he knows the secret but I have doubts if he is willing to pass it to us because if let's say give it to us them many will be like him & others won't like it now you see what I mean???

  • @Alpha0727
    @Alpha0727 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Thank you for your service Tom! You and everyone who fought are heroes!

    • @brainnews8807
      @brainnews8807 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Respect to him❤️

  • @hmcredfed1836
    @hmcredfed1836 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This war completely destroyed my grandfather mentally.
    For me it is crazy that this man jumps from a similar plane over the same place.
    I am glad that he can process his memories and emotions.

    • @Ryan-mq2mi
      @Ryan-mq2mi 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yea even though we won and the justification for the war was viewed favorably, it was brutal, and I think the culture of the time, shunned weakness. I mean, this was a time when we were giving out death penalties for cowardice/desertion. A lot of the men just had to work it out on their own. American society quickly put the war in the rear view mirror. Must've been something else, man. Fighting a WORLD WAR in your teens and early 20's, then going from that to a safe, prosperous and sense of renewed society. My grandparents were one of many that were offered loans and special rates by Uncle Sam to buy one of many new homes, built in tracts with sidewalks, trees, a kind of early iteration of suburbs, and all of your neighbors were veterans and patriots. Of course, we know all of this coincided with the baby boom.
      So it was just moved on from, and many vets had "PTSD" or thousand yard stares or whatever, but there was no place to put that. Vast majority successfully buried it, to focus on all their newfound responsibilities of Families, and new jobs to support their single income households.
      God Bless your lineage and special thanks to you familial ancestry for helping securing me and mine, the opportunity to continue on in the greatest country in the world, of at least the last 250 years

  • @haijin7484
    @haijin7484 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8696

    Grandpa is probably like,
    “Where’s the flak?”

    • @techtheguy5180
      @techtheguy5180 4 ปีที่แล้ว +172

      Haha i dont know if thats a coincidence but flak is a german gun

    • @Leonard_Euler
      @Leonard_Euler 4 ปีที่แล้ว +520

      @@techtheguy5180 yeah that was the whole joke

    • @devanwilson787
      @devanwilson787 4 ปีที่แล้ว +193

      @@techtheguy5180 Thata the point. It flak is Anti Air fire, not a gun

    • @ophiolatreia93
      @ophiolatreia93 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Lol

    • @ophiolatreia93
      @ophiolatreia93 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@Leonard_Euler flak isn't a gun ...

  • @Goonies1503
    @Goonies1503 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1155

    97 years old and still has balls of steel!

    • @terryderush2657
      @terryderush2657 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Just think he was a kid the first time

    • @m42037
      @m42037 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They should've let him jump by himself

    • @NapoIeoneBuonaparte
      @NapoIeoneBuonaparte ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@m42037 given his advanced age, it wouldn’t be safe, it’s all to make sure that he lands safely, can’t begrudge that

    • @m42037
      @m42037 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@NapoIeoneBuonaparte President Bush was the same age in his 90s and did two jumps, he was in WW2 also. .

    • @OMEGATECH
      @OMEGATECH ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Absolutely!!!!!

  • @goaskmymom1350
    @goaskmymom1350 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Tom, we just had the memorial for the 80th anniversary. Sir, you and your brothers were like no other generation. I salute all of you! God's speed!
    🫡❤

  • @hugorussell1486
    @hugorussell1486 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    My great uncle Jim was a British tank commander during D Day. He was sitting on top of the lead tank with the top hatch open when a German anti aircraft gun, with its barrel lowered, sent a shell directly into the front of his vehicle. He was blown 30 foot in the air suffering extremely bad burns and landed in a ditch. His life was saved when a platoon of African / American soldiers found him later that day. He was so badly burnt and blackened from his injuries that the African American soldiers assumed he was one of their own and he later regained consciousness in an American field hospital! Amazingly he survived and subsequently lived well into his 80’s. Heroes

  • @kylewilson2819
    @kylewilson2819 4 ปีที่แล้ว +886

    Me: I hope I can be alive at 97 to see my grandchildren’s grandkids.
    This guy: Imma casually jump out of an airplane at 97.
    This guy is the definition of badass.

