"Jerusalem" performed by the Cadet Glee Club of West Point
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- Опубликовано: 12 мар 2011
- I included this song in the repertoire of "Stand Ye Steady" to honor our steadfast friends and allies from the UK. If ever a song embodied a call to action, this is it! Accompanying the Cadets is the world's largest church organ exquisitely played by Craig Williams. The ending chords resonate with devine majesty as Craig "pulls out all the stops".
The performance of "Jerusalem" can be seen and heard on the DVD and CD "Stand Ye Steady - Songs of Courage and Inspiration" available at www.standyesteady.com (in 5.1 Dolby Digital) and honoring all US Armed Forces past and present. Directing and video editing by Doug Coppi of Curtain Call Productions, www.curtaincallproductions.com... . 
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As a proud Englishman I can say I'm truly honoured to hear this song sung by our brother's and sisters across the sea. It means a great deal, thank you
Great to hear from you I am 100 per cent British descent and love your people and nation.
@@garythorington1600it’s good to know that at least one person likes us.😂
@@Revoe_Lad I love the empire since I was barely able to read. I was disappointed when I read the colonies rebelled against the Crown. After all Great Britain protected the colonies at great expense. I believe the USA would had been better off being in the Commonwealth!! I love the British songs customs etc I have the Union Jack hanging here at my home . Great blessings to you and your countrymen
@@garythorington1600 i totally agree with you, a lot of people in India feel like that so I hear, I think South Africa would definitely be better off they should have just concentrated on apartheid instead of independence. Yeah I think history would have been gone much better if America been in the commonwealth but I think we are in the minority. All the best to you too sir and thanks.🇬🇧🇺🇸🏴
@@Revoe_Lad I am so glad you responded I agree with everything you said . The Brits brought much to India and South Africa. Sure no nation is perfect but we brought the Gospel of Christ to all of these lands including North America, Australia and NZ. We also brought a lot of progress to all of these lands ! God bless the King and God Save the King. I know we are in the minority opinion
I’m an American, but I know my family history. Almost all my ancestors are from England and I could not be prouder to be their son.
I feel exactly the same and all my ancestors are from the UK as well
Let’s have it right the founding fathers of the United States considered themselves Englishmen before the war of independence
I served seven years in the British Army, and, after a while, sixteen years in the Royal Navy. Jerusalem makes me think of my time in the services, of my mates that I served with, and most of all, the green and beautiful land that I joined up to protect. I have visited the United States many times and have met very many lovely people there, indeed, made very many good friends there. We and the Americans all share the same values. To hear Jerusalem sung by the future Officers and Commanders of the United States forces, enforces, in my view, the notion that we will never, ever, be apart. No one will separate us. Ever.
Did you serve in south Armagh?
Army to RM?
@@TheQuantumPotato He didn`t say, Army to RM. He said Army to RN. Which means, he could have served in the RMC, or, he could have served in the SBS.
From your lips to God’s ears, cousin. They will never separate us.
I pray it to be so, even though many on both sides of the Atlantic seem determined to passively ignore our common heritage or actively work to drive a wedge between us. Comments such as Dorian's above give me hope for the future of a world built upon the common values of the Anglosphere and not the might-makes-right law of the jungle of the authoritarian regimes of the planet.
Amazing version. Respect to the Yanks, from an British ex-infantryman. 👊🏻
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Respect right back to you!
They didn’t mess it up. So well down west point.
I love this hymn. And the many years of friendship between the US and UK. And our common language and common democratic values. Churchill said of England, "Never separate ourselves from the Americans." When my small nephew asked me, "Is England our friend?" I answered, "England is our best friend."
Amen. May it ever be so!
A very uneven and some might even say abusive friendship
@@johnbell2639 Context is everything . . .
I think the union between England and the US proves that the oppressed and oppressor can break their cycle and become mutual
Churchill was half American tho… from mother’s side
Friends, brothers, sisters of the US armed forces. Greetings.
I served 25 years in the Royal Navy as a rating and as an officer. While an officer, I was privileged to work alongside magnificent men and women of the US armed forces. My respect grew long. My respect grew true.
We are, surely, brothers and sisters in arms. It is my honour to refer to you as such.
No foe shall prevail.
I’m honoured to be an Englishman hearing Americans sing our most precious song
Oh these Clever "Supreme" Englishmen that can get a "Less Fortunate" Englishmen to have the "Glory" of going "over the Top" to the music of "Jerusalem Hymn"...Frightening...and people still Cheer this on....
@@van1976 WHAT ARE YOU ON ABOUT ????????????????????
@@leeenglandland2978 "Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood" I LOVE this song, I play it on Guitar and sing it all the time. I did years ago on my YT channel (2013) ruclips.net/video/zBZ7J3cBO5k/видео.html My point is "They" ("The Cleaver Ones"-if you will) Will take a BEAUTIFUL (Spiritually lifting) EMOTIONALLY CHARGED SONG like "Jerusalem" and USE IT FOR PROPAGANDA purposes for Death and Destruction of "Englishmen"..' For Example The "Battle of the Somme"- -"British casualties on the first day were the worst in the history of the British Army, with 57,470 casualties, 19,240 of whom were killed" (the first of many)...I wasn't there, but I can't help but think the English soldiers were hearing "Jerusalem" somewhere along the way before getting Slaughtered...all for "War Profits". $$$$...Your Welcome... :-)
@@van1976 How can you blame bad tactics and bad leadership on a patriotic song ? Do consider yourself a weirdo .
