“Can’t Imagine What Mankind Would Do To Mankind” | Memoirs Of WWII #22

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  • Опубликовано: 2 апр 2020
  • WW2 Veteran Don Greenbaum talks of the realities of combat and the liberation of the Dachau Concentration Camp.
    Memoirs of WWII Website: bit.ly/2w60kGM
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    Written and Directed by Joshua Scott
    Filmed by Heather Scott
    Edited by Joshua Scott and Christian McLean
    Post Audio by Lane Tarr
    Archive Footage Sources:
    www.archives.gov/
    Williamson College of the Trades
    Archive Photograph Sources:
    U.S. Army
    National Archives
    U.S. Navy
    Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst
    Musical Score Source:
    artlist.io/
    Artlist Songs and Composers:
    “Empty Room” by Max Herve
    “Purpose” by Michael Vignola
    “Grey” by Kyle Preston
    “They Didn’t Believe Me” by Artie Shaw acquired from www.archive.org

Комментарии • 1 тыс.

  • @daanbouwman2466
    @daanbouwman2466 6 месяцев назад +12

    As a boy from Holland I thank all the soldiers that have served to liberate my country 🫡

  • @austinpblack
    @austinpblack 4 года назад +1196

    “In ten years, there’ll be no one left to tell our story.” :/

    • @JnH5492
      @JnH5492 4 года назад +60

      When I first realized that I teared up

    • @GingeyNHF
      @GingeyNHF 4 года назад +33

      Austin Black that statement alone hit me hard man

    • @damiangrouse4564
      @damiangrouse4564 4 года назад +15

      Austin Black this internet vids will be their testament.

    • @113charlie7
      @113charlie7 4 года назад +23

      They shall perish from this earth physically but they will never leave our hearts and spirits UNLESS WE ALLOW OURSELVES TO FORGET! may we never allow these things to happen again God bless those brave answered the call and who still do

    • @MrGeorgestrait97
      @MrGeorgestrait97 4 года назад +6

      That hit me hard too...

  • @huzaar100
    @huzaar100 5 месяцев назад +6

    Thank you Don. My grandfather was in Dachau. Your march on Dachau did him survive Dachau ❤

  • @gregkerr725
    @gregkerr725 4 года назад +9

    My Dad's ww2 outfit...the 12th Armored Division....liberated Landsberg Concentration Camp and others down near Munich. In the last couple of decades I have run across Holocaust Deniers. The conversation usually ends after I bow up and say "What?...you calling my Dad a liar?!!!!!". That question and my obvious anger shuts the ignoramuses up real quick!

  • @firebeard7
    @firebeard7 4 года назад +626

    Whenever I face any hardship in my life, I look back at these people. Then I say to myself: "You don't know what hardship means bro"

    • @TheTryingDutchman
      @TheTryingDutchman 4 года назад +33

      Me to. Ive just shared this video on my Facebook for the people who are complaining about how 'hard' the quarantine is. Just to put things in perspective for them.

    • @proper2753
      @proper2753 4 года назад +23

      Facts these men are beyond incredible every single one them

    • @nimrodquimbus912
      @nimrodquimbus912 4 года назад +17

      No kidding, our worst days are better than their best days.

    • @johnclarencemercado4218
      @johnclarencemercado4218 4 года назад +2

      Same bro. We complained about small things but they have experienced worst stuff so we can't complain because they didn't complain to us either.

    • @WarInHD
      @WarInHD 4 года назад +3

      Every time I come against something hard in life I just say “it could always be worse”. Then keep going until it’s done

  • @American_boot317
    @American_boot317 4 года назад +956

    We are so lucky that ww2 veteran are still alive to tell us stories about what they did. And to help not go down that road again

    • @brennantoy3088
      @brennantoy3088 4 года назад +17

      American Boot it’s sad that they won’t be around much longer😔

    • @richiecuzzz1
      @richiecuzzz1 4 года назад +24

      I’m so sad my grandpa passed away when I was 6. He was a tank commander in the U.S. Army. If I only could ask him the questions I have now... brings tears to my eyes that the last of them are dying off.
      Miss you everyday grandpa! Thank you for what you did. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • @Loup-mx7yt
      @Loup-mx7yt 4 года назад +9

      SKilledP0TATO if you are interested in that kind of thing, read the book "spearhead", best book I have ever read and it really gives you the feeling of what it was like to be in a US tank crew at the time.

    • @richiecuzzz1
      @richiecuzzz1 4 года назад +2

      ImNotMad ButUR Thank you for the kind words! I’m definitely gonna read that book he recommended. Your father was a brave man as well... they all were! They didn’t know at the time how much of an impact those young boys would have on the world. I know what you mean about wanting to ask questions you will never get the answer to. My dad told me my grandpa was very hard on him growing up and that the war really changed him. He’s now buried in a veterans memorial cemetery in Riverside, CA. I want to try and get some information on him like pictures and other stuff. My dads step mom had all his medals and Nazi souvenirs he brought back from Germany. She sold them all... it was very sad. Those would have been worth some money now a days but I wouldn’t have sold them. If I can get some pictures I might be able to find people that served with him or family members on reddit. I’m trying to find the free places but I don’t mind paying.
      I wish the best to you and your family in these troubling times. I don’t mind if you go on with long stories, I love reading!