    • @Takoyakii_x
      @Takoyakii_x 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Happy 97th likes

    • @ivankillz1795
      @ivankillz1795 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      He survived ww2 his a badass before even jumping

    • @gabinator3343
      @gabinator3343 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      random guy I think your confused. Let's say I have a son at the age of 22. Then my son has a kid at the age of 23. That kid will be my grandchild. My grandchild then has a kid at 21. That's my great grandchild. My great grandchild has a kid at 25. That is my great great grandchild. I will be 91 years old so 100% it is possible for someone to see their great great grandchildren. I don't know what your talking about saying you have to be 13.

    • @Dndragon55
      @Dndragon55 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @random guy my great great grandma did and she isnt even 100 yet

    • @unknownseizure
      @unknownseizure 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Everyone else: could he see his grandkids grandkid?
      Me: what if he couldn't get laid and have a kid

  • @spencermills32
    @spencermills32 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1845

    That’s crazy how healthy that 97 year old man is he got landed on top of and he’s still walking without a cane that amazes me

    • @jamie8037
      @jamie8037 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      He was trained to...

    • @jamie8037
      @jamie8037 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      But anyway still amazing

    • @gmodguy1479
      @gmodguy1479 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Jamie Twomey that has nothing to do with it at all pal....

    • @randomdude21264
      @randomdude21264 4 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      Those men were a different breed. If you'd ever met a WW2 Vet and shook there hand, it's like there bones are made of steel.

    • @dankgenetics9663
      @dankgenetics9663 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      He was trained? Bro most 60 year olds would break if you landed on them like that. What a great spirit he was for being 97 and living out a historic moment in his life and our nations history. Wow just wow!

  • @louienapalan9242
    @louienapalan9242 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for your service sir and to everyone who made this happened .

  • @SuperTrollTV
    @SuperTrollTV ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This brought a big big smile to my face. If anything I was even happier to see him get up from the landing because it shows he can go above and beyond out there still. This has to be one of the best vids I've seen.

  • @laughingcode5976
    @laughingcode5976 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1395

    In his mind: "Oh damn this is weird no shake and no flak cannon sound, I guess this will be a good one."

    • @_NeoImperia_
      @_NeoImperia_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      That's what they said last time...

    • @coolpain4263
      @coolpain4263 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I edited my comment

    • @manipulance4894
      @manipulance4894 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@coolpain4263 its a joke

    • @shakmp4
      @shakmp4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@coolpain4263 stop being like that it's a joke

    • @Dndragon55
      @Dndragon55 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@coolpain4263 it's a joke mellow out

  • @j.foster1560
    @j.foster1560 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2199

    He is a Paratrooper, of course he is ok. God bless him and his generation.

    • @power2084
      @power2084 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      keep your religious nonsense for yourself

    • @GemmrDeano
      @GemmrDeano 4 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      Good bless America

    • @nicholasteng9910
      @nicholasteng9910 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      @@power2084 God bless you

    • @kevintanaka1085
      @kevintanaka1085 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      power20841 god bless you idiot

    • @cswizzle1890
      @cswizzle1890 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @@power2084 God bless!

  • @gmvalentine626
    @gmvalentine626 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I can't imagine the flashbacks and rush of emotions the vet had. I'm crying just watching this.

  • @nmw6674
    @nmw6674 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So much respect from here in England. Thank you all. x

  • @Lone-Sigma-Wolf
    @Lone-Sigma-Wolf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2101

    The way they all care about him and look at him like the country’s most precious treasure made me so happy and emotional!

    • @mannycwl2301
      @mannycwl2301 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      He is.. him and millions of kids stormed that beach and won a war that if we lost our freedom might not be so free, so he is precious

    • @bravedave9184
      @bravedave9184 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      They just didnt want him to get killed under their supervision. Lawsuit would destroy them in that case.