@@gordonlandreth9550 I love "Jerusalem" -it is a Great Powerful song--I play and sing it all the time, for years now...BUT Music can (and is) used as a form of Mind Control. It's WW1, English soldier hears "Jerusalem", he gets "triggered" and wants to kill Germans (even innocent ones)--for the "Patriotic" cause and for Jolly Good Ole England and for "Those Feet in ancient times" .....That's why the British Army chose it....they know what they're doing.
This song speaks to the soul of any Englishman. If you’re a country boy like me, it is the closest you can get, through thick layers of reserve, to describe a love of homeland on a deep level, beyond facile totems like flags, pomp and tradition. It is home. Green and pleasant.
Beautifully written !
@@mykkie100 ironic what the poem was about..
LET me tell you something you stupid fuck, real men work their way up and not to worthless MASTER, MASTER SEARGEANTS ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT SHOULD GET OFFICER STATUS YOU FAKE PUSSY BITCH. ITS ALL GOING TO HELL BECAUSE YOU BELIEVED FAKE IGNORANCE AND FAKE MAN HOOD YOU BITCH. good luck bitch.
Do tell ? @@frankryan2505
Gorgeous response to a powerful musical gesture.
In a mad world we need our friends, from England may I say God Bless America
I’m grateful we have our English friends across the pond ☺️
This was exactly what I needed after 5 days without seeing a soul. The spring is coming to England now, it's becoming green and pleasant once again.
I do hope our American cousins know just how much we love and respect you. Keep safe and stay home 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸
It makes me very proud to think America sings our song, May we stay friends for ever;.God Bless America.
The USA National Anthem music is actually the music from old an English hymn.
England is America's mother
"that Jesus might have visited what would later be called England during His lifetime"
The British are lucky. If the myth were about Muhammad, Muslims would have claimed London now. Just like they claim Jerusalem because they believe Muhammad magically visited it.
On second thought... perhaps they aren't that lucky. Jesus was a Palestinian, according to Arabs, so....
@@truckerfromreno More like an old English drinking song!
@@niccolomedici4482 I may be wrong but Jesus was a Jew out of the tribe of Judah, He is the King of Kings is also know as the Lion of Judah. He will rule again one day for a 1000 years from Jerusalem and if you do not know Him you need to be shaking in your GI issued boots. The good news is that you can know Him quickly by calling on the name of the Lord. I am kinda passionate about future prophecy...just saying, w/o malice but my love for HIM, He rescued me
As an Englishman , Jerusalem , has always touched something in my soul . To hear this performed by our dear American cousins takes it to a new level. Thank you so much.... God bless America
The hymn carries with it an ancient truth all of its own
Pre-revolution, our Founding Fathers considered themselves to be Englishmen, and were very proud to be so.
@@Alexia24601 I probably would have been a pro Brit Tory at that time!
Thank you our American brothers and sisters. This brought tears to my eyes. God bless the USA. From a UK veteran,
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Same as mate,,
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@@ronmcknight9849 hi mate
I second that, from a soon to be royal navy veteran!
This brings a tear to my eye. Thank you American cousins. Beautifully sung. 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸
Beautifully sung. As a Englishwoman, I am truly honoured. Thank you ❤🏴
I agree Julie
Sends goosebumps all overwith tears down my face..
Wow..brilliant
I am an American and never had the honor to serve because I was excluded. My father served in WWII and when I was growing up, I would hear him hum this tune out of the corner of my ear while he was doing some household chore. I asked him once, "What's that song?" He said, "It's the National Anthem of England with whom we fought." He was a fine and funny man and I miss him. We played this at his funeral. Love.
I extend the gratitude of our Whole nation to your Father and all those Americans who came to our aid in our time of greatest challenge. They truly were our greatest friends and remain so to this day.
From the grandson of a British Army Vet who fought along side many brave Americans in North Africa and France 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
Bless you and your family
It's not the NATIONAL ATHEM of ENGLAND buddy it's "GOD SAVE THE QUEEN" unfortunately this is way better than that other crap...
@@ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR13 I think my Dad was being cheeky. Which he was known to do. 🙂
As an Englishman it always moves me when I hear this and that was superbly done. To our American Brothers and Sisters, thank you.
English and proud. Thank you for this!
England's green an pleasant land
Jerusalem and I Vow to Thee, My Country are two of my favorite hymns.
Stephen Smith
Jerusalem snd I Vow to Thee, My Country are two of my favorite hymns.. PS. Je suis Americain.
@@shirleypayne4383 Good choice Shirley. Best Wishes from the UK.💖
Thank You to our allies. From Ulster (Northern Ireland, United Kingdom) 🇬🇧
Absolutely brilliant, they sung this as if it was their own. Respect.
Good grief! Thanks to the Brits for being our friends, and to the Glee Club for this beautiful, extremely musical rendition. I was in the 6th US Army Band, oh, back during the Cretaceous period, and have become a real crybaby for stuff like this. Can't get through it without tearing up!