    • @ghaffir
      @ghaffir 4 года назад +7

      Sadly Germany once again has a rapidly growing amount of nazis marching again. I am so sorry that Don Greenbaum is here to witness that all the evil were fighting against is rising again.

  • @ThePponu
    @ThePponu 4 года назад +938

    The thumbsdown people are pathetic and extremely ignorant.
    They give reason to why history repeats itself.

    • @rickvelocity5578
      @rickvelocity5578 4 года назад +34

      L Mar, you're right. There is always going to be anti-Semitism in this world, & deniers.

    • @timeouthumanity2067
      @timeouthumanity2067 4 года назад +18

      ​@@rickvelocity5578 And people who like to know the truth... I think you forgot the other option

    • @timeouthumanity2067
      @timeouthumanity2067 4 года назад +6

      Probably bots

    • @Hotdog1863
      @Hotdog1863 4 года назад +35

      Only an ignorant fool would give a thumbs down.

    • @superluigigamergamerisback263
      @superluigigamergamerisback263 4 года назад +17

      You are right people need to show RESPECT these days

  • @deborahchesser7375
    @deborahchesser7375 4 года назад +289

    He waited for 57 years to thank this man, that really hits you

  • @harryshriver6223
    @harryshriver6223 2 месяца назад +3

    That was so moving and powerful, I can hear the pain the horror discovering the concentration camp.

  • @LoganBrasi
    @LoganBrasi 4 года назад +697

    This is probably the greatest account I’m subscribed to. Such a touching episode. I’m so glad we are getting their stories on record before all of our veterans are gone

    • @mikew1374
      @mikew1374 3 года назад +2

      The YT channel "Legends of WWll" has tons of interviews also

  • @emilbratteberg1455
    @emilbratteberg1455 4 года назад +469

    I just turned 15 and love these videos, i am born in 2005, and i can tell You that 90% of my generation dont care about anything around ww2, and i think that is a shame, these videos should get so more many views. I wish my generation could care a little more for about your sacrofises, love from Norway.

    • @cartercavicchio5524
      @cartercavicchio5524 4 года назад +23

      Emskbra Gaming I’m 15 born in 2004 and yeah I agree none of our generation care they just don’t care

    • @orryhansen403
      @orryhansen403 4 года назад +20

      About to turn 16, born in 2004. Your right. Most of our generation doesn’t care and take our freedom for granted.

    • @mr.ghiondi7948
      @mr.ghiondi7948 4 года назад +18

      People like you make the world a better place to live

    • @sebastians.6796
      @sebastians.6796 4 года назад +33

      I'm 34 and even in my generation the interests of ww2 has decreased.
      It is impressing to see such young folks like you taking the history seriously and discussing about it.
      That is very important.
      My respect to you.
      Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪

    • @Guitar7776
      @Guitar7776 4 года назад +12

      Emskbra Gaming I’m 13, I am lucky to have a small group of friends that also love history. We all have personal ties far back. It is sad though how ignorant the rest can be.

  • @chickensandwich8808
    @chickensandwich8808 10 месяцев назад +2

    My great uncle was the only one of that side of my family to tell his story. His brothers, including my grandfather, too their stories to the grave. No blaming them. But im glad my Uncle told his.
    He was a Tank commander under Patton. His unit was tasked with surveying the area around Dachau a few days after that camp was discovered. They ended up finding a satellite camp that was specifically for disposal. He never got into detail about it. It was too emptional for him. I just will always remember him saying "i would fight the hardest battle I ever faight all over again if it meant I could unsee what i saw in that camp.
    RIP Sgt. Dale Gibson.

  • @mgmmac36
    @mgmmac36 4 года назад +49

    My late Father was also a liberator at Dachau. He had nightmares, terrible nightmares until 2002. They stopped the day before his wife, my Mom died. He went on another 8 years & spoke to thousands of schoolchildren of what he witnessed. Never forget.

    • @pillager6190
      @pillager6190 4 года назад +2

      My late father liberated a death camp. He didn't tell me the name of the camp & I didn't ask. I got many stories from him, the most graphic ones were only after my 6 months of medical training with the Navy.

    • @billyc9707
      @billyc9707 2 года назад

      @@pillager6190 if you knew his unit you could easily find out

    • @huzaar100
      @huzaar100 5 месяцев назад +1

      My grandfather was liberated at Dachau. I went one time to see it with my uncle. My dad couldn't do the trip to emotional for him.
      Did your father visit the camp after the war.

  • @Ron55669
    @Ron55669 4 года назад +223

    You’re doing a public service. Thank you for these videos. And obviously thank you to all the men and women who sacrificed so much to rescue humanity from this evil.

    • @ad5047
      @ad5047 4 года назад +3

      That's the exact term "public service"

  • @bradfordeaton6558
    @bradfordeaton6558 6 дней назад

    These stories never fail to move me deeply.