    • @elliegonzales5116
      @elliegonzales5116 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Hes a treasure to tbis country

    • @fastrampage4504
      @fastrampage4504 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@bravedave9184 or just compasion for an old hero ?

    • @namtran8569
      @namtran8569 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      FastRampage both maybe

  • @akz_3431
    @akz_3431 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1377

    Plot twist: grandpa detaches and heads straight behind enemy lines

    • @TheBiscuitFactory
      @TheBiscuitFactory 4 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      It was a 97 year long inside job

    • @yaboiwonka8913
      @yaboiwonka8913 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      And that day he took out the remnants of Hitler's army

    • @necro5430
      @necro5430 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Hitler: NEIN NEIN NEI- *Gets Shot By Grandpa*

    • @ed4wg380
      @ed4wg380 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@TheBiscuitFactory he was briefed and trained directly from the womb

    • @TheBiscuitFactory
      @TheBiscuitFactory 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Old dusty rag maybe. I’d say he was briefed with all of his other comrades in the testicle sac of his father. Naturally, he would be the one out of billions to carry out this century long inside job.

  • @Morningglory7513
    @Morningglory7513 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Admire that man so much, congratulations Sir, Thank You for sharing this wonderful event.

  • @willsjaime
    @willsjaime ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This gave me chills. What that had to have meant to him. Gives a new meaning to the term "honor flight"

  • @sareth027
    @sareth027 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1173

    "-He's 97 years old, what's your excuse?
    - He had a lot of time to prepare"

    • @wardensphoenix5065
      @wardensphoenix5065 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Gamespon and experience

    • @kadenjohnson2039
      @kadenjohnson2039 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I’ve jumped 28 times so I’ve got no excuse. 82nd airborne

    • @cardboardbox9119
      @cardboardbox9119 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@kadenjohnson2039 nobody asked mr.

    • @igniterocks8
      @igniterocks8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I am just 16

    • @komelo558
      @komelo558 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      / s lol the disrespect

  • @tipptund3
    @tipptund3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +489

    After landing
    "Are you okay, sir?"
    *US veteran "No, where is my M1 carbine?"*

    • @pingwenhung8327
      @pingwenhung8327 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Gives M1A1 Carbine instead*

    • @rovat6285
      @rovat6285 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      pingwen hung M1A1 is the M1 Carbine too lol.

    • @rovat6285
      @rovat6285 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think?

    • @svnderdog
      @svnderdog 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Noble Tiger well not really hehe, the m1a1 version has folding stock- makes it more handy for paratroopers

    • @pingwenhung8327
      @pingwenhung8327 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@rovat6285 I recall "M1" Carbine were issued to Paratroopers, BUT "M1A1" Carbine is one of the famous ones which were issued to Paratroopers which has a folding wire stock and a pistol grip , and is VERY VERY RARE GUN to find nowadays , very expensive collectible if you want a genuine one that was present in D-Day

  • @zx1403
    @zx1403 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The fact that all of you could come together to give him this great experience again ! Gratitude all around ! Well done folks

  • @maryleibfried2104
    @maryleibfried2104 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Unbelievable! The physical resiliency he still has! And he didn't even lose his dentures!🤩

  • @Daponics89
    @Daponics89 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1079

    His landing...
    " You okay?.. "
    " *We're* okay. "
    Not just responding for himself. That shows his good character right there alone.

    • @mikaelthehunter9234
      @mikaelthehunter9234 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      *ussr intensifies*

    • @Deadlyvoltage3
      @Deadlyvoltage3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      So if somebody asks if I’m okay, and I say yes or no, I’m an asshole? Nice logic

    • @noriyakee
      @noriyakee 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mikaelthehunter9234 lmfao

    • @radioactivet-rex286
      @radioactivet-rex286 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I dunno man, sounds like *communist* to me

    • @iloathepeoplewhorestilltal2774
      @iloathepeoplewhorestilltal2774 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      C0AL1T10N 22 if you feel like an asshole that’s on you, no one spoke ill of people who answer for themselves.

