Joking Soldier in 1918 - Restored Footage

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  • Опубликовано: 5 окт 2023
  • Restored footage from November 1918 of Pvt. James R. Beach, Col. E, 7th Engineers, jokingly wearing a hat in a variety of ways. Footage taken in Dun-sur-Meuse, France.
    Footage frame rate increased, upscaled, and “colorized” by HistoryColored using AI technology.
    Footage originally from: US National Archives
    #history #soldier #wwi #ww1 #wordwari #france #restored #shorts
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Комментарии • 9 тыс.

  • @Papieck37
    @Papieck37 2 месяца назад +6243

    Private James R Beach. Born in Iowa December 7th 1888. Died April 17th 1965 at the age of 76. He made it home safely!

    • @user-ev2js2cl6y
      @user-ev2js2cl6y 2 месяца назад +219

      Nossa!😢que bom que ele voltou pra casa e vivei bem né ❤

    • @joseedmilson1410
      @joseedmilson1410 2 месяца назад +86

      Eu naci em maio de 1966 eu sou a cara desta figura cera que ele sou eu?😮

    • @bEDNARSKA225
      @bEDNARSKA225 2 месяца назад +132

      Dziękuję, dobrze wiedzieć, że wrócił szczęśliwie do domu.

    • @Jose-cy2ut
      @Jose-cy2ut 2 месяца назад +79

      How do you know? 🤔

    • @pansteak8755
      @pansteak8755 2 месяца назад +15

      @@joseedmilson1410No

  • @DanSmith-qx4nl
    @DanSmith-qx4nl 7 месяцев назад +9490

    He just reached out and said hello from over a hundred years ago. What a spirit he has!

    • @TeplovDome4m
      @TeplovDome4m 6 месяцев назад +32

      Поздоровался снял шляпу ворованную у мирного жителя и сидит смеется. Все как сейчас в Украине.

    • @sbeyenj1846
      @sbeyenj1846 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@TeplovDome4mты контуженный наглухо чтоли?)

    • @T_Way
      @T_Way 6 месяцев назад +119

      ​@@TeplovDome4mHow do you know that man stole the hat? Where you there? And if not where you there in Ukraine?

    • @abelis644
      @abelis644 6 месяцев назад +110

      ​@@TeplovDome4m
      Don't call him a thief, what is wrong with you?

    • @shadesofshea88
      @shadesofshea88 6 месяцев назад +76

      Like he knew this footage would be seen in 2024 😂

  • @LovleyLemonade
    @LovleyLemonade Месяц назад +135

    He was missing his teeth, but he certainly wasn't missing his spirit.

    • @MinutemenGeneral9974
      @MinutemenGeneral9974 Месяц назад

      Well it's because his mom is his cousin and he's got an iq of 20. So do you punk.

    • @OldieWan
      @OldieWan 21 день назад +7

      That is black liquorice. We use to do this as kids also in a bygone age.

    • @mrgainz7252
      @mrgainz7252 6 дней назад +3

      ​@@OldieWanyou can see it at the back of his other teeth so I think he has got a few front ones missing. Show's strength to be able to keep your sense of humor under these circumstances.

  • @agentchaos3947
    @agentchaos3947 2 месяца назад +877

    I don't know what it is about these videos, but they touch my soul. Makes me want to call my parents and hug my wife and kids. We are all destined to become memories like the people we watch on the screen. Life is short. Fill it with love.

    • @user-et9ne3vp7j
      @user-et9ne3vp7j Месяц назад +31

      Прекрасный комментарий , я с Вами полностью согласен.

    • @chickonasportbike598
      @chickonasportbike598 Месяц назад +23

      Don’t put it off and do it often for as these people who we are watching from a bygone era, so shall we become them!

    • @juliesmoochy3996
      @juliesmoochy3996 Месяц назад +19

      What a beautiful comment.
      The power of words when used majestically.
      Sending you my love 💓 too.😊

    • @FlackinA2
      @FlackinA2 Месяц назад +2

      @@chickonasportbike598shall we?

    • @user-qv1qk7qi5t
      @user-qv1qk7qi5t Месяц назад +14

      Sir or mam I am with you with tears in my eyes 😢he used what he had smile missing teeth and all he went thru on the battle field and still was trying to keep joy and happiness inside him for all to fill happy and smiles 😢God bless him and them all

  • @dangerous_lime_
    @dangerous_lime_ 9 месяцев назад +15206

    his smile is so contagious, it’s crazy to think that even now, over 100 years later, he’s still making others smile- purely just by smiling himself.

    • @mmjaljs
      @mmjaljs 9 месяцев назад +207

      The Beauty of it all

    • @judytripp2914
      @judytripp2914 9 месяцев назад +178

      So , VERY true .He seems so VERY lovable.

    • @Les445
      @Les445 9 месяцев назад +128

      I am smiling from ear to ear. ✌️❤️

    • @ExPraetorianGuard-dl1pz
      @ExPraetorianGuard-dl1pz 9 месяцев назад +72

      Did a bullet got its way through his teeth? Lol

    • @Les445
      @Les445 9 месяцев назад +221

      @@ExPraetorianGuard-dl1pz No disrespect to you whatsoever young man but folks lose their teeth. I actually lost all of my teeth from having children. Of course I do have beautiful dentures up and down which cost me a fortune. I was 32 when I had them all pulled. Not everybody can afford teeth and I'm sure this young man, My way of thinking was he got in a fight and somebody punched him in the mouth. Like I said though, no disrespect for your comment. It was kind of funny. ✌️❤️

  • @lucysluckyday
    @lucysluckyday 6 месяцев назад +778

    Blows me away! If he knew back then, in 1918, that someone 106 years later, from 2024, would watch him, then i think he would be blown away as well. Absolutely unreal!!!

    • @user-fv1sz1lr6k
      @user-fv1sz1lr6k 4 месяца назад +17

      Он был бы счастлив,как и мы..
      Это поразительно...

    • @themaskedman221
      @themaskedman221 4 месяца назад +7

      Well, he is being filmed so why not?

    • @borntoclimb7116
      @borntoclimb7116 4 месяца назад +9

      Imagine the peoples in 2100 watching the footage of Ukraine war and Israel war

    • @Inkachu
      @Inkachu 4 месяца назад +1

      You're right

    • @jasonayres
      @jasonayres 4 месяца назад +3

      Not that I'm a spokesman for our WWI ancestors, but a man in a trench in 1918 might not have liked being blown away.
      Now, mildly amused.. Quite chuffed, perhaps?

  • @olotie7815
    @olotie7815 Месяц назад +112

    I am a french teacher in a town near Dun-sur-Meuse, it is actually very eerie seeing a footage made there during WW1. The whole northern Meuse department is covered by military cemetaries, forts and trenches from the Great War and I feel men like him stayed as ghosts there.

    • @ashleypaul6326
      @ashleypaul6326 Месяц назад +7

      I believe you

    • @Pinklady-gt7xu
      @Pinklady-gt7xu Месяц назад +11

      Hi from Vicenza,Italy. About 40 km from here, in the Alpes and Dolomites there was the front line during the Great war between Italy and Austria. A lot of cemetries in the mountains, forths and trenches, so many young men died for some km more or less for Italy. You can still find some remainings of soldiers and weapons under the earth. I also believe that some souls are still out there.

