The Charge of the 101st Airborne at Purple Heart Lane | History Traveler Episode 290
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- Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024
- After securing Omaha & Utah Beaches, the next big objective for the American forces in Normandy was to secure a link up between the two in the city of Carentan. Tasked with cracking the outer defenses of this vital objective was LTC Robert Cole and the men of the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment. In this episode, we look at this legendary action by Cole and his men as they made their way down a causeway that would later earn the name "Purple Heart Lane".
Special thanks to Paul Woodadge of@WW2TV, which is one of the best sources of WWII information on RUclips.
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JD, I think I can speak for all of your followers when I say we APPRECIATE all your hard work and LOVE your content!! THANK YOU!
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Yes sir!
You're absolutely right really enjoy the content and effort they go through to make such informative videos
Yes sir!! You’re right! The hard work and dedication to all the videos, definitely by far one of my favourite channels to watch! Thank you JD!
One of the toughest sections in the Brothers in Arms games
Was just saying this to a buddy after sending him this. One of my favorite spots in Normandy, one of my least favorite BIA missions. Great video JD!
BiA did a good job portraying this grim mission. They sure did alot of research.
Try it in HLL
Thank you for this episode. Just FYI I went to google earth and measured the distance distance from the center of the bridge to the farmhouse. 1006 ft. 335 yards. That is an incredible distance to charge while wearing full combat gear, carrying weapons, and under fire.
Truly this was amazing and the men who made that charge deserve every bit of respect and admiration we can give them.
Basically, 4 football fields?!😮
Salute to Robert Cole and everyone done their part in WWII no matter what job they done.
I homeschool our grandson and I will be using JD’s episodes over all the American wars. Being able to actually see where our men walked is useful. We thank you and appreciate everything you show us!! God bless 🫶🏼
Many thanks! That’s why the channel exists.
My grandma is a school teacher and she homeschooled me and my brother. she homeschooled me from 2nd grade to graduation in may. i’ve always loved history and i would always recommend JDs videos for us to watch and i would watch them when i wasn’t doing school work. you do such a great job JD and your production is always amazing i seriously don’t know how you don’t have millions of subscribers. keep it up we love your videos!
WOW! Very special to see footage with Robert Cole still alive. He was killed in the Netherlands and is buried at The Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten. I always visit his grave when I go there to visit the graves of de soldiers I adopted.
Bless you; you adopted soldiers' graves? I've read about families in France passing on the care and tending of soldiers' graves from one generation to the next. So moving to learn!
I hadn't heard of this in the Netherlands.
Can you describe more about it, please? And a thousand times, thank you❤
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@@toninatoli ever since the cemetery was created in 1944 local families adopted graves of American soldiers who got killed in Germany. Policy then was that no American would be buried in Germany, thus the US Army searched for places in Netherlands and Belgium to create cemeteries. There are books about this. And yes all graves and names on the walls of rhe missing have been adopted by families (sometimes for generations), schools and other organisations. There are so many prople o the wating list that they've closed the waitinglist for Margraten I highly recommend the book The Margraten Boys by Peter Schrijvers.
@only1dutchgirl - Fantastic history to learn! I'll definitely find the book you mentioned. This is profoundly moving.
My dad and his brother came home from WWII, but so many of their buddies didn't. Neither of them ever went back, and they rarely spoke of their service at family gatherings or in private.
Did you lose family during the war?
@@only1dutchgirl Incredible I knew this happened in some places but had no idea of the dedication. I will buy the book as well. Your insight is much appreciated.
So many heroes like Cole. They will never die..not only in monuments and medals but the strength of honor they present to the world and more importantly....their families. It truly is incredible for us today to consider such bravery. Thanks again JD, still haven't missed one vid.
I just finished BoB once again. There's always a new emotion every time I watch it.
My Father’s Purple Heart from his 400 plus combat days in WWII with 1st Armored is my most treasured possession
Thank you, JD, for another outstanding video. I really like seeing how the French have memorialized our troops, in parks, markers, and signs. May be our governments do not see eye to eye on things, but the people appreciate what the Americans (and Allies) did to liberate them!!!
I always loved the Brothers in Arms games because they actually taught you a lot about these battles. Though it was only a game, you could tell how much the people making it cared about this history.
It’s impressive how much those games have taught people history.
I remember playing that level and not really understanding it until now. They really need to remaster those games.
There's also a map in Forgotten Hope 2 (a mod for Battlefield 2) that is pretty accurate to what it was like at the time.
I Remember My Dad Telling Me About Carentan & Colonel Cole 57 Years Ago. I Always Hope To See Him In One Of These Videos. Thank You.