I miss the Cretaceous period. I can remember it too. JFK was president when I was born, bless him.
Nothing American has ever choked me up as this performance did. to know how much that they really treasure the transatlantic friendship
We do! Most of us, anyway. "Bless 'em all" "over there"!
I am another American who's served with the British (the 6th Division) in southern Afghanistan and with another group of folks in the southwest. You are our friends, allies, and cousins! I am 1/4 English and proud of it. Friends and allies forever!
Thank you. One of the great virtues of Americans is their generosity. This is remembered by their friends.
"One of the great virtues of Americans is their generosity": And don't they just *love* to remind us of it at every opportunity...
Indeed, one of our great virtues as Americans is our generosity, but we learned that from our British brothers. And yes, we will remind you of that at every opportunity. Thank you always for our steadfast bond.
@@billhaddad2953 thanks my friend. We have to stand together in these time of great danger.
From a very proud Englishman thank you to our special friends our history runs deep it always will 🇬🇧🇺🇲
As a Brit. I too, echo gratitude -----to be honored by West Point Cadet Glee Club----you did us proud------bless you
+Rick K *honoured.
You mean honoured & England is not, & never will be Britain. Alba gu brath & fuck the British state & all it's perfidious trappings. GTF!
@@KeithWilliamMacHendry ugh a scottish nationalist, you stupid country can piss off, im tired of the this
@@KeithWilliamMacHendry wow dude what’s your problem ?
A beautiful rendition of a British classic. May our Alliance last forever!
Correction: English NOT British. It in no way mentions either Wales nor Scotland.
Always raises the hairs on my neck. What a pleasure to hear it performed by an American choir!
my sons were with American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and said they were outstanding.
Thank you West point and God bless America. Friends forever. Jeff Mackie
A fantastic effort people, from a British Army Officer commissioned from the ranks and with 24 years service. I served along with my American brothers with pride. God bless you all and may he keep you safe.
As an Englishman the good old yanks sang this heart rendering hymn with gusto 👌🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
God bless you for honouring us in this fashion. As an British ex-Army Officer with 31 years of service under my belt, I have had the very good fortune to fight alongside our American brethren on more than one occasion. Thank you and God bless you.
As a Brit and absolute Monarchist, I was moved to tears by finding this simply wonderful posting sung beautifully by America's finest youth. The UK will always stand steady with the USA - Europe has never liked it nor will they ever do so. US grit is British grit - you will not be jostled or pushed by any jumped up State - nor will we for we are indeed born of the same blood. George Wythe, a signatory to the Declaration of Independence , is a proven ancestor of my mother-in-law a citizen of Australia (she has his nose !) and her Australian grit mirrors ours too. God Bless Amerca. especially at this time of natural disaster in the Texas region. Geoff Walsh
Arrant nonsense.
Wythe is still remembered on honored here as the influential teacher of Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall and other men influential in the formation of the American republic.
Thanks for the kind words Geoff and the feeling is mutual.
I'm ANTI MONARCHIST they are a bunch of parasitic leeches and the monarchy should be abolished now that the Queen has passed away because the others are absolutely f**king useless...
absolutely beautiful. thanks from England
hear hear
Wonderful! There are no other words to describe this choir.
Beautiful solemn interpretation, but I still prefer the jubilant, celebratory Proms version.
Hi from England 🏴, UK 🇬🇧. So glad we have The United States of America on our side. God bless America and our Queen and Country 🏴🇬🇧🇺🇸
A beautiful rendition. I always find it a tremendous mark of respect when people of one country sing the national song of another. It is not part of your own patriotic tradition but you know that it is part of another and so you honor that.
This is an enormous compliment! Wonderful to see and hear this version. I admit to a
personal interest because my eldest sister went "Stateside" (marriage) after WW2 and
her US family descendants are now spread between Louisiana and California.
God Bless America.
Thank You from England. That was beautiful. God bless America.
In spring of 1969 as an American NCO I had a one week R & R in Hong Kong from Vietnam. Several of us went to the NCO club half way up on the Peak. We took the tram. Inside the NCO club were many regular British NCO Marines. We had an evening that to this day I still remember fondly, with song and good friendship.
May God Bless England, and the United States.
God bless, with love from the U.K.
I am an American who served with British troops in Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan and was proud to call them "brother," "comrade in arms" and more importantly, "FRIEND!"
I was very moved the first time I heard this hymn in the movie Chariots of Fire in 1982. I am an Episcopalian (member of the Anglican Communion) and in '82 did not know this was really a hymn about England, but now know better. That doesn't change the fact that this a beautiful hymn, one filled with emotion and one that also reminds the English people just how special they are and how important their place in the world and its history is.
I know there are many Brits who hate us, along with the French, Germans, Aussies (including the one who posted vulgar comments here about both our countries) and others. That doesn't change the facts that there is a truly "special relationship" between the British people, their nation and the USA.
I do dislike when Brits post hateful commentaries here and have said so, but that also will NEVER change the fact that I was proud to serve alongside them men and women of the British forces and if ever I have to go to war again, and cannot do so with my fellow Americans, would NEVER hesitate to serve alongside my British comrades in arms.