    • @zigzag2045
      @zigzag2045 22 дня назад +5

      Bonjour. j'habite à Verdun et je partage votre sentiment. J'ai d'ailleurs une pièce impacté de l'époque et il y à encore du sang sec dessus. Parfois je pense apporter la pièce dans un laboratoire pour analyse et qui sais, je trouverai peut être l'emplacement du soldat s-il est mort au front ou c'est descendants...

    • @yeshuaischrist9951
      @yeshuaischrist9951 13 дней назад

      THEN YOU DON'T KNOW CHRIST YESHUA

    • @lynnettepryor7460
      @lynnettepryor7460 13 дней назад +4

      Absolutely wld be .
      My great Uncle Arch is buried in a town called Cambrai France.
      A soldier a long way from his homeland NZ .24 yrs old .
      Beautifully looked after gravesides and even a museum there .
      Thank you France for taking care of these brave men who knew not their fate, nor they wouldn't grow old or have a wife and family.
      Nice to see they had some laughter amongst the sadness and horror .
      THE ANZACS God Bless them and all who fought and died in that Great War
      Your memories live on

  • @chasingpirates1
    @chasingpirates1 Месяц назад +36

    I have no idea why im crying at this..

    • @cricketbug7390
      @cricketbug7390 10 дней назад +9

      It's due to the heartbreaking realization that so many wonderful souls were put thru such torture. His spirit shines on, regardless of his circumstances. 😢

  • @madasahatter5514
    @madasahatter5514 7 месяцев назад +2173

    Smiling through the misery of war. Bless this man.

  • @justlooking4771
    @justlooking4771 6 месяцев назад +1198

    He had no way of knowing how many would be smiling back.

    • @josejuniorsp
      @josejuniorsp 5 месяцев назад +17

      Eu sorri e ele sequer soube...😢

    • @Marsonpika
      @Marsonpika 5 месяцев назад +25

      This comment almost made me cry 🥹

    • @justlooking4771
      @justlooking4771 5 месяцев назад +7

      @@Marsonpika 🥹❤️

    • @kaitlynsky210
      @kaitlynsky210 5 месяцев назад +10

      Wow that’s beautiful

    • @user-lk3qq4rm9e
      @user-lk3qq4rm9e 5 месяцев назад +12

      Я улыбнулась!))) (

  • @hotd34me1991
    @hotd34me1991 Месяц назад +49

    People weren't afraid of their looks so much back then. I wish people were still like this today. Seems so much more confident.

    • @mikepeterson7175
      @mikepeterson7175 Месяц назад +1

      Because a lot of people had teeth like him then.

    • @TSwizzle777
      @TSwizzle777 21 день назад

      ​@mikepeterson7175 what teeth? He probably lost them in a bayonet charge.

    • @Synthetic_Strigiforme
      @Synthetic_Strigiforme 10 дней назад +1

      To a certain extent, I agree. The amount of people who get unnecessary plastic surgery nowadays is ridiculous. You can thank social media for that. But then of course, you also have the delusional body positivity people who completely contradict that trend and have instead embraced total apathy regarding their appearances. Ironically, social media is to blame for that as well.

  • @carlcaccamise110
    @carlcaccamise110 Месяц назад +18

    My Grandfather 🧓 was in World War One ...... Born June 14th 1900 .... He died in 1960 ... I was 7 years old .... Rest in peace Grandpa... Love ❤️ you and miss you 😢

  • @leemoretouchy
    @leemoretouchy 5 месяцев назад +1089

    Even tho he has no front teeth, he still has a beautiful smile, it radiates happiness ❤

    • @ihave35cents95
      @ihave35cents95 5 месяцев назад +42

      He has front teeth

    • @cinaannie7338
      @cinaannie7338 5 месяцев назад +55

      He blacked them out. He is a jokester?!

    • @HamiltonCB
      @HamiltonCB 4 месяца назад +8

      Tadinho do amiguinho humilde ele está muito Alegre 👮👍🇧🇷

    • @nelio0803
      @nelio0803 4 месяца назад +6

      É uma fita

    • @AbeBSea
      @AbeBSea 4 месяца назад +9

      This may have been post Armistice, in which case his happiness is entirely understandable

  • @jamesphlames7498
    @jamesphlames7498 2 месяца назад +1246

    I love how he doesn't give a single shit about his missing teeth!
    What a character!

    • @NoContent1991
      @NoContent1991 2 месяца назад +51

      We all have missing teeth lol

    • @jenstettschlag1007
      @jenstettschlag1007 2 месяца назад +25

      In diesem Moment ein glücklicher Mensch 🙏

    • @Coonjoe15
      @Coonjoe15 2 месяца назад +80

      His teeth aren’t really missing lol. (Hint) Joking soldier.

    • @Falkriim
      @Falkriim 2 месяца назад +32

      I know what a legend. I’m missing one of my front teeth and I hate it.

    • @tempejkl
      @tempejkl 2 месяца назад +85

      “Man’s worst invention was the mirror”

  • @robertmarszalek1978
    @robertmarszalek1978 2 месяца назад +75

    What a beautiful spirit this man possessed, regardless of the horrors of war cast upon him...a true testament to the human spirit. Your choice of music compliments this moment frozen in immortality. R.I.P.

  • @steffenlehmann8625
    @steffenlehmann8625 Месяц назад +15

    A smile from a person that is over 100 years old still gives impact! Amazing!

  • @gabintellenne3397
    @gabintellenne3397 7 месяцев назад +3408

    Peace to your soul brother.

    • @Lolapalooza-ug9jv
      @Lolapalooza-ug9jv 7 месяцев назад

      People who died for France now there's full of muslims

    • @Nyu90
      @Nyu90 6 месяцев назад +19

      Peace to your soul too brother ❤

    • @ABChardkorunosiciel
      @ABChardkorunosiciel 6 месяцев назад +3

      Rip to you brein bro.. AI make shit in your head

    • @tristansuperr
      @tristansuperr 6 месяцев назад +23

      @@ABChardkorunosicielwhat are you talking about? This isn’t ai..

    • @Drhudson
      @Drhudson 6 месяцев назад +5

      Me: google Gay toothless corn

  • @davids.s.5578
    @davids.s.5578 8 месяцев назад +2307

    Sometimes at the darkest hour, the only thing we can do is smile

    • @dcred123
      @dcred123 8 месяцев назад +56

      Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag, and smile, smile, smile!

    • @anthonydonlan3140
      @anthonydonlan3140 8 месяцев назад

      Idiots it's happening now turn on the TV... FFS invented for your type

    • @wingman0736
      @wingman0736 8 месяцев назад +43

      Big smile, sad eyes.

    • @alfredoalberto1890
      @alfredoalberto1890 8 месяцев назад +11

      Me encantó tu comentario..me.hizo alegrar

    • @SwiftyMcVeigh851
      @SwiftyMcVeigh851 8 месяцев назад +15

      I Saw Pain....