  • @williamkeith8944
    @williamkeith8944 4 года назад +33

    My father, Jack Keith was a medic that was in a unit that liberated a concentration camp. There were hundreds of those camps that were liberated. He is gone now, he was a good man and I miss him.

  • @Iamibee_21
    @Iamibee_21 4 года назад +25

    I’m from Nigeria but I swear I have watched every episode and I have to say I’m grateful for those men

  • @TX.RigWelder33
    @TX.RigWelder33 4 года назад +167

    My grandpa on my dads side was a 1st ranger went in early in 43 did a lot of volunteer work wound up in France after in 44 fought in the bulge and Hurtgen later on in acchen Frankfurt and so on I never met him but my dad passed his stories down they came across concentration camps in Germany and states that the smell and sights they saw were so unreal they had to take cologne or baby powder or anything with a scent and cut parts of clothing off and drown it with any scent a wear it as a mask I can’t imagine these events in person and wouldn’t want to.

    • @rickvelocity5578
      @rickvelocity5578 4 года назад +1

      Yip, thats sad. I'm glad your grandpa was on your "Fathers Side". ???

    • @butternutbestboy1251
      @butternutbestboy1251 4 года назад +6

      My great grandpa on my moms side was in the battle of the bulge and he was shot multiple times and spent about about a day on a pile of dead body’s. Sadly he has passed away and I was to young to here his story from him.

    • @hello1236096
      @hello1236096 4 года назад +6

      Rick Velocity he’s referring the his grandfather on his dads side. Aka his fathers father as opposed to his mothers father.

    • @TX.RigWelder33
      @TX.RigWelder33 4 года назад

      connor rose thanks I didn’t feel like making that comment it should be understandable thanks!

    • @Loup-mx7yt
      @Loup-mx7yt 4 года назад +2

      Rick Velocity he meant the father of his father to clear up his story. Remember, you have 2 grandfathers.

  • @jongrant1215
    @jongrant1215 2 года назад +2

    My father was in the USMC in the South Pacific. He never talked about his experience to me but you could see PTSD symptoms. Plus these men survived the Great Depression, food shortages, homelessness, deprivation even before WW2. My wife's father served with Patton and spoke fluent German and went into these camps and saw the inhumanity of man first hand and he was of Jewish ancestry.
    My son served in the USMC in Iraq during the invasion and saw what Hussein had done to his people. He was there during the invasion and the Najaf and Fallujah battles. He has PTSD symptoms.
    Most modern youths have no idea what it means to suffer or go without.

  • @britmusic375
    @britmusic375 4 года назад +2

    Just a little brag. It was my son (14 at the time), who put this together for Memoirs to visit Don. We know Don through Ernie, the Holocaust survivor in this video. They are both amazing gentlemen and a privilege to know.

  • @donnycooke56
    @donnycooke56 4 года назад +68

    Greatest Generation ever. Losing them everyday. I love these. Maybe I will catch a glimpse of my Grandfather who was KIA March 4th 1945 Rhine valley. Heroes everyone of them.

    • @nimrodquimbus912
      @nimrodquimbus912 4 года назад +11

      The coming Generation can't tell the difference between a man and a woman.

    • @ethantwolfe
      @ethantwolfe 4 года назад +2

      Nimrod Quimbus No, we just respect people who have always existed and are simply empowering and validating their existence via language. The men that fought are hero’s - however, the prevailing ideas in their ailing society are simply a menace

    • @justmerc1642
      @justmerc1642 4 года назад

      @@nimrodquimbus912 You have provoked a gang war.

    • @nimrodquimbus912
      @nimrodquimbus912 4 года назад

      which one ?

  • @ExcelFrost
    @ExcelFrost 4 года назад +168

    These videos are a treasure we as a younger generation shall preserve and learn from, may their memories be bestowed upon humanity

    • @rickvelocity5578
      @rickvelocity5578 4 года назад

      Yes, with today's youth it seems all their interested in is SOCIALISM, & any free stuff they can get for themselves! Ridiculous!!!!!

    • @mreyn17
      @mreyn17 4 года назад

      Agreed, these videos remind 11 year old me the stories my grandfather would tell about his tours during WWII.

    • @wyattpeterson6286
      @wyattpeterson6286 3 года назад

      Memories and lessons.

  • @hkobel3358
    @hkobel3358 2 года назад +2

    I want to thank Mr Greenbaum for his contribution to the liberation of Dachau. Because of him and others, my father and great-uncle were saved. May God bless you and your family.

