On The Road: The Longest Wait

Tour guides at the American cemetery in Normandy, France, had been telling the story for years: a widow of a World War II airman who, on occasion, still visited her husband's grave. But after weeks of digging through documents and talking with family, Steve Hartman learned Peggy Harris' devotion was only a small part of the story.

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  • @Lawomenshoops
    @Lawomenshoops6 жыл бұрын

    An elected American official doesn’t give a damn about an American Hero but a wonderful city in France has loved and honored that American Hero for over 60 years!!!

  • @jamesobrian1643

    @jamesobrian1643

    5 жыл бұрын

    Typical government stooge. If it was election time, maybe he would have made at least a phone call. That's congress for you

  • @tasichannel9475

    @tasichannel9475

    5 жыл бұрын

    It's all about the gratitude. If your an entitled, pompous person whose never been on the losing side of THAT situation, they feel they don't owe anything.

  • @OHUQTU

    @OHUQTU

    5 жыл бұрын

    FAKE NEWS! >>> kzread.info/dash/bejne/loSqsLuQYNyvYso.html

  • @jackmars931

    @jackmars931

    5 жыл бұрын

    I wish there were more follow up videos like this, exposing the lies of the media. This woman has nothing but praise for Thornberry and how much he helped her and how hard he works, etc, while here they portray it as if he did something wrong and let this lady down.

  • @will_9342

    @will_9342

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@OHUQTU Certainly puts new light on the subject. At the end of the original video, we are all saying, I suppose, what an A**H*** that elected official is. Then your video and suddenly the story changes. As she is the one telling her side of the truth, I chose to believe her. Media has so much importance, it shouldn't, specially concerning a story such as this one, be used to pervert the truth. Bless that lady and to that village in France

  • @cartoonvandal
    @cartoonvandal5 жыл бұрын

    "How long did you wait?" "All my life." Someone add this to the definition of 'love' in the dictionary :)

  • @tonkii8410

    @tonkii8410

    5 жыл бұрын

    Short words at heart :)

  • @suriphornnuphrom6535

    @suriphornnuphrom6535

    5 жыл бұрын

    Y^Y

  • @Beun007

    @Beun007

    5 жыл бұрын

    That got me too!

  • @bertha528

    @bertha528

    4 жыл бұрын

    Amen 💝

  • @ireen6054

    @ireen6054

    4 жыл бұрын

    Want an ending for the waiting, longing, get married..marriage is the cure for all passion, infinity of love😒🤐

  • @spi7shin3
    @spi7shin37 жыл бұрын

    This made me cry! Some ppl live 6 weeks together to realize they wont find someone else... What a lady, what a woman, what a human being!

  • @jamesobrian1643

    @jamesobrian1643

    5 жыл бұрын

    Sadly, a dying breed

  • @zroxmolejon6278

    @zroxmolejon6278

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jamesobrian1643 hard to find another lady like her

  • @shariffbrown04

    @shariffbrown04

    4 жыл бұрын

    me too...so sad beautiful ❤😭

  • @mariocisneros911

    @mariocisneros911

    2 жыл бұрын

    She is special. Sorry god did not give them more together. But her love kept him and their love alive. God bless them

  • @mkite715
    @mkite7154 жыл бұрын

    Omg her opening line really hit me. “He was married to me all of his life, and I’m going to be married to him for all of my life.”

  • @daphnelattimer9952

    @daphnelattimer9952

    2 жыл бұрын

    A beautiful example of true love and steadfast devotion.

  • @MrMrsJr
    @MrMrsJr9 жыл бұрын

    Billie made the best decision in his life when he married her, sadly he didn't live to reap the reward.

  • @RenatusChristoph

    @RenatusChristoph

    7 жыл бұрын

    Maybe so. But what about Peggy? Did she make good decisions by waiting for someone you might expect not to be coming back? Not moving on, but clinging to sorrow and despair a whole life by being married to a dead person. It's really sickening to me.

  • @jeffryblackmon4846

    @jeffryblackmon4846

    6 жыл бұрын

    She loved her husband so much that she refused to let herself find another man to love. It is very sad.

  • @lemonslimes7885

    @lemonslimes7885

    6 жыл бұрын

    So many men could wish for a woman as loyal and loving as her. But I am sure he was equally as amazing of a man! What a story!

  • @karendavis140

    @karendavis140

    6 жыл бұрын

    I'm sorry that you have never known such love. There is no reason to believe that Peggy spent her life clinging to sorrow and despair. She had come to terms with the idea that her husband was most likely dead. She told reporters that her husband loved here til death and she would honor him by doing the same. She gave up searching for him decades ago. It was his cousin who picked up the search again in these last years. Did she want answers? Of course. But that doesn't mean that she didn't pursue a rich and rewarding life on her own.I see her as a strong and faithful woman.