  • @dennisjamieson3328
    @dennisjamieson3328 25 дней назад +6

    My grandfather was in World War 1- and fought at Vimy Ridge. He survived after getting mustard gassed and spent 9 months in hospital before coming home to Ontario Canada. Lived to 1970 and is buried in Kamloops British Columbia

    • @luizproenca3953
      @luizproenca3953 25 дней назад

      Tenho pena das pessoas que vão para a guerra, vão lutar em vão, sem motivo, perdem a vida por gosto de políticos.
      Se meu país entrasse em guerra rumo me negaria de lutar .
      Paz é o que eu desejo , o que não existe no mundo. No mundo só hipocrisia.

  • @nicolasmangano358
    @nicolasmangano358 Месяц назад +7

    It’s unimaginable the value these videos have, it’s like bringing back to life these people

  • @Shaquilleoatmeal-t4r
    @Shaquilleoatmeal-t4r 2 месяца назад +939

    I love that smile of his through the darkest of times theres always a little bit if light

    • @trudygreer2491
      @trudygreer2491 Месяц назад +8

      By November of 1918 the light was growing quickly.. much more to smile about! (future dark clouds notwithstanding..)

    • @mash2481
      @mash2481 Месяц назад +10

      Gotta laugh instead of cry.

    • @miroslavruml9330
      @miroslavruml9330 Месяц назад +4

      Ano a dokázal to a přežil toto peklo

    • @user-rb9wz8or1m
      @user-rb9wz8or1m Месяц назад +7

      WW1 was over when this was filmed, that's why he is so happy

    • @evelaszlo96
      @evelaszlo96 Месяц назад +1

      I THOUGHT HE WAS SO HAPPY BECAUSE THE WAR WAS OVER AND HE IS IN ONE PIECE... .

  • @dogood10005
    @dogood10005 7 месяцев назад +1562

    Happy to be alive. This picture is the definition of grateful

    • @Coneman3
      @Coneman3 7 месяцев назад +2

      He won’t be laughing now

    • @Trump4prisonxxx
      @Trump4prisonxxx 7 месяцев назад +7

      @@Coneman3 After Trump destroyed America? Hell no.

    • @sesh3508
      @sesh3508 7 месяцев назад

      @@Trump4prisonxxxthat was the child sniffer pal

    • @SAMMYJR00777
      @SAMMYJR00777 7 месяцев назад +35

      hu??? u mean biden lol @@Trump4prisonxxx

    • @Trump4prisonxxx
      @Trump4prisonxxx 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@SAMMYJR00777 loser. Someone wants to have racism and anarchy back with Trump

  • @A321LR
    @A321LR 2 месяца назад +5

    Mr. Breach lived a life that transversed so much; A culmination of events that would be hard to ever imagine without but brought us to here now.
    Born in 1888 he likely road horses to commute, used an outhouse in the back yard for the restoom, read by candle light after dark. As a young man he saw rudimentary airplanes take to the skies, Houses bagan to become electrified, bathroom moved inside with plumbing, Gas cars took to the streets, roads paved, WWI, WWII et al, atomic energy discovered, released, harnessed, aircraft grew bigger and bigger until the modern commercial jets took to the skies, Humans took to space and orbited the planet. What a life to see all that.
    So much change. I am sure he enjoyed his journey from 1888 to 1965. Just look at that smile!

  • @nicholasmarzigliano7616
    @nicholasmarzigliano7616 Месяц назад +10

    Making the most of a horrific situation.
    God bless his Soul.

  • @astelbele
    @astelbele 6 месяцев назад +2157

    Rest in peace my brother in Christ. Your smile and humor has lit up the world of past. Hoping your life was lived out to the fullest.

    • @maurizioarrivabene8182
      @maurizioarrivabene8182 6 месяцев назад +52

      Life after the war was a fight for survival..."living life to the fullest"...youre way too privileged to even think about what he has gone through...

    • @astelbele
      @astelbele 6 месяцев назад +110

      @@maurizioarrivabene8182 Your guess is as good as mine. I'm hoping he lived it out to the fullest. My great grandpa was in the first world war in Europe. He came back with a bullet in his back. They kept it in until he died at the age of 81 yrs old. So he lived out his life to the fullest. He had 4 kids, a small farm and lots of animals. I was told he was a happy man.

    • @Methilde
      @Methilde 6 месяцев назад +12

      ​A brave man :)

    • @primefox3089
      @primefox3089 6 месяцев назад +28

      ​​@@maurizioarrivabene8182 lol I do know.part of what my great grandfather was in he's 96 now and had lived to his fullest and still kicking he's a great man and very inspiring to me I love him even tho he can barely hear me 😢😊 forgot to say he was in ww2 maybe not I the worst of it but part of it

    • @z33olli
      @z33olli 6 месяцев назад +11

      Sehr schöner Kommentar 😢

  • @branypoo
    @branypoo 8 месяцев назад +1417

    Man, I love this guy. He had no idea at that very moment, that we would all be watching him today, all of us smiling ❤

    • @marlieteandrade1608
      @marlieteandrade1608 8 месяцев назад +11

      Verdade moça, estou emocionado daqui do Nordeste do Brasil.

    • @FunnyLottery
      @FunnyLottery 7 месяцев назад +25

      Can you imagine? He wouldn't believe it, nor today's world....

    • @otiliavillanueva1428
      @otiliavillanueva1428 7 месяцев назад +6

      ❤🥲💞

    • @MH-ro1lg
      @MH-ro1lg 7 месяцев назад +12

      "We're going to record you so that countless people maybe hundreds of years from now will still be able to watch you."
      -the cameraman as he set up the camera

    • @kingrue3710
      @kingrue3710 7 месяцев назад

      His teeth are missing. That’s a horrible smile.

  • @susanford9669
    @susanford9669 Месяц назад +7

    My grandad fought in South of France. He saw heavy action that hurt his gentle soul. May he receive my love and appreciation for his sacrifice ❤️

  • @NimdaChayse
    @NimdaChayse Месяц назад +6

    The fact he could be that cheerful and smile after such a horrendous waste of life. His uniform is dirty it seems, or perhaps it’s just the quality of the camera, but it would suggest at least some time in the trenches. What a testament to human resolve. God Bless you James Breach.

  • @sebby533
    @sebby533 2 месяца назад +466

    He died April 1965 at the age of 76 and was buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego, California. His plot number is A-F, 281

    • @helenebeke6349
      @helenebeke6349 Месяц назад +18

      C est formidable il a traversé une partie du siècle. Il est très touchant son sourire nous rend heureux

    • @AdversaryOne
      @AdversaryOne Месяц назад +43

      About a 20 minute drive from me. If I wanted to, I could watch this video while standing over his grave. That would be really weird.

    • @Shaila9348
      @Shaila9348 Месяц назад +30

      ​@@AdversaryOne I think it'd be kinda cool but sad

    • @FlackinA2
      @FlackinA2 Месяц назад +31

      @@AdversaryOneit would be like taking a walk back in time. Sounds cool. I’m sure he would appreciate you paying your respects. 😊

    • @GolfExcellence
      @GolfExcellence Месяц назад +17

      That is awesome that we can see this guy in his prime serving his country 100 years ago, and you could provide his burial information, this is why I love RUclips.
      Thank you for the information I may never get out there but it's just awesome to know that you can be connected to that type of history.