  • @robhu2477
    @robhu2477 4 года назад +3

    My Dad was with the 42nd Rainbow Division in WW2 and later in the war the Division was assigned to Patton's Third Amy for the big push against Hitler's forces. He also was at the Battle of the Bulge and saw the carnage of Dachau. I have pictures he brought back of boxcar's loaded with human remains, the furnaces, bodies stacked on wagons like cordwood. He passed them on to me before he died. Five people in the last 4 generations of my family have served in the Armed
    Forces. My Dad, me, 2 of my son's and one of my grandsons. My youngest son is still in the Air Force Reserve, He joined the Army after high school and did an almost 1 year deployment in Aftganistan. Then about 2 years after his time in the Army he joined the Airforce Reserve and is still in. He is a crewchief on a C-130 now. My grandson just joined the Airforce last August. I'm kind of proud of that. And no I won't sell the pictures my Dad gave me. I'll pass them on to my son's when the time comes. I'm getting old now too and I want them to remember what people are capable of doing to each other after I'm gone and not around to remind them that freedom isn't free. It has to be cherished and fought for. And this family has a history of being willing to do that.

    • @pillager6190
      @pillager6190 4 года назад

      Awesome story! My late father was in the bulge for clean up. Jan'45. 13th Armor Div under Patton. No photos. Just vivid testimony.

  • @Deziirexo
    @Deziirexo 4 года назад +56

    I live in New Zealand and since I can remember, it was my dream to go to the beaches of Normandy to pay my respects to the fallen heroes. So for my 21st birthday present a year ago, I went. I was hoping to meet a veteran along the way, unfortunately I didn’t but nevertheless it was an absolutely humbling experience. I hope to go again someday. I would love to shake one of these men’s hands and thank them for really being the golden generation. No amount of words can describe the respect I have for these men.

    • @TheDeepsix13
      @TheDeepsix13 4 года назад +5

      Undeniably respectful, genuine and great attitude you have, young man. The people of his generation had to answer a life-changing call, because the world as they knew it was ending. And answer it with pride and determination, they did! Stay cool✌️
      Semper Fidelis...

    • @bluespruce679
      @bluespruce679 4 года назад +3

      Jack Cottrell....
      I like that very much...."The Golden Generation."
      They truly were that and more.
      I deeply appreciate our young people who are wise enough to care about our history enough to learn, study and share with others.
      Thank you, young man, and may the Lord richly bless you all the days of your life. Shalom! 🌺🕊🌺

    • @billyc9707
      @billyc9707 2 года назад +2

      Your men fought bravely and are well known for their sacrifices. Blessings from an American

    • @unnamedchannel1237
      @unnamedchannel1237 2 года назад +1

      Hiya from the naki

    • @thomaswentworth6433
      @thomaswentworth6433 2 года назад

      @Jack Cotterell - I too visited the Normandy beaches. Ironically that stretch of coast line is lovely and hard to imagine the carnage that happened there on 6th June 1944.

  • @thunderbird7020
    @thunderbird7020 4 года назад +4

    It’s unbelievable. The horrors brought upon by Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. And how some can deny they happened.
    Thank you for getting this mans story out there.

    • @Loup-mx7yt
      @Loup-mx7yt 4 года назад

      Thunder Bird look at General plan east (General plan ost). What the Nazis would've done if they had won the war is pure evil.

  • @IAM-zu9nx
    @IAM-zu9nx 5 месяцев назад +1

    I was stationed outside Dachau in the seventies and God bless those men and the poor souls that were at Dachau and all the concentration camps

  • @theondebray
    @theondebray 2 года назад +3

    A friend of mine's father was one of the first troops to enter Belsen Concentration camp, which gave him a complete mental breakdown after he got home. He never fully recovered, became a devout Christian, and spoke about his experiences to a trusted few.

  • @CmdrPewpeez
    @CmdrPewpeez 4 года назад +67

    You should do one on the Native Americans who fought, code talked and served the US.

  • @goodolzimm5827
    @goodolzimm5827 4 года назад +18

    And the cruelty still goes on, a slap in the face to all those who served thinking that theirs was the last war. Thank You Don Greenbaum for your service.

  • @joshuahuard6213
    @joshuahuard6213 3 года назад

    Plz never ever delete your videos or your channel, these stories will be here forever

  • @r.girouard5886
    @r.girouard5886 2 года назад +2

    My grandfather was wounded in the BotB and liberated Dachau, Anthony Castriotta. I wonder if they knew each other. He used to talk about the smell, the box cars and the anger he felt that anyone could deny it. He's been gone for 30 years now.
    Thanks for this.

  • @navy_dude1343
    @navy_dude1343 4 года назад +11

    I took a tour of Dachau a few years ago. I must say that it was one of the most depressing places I have ever been to. The entire time I was there I could feel the negativity and demonic presences. I am so glad that history turned out the way it did, and they were liberated.

    • @mikenew9263
      @mikenew9263 2 года назад

      I too toured several years ago. I felt the same as you. A cold forbidding place that I never want to see again. Mike New

  • @1991tommygun
    @1991tommygun 3 года назад +3

    The day that someone says to my face that this didnt happen, it wont go over well

  • @Widderic
    @Widderic 2 года назад

    This should be broadcast on every television channel.