This might get buried, but I recently found a website which sells old aerial reconnaissance imagery from WWII. I searched for the farm field outside of St Mere Eglise where Winters landed early on June 6th. The images are fairly low resolution unless you go ahead and purchase the high res version (which I couldn't help and ordered it... 16.50 GBP / roughly $21). Right where JD's video put the dot on the field, you can see 2 parachutes on the ground. I imagine these two parachutes are Winters and the guy from F(?) company... it's incredible to think that this evidence exists and we're able to trace the stories back to exact locations like this. I'd be happy to share the image details with anyone who wants it, but I can't share the actual image due to the licensing agreement.
EPIC find!!! Let's push this to the top so JD can see it.
I’ve visited the American War Cemetery in Margraten, in the south of the Netherlands. Came across the grave of lt. Robert Cole. I’ve visited Normandy also. So this makes me very excited. Thanks for another great video
The Normandy series will remain my favorite on the channel, my knowledge of the recent years have widened so much thanks to yourself, Erik and Paul. Thank you again for the great explanation and the knowledge you're spreading worldwide on these brave men and women. Can't wait for more and I'm extremely excited to return to Normandy next June, I have new places to see and new info to spread! 👊🏼
JD you do get around. And this was a necessity for the 101st Airborne. The band of brothers. Did an amazing job taking these bridges to capture this town. Robert Cole was a tough officer capturing Carentan. Thank you 🙏🏻 💯👍👊
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Thank you for adding maps & diagrams & aerial views. They add so much to your already detailed programs. I never knew of this historical event & our brave. Touches my heart how the French there have honored them.
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Excellent video! I love that you paired up with Paul Woodage from @WW2TV It’s so great to see that camaraderie between you guys!
Heck of a guy.
@@TheHistoryUndergroundaw shucks JD
Thank you, gentlemen. Thank you for keeping up this history of the brave men who won our freedom.
I can’t express how happy I am that the Normandy series is back. By far the best series on youtube! Amazing video again JD👍🏻
JD and Erik definitely make history more interesting and great to watch.
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Ty JD & Paul for continuing to take us beyond the BoB series, and Show Us the Ground🤓🤓
What a masterpiece incredible video thank you JD and keep up the brilliant work JD
Glad you enjoyed it
Excellent video! These videos really put into perspective the amount of bravery those soldiers had. Thank you for your hard work in producing these videos!
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It gives me goosebumps seeing how our troops sacrifices have been memorialized around different places. Thank you for showing us this. As much as I would love to go and see these places, I just can't afford to go. Semper fi from this old Marine! 🙂
Thank you JD, a couple of my friends and I visited Purple Heart lane back in May this year, kind of by accident, after we had visited Dead Mans Corner and D-Day Experience museums. Only after watching Robert Coles video in the museum did we go in search. Was amazed at just how close it was (3 minute drive) and how we could have missed such a significant action. Your You Tubes always help to add so much more information to any of the visits we make around Normandy. I was really sorry and annoyed to hear of your robbery in Athens, but pleased to see you are getting back up and running once again. Please keep up the great work!
Well, this is the best indication of where my dad and his fellow 101st paratroopers were. He was wounded one week after they parachuted in. All I have are newspaper clippings and my mother shared some info. When he was wounded, if I remember correctly, my mom said it was a 80 mortar round shrapnel that got him in the back he became an instant paraplegic.
My mom was in the Pacific theater as an army nurse. When that war was over, she was stationed back in California at Birmingham, a lot of our wounded were sent there, which later was turned into a high school in the valley. That is where my mom met my dad, she was his nurse. I still have both of their dress uniform Jackets. So proud of both of them.❤
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I had no idea that this had happened until now. Thank you so much for adding to my information about those difficult days for our troops. Amazing determination and dedication by the men to continue under the worse of circumstances that one could imagine.
As an Englishman something struck me watching this and thinking back to other great videos I have seen on this channel in the past. Less than a hundred years before these events, these band of brothers relatives would have been making such brave bayonet charges against one another in many of the battles in your civil war. But on that day, where you came from mattered not, the patch on their shoulders was enough to call the man beside you “Brother”
What a beautifully made video highlighting this action. Thank you JD and Paul WW2TV 👍👍👍
Great video JD. Keep up the great work man. Thank you ❤
Fantastic as always , could watch your videos for hours , thank you so much for everythingg you do ...Shaun.
Just love these videos - thank you JD for making them.
This is an outstanding piece JD. Even though we've all either read or heard about the heroics of LTC Cole and his men...seeing your perspective at the locations where it happened, along with the facts really makes it come alive! Nice work!