  • @Andy-im3kj
    @Andy-im3kj 9 месяцев назад +2502

    You can tell he has lived a very joyful life despite his circumstances. RIP to the forever young.

    • @judytripp2914
      @judytripp2914 9 месяцев назад +33

      Exactly! Hope he made it home, ! 🙏🏻🥂💕

    • @kokichiouma3753
      @kokichiouma3753 9 месяцев назад +19

      👍 Agree! ❤ and Thank You, For Your Service! Lori Sue 💓

    • @DeepakJindal07
      @DeepakJindal07 9 месяцев назад +11

      He died same year in war.

    • @judytripp2914
      @judytripp2914 9 месяцев назад +18

      @@DeepakJindal07 how do you know? What was his name?

    • @JinsKookieJams
      @JinsKookieJams 9 месяцев назад +31

      ​@@judytripp2914 *Yea that's something random. I've seen people say stuff like that on old videos like this to get likes. If they knew that info, they would have said so already. I'd be interested to know as well and hope it's not for likes 😅*

  • @radiantmarshmallow2527
    @radiantmarshmallow2527 Месяц назад +6

    There is just something so incredibly beautiful and compelling in seeing all of these moments in time which have long passed be presented in a way that resembles this very passing moment. Something about people from so long ago who lived in a world far different than our own, yet who seem to be living the same way that we are now. Same as it ever was.

  • @jeremycreamer1006
    @jeremycreamer1006 Месяц назад +2

    Legend has it that he is still sitting in that very same spot today still smiling

  • @Ozma2086
    @Ozma2086 8 месяцев назад +1858

    Wow.... If only he could have known he made someone smile 105 years later, on a device he couldn't even imagine in his wildest dreams.
    Thank you, whoever you were. I'm sure you have a modern family representative walking the earth, who may even see this, and not know are their relative.

    • @caydenmedina3926
      @caydenmedina3926 8 месяцев назад +15

      😢

    • @U.R.2.H
      @U.R.2.H 8 месяцев назад +24

      How do you know how wild his dreams were?

    • @Sidewinder528
      @Sidewinder528 8 месяцев назад +13

      I wonder if he posted this on instagram after it was taken

    • @dc1397
      @dc1397 8 месяцев назад +17

      ​@U.R.2.H dude, the OP said "widest dreams" not "wildest." But to your response, you know they were down right wild.

    • @triptank7857
      @triptank7857 8 месяцев назад +12

      ​@@U.R.2.Hrandom response to a beautiful comment mate

  • @pprashant4983
    @pprashant4983 3 месяца назад +1094

    Bro died without even realising that he is actually immortal.😢💐

    • @user-kr7sf9uh1i
      @user-kr7sf9uh1i 2 месяца назад +7

      INMORTAL SOLO ES LA MUERTE

    • @marzenaadach2156
      @marzenaadach2156 2 месяца назад +8

      🌿❤️🌿Amen!🌿😇🙏🌿

    • @user-zr1uq4cy2q
      @user-zr1uq4cy2q 2 месяца назад

      ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤​@@user-kr7sf9uh1i

    • @Ardass486
      @Ardass486 2 месяца назад +1

      Uh fam inni 😂

    • @user-xd1gt9if2v
      @user-xd1gt9if2v 2 месяца назад +16

      No they understood cameras just like we do.

  • @viralpenguin6310
    @viralpenguin6310 2 месяца назад +4

    A month after two of my great uncles were KIA in France during WW1. Two of their brothers survived and returned home. One of the surviving brothers was shot in the leg in France, got medical treatment in London, returned to the front line, then was released due to injury).

  • @user-oo8zt1sc1c
    @user-oo8zt1sc1c Месяц назад +4

    It is incredible how they even got the man's name. These type of treasures must be kept for eternity.

  • @gabriellegreen2647
    @gabriellegreen2647 4 месяца назад +827

    Rest in Paradise James R. Breach. Thank you for putting a smile on our faces 100 years later. Thank you to the content creator for making these videos. ❤

    • @spilledmilk5743
      @spilledmilk5743 2 месяца назад +1

      He actually died from sickness during the war

    • @spilledmilk5743
      @spilledmilk5743 2 месяца назад +2

      @Not_A_Dumb_Leftist yes, I looked at some record and it said he died in 1918 from a war related sickneds

    • @mariaisabelcastillo6023
      @mariaisabelcastillo6023 2 месяца назад

      Lo has dicho maravillosamente. Hasta antes de esas dos espantosas guerras sonreían con la mirada del alma. ❤

    • @elsedietrich9792
      @elsedietrich9792 Месяц назад +1

      Ja das ist wahr ❤❤❤
      Ich hoffe, da wo er ist braucht er nicht so leiden
      Echt Sympathisch, soviel Frohsinn nach dem ganzen Leid
      Ein Held

    • @onepunchman5909
      @onepunchman5909 Месяц назад +1

      ​​@@elsedietrich9792erweise doch unseren gefallenen Soldaten eine Ehre. Es ist ja einfach nur traurig das zu lesen

  • @aswarrior6365
    @aswarrior6365 4 месяца назад +198

    Rest in Piece James R Beach. Your memory is still alive today over 100 years later.

  • @Lynn_100
    @Lynn_100 Месяц назад +9

    Hes probably watching from heaven , smiling even bigger

  • @fredtaylor9792
    @fredtaylor9792 Месяц назад +4

    Just 10 years earlier his mom and dad were still picking him up, giving him hugs and kisses thinking of all the things he might become in life.

  • @ImaginaShip
    @ImaginaShip 9 месяцев назад +855

    We may not know much about him except that he had a childlike joy to him and will remember him for his smile throughout the ages.

    • @manliocanas
      @manliocanas 8 месяцев назад +18

      Eso mismo. Inocencia en medio del horror de la Gran Guerra

    • @BarB2-90Nine
      @BarB2-90Nine 8 месяцев назад +4

      Seems like the comedy team L&H yes his smile happy and sad but making the most of what he had fighting in a war… Joker solider

    • @goatwarrior3570
      @goatwarrior3570 8 месяцев назад +12

      ​@@BarB2-90NineHe wasn't fighting in a war here. He was likely drunk celebrating the war ending.

    • @RS-zp6hb
      @RS-zp6hb 8 месяцев назад +5

      He could well have been in the middle of a psychotic breakdown here, he looks almost detached from reality, anyone would be after experiencing the unrelenting horror of ww1

    • @ct1762
      @ct1762 8 месяцев назад +3

      umm he was a child lol

  • @BrightwhiteWolf
    @BrightwhiteWolf 9 месяцев назад +596

    Still the Brightest Smile

    • @SupremeOracle
      @SupremeOracle 9 месяцев назад +11

      Nah homie looked like he had a haunted hallway for a mouth 💀

    • @norco3242
      @norco3242 9 месяцев назад +9

      @@SupremeOraclethats so funny haha.