I wish the men and women of Her Majesty's Forces all the best in 2014 and the best for the people of the United Kingdom.
The British hatred for USA is a vast minority today. Definitely agree that the special relationship is one of, if not the strongest in the world.
Thanks for your kind sentiments, Colonialpara. I may sometimes (indeed often!) disagree with the policies of the US. But the many American friends I have and their affection for Britain and England is treasured and reciprocated in kind. All the best for you and your nation.
Colonialpara I have a deep respect for American troops and for most American civilians as well excluding those that think they won world war 2 by themselves which i understand is a very small minority.
Martin Putt
"...those that think they won world war 2 by themselves which i understand is a very small minority."
Yes, they are.
Sadly, because of something called "gerrymandering" (don't ask), some Supreme Court decisions allowing effectively unlimited campaign spending by the wealthy few, massive voter suppression, and a blatantly propagandistic corporate "news" media, this "very small minority" can win enough elections to effectively control our federal government.
We call these people "Republicans."
Cheers!
smartalek180 Ahh yes, if you are an American, you just showed your left wing bias. Well done. As Churchill once said: "If you are not a liberal at 20, you have no heart. If you are not a conservative at 40, you have no brain."
Your inflammatory comments just proved the later half of that statement apply.
As a Veteran, I can say this video will provoke our enemies "sensitivities" . All the more reason for me to enjoy it and celebrate it's reaffirmation of what I know and cherish. Our young Warriors of today are Marvelous! Semper Fi and God Bless You! Your road will be hard.
One of my favourite hymns. Very well performed. These young people sang it so well.
Nice to hear people of the great USA singing the national anthem of England, God bless both our countries
Thats not our national Anthem ....
@@marycarver1542
On St George's Day, 23 April 2010, the Commonwealth Games Council for England launched a poll to allow the public to decide which anthem would be played at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India. Voters could choose between "God Save the Queen", "Jerusalem" and "Land of Hope and Glory" with the winning song being adopted as the official anthem for Team England. "Jerusalem" was declared the winner on 30 May 2010, securing 52% of the vote.
It may not be adopted by the government, but the people in this case voted.
Its a HYMN but should be ENGLAND'S NATIONAL ANTHEM than that crap and boring god save the Queen/King
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Fantastic, I, for one, feel honoured to have West Point sing our favourite hymn. Thank you West Point.
that's the way they meant it to be received, thankfully you understand
that's the way they meant it to be received, thankfully you understand
that's the way they meant it to be received, thankfully you understand
great, love it. Happy New Year to you all
Hum why is my comment tripled?
Always makes me sing along, thanks America (From a Welsh girl) :)
M y dad was in the royal Welsh fusiliers respect
Will never forget singing Jerusalem in Hyde Park on the Last Night of the Proms with thousands of other people, tears streaming down my face.
God bless from England, Peace be with you 🇬🇧
A superb rendering of a great hymn! I had no idea that cadets could sing like this!
What a marvellous tribute to our friendship.... Like all family we have our differences but in the end we will always be there for each other. I never forget that we fought side by side against the worst of the worst and fought and won
This is very well done, but when you've sat in the Royal Albert hall on the last night of the proms.....and this music first stirs, then builds...man, it makes the hackles rise on one's neck every time. To be amongst the audience and add one's own voice to this beautiful piece is a euphoric experience !
Many thanks from the UK
Very well done Cousins, brought alump to my throat. God Bless America.
I am an humble servant but I love Jerusalem, and I love my Country equally, long live Britain!
This has broken my hart This music comes from my childhood and now politicians have sold our country down the swanny and all for what streets no longer safe to walk down police with guns walking down the street My father had his leg blown off and half his back shot off fighting during the second world war and for what but thank you for bringing a bit of my childhood back many thanks from the UK
God bless you Tommy. Yes they are trying to foist on us their own corrupt version of British values but we fight on within ourselves for what is right. I will never give in to it. The song is a spur to me to carry on the fight for the real British values, not our politicians corrupt version. Thank you USA.
Love coming back to hear this. Simply brilliant. Thanks West Point
Cadets. And to our American allies.
A wonderful, uplifting tribute. As a U.K. veteran it made me feel proud and humbled. Thank you.
God bless America !! We will always stand shoulder to shoulder and fall side by side forever with our soldiers blood mixed on the battlefields of freedom !!! Love from England 🇬🇧🇺🇲
OMG I'm crying, this is so beautiful, you Americans will always be our greatest partners
As a Briton, I can honestly say I’ve never heard Jerusalem sung better than this. At a time when my country, our culture and our history is under sustained attack, this brought a tear to my eye. Thank you, may our friendship and kinship last a thousand years.
This is, of course, a beautiful rendition full of pride. However, I’ve seen more people complaining about a full-court press on culture than actual attacks.
Brexit means brexit, eh?
@@SMlFFY85, yes, thankfully we’re no longer in the EU.
@@alexanderfooy723, have you been living in a cave?
@@Pete-tq6in No. Sounds fun though, and based on your comments I’m sure that you could tell me about it. And, as an American an obligatory 1776.
Love it. I first sang this great anthem with the Cathedral Choral Society of Washington, D. C. in the early '90s and several times since in choral and church choir settings. Praise be to England! Praise be to God!