You’d actually be surprised at how many don’t know this story. Thanks!
I'm a Brit and recently visited the site among many others in Normandy. The word heroic does not seem adequate enough to describe the bravery of those young men.
Our friends and allies endured so much.
"Lest we forget "
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Well done JD and Paul. LTC Cole was the exact type of leader needed for those attacks. This American paratrooper is humbled and thankful the French honor the memory of our fallen. Go see these sites for yourself, you won't regret it.
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I am looking forward to visiting these sites at the end of the month. I won't get to them all, but I hope to visit Dead Man's Corner and Carentan after the beaches. I am going with a friend, former military, from England so we will spend a lot of time in the Gold-Juno-Sword sector as well. I'm sure it takes weeks to fully explore these battlefields, but I am thankful for the opportunity to see what I can.
My Great Grandpa served for 2.5 years on the Eastern Flank in the Red Army on the 2nd. front pushing Germans back from the East, was an Infantry Machine gunner, conquered Berlin and got a medal for it, never talked about it in his life as much as my Grandpa told me.
Both allies were necessary to stop the Germans from overtaking, without the West & East working together we wouldn't be alive today.
I can only imagine what was going on there.
Happy to see you guys are doing well.
Incredible episode, many thanks to all the men who fought for freedom.
I stumbled on this site in Normandy. Like so much stuff I caught up with after I was there, this was one I would spent more time touring if I did it again. Cabbage Patch, etc. Also, I missed Bloody Gulch.
Whenever I finish one of your videos, I feel obligated to yell “class dismissed.” Thank you for providing us an education in history. Great videos
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Another top notch video as always JD! Keep up the great work!
I’m baffled that Paul’s channel doesn’t have more subs. He and his channel are full of top tier level WWII information. Great stuff!
The best channel on RUclips for deep dives into a variety of wwii subjects.
I'm baffled too, but we will get there
It is one of those episodes that leaves you speechless, great job!
Phenomenal video. Thanks so much.
Glad you liked it!
A slight correction: you described the men of the 101st as 'ordinary guys'. When they first enlisted they were 'ordinary' but after their paratroop training they were a cut above 'ordinary'.
Don't split hairs...you know what he means. And, I was a paratrooper in the Army.
These are fantastic anecdotes from the Normandy campaign. JD, I really appreciate these stories. They help understand what the greatest generation contributed to the freedom of Europe. Thank you, from Canada.
Man it's hard to imagine any Luftwaffa attacks anywhere around Normandy . Specially with anything as slow as JU-87 and or BF-110.
I used to give tours on US Civil War battlefields. You really can't appreciate what soldiers may have eperienced unless you get out of the car and walk the battlefield to see the open areas, hills and valleys. Thanks for these wonderful videos and keeping history alive!!
Awesome video! Love Paul. Thanks JD!
Thnx for this awesome video JD. In Best(Holland) are some memories and also an statue in honor of him. If you take the exit on the highway ( Son en Breugel ) and drive to Best, you'll see the memorials in the woods, its awesome there.
This video really shows that any sacrifice should be honored and remembered. Many of the men of the 101st knew they were going to die, yet they fought for a better tomorrow for us, a tomorrow that too many of these soldiers never enjoyed.
Such brave men. We need more people like that today.
JD and Paul, a million thanks for bringing this info to us! These kids were off the charts, so that we could have a better life, forever in their debt. Keep up the excellent work!!!
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Another terrific video + having Paul Woodage along was a bonus! Your maps add so much value! Thank you
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Thank You for this incredible story of the Bravery of our brothers in arms. SGT. M.E.Oswald, A Co. 2/502 INF 101st ABN. Mortarman 1980-1982. HHC Co. 1/327 INF, 101st ABN. 84'-85'
Excellent video JD thank you my friend
JD, outstanding watch from start to finish. Got a question, why is the west wall of the Ingouf Farm painted what looks like dark brown? Thanks to the Greatest Generation for our Freedoms we enjoy today, many in America today should use them as "Role models" on how to be an American. JD and team, thanks for keeping history alive, wish I had somebody like you for my high school history teacher.
RIP Robert Cole
By far my favourite channel on RUclips. Your work is much appreciated!
Wow, thank you!
Just back from a week in Carentan and Normandy, such a humbling place to visit.
I am going in two weeks, but we have only three days in the area, and some of that must be spent in the British-Canadian sectors as my friend is retired English military. My main goals in the American sectors are Omaha beach and Pointe du Hoc, Utah beach and the run down N-13 for St.Mere Eglise, Dead Man's Corner and Carentan. I'd also like to find the Dick Winters memorial but I'm not sure we'll have time for that. I think we will have at the most a day and a half to devote to the American sector. We are staying for three nights at the Gold-Juno beach area. We also are visiting Bayeux, where I would have preferred to stay. Does this sound like a good plan to you? Any suggestions I might have missed?