    • @cassanateli
      @cassanateli 9 месяцев назад

      Yes you can tell he’s an idiot

    • @AshErin8304
      @AshErin8304 8 месяцев назад +11

      @@SupremeOracle 😑

    • @Cormano980
      @Cormano980 8 месяцев назад +4

      Broken fence smile

  • @tommarnt
    @tommarnt Месяц назад +2

    he's smiling at us and we're smiling at him

  • @dloren2010
    @dloren2010 Месяц назад +8

    This shows the resilience of the human soul.

  • @shellyniles3675
    @shellyniles3675 4 месяца назад +166

    You can feel his comical existence just from watching him and his demeanor. Must of been so fun to be friends with. Touches my heart.❤

    • @kgeyval
      @kgeyval Месяц назад +1

      👍🏻

    • @nxtgen2b416
      @nxtgen2b416 Месяц назад

      Same !

    • @nxtgen2b416
      @nxtgen2b416 Месяц назад

      And lived during two world wars and a depression. Says so much about his character in depth.

  • @pvChrists-Bond.Servant
    @pvChrists-Bond.Servant 9 месяцев назад +505

    He is now immortalised , I hope he lived a long and happy life whoever he was

    • @Westyrulz
      @Westyrulz 8 месяцев назад +21

      Pvt James Peach.

    • @d7mi.149
      @d7mi.149 8 месяцев назад

      You burn people and trees, not even children are spared by the fire of your internationally banned missiles in Gaza, and you call for humanity and compassion.

    • @Epimetheus__
      @Epimetheus__ 8 месяцев назад +7

      ​@Westyrulz brother it's in the video pvt. James R Beach lol

    • @Westyrulz
      @Westyrulz 8 месяцев назад +4

      @@Epimetheus__ I know I was answering @pvChrists-Bond.Servant question.

    • @pvp6077
      @pvp6077 8 месяцев назад +24

      He was a French soldier in 1918 so it's probably safe to say he went through some additional troubles after this .....

  • @JoshuaMunro-ls4yx
    @JoshuaMunro-ls4yx 2 месяца назад +3

    Times were tough but still knew how to crack a smile man

  • @robbiegf900akajwalker5
    @robbiegf900akajwalker5 2 месяца назад +3

    This makes me want to cry for him, fought for absolutely nothing.

    • @JohnnyMacaw
      @JohnnyMacaw 15 дней назад

      freedom aint free buddy.. take your head out of your behind

  • @user-th9tg3bc1g
    @user-th9tg3bc1g 2 месяца назад +157

    Hope you know the happy smile you gave that day is forever. Thank you eternaly.

  • @nootnoot7745
    @nootnoot7745 9 месяцев назад +788

    Nice to see something wholesome in a hard time

    • @hulahole
      @hulahole 9 месяцев назад +18

      I agree! At least he had a little moment of happiness

    • @justin6296
      @justin6296 9 месяцев назад +13

      Definitely

    • @tairo1092
      @tairo1092 9 месяцев назад +26

      ​@@hulaholeToday people have everything and are always sad, stressed, depressed, avid with an ork soul. The consequence of consumerism and lack of tradition.
      While back then people was happy with alot less.

    • @RSTactical
      @RSTactical 9 месяцев назад +8

      ​@@tairo1092people in villages today are still a lot happier than consumer-driven cities in the West. Also a much bigger sense of community where in contrast there is none downtown.

    • @Astrattaaaa
      @Astrattaaaa 9 месяцев назад

      Agreed

  • @terrypackard1374
    @terrypackard1374 Месяц назад +1

    He seems like the kind of man you'd want as a friend

    • @F_antomas
      @F_antomas Месяц назад

      you can have him as friend now too

    • @terrypackard1374
      @terrypackard1374 Месяц назад

      @@F_antomas He's dead! How can he be a friend now?

    • @F_antomas
      @F_antomas Месяц назад

      @@terrypackard1374 😆

  • @DavidowenrecioB.-hv3wz
    @DavidowenrecioB.-hv3wz Месяц назад +1

    I love how he smiles at the camera
    He make me smile🙂

  • @RageUnchained
    @RageUnchained 9 месяцев назад +537

    Over 100 years later, and his smile, still lights up a room rest well.

    • @MyHome7_Carla
      @MyHome7_Carla 8 месяцев назад +12

      Oh my goodness that is so true!❤

  • @mrs.g.9816
    @mrs.g.9816 7 месяцев назад +353

    Poor guy looked so young but was missing his front teeth. But he was still so happy and clowned around for the camera. He made me smile, too.

    • @jillijane9793
      @jillijane9793 6 месяцев назад +39

      Dentistry wasn't available to many of the poorer population

    • @herberthouston1776
      @herberthouston1776 6 месяцев назад +50

      I think he had his two front teeth blackened out!

    • @stevouppers4822
      @stevouppers4822 6 месяцев назад +7

      @@herberthouston1776I see it now

    • @user-js6qi1rr9u
      @user-js6qi1rr9u 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@jillijane9793она для вас и сейчас недоступна , потому что вы всю жизнь платите за все услуги , это только в СССР всё бесплатно было и сейчас в России почти всё бесплатно

    • @fatElvis-vj3tl
      @fatElvis-vj3tl 6 месяцев назад

      He had to much to drink

  • @tubemycup
    @tubemycup 18 дней назад +1

    Reminds me so much of my Maternal Grandfather, who served during the WWII Era, that I had to do a double + take. My Grandfather had donned a hat like this at his oldest son's wedding & had the biggest smile on his face. He was the most precious man! Bless our soldiers, always!!

  • @Duke_Bootee24
    @Duke_Bootee24 2 месяца назад +2

    If only he would have known his funny character caught on a random video would reach us over a 100 years later and we’d get to smile with him.
    It’s a serious mind trip..

  • @TheEggroll4321
    @TheEggroll4321 8 месяцев назад +619

    He has been through a lot more than most of us and he still smiles. A strong man indeed

    • @SinisterR4T
      @SinisterR4T 7 месяцев назад

      And now people kill themselves over girlfriends

    • @StaticXtreme444
      @StaticXtreme444 7 месяцев назад +4

      U dnt ev3n kno me cuz

    • @wesapollo564
      @wesapollo564 7 месяцев назад

      @@StaticXtreme444bro shut up😭😭😭

    • @leonpritchard2835
      @leonpritchard2835 7 месяцев назад +19

      @@StaticXtreme444this man has been through hell and back half his brothers and friends probably died on the battlefield. Your problems are minor compared with what he went through I bet if he could’ve he would have jumped into ur shoes without a second thought

    • @StaticXtreme444
      @StaticXtreme444 7 месяцев назад +7

      @leonpritchard2835 you don't even know me or what problems I have. My initial comment was a joke but in all seriousness, you have no idea who the person in the video is, what they went through or what their life was like. And the original commenter doesnt know me, or anyone else they were saying that about so it just sounds completely idiotic to base anything about anyone on a clip that is 10 seconds long. For all you know, this guy could have been in the war for 6 months followed by a life or luxury and someone in the comments could be battling cancer. My point is, the original comment is just gobbledygook nonsense speak. Stfu

  • @mattarcha7232
    @mattarcha7232 5 месяцев назад +430

    This man smiles through hardship.. now days we have it so easy yet many of us cant even seem to smile once during the day.. times have changed -.-

    • @sandraschmidt9119
      @sandraschmidt9119 5 месяцев назад +12

      Sie haben so Recht, so gefrustet, die Menschen..... Ich bin krank, aber mein tägliches Lächeln, verbietet mir.... schafft keiner! Schönen Tag noch 🤗🙋‍♀️

    • @lylecraig-eq7jk
      @lylecraig-eq7jk 5 месяцев назад +10

      Modern convenience becomes inconvenient in the long run. If you allow it, but yes, we can't do half the stuff they did. It have many laying in bed the entire next day.