A truly special relationship, greetings to our American cousins
This is an absolutely beautiful rendition of what should be, in my opinion, England's national anthem.
So right. God Save The Queen is such an awful dirge.
Irelands call
no way ..there is always Elgar
Everyone thinks it should be the National Anthem except the BBC who would never allow it to be.
I agree...excellent hymn..sung well.
Thank you. English and proud and ALWAYS a friend of America. Together we are strong. xxx
God Bless America From An Englishman
Kom! Monica Åslund
500subswithnovideos A you are a very bitter hateful person.
God Bless America and Britain!
Thank you guys, you've melted my cold English heart :')
No need to be English to melt down listening to this anthem. Even as a french guy, my heart is bleeding.
Awwww :-) I kiss you on both checks! I love this hymn (even though the lyrics are bollocks) but damn I must say I too am emotionally moved and impressed with this performance. Even more so considering that rarely do you see such performed by the English!
+Sunny Jim proper song show respect
The organist ought to be shot for incompetence, though.
SHUT UP, you God-damned ASS!
America and Britain together---can never be defeated! God bless our British cousins!
God Save the Queen!
God Save These United States!
Garet Aldridge u
Thank you sir, right back attcha! Semper Fedelis! NFSE!
*Mixed cousins
May it be so forever.
We love our English brothers and sisters across the pond and will always be by your side in your time of need
Descendants from the mother land that’s why 🇬🇧🇺🇸
Very well done Cadets! You rock! God I love this song, so mighty, so strong, so sweeping! God bless the UK!
I'm crying this second because I love England so much! England, will always be England! God Bless our beautiful England, Love you all.
Shame our political system douse not feel the same as us.
Such a beautiful song.
It hard to listen to this and not overwhelmed with emotion. Anyone British who has ever visited the United States of America can be in no doubt of the underlying and eternal bond between our two peoples. God Bless America!
To be born an Englishman is a great responsibility, it is to set an example to others and to hold back the tide against all odds.
But most of all, to be born English is a gift from God.
Thankyou from sunny Britain.
Soon to be "sunni" Britain.
Shiite you think, or just the natives blended out of existence?
They're all guests who shall be repatriated upon their own nations developing.
"their own nations developing."
That's not going to happen.
claude bawls
They better had by 2050, if not, civil war guaranteed
All hail England and American allies the strongest bond you will ever see may they help each other in the most dangerous and difficult times
@john jack Many Americans are not aware that England is but part of the U.K.
I will confess that I came to this video merely looking for a good version of this tune.
What I found was not only an excellent rendition of an excellent hymn, but also an outpouring of love between two nations in the comments.
I am astounded.
God save The Queen
Absolutely moving! and beautifully sung. Though not an American but absolute loyalist I say "Thank God for the Americans! where would the free world be with out them"
Beautiful version of this masterpiece. Never heard better. This choir is top notch.
Greetings from the UK to our cousins across the Pond. In the last 24 hours, in the Middle East, American and British aircrews have flown into combat, side by side once again. This rendition of 'Jerusalem' by the cadets of West Point is utterly beautiful.
Young American cadets of all colours and backgrounds combined to sing one of England's and even America's finest anthems as the theme is the same. God bless them all.
May England and America be friends forever.
+Shaun Tagoe If we have any sense, we should detach ourselves from that sinking ship before it takes half the world with it.
+Edward Nigma
Which country is the 'sinking ship'? Neither country seems to be 'struggling' to make ends meet.
Scott Steiner The US is becoming increasingly isolated on many of it's foreign policy stance, it is viewed worldwide as the greatest threat to peace. It's economy, as well as the entire financialised western economy is entirely unsustainable.
It won't be long until all that's left for the US is a big pile of weapons.
+Edward Nigma stop being an absolutist pessimist, besides, we happen to be punching above our weight right now in everything, and maintaining a good position depends on as little opposition and good relations as possible with the other powers.
+Edward Nigma weird.. that comment should've been but for America.. it should've been for north Korea... surprised how some people lack sanity...
Our two nations, together with some others (in the NATO alliance) have spent time and effort as comrades in arms defending the freedom of so many peoples, including those who take for granted the ability to utter their vitriolic and unjustified condemnations. They are misguided and should not be given any credence. I believe many more of us are aware of the realities. God Bless America and long may we trust in our alliance. I served in the UK Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve from 1958 until 1989 during which time i rose through the ranks of the Army Medical Services from private to Quartermaster Captain (Tech) but never heard a shot fired in anger. I did have some contact with US soldiers on exercises in germany
I thought that rendering of Jerusalem was magnificent. I was deeply moved and proud to call Americans Friends
Kaye Barrie Kaye, that was just perfectly well said!! I fear that self described, hate filled "preacher" represents precisely what the few Britons who dislike Americans think. Our great Atlantic Alliance, paid for in blood, is a deeply cherished thing to most thinking Americans, even those with few British links.
I enjoyed your story, so will try to tell my wonderful but very mixed up, cross-Atlantic story half as well.
In the deep freeze of the Cold War, I was born and raised a Briton by an American military attache and British mother. Naturally, I developed a very British accent (south/south-east).