  • @topfuelfan
    @topfuelfan 4 года назад +2

    I traveled to Israel in 1988 and visited Yad Vashem The World Holocaust Remembrance Center. There were Holocaust survivors also visiting. That day changed my life prospective forever as I struggled to understand how this could possibly happen. " NEVER AGAIN "

  • @whatonearth9809
    @whatonearth9809 4 года назад +5

    I’m crying at this. 57 years later he finally got to say thank you 😢❤️

  • @WillWag-YT
    @WillWag-YT 4 года назад +3

    I’m 14 years old and my great-grandpa served in the army during WWII. I was never able to meet him because he died 2 years before my birth. I’ve always been amazed by what these guys had to go through and I’ve always wondered what it was like for him during that time. I’ve watched every single video that this channel has produced and it’s given me a pretty good idea of what it was like, but it would never be the same as us talking face to face. Now I truly know why they call y’all the greatest generation! 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

  • @captainskippy6622
    @captainskippy6622 4 года назад +2

    Today I showed this to a 95 year old friend that was part of the troops that liberated this camp of horrors. He stared at it intensely as if he had gone back in time as the smile that is always on his face faded. His reaction brought tears to my eyes. After the video finished he said “Yep, it was worse than you can imagine” and then after a few seconds started relating funny stories from the war. I recognized this as graveyard humor from being a police officer and firefighter for 28 years. It is a coping mechanism where your brain tries to compensate for the horrific things you have witnessed. God bless him and all veterans.

  • @bobgaysummerland
    @bobgaysummerland 2 года назад +1

    I was at Dachau 50 years after you liberated the camp. It was the worst place I have ever been and I have been to more than a few bad places. I never visited another death camp. I couldn’t. You are right. The horror that people inflict on others is unimaginable. You are part of my father and uncle’s generation and they all served in Europe and the Pacific. You really are the last great generation. Thank you. I always made it a point to visit our dead in the scattered graveyards in Europe. I always thought an American accent and a Lucky or Camel left on a grave marker let them know they were not forgotten.

  • @taddyfaddy
    @taddyfaddy 4 года назад +17

    It's just so sad what happened. It's so surreal and yet it happened. May they rest in peace.

  • @indridcold4469
    @indridcold4469 4 года назад +31

    Thank you Mr. Greenbaum. I'm sorry you had to but thank you for enduring.

  • @PianoUniverse
    @PianoUniverse 2 года назад

    We throw the word hero out there too much. This guy and his fellow liberators truly are....HEROES.

  • @DonB.-Mulefivefive
    @DonB.-Mulefivefive 6 месяцев назад

    As a Veitnam vet, I'm very appreciative of your posting this one and others like it.
    Hopefully, we don't have toencounter this again but, with the way things are going, I'm afraid it's on track to happen again.
    Thanks for doing this.
    It really does mean alot.

  • @Wollie1979
    @Wollie1979 3 года назад +3

    I was blown away by this story! Im 40 y/o so second generation after WW2, but know quite some of what happened back in the days thanks to my late grandpa. As we’re from The Netherlands close to the eastern border with Germany, my grandpa experienced a lot back in the days (crashed British airplane and helping the pilot to get safe, helping to hide people and so on). He even made the crashed airplane’s propeller as an art object and put it in his garden for decades after the war.
    But what happened in the concentration camps just goes way beyond every imagination who never saw it with their own eyes. Thank God we have these stories to make it real for every generation.

  • @Currens-
    @Currens- 4 года назад +74

    Wish these were 20-30 mins long , seriously some of the best videos on the internet , respect to all the men who fought for our freedom along with others ! Keep up the videos y’all are doing numbers!!!

    • @ja8965
      @ja8965 2 года назад +1

      nah mate I want 1 or 2 hour :D

  • @lauramiller3372
    @lauramiller3372 2 года назад

    You sir, are from the Great Generation. That makes you a true hero. Thank you.

  • @josiahbaum2165
    @josiahbaum2165 4 года назад

    I’m 18 and me and unfortunately not many others realize the significance of ur sacrifice, but I will teach my sons and family about the sacrifice all u made. We can’t let this great sacrifice be forgotten. I and every american are forever indebted to u and ur fellow soldiers and all the soldiers of the allies thank u

  • @garrettL.95
    @garrettL.95 3 года назад +3

    My Great-Grandfather was a medic who helped liberate Dachau. I can't imagine what he had to see... what he had to go through throughout the war. Though I wish that he had talked about it, I understand why he didn't. He died when I was very young; these videos make me feel closer to him. Thank you.

  • @boofarama
    @boofarama 4 года назад +8

    I cry and cry every episode, thank you thank you thank you for capturing these men and these stories.

  • @RMFishing23
    @RMFishing23 4 года назад +1

    I respect all soldiers during the war because they were brave enough to risk their lives for millions of people

  • @andreschavez9671
    @andreschavez9671 4 года назад +2

    I heard "our generation is the last generation who will be able to talk to ww2 vets" the other day. These memoirs are something we won't be able to do for long so thank you and I hope generations after mine will see these

  • @joshmendenhall6445
    @joshmendenhall6445 3 года назад +5

    In high school i had a history teacher that i absolutely loved. He created classes that were approved by the school district. He had one that i took about the Holocaust. He said in the beginning, if you cant handle the images you will see in this class you shouldmt be here, but i want you to stay cause this needs to be taught. He had a wall of pictures of victims and their stories we would read every day at the beginning of class. I learned many camps, many victims, many stories, and saw many images and i dont believe how anybody could deny it after seeing and reading these things for themsleves.