    • @benjaminwebber196
      @benjaminwebber196 5 месяцев назад +8

      It was just as convenient yesterday as it is today. People lived good back then as well because of what their lives evolved around. Like today's world. Sex,money,drugs, violence. That's what life is to some.others try to make more out of life. Some don't care about what's after this life

    • @vespino96
      @vespino96 5 месяцев назад +6

      El mal que tenemos hoy en dia es Internet y la globalización,no durará mucho la paz .

    • @macflod
      @macflod 5 месяцев назад +5

      I know but right now i never been so worried about makor conflicts starting in many places. All the pieces seem to be in place for it. The generations that lived through these hard years of 20th century are mostly gone. Most of thise left were too young to have fought. The era of having leaders who knew the importance of international relations and geo political power is gone and im afraid dark times are coming back :(
      I hope im wrong but if not then we will look back on the days we didn’t smile with envy as we will not have complacency anymore

  • @Saltasaur
    @Saltasaur 17 дней назад +1

    Nothing brings me worse pain than seeing a bright soul like this and knowing they're no longer with us.

  • @user-ug1qh5tm4w
    @user-ug1qh5tm4w 2 дня назад +2

    Smiling through the pain....😢

  • @GramophonicReevolution
    @GramophonicReevolution 7 месяцев назад +564

    Pvt. JAMES R. BEACH. His name is in the description but really should be in the title!

    • @ChristmasInOctober.
      @ChristmasInOctober. 7 месяцев назад +20

      I mean it was kinda in the middle of the screen

    • @GramophonicReevolution
      @GramophonicReevolution 7 месяцев назад +15

      @@ChristmasInOctober. it was but blink and you would miss it🤣 the film is about him after all 👍

    • @ChristmasInOctober.
      @ChristmasInOctober. 7 месяцев назад +6

      @@GramophonicReevolution I'm just sayin

    • @GramophonicReevolution
      @GramophonicReevolution 7 месяцев назад +9

      @@ChristmasInOctober. and I'm just agreeing 👍😎

    • @ChristmasInOctober.
      @ChristmasInOctober. 7 месяцев назад +4

      @@GramophonicReevolution ik man, no hate😎

  • @bobmartin7409
    @bobmartin7409 8 месяцев назад +301

    As a former soldier myself, this affected me greatly. To maintain that smile and playfullness after war is truly inspiring.

    • @wulf67
      @wulf67 8 месяцев назад +12

      It's a quality unique to a very specific combination of morphine and complex PTSD.

    • @user-ci2qw3dq4u
      @user-ci2qw3dq4u 7 месяцев назад +5

      Don't worry hundred years from now you be making someone else smile 😁

    • @nikkinik4188
      @nikkinik4188 7 месяцев назад +2

    • @Alessandro-sh8zk
      @Alessandro-sh8zk 7 месяцев назад

      Just madness

    • @kyleebrock
      @kyleebrock 7 месяцев назад

      Booze...helps

  • @alexandredeabreu1429
    @alexandredeabreu1429 День назад +1

    Crazy to think that this man once lived a life completely separate from ours and has already passed away.

  • @ShonThomas-rp3ui
    @ShonThomas-rp3ui 15 дней назад +1

    Love This!! I Can See The Stress of War on His Face..Young Man looks older Than He Should...Glad He Made it Home..My Great Grandpa Served in France During WW1..He Obviously Made it Home as well..These Colorized Films From Back in The Past Really Fascinates Me

  • @NotASheep100
    @NotASheep100 7 месяцев назад +439

    Wow...nearly cried....too endure such hardship...and still manage to smile and laugh....
    We really dont know were born today
    God bless his soul...x

    • @ttpsamari5479
      @ttpsamari5479 6 месяцев назад +7

      And today we have to pay comedians to make us laugh🥹

    • @handsomeX
      @handsomeX 6 месяцев назад +12

      Same. All of these old videos kinda choke me up.

    • @jolantamullard6464
      @jolantamullard6464 6 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@handsomeX😞😞😞😟😟😟💕💕💕

    • @jamstew547
      @jamstew547 5 месяцев назад +3

      Lol no need to be so over dramatic. Crying because someone is being silly with a hat. Can't laugh "unless you pay comedians". How do you guys live? Comedians, jesters, entertainers... Fun, have always been a thing since language was understood (whatever the situation is). Y'all would be absolutely undependable 50 years ago, forget 100 😂

    • @TiCO._.balon.-.24
      @TiCO._.balon.-.24 5 месяцев назад +2

      Fe mi estimado

  • @gamerinavangaming
    @gamerinavangaming 8 месяцев назад +854

    He was born in Dec 1888 and died in Apr 1965. He was even veteran listed in WW2 but obviously never called. He had a long and eventful life and was obviously a very strong and happy character as we can see here.

    • @gerardbeke1763
      @gerardbeke1763 7 месяцев назад +54

      Pourriez vous nous révéler son identité,ou au moins son prénom pour qu'il ne reste pas l'inconnu au sourire ?

    • @karenschunk2192
      @karenschunk2192 7 месяцев назад +7

      Thank you.

    • @TheRealKing0fGotham
      @TheRealKing0fGotham 7 месяцев назад +33

      Sources

    • @jlammertsma
      @jlammertsma 7 месяцев назад +15

      God have his soul.❤

    • @Robd07
      @Robd07 7 месяцев назад +5

      I dont think so. He would have been past 30 to enlist duriing WW 2....theres an age limit

  • @perspgold8945
    @perspgold8945 29 дней назад +2

    He looks so young but according to comments was 30

  • @nz1268
    @nz1268 Месяц назад +2

    Beautiful man.
    Blessed is his memory.❤❤

  • @speksone
    @speksone 2 месяца назад +46

    He had absolutely nothing during the war, except pure happiness that he was still alive and breathing!

  • @ThomasClark-xt3xy
    @ThomasClark-xt3xy 6 месяцев назад +662

    Beautiful to see this. Back then people were so very much different. They had something we today have missing.

    • @sandraleroy9395
      @sandraleroy9395 6 месяцев назад +33

      Oui l honneur et le respect

    • @phil-good
      @phil-good 6 месяцев назад +53

      We are missing simplicity and purity.
      Much more of missing behavior could be added too.
      In those days, they produced men of character.

    • @bltn7469
      @bltn7469 6 месяцев назад +23

      Scabies ?