  • @34cm34
    @34cm34 4 ปีที่แล้ว +766

    That 97 year old man got absolutely TRAMPLED at the end but still said “we’re okay!” with a smile. The greatest generation!

    • @sever427
      @sever427 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Well he did make it through a WAR

    • @scrappynigga420
      @scrappynigga420 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Nunian Emporer is right

    • @sever427
      @sever427 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@scrappynigga420 he walked around the whole country and said it's up free smoke bih pop out

    • @orangescout1967
      @orangescout1967 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Indeed....

    • @brownpcsuncedu
      @brownpcsuncedu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yeah--"nobody got hurt". Unlike the last time. He said a lot in those three words, I thought.

  • @christian8349
    @christian8349 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Très émouvant. Immense respect pour ce que ces héros ont enduré pour venir nous libérer.

    • @kigezifaithministry3797
      @kigezifaithministry3797 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      th-cam.com/video/jVvLx9LT28s/w-d-xo.html

    • @dean-543
      @dean-543 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Vive la France!

  • @leeditor7906
    @leeditor7906 4 ปีที่แล้ว +453

    Must have been hard to slow down with his balls of steel weighting him down

    • @Siegmeyer_
      @Siegmeyer_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Hi Hello Like 2 meteors ripping through the sky hahaha

    • @taagtaag4640
      @taagtaag4640 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      underrated comment

    • @dillonnichols6241
      @dillonnichols6241 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That is exactly what I was thinking

    • @sonny3703
      @sonny3703 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wtf

    • @jazzadieu
      @jazzadieu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@sonny3703 just in case someone made fun of me.. r/woooosh means someone who didn't get the joke, you clearly didn't get the joke so.. r/woooosh

  • @joeyjamison5772
    @joeyjamison5772 3 ปีที่แล้ว +678

    When asked why, at age 97 is he jumping out of a plane, he replied:
    "What have I got to lose?"

    • @Poloskii
      @Poloskii 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      True, true. No reason to fear dying or injury at the age hes at

    • @aft5264
      @aft5264 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      I’ll prolly do it without a parachute when I’m 97. Come back to my channel in 79 years to see.

    • @OpRaven-62
      @OpRaven-62 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@aft5264 I'll take you up on that offer lol

    • @aceofspades58
      @aceofspades58 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      He was probably like, I'd be surprised if I'm still alive by the time we get to the airport.

    • @possibleproblem479
      @possibleproblem479 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      SlasherFilms01 we should actually do that

  • @ursulareeg1171
    @ursulareeg1171 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for your service and thank you to all who make this possible 💖

  • @brucejohnson4462
    @brucejohnson4462 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for your service

  • @johann8128
    @johann8128 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1628

    Why the hell is no one talking about how he looks pretty young for his age. I wouldnt give him over 75

    • @travismeta3727
      @travismeta3727 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      He definitely dyed his hair

    • @ClipsThatTakeUpStorageOnMyXbox
      @ClipsThatTakeUpStorageOnMyXbox 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      No disrespect but he definitely looks older than 75.

    • @void6091
      @void6091 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Nah he looks his age

    • @DaRoachDoggJrr
      @DaRoachDoggJrr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Void 97? No. I’d definitely guess 80’s. Not sugarcoating, he just doesn’t look that old

    • @Y.M...
      @Y.M... 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      he looks about right, but only because I know that nose and ear sizes match a 97 year old.
      Nose and ear cartilage grow to this size by his age.

  • @cromwellsghost3434
    @cromwellsghost3434 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1352

    He’s training kicked in, he took over the town, secured his position. Then created a perimeter around the bar.
    Thank you for your service.

  • @Slugg-O
    @Slugg-O ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for your service and may God bless you, sir!

  • @StephanieMoran-hq4dz
    @StephanieMoran-hq4dz 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What a wonderful, spirited man he must have been to relieve this experience at such an elderly age! I'm glad he lived a long life. He deserved to after putting himself on the line for others.

  • @Alexanderc12345
    @Alexanderc12345 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1262

    That guy is so robust, he didn't even get hurt just a little. He has some major balls.