  • @codyh6405
    @codyh6405 4 года назад +6

    We needed this right now. Like he said the things people will do to each other is atrocious.

  • @John-lu3yq
    @John-lu3yq 4 года назад

    God Bless You for saving these stories. What Great Men and Women these Veterans and Military Factory Workers were ! America Owes Our Freedoms to These Heroes!

  • @blusnuby2
    @blusnuby2 2 года назад +1

    My Father was amongst the small contingent of GI`s who saw the lock(s) blown-off the front gate(s) of Dachau. Touring 'that camp' changed him for the remainder of his trail......

  • @StonewallSowash
    @StonewallSowash 4 года назад +3

    There are no words to express the feeling of walking into those camps and seeing what was done to those people. God bless them all.

  • @MWMPeddyKiller
    @MWMPeddyKiller 4 года назад +10

    Very important to record and document these amazing stories from the greatest generation our country has produced.
    Ladies and gentlemen in the next 5 years almost every World War 2 vet will be gone from this world. Especially with this virus currently living among us.
    I'm 32 now. When I was in my early 20s I had 2 close family friends that were both WW2 vets. One was part of a secret rocket boat mission early in the morning before the invasion on D-Day. The stories that man had were simply breathtaking. You could look in his eyes and see the memories running thru his head as he talked. I only wish I had been smart enough to record these conversations. I knew this man for 10 yrs bf I ever knew he was a WW2 vet. He earned several medals and his story is recounted in a book. He single handedly saved an untold number of American lives that day. The book confirmed what he had told me. He took out 3 German pill boxes that day. From the group of men he hit land with that morning only him and the group leader survived. He never talked freely about his experiences. They had asked him to speak on camera for a history channel special and had asked him to consult for the "Saving Private Ryan" movie. He was even asked to come to Washington and be part of the WW2 memorial service. He had no interest in any of it. All he said was it was his duty to serve his country and do the things he had to do. He didnt want to be rewarded or congratulated for the things he had done. It took him being hospitalized and damn near death bf he allowed the governor of TN to present him with a medal. All that seems incredibly unselfish in so many ways. In a time where alot of vets and war heroes write books or do TV shows or podcasts and talk about their stories meeting and knowing a man like Bethel Payne was truly a honor. It's a name we should all know and only a few ppl actually do. Some of these Vets dont want to tell the story of their combat experiences. But it is so very important that these stories are told and preserved for historical reasons and just as much for future generations. Both the WW2 vets I knew are gone now. Alot of their stories went with them.
    Thank you to all the veterans who have fought and served our country to protect our daily freedoms and our way of life. God bless our veterans and God bless America.

    • @bluespruce679
      @bluespruce679 4 года назад

      Michael Wyatt...
      Thank you dearly for sharing what you know.
      Do you happen to know the title of the book?
      I'll look up Bethel Payne soon, see if anything has been written about him.
      I didn't get the name of the other WWll hero.
      Anyway, thank you with all my heart. Shalom! 🌺🕊🌺

    • @MWMPeddyKiller
      @MWMPeddyKiller 4 года назад +1

      @@bluespruce679
      I have found the book on Amazon but its crazy expensive 175.00 very rare apparently.
      But here is the title I copied from Amazon
      William Howard Palmer Jr.
      We Called Ourselves Rocketboatmen: The Untold Stories of the Top-Secret LSC(S) Rocket Boat Missions of World War II at Sicily, Normandy (Omaha and Utah Beaches), and Southern France
      I have tried to find things about Bethel for a long time now and have failed to find significant info. Although my wife's aunt has a copy of the book somewhere?
      I saw a printed off copy once bf i was into WW2 like I am now. I wish I cld remember it better and provide more info but I do recall out of 24 men in his boat only Bethel and the leader of the men made it out alive. ( may have been more or less men in the boat)
      Hindsight is always 20/20 they say. With that said I regret not recording his story in some way.