    • @phil-good
      @phil-good 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@bltn7469
      What does it mean ?
      I m French

    • @spongebobsquarepantsheehee
      @spongebobsquarepantsheehee 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@phil-good scabies are mites living under your skin by digging burrows, making it unbearably itchy. If they are untreated, they may lead to serious health problems

  • @carolinebond5615
    @carolinebond5615 14 дней назад +2

    First thing my six year old son said was "he's a happy man! Lets give him a like and subscribe!" ❤

  • @carolkamaile1967
    @carolkamaile1967 13 дней назад +1

    He looks like a 19 year old kid, just smiling away.

  • @mannyf782
    @mannyf782 6 месяцев назад +86

    You just can't help it but smile with him. Such joyous, vibrant soul from bygone times.

  • @darrylscott8542
    @darrylscott8542 7 месяцев назад +345

    He looks like he has a kind soul. Despite all he's been through, he tries to stay positive. ❤😊

    • @davidschafer544
      @davidschafer544 6 месяцев назад +6

      The first world war. Yeah , they went through it

    • @givemepain
      @givemepain 6 месяцев назад

      Lol 🤦🏻‍♂️😆

    • @user-qs4uk7ip3f
      @user-qs4uk7ip3f 6 месяцев назад

      He has a kind soul? Seriously, what does that mean? Other than just saying it. A soul doesn't exist . People use words that don't mean anything. Like the word unbelievable. How can something be unbelievable if it's literally usually in your view?? Words have meaning. People use these words with no connection to anything meaning ful. Ridiculous.

    • @headshotmaster138
      @headshotmaster138 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@user-qs4uk7ip3ftake your meds

    • @Olafsen2024
      @Olafsen2024 4 месяца назад

      @@user-qs4uk7ip3fAutistic much?

  • @GtheGeneral
    @GtheGeneral Месяц назад +2

    Rest in peace sir Thank You for your service 🙏

  • @88gschannel39
    @88gschannel39 23 дня назад +1

    "We've seen some shit, huh James" "Ah, that's nothing, gimme a hat."

  • @cockneyb2k
    @cockneyb2k 8 месяцев назад +487

    Dam little did he know he would last forever on some magic box that holds information and images which anyone can access across the world.
    We salute you sir.

    • @Sniperboy5551
      @Sniperboy5551 8 месяцев назад +23

      It’s crazy how much can change over the course of 100 years

    • @xlargetophat
      @xlargetophat 8 месяцев назад +9

      He probably knew, they weren't stupid.

    • @bloodsugar7327
      @bloodsugar7327 8 месяцев назад +7

      Брат это лучший комментарий ❤

    • @mm-ck3cw
      @mm-ck3cw 8 месяцев назад +3

      He didn't care.

    • @FahimibnDawud
      @FahimibnDawud 8 месяцев назад +4

      No one cared about that back then, unlike today where everyone is obsessed with their own image.

  • @jackthepirate9233
    @jackthepirate9233 8 месяцев назад +94

    What those guys went through. Huge respect.
    Rest in peace grandpa Louis

    • @NoOne-tg9tk
      @NoOne-tg9tk 8 месяцев назад +1

      It's because European greed

    • @shakes.dontknowwhatyergettin
      @shakes.dontknowwhatyergettin 8 месяцев назад

      @@NoOne-tg9tk Because Jewish greed. Nobody else wanted the war.

    • @mcmc1863
      @mcmc1863 8 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@NoOne-tg9tkwhat is? WW1?

    • @NoOne-tg9tk
      @NoOne-tg9tk 8 месяцев назад

      @@mcmc1863 yup

    • @mcmc1863
      @mcmc1863 8 месяцев назад

      @@NoOne-tg9tk you know why it started?

  • @raymondhira2723
    @raymondhira2723 22 дня назад +1

    Think about it: in a war and no teeth, but still smiling like he won the lottery....
    We can learn from this beautiful soul

  • @user-vk5xn7jg9m
    @user-vk5xn7jg9m 6 дней назад +2

    Жизнь была тяжелее , но люди были добрее , отзывчивее и больше улыбались- парадоксально !

  • @Qvirit
    @Qvirit 8 месяцев назад +416

    Оставаться человеком с такой улыбкой в тех обстоятельствах, пример для многих и теперь. Спасибо, солдат.

    • @ClaudionerisdossantosNeris
      @ClaudionerisdossantosNeris 8 месяцев назад +8

      Verdade a imagem é o retrato real daquela vida....

    • @howdareu964
      @howdareu964 8 месяцев назад +2

      Attitude is everything in life

    • @patricialuna9304
      @patricialuna9304 8 месяцев назад +2

      EJEMPLO DE ALMA EN ESOS TIEMPOS TAN DUROS SONREIR Q ESPÍRITU MAS HERMOSO.

    • @Jesus-Christ-is-Life
      @Jesus-Christ-is-Life 7 месяцев назад

      С какой такой ?)) По улыбке видно, что она психически подвинута ..

    • @user-rc4ne9kf8q
      @user-rc4ne9kf8q 3 месяца назад

      Это тот самый: серьезно? -да серьезно! А ты не верил, нет?😅

  • @geoespar2
    @geoespar2 4 месяца назад +83

    This made me cry. I thought of my uncle who served in the Great War to end all wars, World War 1, never happened. I was just a little boy as I sat has his feet while he read newspapers. He fought in the battle of the Somme. His war injuries shortened his life, but I never forget even though I was eight years old, and now 76 yrs. God Bless Pvt. James R Beach, rest in eternal peace, and hope your life was good to the end.

    • @cleanserene6330
      @cleanserene6330 Месяц назад +6

      I thought of my grandmother, born in 1912, so smart she graduated at age 16, only to marry a man 10 years older and begin farming...had her 1st child in a log cabin, 2nd child in a farmhouse w no electricity, and finally my mother in Gardena, CA, in the mid 40s, leaving farming behind. My uncle, the eldest, was 18 yrs older than my mom and lived thru the depression to become wildly successful, 3 homes and a plane, a travel writer w his wife. He also wrote about cars and airplanes as an expert in his field; previously was a print model, a bit actor, as a young man. My grandmother, and her children, were beautiful.
      But she got sick in the 60s and my grandfather didn't like to waste money on doctors. She died of breast cancer at 55, 10 yrs before I was born.
      I would love so much to have a video like this to show my mom.

    • @maryhamric
      @maryhamric Месяц назад +4

      God bless your uncle....the Somme and permanent injuries. I can't imagine.

    • @nathanstaley4503
      @nathanstaley4503 Месяц назад +3

      Thanks for sharing this.

  • @zim7489
    @zim7489 7 месяцев назад +273

    Esse soldado nunca imaginaria que estariamos aqui 105 anos depois assitindo-o.

  • @lindaanderson7077
    @lindaanderson7077 8 месяцев назад +153

    That smile is priceless! The footage is incredible.
    Thank you for sharing this.