    • @CameronLittleGaming
      @CameronLittleGaming 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      That's probably what protected him lol

    • @_acav_04
      @_acav_04 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hahah 😂

    • @juz885
      @juz885 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Miliq definitely big pp

    • @angelsbutterflies6293
      @angelsbutterflies6293 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      He's a man with plenty of training and people should show more respect when they talk. He is someone's grandfather and so forth. Show some respect.

    • @mr.e3311
      @mr.e3311 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@angelsbutterflies6293 for men, acknowledgement of another man's 'balls of steel' IS the highest form of respect.
      That being said, I'm surprised the parachute held his massive testicles along with the other guy strapped to his back.

  • @sulty_
    @sulty_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +823

    This is just a fraction of the things my grandpa had to do whilst on his way to school...

    • @dgrdst5810
      @dgrdst5810 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Semi decent joke but most people won't understand

    • @showmaker6986
      @showmaker6986 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      @@dgrdst5810 ok joke police

    • @fbi4671
      @fbi4671 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      D Grdst nah a 12 year old could understand and were talking about older people

    • @swimmerofage2148
      @swimmerofage2148 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My grandma could land better than you!

    • @OgpBosnia
      @OgpBosnia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      AHAHAH joke but true

  • @breaker86
    @breaker86 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    God Bless this Angel , he had the biggest smile as he was getting ready to leave the plane..He soars as an Angel now..

    • @breaker86
      @breaker86 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      RIGHT @user-wu1dv6k5s???????

  • @emmerentiagroenewald3694
    @emmerentiagroenewald3694 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    97 year old!!! My word!!🌹❤🌹❤

  • @spudly98
    @spudly98 3 ปีที่แล้ว +640

    How has nobody acknowledged the fact that the 97 year old man hit the ground hard and just kept going

    • @manofiske3318
      @manofiske3318 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      That clown on his back could have done a lot more to ease what should not have been such a hard touch down.

    • @danielvrba8374
      @danielvrba8374 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      They were made from stronger material then guys these days.

    • @ALEXANjunior
      @ALEXANjunior 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      The guy survived in that ground back then. That ground won't kill him now.

    • @5150rm
      @5150rm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@manofiske3318 Your absolutely right. That landing was much rougher than it needed to be. I'm actually surprised our vet was OK.

    • @Paulxj-
      @Paulxj- 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      IKR?
      And the first time he did it Germans were shooting at him!

  • @TheFelixdahouse
    @TheFelixdahouse 4 ปีที่แล้ว +889

    -Who are we fighting, son? Nazis again? Japan? Russia? Communists?
    -Demonetization sir.

    • @ExtremusStupidus
      @ExtremusStupidus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@AAbracadabra369 yis

    • @madhat1130
      @madhat1130 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The one comment you see without people shitting on it

    • @holyromanracist5759
      @holyromanracist5759 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Private:"Damn demons, they have us surrounded."
      Captain: "That's unfortunate. *loads M1 Garand*
      *For them."*

    • @kaim00rthy86
      @kaim00rthy86 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The best comment to ever exist

    • @alyisanoob
      @alyisanoob 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      periodt

  • @Gameboy-Unboxings
    @Gameboy-Unboxings วันที่ผ่านมา

    I was sad & surprised to hear he passed. He honestly looked so good here. Like he could pass for 75.

  • @carrie5800
    @carrie5800 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for your service ❤! Congratulations on your jump! Great job!

  • @chinmaydesai2449
    @chinmaydesai2449 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1647

    97 year old war veteran after landing at a horrible angle: I'm fine
    Me even dreaming about jumping from a plane: * faints *

    • @sulty_
      @sulty_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Chinmay Desai but aren’t you sleeping in the first place

    • @proudcatowner004
      @proudcatowner004 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Bruh he did the same thing 75 years ago within a war meaning bullets were flying at him. And seeing as he’s still alive, he must’ve done it a lot of other times

    • @TheWest400
      @TheWest400 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Go army Airborne, live the dream you won’t regret it

    • @karenmessinger9609
      @karenmessinger9609 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol... yeah I agree!!