At Westminster School I learnt quickly to hide my real heritage from mean, snobbish, class-oriented boys, still common in those days. My self protection was to play a lot of rough sport (I was 5'7 to start and 6'4 to end) and study very hard.
My Dad had come up through the ranks, and I picked up his value of being "classless." Balliol College and it's lower emphasis on class became for me a golden time of refuge. As I had started young (16) so was able to stay a little longer. I began in History, Politics and Economics -- ideal for a future MP or Sandhurst graduate on his way to General, but not me (today I could have attended Sandhurst if I really, really intended it). Wanting to read Medicine, I switched to the Sciences, but kept up in Lit and History - my real loves.
I did meet some of England's "Good and Great." Our current Lord Speaker is an especially good friend from way back when I was still attractive and she was on the "available list." Doing some graduate work and being a through Tory(*) , I got to know John Major and Chris Patten (now Sir John and Lord Chris), the later would re-emerge in my life, as I was deeply honoured to know him well in Hong Kong for five years.
Great Britain, and pointedly Oxford, gave me everything I truly love today including the girl from Oriel whom I later married. We both wanted to read Medicine, but how? My grandfather had left a large bequest at Yale in America. I wanted to stay in Britain. It turned out to be my girl who had the sense of adventure. Charlotte wanted to go to America, and she had a way of winning!
With much fuss we both landed at Yale to study medicine. Skipping long details, she became a paediatric oncologist (5 years training) and I a trauma surgeon (seven years plus 3 in cardiothoracic and vascular surgery, for a Dphil).
I had a grant to work on Trauma as more of a Public Health issue in Asia, but to assure I got the grant I joined the US Army MC reserves as a Captain-Surgeon. Indeed we got the grant, and found ourselves in Hong Kong for the last 5 years of British administration.
We put down roots in the American pacific north west. Charlotte entered a wonderful group of hospital-based paediatric people. I joined a great University and Hospital, helping build a truly world class Trauma Centre. The years passed well. We ended up with three kids, one now at McGill in Canada about to finish her medical degree, another girl still at her mom's school, Oriel, Oxf., and a son in pre-med at Yale... Jack is very close to his maternal grandfather, a long serving and much storied member of the British Army. He wants to study medicine at in the US and then to Sandhurst. If he can do that, I will certainly support it !!
I had a fat and happy position as Associate Chief of Service, Trauma Surgery and full professor. I had kept up with my US Army obligations in the reserves, as a Major-Surgeon by then. But in 2002/2003 I was uneasy. America and Britain were going to war together. Charlotte was willing to support my "playing soldier," as she quipped. To everyone's amazement I quit to join the US Army full time. I joined as a Major-Surgeon, the civilian use of those words still makes me laugh, like Major Major in Catch-22.
It was never planned, but caring for soldiers was an emotional life changer for me.They ask so little and give everything. Afghanistan for nine years, in the first Level II/II+ field hospital. Early on and speaking only as a Trauma Surgeon, all of the Allies were taking a beating, especially America and Britain. The idea of Bastion and a world-class facility was not even a dream.
Level II Hospitals had at best 2 surgeons, hopefully Trauma qualified, and two ED-type docs. But what was really in our favour was great nurses and tec's!! At a Level II+ we also had an ortho doc from Britain who was really good with trauma of all kinds.
One of the best OR nurses I have ever worked with was in the TA (for the unwashed, that's the Territorial Army, a kind of volunteer reserve in GB, the same organisation Kaye was in). Many, many times she was in fact if not in person my first assistant, even in tricky chest and vascular surgery. I am an old dog with many tricks, yet she followed me better than any Chief Resident I've ever had. Sometimes we would do three big surgerys in a shift, then come right back for more. She stayed up with me by the second, and we became very close professionally. I could go on forever about the incredible people. As good as the people are here in my new job, I would do murder to get that TA RN here.
It was not until Bastion that I could really spend time with the wounded. What amazing young men and women. When I was off but couldn't sleep - a common problem - I would help them with letters home. Some of those letters, especially with the critical care pts, were very hard to write. The memory of those letters will follow me to my last breath. I had spent my entire life becoming a trauma surgeon for exactly this kind of work. It was very hard to leave. They were going to make me a Colonel. I honour the uniform and other men who have worn it, but personally I cared little. I had allowed myself to burn out, missed the childhoods of my children, and worn out a kind and loving wife. It was time to come home.
The words "coming home" took on special meaning when the idea of returning to Britain after almost 30 years took shape. Licensing, especially for me, would be a problem. Fortunately, it seems that a medical University can get around much of that for deeply trained people. With wonderful letters of recommendation from the British Army surgeons I had served with, as well a some of Britain's Good and Great, we were invited into wonderful clinical teaching jobs in London. The University even provided a house, which I don't think I could ever afford, in Primrose, London NW3. Taking nothing away from America, it has been a wonderful homecoming !!
Best yo you, Kaye, and a Happy Christmas indeed.
"Hugo" DBPHuguenot MD FACS Dphil FRCS-Candidate
[US Army MC, Colonel-Surgeon, Ret'd. 2014]
Associate Director, Surgical Trauma Service and
Professor of Medicine, A London University
and Hospital
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(*) It was the Lord Speaker's quip many years ago that I "was indeed a through Tory, but had Taken the Pledge, and was now 'in recovery'!." That stuck, and I use it to this day!