As a history buff & someone whos family served in WWII & the Korean war I love learning about all different aspects of our history; your videos are always so informative & interesting to watch, well done JD & thank you for bringing so much to light that most of us may never have known unless our families shared their experiences from their time in the service so that when they are no longer with us we can continue sharing those stories & keep the history alive
I learned of Robert Cole's charge years ago but forgot about it...thanks for the honorable reminder!
Well done! It was worth going back to record. The terrain says it all with what they had to deal with.
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With out doubt this is the best you tube channel..absolutely fantastic…
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I really appreciate your videos. They demonstrate how hard our soldiers had it on D-day and beyond. It brings home to me the danger and hardships faced by my family who participated in these battles. It also has shown me the danger and hardship faced by a family friend who was a member of the Screaming Eagles and fought in these battles.
Their excellent training is what enabled them to overcome the odds. My uncles who fought in Europe and the one who fought in the South Pacific said it was following their training that got them through it. They were scared all the time.
I truly love your videos.
Their is an interview video from just days after this assault with Robert Cole. In which he explains the action. He was a truly humble leader.
He is buried in Magraten. I have visited that place quite often. His way of leadership was something to admire.
The interview:
ruclips.net/video/rEMvsFk8J70/видео.htmlsi=ACx-TN_jalkyJbgB
ruclips.net/video/jhUkxKa7DxE/видео.htmlsi=GZLwKwtDhOrcAovy
Really enjoyed the video mate can't wait for the next one
Thanks!
Cheers for the shout out my guy 🍻
Absolutely. Appreciate the work that you do.
@@TheHistoryUnderground and you too!
Love your videos!
Glad you like them!
Dope vid appreciate Paul showing up
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Thanks, I'm always happy to spend time with JD and Eric
Some very amazing young men 👍 I can't even imagine what they went through.
On a side note, "moniker" is one of the last words I thought I might hear when I woke up this morning 😅 Thanks Paul 5:28
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Thanks for making this and the other story’s visual JD
Really good one guys, thank you!
Unbelievable bravery and dedication by The 101st Airborne. They gave their lives so we could be free.
And they still do. One of my friends was the 11th to die in Afghanistan. Rip checko (22 years old) 101st airborne who gave his life to a mortar while doing a night walk/night check. May peace prevail on earth
Incredible bravery. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
another excellent episode, really keen to visit Normandy next year to understand what those guys went through
That's the stuff!! Very well done - once again, thanks for bringing us along.
JD, excellent editing on the video!! These are stories that have been told many times but you make it seem like they are new
Thanks! I appreciate that. You’d probably be surprised at how many don’t know this story.
Amazing video, I had always heard this story from my father regarding my grandfather. (He spoke very highly of LT COL Cole). It’s amazing to see this done so well thank you!
Thank you for all the history you share.
"They were ordinary guys doing extraordinary things" sums it all up. This is why we find not only this story but most studies of wafare so fascinating. Most WWII and veterans of other wars I have ever known didn't like to be called heroes (even though they were). They just thought of themselves as ordinary guys doing what had to be done. But there is no doubt that what they did was extraordinary.
Thank you thank you … how limited my knowledge was beyond hearing about the beaches of Normandy. This was amazing and I want to learn more!!
Another great video, JD & Paul - loved it!
Thank you guys, for another amazing video.
Thank you so much for all your time and efforts bring this to us - 100% JD
Spent a month going everywhere here and loved it but yes its very sad what happened but to walk where everyone did was amazing
Love the History Traveller videos!
Glad you like them!
Hey Paul #WW2TV !!
The best.
It Reminds Me of Brothers In Arms Road to Hill 30 Video Game where the missions takes Place
Great job as always JD,keep up the great work.
Good Stuff JD!!
I am fortunate to have visited there in 2112. Grangies is another good story- “ The Alamo of Normandy “
Thank you for sharing this story. You only learn about D Day. They never tell you about the ones that liberated these towns and villages. Their stories need to be told too. 👍🙂
Thanks JD on another great vid
Another great video JD. Woody is such a great storyteller.
Couldn't agree more!
Very moving sir. Thank you.
Thank you for your excellent work. God bless you
Excellent content, well produced as always.
Outstanding! I love it!
Great episode! Much appreciated video document!
A field grade officer leading from the front!! They sure don't build enough of those anymore!! Not surprised that Cole didn't make it home🫡🫡