    • @MWMPeddyKiller
      @MWMPeddyKiller 4 года назад +1

      Kingsport - Bethel M. Payne, 89, of Kingsport, died Saturday, July 26, 2014 at Indian Path Medical Center after years of declining health. He was born October 26, 1924 in Blackwater, VA. Bethel volunteered and joined the U.S. Navy at the beginning of World War II. On D-Day, June 6, 1944 in Normandy, he was a gunner and backup coxswain on a top-secret Rocket Boat Mission, clearing Omaha Beach of enemy Pillboxes ahead of the U.S. troop invasion. Several years ago, Bethel received a Congressional Commendation for his heroic performance at Normandy and in January 2013, State Representative Tony Shipley privately delivered a proclamation issued by the Tennessee House of Representatives citing and declaring heroic actions taken that day for the single-handed elimination of several German Pillboxes, just minutes prior to the Normandy Invasion. These heroic actions were memorialized in a book by William H. Palmer, Jr. entitled "We Called Ourselves Rocketboatmen." Following the end of World War II, Bethel moved to Kingsport where he went to work for Borden Mills (which later became J.P. Stevens Co.), and worked there for forty five years - the last thirty of which he was a foreman, retiring in 1996. He was a member of the VFW, enjoyed gardening, listening to blue grass music, going to flea markets working on his vehicles and several lawn mowers. Bethel had a loving generous spirit toward his fellowmen and enjoyed helping other people and never refused anyone in need. The family would like to extend a special thank you to a special friend and caregiver, Nancy Oaks. He was preceded in death by his parents, Worley and Cannie Bowen Payne; sister, Georgia Maye Payne Spears; brothers, Sidney Payne, twin brother, Dan Payne and Bill Payne. He is survived by his son Scott Payne and wife, Rita; brother, Connie Payne; several nieces and nephews and a special companion, Nancy Oaks. The family will receive friends from 4 - 6 pm Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at Carter-Trent Funeral Home, 520 Watauga St., Kingsport, TN. A funeral service will follow in the funeral home chapel with Evangelist Garry Hood. Music will be provided by Evangelist Garry Hood & Servant's Heart. Military Graveside Rites will be conducted at 2 pm Thursday, July 31, 2014 at Oak Hill Memorial Park, by the VFW Boone Dam Post #4933. Pallbearers will be Scott Payne, Lawrence Payne, Luke Minor, Jr., Michael Wyatt, Brittany Oaks and Wesley Oaks. Family and friends are asked to meet at the funeral home at 1 pm Thursday to go to the cemetery in a procession.
      Got lucky and found his obituary.

  • @eliobus2
    @eliobus2 3 месяца назад +1

    Don just passed away on February 1st. Rest in peace.

  • @stevebruce1235
    @stevebruce1235 2 года назад

    Thank you so much for posting these videos showing the truth of what really happened my father fought in World War II he passed away when I was 15 I didn't have a chance to really thank him thank you for allowing these testimonies to come forth we can never ever let these atrocities repeat their self again Lord bless you all

  • @doa_824
    @doa_824 4 года назад +21

    He looks like in his 70’s wow he looks young wut a lucky man 👍😁❤️

  • @Fabylocity
    @Fabylocity 4 года назад +8

    These memories are unforgettable!! Thanks to all the veterans of all war, and to those who still Are serving our country..

  • @rikijett310
    @rikijett310 Год назад

    Thank you endlessly for your service Sir and may God bless you always!!!! ✝️🇺🇸✝️

  • @BIGRob118
    @BIGRob118 2 года назад

    Thank You for your service sir. Your generation is the greatest.

  • @EmperorCheed
    @EmperorCheed 4 года назад +17

    What a man! Thank you Don.

  • @ZGHistory
    @ZGHistory 4 года назад +7

    Fantastic episode. Emotional and real. I've been to Dachau and it is a sobering place. I hope it always serves as a reminder to what can happen when hate, pride, and fear become dominant social motivators in a society.

  • @matthewbickham4065
    @matthewbickham4065 3 года назад

    I will never forget these brave people way before my time. They and their story’s deserve to be remembered for it is their sacrifice I have freedoms here in United States of America. God bless them for saving those people who deserve the freedoms I enjoy. With current events this younger generation have no clue. But I will continue to honor past and present solders who fight for my rights and freedom that I love. Thank you for your work on keeping this great generation of MEN and WOMEN alive in history and to all that have served from the up most respect THANK YOU. Great video.

  • @jakek7127
    @jakek7127 2 года назад +1

    I am currently taking a class in high school and college about world war 2. I will use these videos to help bring accuracy to my papers films I make in the future. Thank you for the content. I wish that the new generation will learn from Adolf’s mistakes and never repeat what he did again.

    • @MemoirsofWWII
      @MemoirsofWWII  2 года назад

      that's great to hear! we have several teachers and professors using this content alongside their history curriculum. Thanks for watching!

  • @mikelballard5041
    @mikelballard5041 4 года назад +7

    Absolutely heartbreaking. When I think I am having a bad day I sit down and watch one of these videos and it reminds me that no matter how rough my day is it will never be as bad as what these guys had to go through. I have never had a chance to sit down with the world war II veteran but I hope I get that chance before they are all gone. Thank you for doing these videos. It is so very important.

  • @adihell-9535
    @adihell-9535 4 года назад +4

    Really heart breaking when I see and hear last stories of our greatest hero's. My thanks to all the Veterans out there for giving me a freedom that me and my family can have.

  • @yaboyjason6101
    @yaboyjason6101 4 года назад +1

    My Great Grandfather Major Walter Subby was with the liberation forces at Dachau “He concluded his wartime service as part of the liberating force at Dachau Concentration Camp in Dachau, Germany. He remained there until the war ended as the Senior Medical Officer caring for the surviving prisoners.”

  • @tamaramorton8812
    @tamaramorton8812 4 месяца назад

    283 days of combat. Wow, with every minute being life-threatening. Saying thank you could never be enough.