Kaye, beautiful sentiment! Ret. USAF here (both sons wear the uniform). Worked with the Brits in 91' and 05' while deployed as a clinician with an ATF (Air Transportable Hospital) and an EMEDS. A few Aussies and Kiwis too. Traded a pair of boots for and RAF beret, which is a treasured momento. They will always be in my heart and I will always be at their service, if needed! God save your Queen and our Republic.
TheChippewa77 Kaye Barrie Hay Mark, Your comment to Kaye is spot on. People too often forget that the Atlantic Alliance was forged in blood by British, Canadians, and Americans, and remains part of the fabric that binds us crucially together.We serve together and watch one another's back. That's as it should be.
Above sounds like my Military Attache father, but I love receiving my Sunday Times (London), the US journal Foreign Affairs, and The Economist. If nothing else, it reminds me that there really is a world outside of a hospital !!
Soon after 9/11 the Church of England organised two special services in London that were very well attended. British Army Officers became more conspicuous, wearing their best No. 2 uniforms. All of this is well documented on RUclips. There is a bit of footage of the Household Guard playing the American National Anthem along with the British GSTQ. There is also a badly filmed event of the Guards returning from the day, their bands playing distinctly American military music. Many Londoners opened their homes freely to Americans stranded during the shutdown of American air space. It was just as if a much loved and loving Grandmother was taking in her family in a time of crisis.
Mark, more than anything I really had to write to comment about your TWO sons following in your footsteps. What fine young men, and you must be a very proud Dad indeed. A Canadian Royal Army Padre (Catholic) said on another page, "such qualities of love and sacrifice are not often found today, being much more accepted as part life in past generations." A great comment that aptly applies to you and your obviously wonderful family. My heart goes with your sons, and I have to salute all of you!!
As a father of two girls and a boy, now all at university, I am truly touched by the commitment of your family. I was much too focused for a time, and missed too much of my kid's childhood. That all fell to my wife Charlotte, who managed to practise medicine while raising three children alone. I can never forget the debt owed to her for supporting them, and me for all that.
There are details of leave with family that I don't even remember. This is not to complain -- I have known plenty of military people, foreign service, corporate people, and consultants of various kinds who are 80 per cent away from home -- and they suffer a high divorce rate. Had my career officer father not put us in Britain but rather say Arlington VA, we would have seen him only on occasion. He was gone for long periods of time, but seemed to take to it welI, and it never seemed a hardship for us. After going from reserves to regular service I did not manage my military medical commitment well, and never really created a balance of work in Afghanistan and a family in the Pacific North West. Never`a "real" soldier, but was still much too focused. Truthfully I was active for too long, let it get away from me, and burned out to some extent.
And you were an EMEDS clinician! I remember those "packages" of people, structure and equipment... something like (I'll get the details wrong) an EMEDS-20 and -50, big sophisticated freestanding facilities, almost air-dropped. You guys not only had ultrasound, you had fairly complete labs and ICUs, and more you had those cool smallish CTs and/or MRIs imaging with the people to run it all, and implement care, right? Fantastic capability! I remember something about EMEDS based out of Washington state? That would have been our back yard.
Did you ever get to Afghanistan in 2005 and, if I may, what clinical specialty are you from, brother?.When you said USAF earlier I was thinking of a "real warrior," - sorry. As good as the MERT teams and variously configured Army and Navy/Marine evac teams were, the USAF "PJ's" are remarkable.
Early on, I liked the lower level, almost battlefield hospitals, in part for the challenge and also always being quartered in larger camps or bases of fighting men and women from America, Britain and all of our other gallant allies. These people were often taking a bit of a rest while protecting us as well, and I enjoyed getting to know the young officers, NCO's and men -- I was very informal, and often just was in scrubs and sometimes an old lab coat.
The down side was always lack of resources. At one point in a level II+, almost III facility, there was a real golden moment of having a British vascular surgeon, several borrowed USAF trauma and orthopedic surgeons, and at one point a USAF neurosurgeon. All a real pleasure to work with, precise on the job, with many good and new ideas. Several had attended the Armed Forces Medical School, which I think is run by the Air Force - correct me on that.
As you know, we also "packaged" people outbound, sometimes in ICU condition, often directly into USAF care if close to a base. More than once I asked to get word of how things went. Though it was outside scope and above and beyond, if they said they would try, I always received a message back in one form or another... even after having traveled all of those miles in what must have been cramped conditions, with vents and the whole ICU cornucopia. Cool stuff my friend, and a huge benefit to pt care and outcomes.
Thanks,Mark, for the poignant comments about the Atlantic Alliance, word of truly touching family commitment, and memories. Yours always, Hugo.