    • @xxxsaraHelloxxx
      @xxxsaraHelloxxx 7 месяцев назад +3

      🌹🌹🌹👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🙏🙏🙏🕊🕊🕊

  • @katiejones3955
    @katiejones3955 2 месяца назад +1

    I really needed that smile!!! Thank you sir. Rest in paradise ❤😊

  • @felixramos3078
    @felixramos3078 Месяц назад +1

    That was a young man back then, maybe in his late 20s. His generation went through so much. The Trench War, if you don't get kill by artillery, you get gas, or influenza, typhoid, trench food, trench fever, malaria, or a German sniper shoot you. Then they came back home with no benefits, or jobs. Then the Great Depression hit. A lot of them, went from bad to worse. Those poor souls didn't get a break. Perhaps that's why they called them, "The Greatest Generation!" And they deserve to be call that my friends. Because they surely earn it. 👏👏👏

  • @octaviasilva4540
    @octaviasilva4540 8 месяцев назад +110

    I’m deployed right now and this made me cry almost, it’s the little things that echo through time.

    • @Adam-ze1jw
      @Adam-ze1jw 8 месяцев назад +6

      Where ya at? Stay safe!

    • @kubamajchrzak1127
      @kubamajchrzak1127 8 месяцев назад +1

      Jak ty się rozpłakałeś to z ciebie dupa, a nie żołnierz. Chroń Boże od zniewieściałych "żołnierzy", którzy beczą z byle powodu

    • @derekwpennington1796
      @derekwpennington1796 8 месяцев назад +1

      Best b wishes from Maine my friend. Be strong and safe

    • @tadeuszkolak4937
      @tadeuszkolak4937 8 месяцев назад

      @@kubamajchrzak1127zamknij się

    • @lionofjudahlambofgod9132
      @lionofjudahlambofgod9132 8 месяцев назад +4

      Invite Jesus into your heart so that you are prepared in this life and the next. Prayers sent may The Lord Jesus Almighty bless you.

  • @raymondparnell439
    @raymondparnell439 9 месяцев назад +111

    Hard times make strong broken men.

    • @jumboshrimp9700
      @jumboshrimp9700 9 месяцев назад

      Good time make weak gay men

    • @fitito500
      @fitito500 9 месяцев назад

      Stupid men create hard times and hard times create poverty and wars, not strong men but wise people who eliminate poverty with hard work.....
      Nobody who lived in poverty and violence wants that for their children.

    • @fitito500
      @fitito500 9 месяцев назад +16

      You shouldn't romanticize the poverty and violence

    • @zyxw2024
      @zyxw2024 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@fitito500Ditto!

    • @dystopianfuture1165
      @dystopianfuture1165 9 месяцев назад +6

      Good old ignorant comments back at it again.

  • @Aerospacer77
    @Aerospacer77 Месяц назад +1

    No front teeth but yet one of the brightest smiles I ever saw. I don't know why but this guy looks so innocent to me. Maybe it was just an innocent time. Regardless he looks like he has not a care in the word. Just having a good time in a good place.

  • @JAWS-7675
    @JAWS-7675 Месяц назад +2

    God bless you Private James R. Beach. Thank you for the sacrifices you've made. Thank you for your service to our country and thank you for my freedom.

    • @MrBooYa-yd5er
      @MrBooYa-yd5er Месяц назад

      He didn’t really fight for our freedom. The Germans weren’t after us.

  • @Dstew57A
    @Dstew57A 9 месяцев назад +403

    Lovely smile. RIP and thank you for your service😇

    • @JayRoth-sb3nh
      @JayRoth-sb3nh 9 месяцев назад +11

      Yes stew, great line but sad. Hope he is in heaven.

    • @user-xk7oe8lz9c
      @user-xk7oe8lz9c 9 месяцев назад +8

      He seemed like a nice guy.

    • @yourallc-unts
      @yourallc-unts 9 месяцев назад

      Real talk it's far from lovely 😂 half his teeth are missing 😅

    • @yasminenazarine1629
      @yasminenazarine1629 9 месяцев назад +2

      For his land white land

    • @Anony_mutt
      @Anony_mutt 9 месяцев назад

      Take a look at the world today...winners🤷‍♂️
      "Seek Higher"🙋‍♂️💛

  • @user-jb1to9ge6g
    @user-jb1to9ge6g 9 месяцев назад +341

    Я бы хотела попасть в прошлое, чтобы увидеть своих предков, побыть с ними мгновение, прожить с ними бесценные минуты.

    • @kevincostello3856
      @kevincostello3856 8 месяцев назад +13

      Yes, yes exactly, well said thank you

    • @bluewendigo672
      @bluewendigo672 8 месяцев назад +16

      I would like to know my ancestors.

    • @cryptoffilth8711
      @cryptoffilth8711 8 месяцев назад +15

      Maybe one day you will 🙏

    • @MyHome7_Carla
      @MyHome7_Carla 8 месяцев назад +5

      Wouldn't that just be so amazing!?

    • @sicsempertyrannis4613
      @sicsempertyrannis4613 8 месяцев назад +9

      You are the product of your ancestors hard work and willingness to survive. Never forget that and make sure to pass it on. Why else are we here if not to procreate and honor our G-d and our ancestors hardwork

  • @topaz3468
    @topaz3468 4 дня назад

    My grandfather served in WW1 with the French Foreign Legion, although he was from Indiana. He brought home souvenirs from the battlefield which were in the attic of his garage ( helmet, grenade, knives, etc). He lived to be 101 yrs old (1897-1998). However he never spoke about the war with his grandchildren.

  • @reggiepalmer6157
    @reggiepalmer6157 4 дня назад +1

    Looks like a nice friendly guy😂

  • @joshuagrindstaff37
    @joshuagrindstaff37 6 месяцев назад +217

    He was so happy to be on camera, and as it would appear, that someone would take the time to care about him. God Bless all of our warriors throughout the ages. It’s to bad people don’t realize what it takes.

    • @abrahamosayogie5978
      @abrahamosayogie5978 4 месяца назад +1

      God bless you! Jesus Christ loves you always! Have a fantastic day Joshua !

  • @Seven-Vials-W
    @Seven-Vials-W 8 месяцев назад +108

    His smile. Haven't seen one so nice in ages

  • @havitcold
    @havitcold 5 дней назад

    Warms my heart seeing how humans are essentially the same through out history it’s comforting

  • @valariesparks5253
    @valariesparks5253 25 дней назад +1

    Im glad he made it home 🏡 safe. He looks so happy ❤ sad he died at the age of 76. Bless his heart🕊🕊🥹

  • @TaterChip91
    @TaterChip91 9 месяцев назад +179

    Man, i can't get enough of these. Absolutely love them

  • @FaeRae-333
    @FaeRae-333 9 месяцев назад +272

    What a great moment. I kind of want to see the other people he’s laughing with, but he himself is mesmerizing!

    • @maorasher11
      @maorasher11 9 месяцев назад +6

      Il imite Charlie Chaplin

    • @user-dw8lp7os2z
      @user-dw8lp7os2z 8 месяцев назад +1

      ​@maorasher11 it actually the other way round

    • @revellhorton9002
      @revellhorton9002 8 месяцев назад +2

      A gentleman and a soldier and a hero to so many . No general can out rank this private.