    • @garethking5122
      @garethking5122 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Typical millennial 😄

  • @funnyperson8997
    @funnyperson8997 4 ปีที่แล้ว +744

    Younger person: " no ones braver then a 60 year old jumping out of the plane."
    97 year old: "Hold my flak"

  • @alexandradane3672
    @alexandradane3672 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nothing but enormous respect for this fine gentleman and gratitude for his Service - this for Tom .

  • @luciousnarwhal1992
    @luciousnarwhal1992 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1157

    I thought he’d say something like, “it’s a lot more fun when you aren’t getting shot at”

    • @fijiarc2090
      @fijiarc2090 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      Or 'I haven't done that in 75 years'

    • @cristianvasquez3433
      @cristianvasquez3433 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      that’s messed up
      but funny 😂

    • @stickmandomination9730
      @stickmandomination9730 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      It's a war crime to shoot someone when they are jumping out of a plane

    • @brandongonzales3785
      @brandongonzales3785 3 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      @@stickmandomination9730 I don't think Hitler gave a shit about war crimes, lol

    • @stickmandomination9730
      @stickmandomination9730 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@brandongonzales3785 German army and the holocaust are not the same

  • @chrisaguilera1564
    @chrisaguilera1564 4 ปีที่แล้ว +241

    Even at 97 years old these men still have balls of steel.

    • @adminadmin9997
      @adminadmin9997 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yall got that right.

    • @NEO_Trojanmuldrop4
      @NEO_Trojanmuldrop4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Steel is an understatement more like adamantiam, fused with titanium,

  • @clydehigaki1044
    @clydehigaki1044 ปีที่แล้ว

    Respect! 100%! Thanks for posting!

  • @Nikhil-jz5nm
    @Nikhil-jz5nm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +486

    Must be missing his mates, has to be hard being the last of a rare breed of man.

    • @thegongoolzler2677
      @thegongoolzler2677 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      That is actually really sad man

    • @abigbutt2966
      @abigbutt2966 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I am a man.

    • @victorbulte1901
      @victorbulte1901 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      He is probably thinking about thibgs like that. It looks like he is remembering himself how it was back then

    • @chriskelly9361
      @chriskelly9361 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Real men exists, just not on Tik Tok. Sorry

    • @evanjuniorfluffy
      @evanjuniorfluffy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He won’t miss his mates his not British he American

  • @rawbacon
    @rawbacon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +906

    Tom Rice, still alive, turns 100 in August.

  • @willyoliva7741
    @willyoliva7741 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    97 years and he is still showing the way of the braves….

  • @dianaelkins6444
    @dianaelkins6444 ปีที่แล้ว

    God Bless you, sir and we will never forget what you did and the sacrifices these brave men made on that day.

  • @mjollnirtsubo
    @mjollnirtsubo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +338

    hard as a nail. most of us wont even make it to 97, imagine being fit enough to jump off a plane. badass

    • @saxon267
      @saxon267 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      While also dealing with the long term physical drain from being a paratrooper for the US during ww2

    • @TheZman580
      @TheZman580 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Just workout and eat healthy. That’s all

    • @swamp3d
      @swamp3d 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Zach Tushaus
      Cancer doesn’t give a shit about your diet when you get old, its mainly genetics that let you live long

    • @DoctorStrange01
      @DoctorStrange01 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheZman580 There are people that eat healthy and workout, don't smoke/drink and die at 30 from random genetic illnesses. Caring for yourself helps, but if you were not lucky with the genetic lottery, you lost. My friend's girlfriend died at 20 from cancer. Many kids die. My grandma is 89 and fully functional even though she drank a lot, ate shitload of unhealthy food and was working for 50 years straight, standing on her feet the whole time. It's just all random in life. That's about it

    • @TheZman580
      @TheZman580 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pikora Animation that’s the spirit

  • @chr0min0id
    @chr0min0id 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1186