Hugo DBPHuguenot It is a small wonder that our paths have not crossed. I sent a message detailing my background to your "RUclips/Google homepage", though admittedly I may have bungled that. I am a "shrink" by AFSC (MOS) , Ph.D. type. Our family tradition in the military does not date to civil war or colonial days, as some friends of mine do. However, dad flew F-86s (a true Airdale!) and grandfather was a an artillery "doughboy" in 1918 in the AEF under Pershing. Ironic part about Grandad, says a little about assimilation, he spoke fluent German and rushed to served this country. My maternal grandfather was a Col. in the Mexican army and fought against and for Pancho Villa (flexible loyalties, or a realist!). Did not make to Afghanistan, my son has (a C-130 Talon operator). You commentary has been uplifting, to say the least. As I reach my 6th decade and become increasingly an anachronist, themes of honor and loyalty are more and more inspiring (read too much Tolkien as a boy and Bernard Cornwell in recent years). I am always brutally honest about my non-combatant status as a psychologist, Though, I will confess that I am secretly proud of the tiny contribution I made in my service time to the warriors. I met the finest people, from all branches and from the services of our friends and allies during the years I was privileged to serve and will never forget them. I do wish there was a more secured venue to communicate with those with similar backgrounds and beliefs, without exposing oneself to the psychopaths which at times haunt these forums. God Bless, Mark
TheChippewa77 Mark, that was a wonderful reply. I hope that you know that my comment about your family tradition was deeply from the heart - very un-British to be open like that -- but then I have that American side also. I hope also that you got my little story about watching, together with a Catholic priest, the Pope and highest Bishop of the Church of England meeting and saying a service together , and that we were both so moved that we did a full Eucharist together. That was the most moving religious experience I have ever had... in my shipping container on a mid-size base! I will look for your note in the the Google+ system. We have much in common, including age, and I am working on a more private way to communicate. Blessings to you as well. --Hugo.
Beautifully sung and lovely pronunciation as well. God bless🇬🇧🏴🇺🇸
Beautifully done choir and organ magnificent job. God bless you all.
"I traveled among unknown men,
In lands beyond the sea:
Nor England! Did I know till then
What love I bore to thee."
- William Wordsworth
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Brilliant quote. One doesn't know how good they have it until they see some other countries.
We owe our nation's heritage and beginning to our original Motherland, England. it is right and just to recognize the bond with which we will eternally share and we should always keep the ties that bind us strong.
been watching an article on Blake on BBC South so needed a youtube fix of Jerusalem and up pops this gem
brought a lump to the throat of this gnarled old cove
well done West Point - allies forever
Thank you so much. Beautiful words sung so well by our US cousins. Somehow hearing it from another country made it all the more special seeing these young people whose origins are from all over the world unite in uplifting song.
Thank you . A really good rendition of 'Blakes ' Jerusalem. Thank you for being our allies. love from Wales,
Love back to all the Welsh, from an American descended from a Roberts (and Jones and Dawes etc.) family of Wales. Our greatest choir, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, was originally a Welsh Choir led by Dan Jones.
Now that brought a lump to my throat! Thank you very much for such a sincere and magnificent rendition of Jerusalem. Terrific stuff!!
To our British cousins,may we stand arm in arm forever. Thank you for developing freedom.
I am from East Timor, I really proud for singers
God bless you all😍😍👏
Beautiful version of a song close to our heart.
Thanks from England and the United Kingdom,ignore the idiots commenting on here,youtube is full of them.
God bless America.
god bless america and south yorkshire england xxx
One will always get them on RUclips but I think it comes across that many Britons appreciate America immensely. They gave blood for us and that will never be forgotten.
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Im honored to have Great Britain as our allies. I lived in your country and loved it
A lovely tribute to Britain by our beautiful cadets. So pleasing.
As a seventy year old who was brought up in the industrial North of England these words dont have much empathy with me,apart from the dark satanic mills which i was brought up with however that said i still love this hymn and it always brings tears ,dont ever forget it was the North of England that went a long way to making this country great.
Grew up in the North East of England in the late 70's & 80's, now living & working outside of the UK. I can still identify with the place, the people (& the cold damp overcast weather !).
Without the hard working skilled common man, a nation will amount to nought. No produce nor manufacturing industry translates to a week economy, & a week nation.
Only the working men & women create wealth & are national heroes in any country. I am highly technically skilled & work everyday supporting manufacturing industry with this thought forefront in my mind.
and a little bit of south wales
And the Docks of London from where my Dad came home with icicles hanging off his eyebrows after spending hours in the holds of ships. Wether it be Mill, Furnace or Dock we were all workers struggling and yes we all built Britain with our blood, sweat and tears.
Jerusalem Hymn
And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England's mountain green?
And was the holy Lamb of God
On England's pleasant pastures seen?
And did the countenance divine
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here
Among those dark satanic mills?
Bring me my bow of burning gold!
Bring me my arrows of desire!
Bring me my spear! O clouds, unfold!
Bring me my Chariot of fire!
I will not cease from mental fight,
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand,
Till we have built Jerusalem
In England's green and pleasant land.
Thank you america Mrs Thatcher our greatest prime minister since Winston Churchill said it is the English speaking people of the world that has kept the world free and my ancestors fought with the rebels in your war of independence and the american civil war you have no greater friend than the british and we have no greater friend than you Americans . This hymn says it all Thank you
Love from the UK. Went to the U.S in Summer and made to feel very welcome. Amazing country.
We love the British and always enjoy speaking with them when they come to visit here.
As usual moved by the spiritual significance of this song. To bring Christ back to the centre of our society.... Well done