  • @kevin-sawmill-lx25
    @kevin-sawmill-lx25 4 года назад +7

    I don’t have the words to say that would express the gratitude i have for the men and women who served our country! Thank you! May God bless you all the days of your life!

  • @jennifertrejo7109
    @jennifertrejo7109 3 года назад +3

    I love how he adds the videos of actual stuff that they are talking about it makes such a great story

  • @christinamoneyhan5688
    @christinamoneyhan5688 2 года назад

    My wife and I visited that camp or what is left there for a memorial. It is a very humbling place. Can’t imagine what those poor torchered souls had endured. God rest their souls. Thank you gentlemen for speaking out about this atrocity.

  • @YouT00ber
    @YouT00ber 2 года назад +1

    So important that people hear this

  • @jefferygrady3181
    @jefferygrady3181 4 года назад +3

    When you hear their story's you why they are called the greatest generation!

  • @melanielester2106
    @melanielester2106 4 года назад +30

    Amazing, brings tears to your eyes. What a lovely gent and how wonderful to form a friendship with someone that he saved. Shame on the people who have given this a thumbs down. X

  • @raykuipers8340
    @raykuipers8340 2 года назад

    God bless this man! May we never forget and always be thankful for their sacrifice.

  • @johnstevens9673
    @johnstevens9673 4 года назад

    What a touching story. This man is guy is a true American hero. As ALWAYS wonderful job guys. Very touching.

  • @alfa4liveejk
    @alfa4liveejk 4 года назад +7

    This breaks my heart by just watching this and long for this to not happen again. But deep down i know that the evil in men is still present today and alive

    • @zachhoward9099
      @zachhoward9099 4 года назад

      Go get on Facebook it's disturbing in the various conservative pages especially the ones more geared toward youth in thier 20s who are full of memes how badly Holocaust denial is on the rise

  • @jda252
    @jda252 4 года назад +12

    😔me knowing ima have to wait 3 weeks to get another video and hundreds dying everyday man I just love these peaple they are so sharp don’t even look like they in there 80s or 90s they are so important to the world it makes no sense and I feel like some people don’t understand that

  • @raystevens1458
    @raystevens1458 2 года назад +1

    I had the opportunity to go Dachau, what an incredible sobering trip, my life was changed by those horrific tragedies, and I pray that this never happens again. The museum was done extremely well telling the story, if you ever get a chance, please go.

  • @benjaminstoops7536
    @benjaminstoops7536 4 года назад

    A splendid story of a true American hero. I'd like to write people like him to let them know how thankful I am for them.

  • @quest-fish
    @quest-fish 4 года назад +53

    Love what you’re doing with these videos, keep it up.

  • @bradmoberly6164
    @bradmoberly6164 4 года назад +6

    2:09 When they put him in body bag. That young man's trigger finger was still bent when he died. Poor guy . Rip sir.

  • @SuperGoodison
    @SuperGoodison 2 года назад

    Back in 96 on our way from England to Bosnia we stopped at dachau. It really opened our eyes to what happened I'll never forget that day.

  • @anvi357
    @anvi357 4 года назад +1

    My grandfather was also a ww2 veteran, member of the Guerilla unit here in the Philippines. They were the greatest generation. More power to your channel.

  • @sarama4153
    @sarama4153 4 года назад +7

    History teaches valuable lessons. We must visit the past regularly to make sure we don’t forget these lessons. It’s the least we can do from our comfy couches. Thank you for creating and sharing these videos!

  • @jamesroad316
    @jamesroad316 4 года назад +3

    6:43 his expression is haunting

  • @noahcount7132
    @noahcount7132 4 года назад +1

    This video and Don's mission to keep the truth alive and counter the holocaust deniers are VITAL! Thank you for bringing us these historically significant Memoirs of WWII.

  • @kierandoodykd
    @kierandoodykd 4 года назад +2

    Oh the bit when he said about the Surviver saying thanks for saving my life... that got me 🙏

  • @Maaarrina
    @Maaarrina 4 года назад +13

    Would love to hear more stories like these about the experience of the soldiers that liberated the concentration camps.

  • @michaellnss
    @michaellnss 4 года назад +4

    Just wanna give a huge shout-out and thank you too Memoirs of WWII for bringing and trying so hard for us too learn what really happened and what our true hero's did too fight for us and the world

  • @bonniefurman7476
    @bonniefurman7476 4 года назад +1

    So true. People need to be reminded of what happened during WW2.

  • @thefullmoongamer
    @thefullmoongamer 4 года назад

    Vetetans are our heroes! Thank you🙏🏻

  • @KikiRevenge
    @KikiRevenge 4 года назад +5

    I love this channel. Though I end up crying at some point during every single episode, which is a testament to their power, I still love it so.

  • @jbess6505
    @jbess6505 4 года назад +2

    Thank you sir for doing what many can not even imagine having to do.

  • @DarkerThanBlack88
    @DarkerThanBlack88 3 года назад

    I would have loved to sit with this Hero and listen to his stories.

  • @ahitstheparaplegic9653
    @ahitstheparaplegic9653 2 года назад

    Thank god for our great grandpas for liberating most of the world we owe our lives