    “Sir, we missed the landing strip!”
    “We’re not aiming for the strip!”
    **Proceeds to glide towards German retirement home**

    • @complexgamer2878
      @complexgamer2878 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      LOL this is originally funny

    • @MoneyTrees2012
      @MoneyTrees2012 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Underrated 😂

    • @topodaline18
      @topodaline18 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      I just spit my coffee out......old timer still got smoke for axis boys. For the gang. Gang gang. 🤷🏿‍♂️🤣🤣🤣

    • @THEOFILO4
      @THEOFILO4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Old vet: Its ok son, in my first jump i didnt kand where i was supposed to either

    • @ramenxz218
      @ramenxz218 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      hahahaha

  • @madeleine7377
    @madeleine7377 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Watching this made me cry so hard! Thank You, Sir for your incredible Service to Our Nation.! God Bless America 🇺🇸 Just WOW. At 97 yrs. Old.?! Back at Omaha Beach. Normandy, France. Mad Respect 🙏🏽

  • @gracefulsaint
    @gracefulsaint ปีที่แล้ว

    That's the best thing I've seen awhile. Thank you all for your service!

  • @jimmoon5997
    @jimmoon5997 4 ปีที่แล้ว +562

    Man that guy looks good. He looks like u could put an M1 in his hands and he could still fight . These guys are true hero’s and deserve to be treated as such .That was awesome

    • @Momo_Kawashima
      @Momo_Kawashima 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      "so we're taking the old fart with us this holiday too?"
      *Gramps paratroops and lands on the car*
      "You bet, you little shit"

    • @julijim4192
      @julijim4192 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Momo_Kawashima lmao

    • @toyotacorolla6423
      @toyotacorolla6423 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gaelcaballero6900 wdym?

    • @melissabolt5503
      @melissabolt5503 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I bet you could put a rifle in his or any other old timer vet and they can get the job done! They weren't built like us.

  • @Beckwourth
    @Beckwourth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +525

    "Sorry about the landing"
    That's okay no body got hurt
    *Or shot at mid flight*

    • @Molemanski
      @Molemanski 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Thats quite literally what he meant.

    • @lokiprod.2364
      @lokiprod.2364 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bloody Key are you my brother

    • @keegansterley3296
      @keegansterley3296 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "It was worse in '44"

  • @user-cc5od3zk4p
    @user-cc5od3zk4p 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you Tom and to all our veterans. Without you all, we wouldn't be here.

  • @maidentexas7848
    @maidentexas7848 ปีที่แล้ว

    Outstanding! Super cool video!
    Thank you for your service!!!!

  • @jynilles555
    @jynilles555 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1342

    The plane would say:
    "Last dance my old friend"

    • @Christojyn
      @Christojyn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      that's heart warming

    • @11bfollowme19
      @11bfollowme19 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Brought a tear to my eye

    • @Joseka
      @Joseka 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Broo

    • @Joseka
      @Joseka 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      So sad for me idk

    • @nomeysherpa258
      @nomeysherpa258 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Love your frickin videos lol

  • @davidmurray5399
    @davidmurray5399 4 ปีที่แล้ว +463

    He was in his late teens or early twenties then, it was pitch dark, probably miles from where he was supposed to be, and the enemy was in every direction. Same old, same old for a paratrooper. Well done sir, well done!

    • @Skillbombe
      @Skillbombe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Did you just applauded him for kolling my ancestors? You dirty bastard. Karma.

    • @lautheimpaler4686
      @lautheimpaler4686 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@Skillbombe I Will koll you.

    • @Joe_Greenwood
      @Joe_Greenwood 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Mitglied der Pedanios paffenden Patientenbande🌿 so what your ancestors were on the same side as the people who killed 100s of thousands of innocents you plant pot

    • @icebane8699
      @icebane8699 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Joe Greenwood “plant pot”

    • @TheDoc0Magic
      @TheDoc0Magic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Joe_Greenwood Millions*

  • @Energine1
    @Energine1 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just phenomenal sir thankyou for existing 07