  • @GamerChickZombie

    @GamerChickZombie

    6 жыл бұрын

    Rene Christoph, I understand your prospective, but I think that you're mistaking Peggy's devotion for sorrow. My grandmother never remarried nor even dated after my grandfather's passing, but she was not unhappy. She just loved my grandfather. Peggy just loved Billy and I'm sorry that you can't see the beauty in that.

  • @larsenjack2896
    @larsenjack28969 жыл бұрын

    I am a tour guide on the Normandy landing beaches and I tell this story 5 times a week...I can tell you that Peggy Harris' story is quite an emotional moment of my speech,according to my visitors tears...9387 soldiers buried in this cemetery,9387 stories we could tell in honor of these young men.

  • @billwilson5341

    @billwilson5341

    7 жыл бұрын

    Laurent GOURNAY: THANK YOU for YOUR service!

  • @jeffryblackmon4846

    @jeffryblackmon4846

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for keeping this airman's memory alive.

  • @lemonslimes7885

    @lemonslimes7885

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @ObamasTheBeast

    @ObamasTheBeast

    6 жыл бұрын

    Laurent, I live in Les Ventes and I'm American. Billie Harris is a strange thing here. He more or less "fell out of the sky". People here see him as a kind of gift or curse from heaven depending on if one sees it from his or their standpoint. I'm well-informed seeing I've lived in this area for 20 years over a 45 year-period and the respect given to Billie Harris is linked to the Air Force Base "105" which is 15km from here which used to be a US Air Force Base. I thought I'd update this info now because people of the village are so interested in this story and being American I wanted to chip in my two cents. This "fallen from heaven" narrative is taking on a whole new form of it's own, in terms of urban legend. There's nothing wrong with that because that's how things are remembered. People create things from their ideas about them and their wish to make them live OR NOT. I'm just adding my own pinch of salt to it. I know I'm very late in joining the bandwagon. Peggie was 60 years late. I'm 45 years late. So, you see, there's progress. Au fait, je parle français aussi. A plus peut-être. En fait, c'est tout un truc, ici. C'est sympa, je pense. Mon père était GI de l'Armée de L'Air aussi, musicien de fanfare sur une base en Californie, à San Diego. J'ai un peu d'expérience de ces sujets donc, de ce fait. Thanks for your interest anyways. Goodbye.

  • @darrineichelberger5500

    @darrineichelberger5500

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@ObamasTheBeast Just out of curiosity, what point are you trying to drive home? What's the update that you're providing? Who sees him as a curse...neo Nazis? Do you think the village that he spent his last strength steering his crippled fighter away from is trying to make him larger than life? If I were a decedent of people who may have died had he just given up, I'd do anything I could to honor his integrity also. I'm probably missing something, but not sure where you were going with what you wrote. Thanks for any clarification!

  • @muncedev11
    @muncedev114 жыл бұрын

    6 weeks of marriage, 60 years of waiting. This is a love few will likely ever know. In an age of cheap, disposable love, this is a high standard to which to attain. Thank you for sharing this awe inspiring story. I read it through tear-filled eyes.

  • @vjan9003

    @vjan9003

    3 жыл бұрын

    This pure love and wonderful loyalty had me in tears

  • @georgejetson3702
    @georgejetson37027 жыл бұрын

    Six weeks with Peggy would have been worth more than 50 years with any other woman. Saw this four years ago and it still brings tears to my eyes.

  • @gregohare6412

    @gregohare6412

    6 жыл бұрын

    George Jetson Just came across this after seeing it when it originally aired and it also brought tears to my eyes. Incredible story about an American hero, his devoted wife and the country that continues to honor him long after his passing.

  • @michelleherrera7725
    @michelleherrera7725 Жыл бұрын

    Peggy passed away on April 14th, 2020 at the age of 95. She's with her beloved Billie now ❤️.

  • @1966grappler
    @1966grappler6 жыл бұрын

    Wow what a shame. 60 years of not knowing. My mother received a letter from the Army telling her that her husband was killed in action. A couple years later she met my father and had two children. Then her first husband returns and was not killed , but was a pow. He would hang around outside under a street light hoping to see her. My father was also a vet from Darby's Rangers and suffered from ptsd all his life. He passed away at the age of 48. My mothers first husband contacted my mother many years later and they talked several times on the phone until he passed away. I spoke with her a few years before she passed and she was happy she had the chance to talk with him. It must have been quite the burden all those years.

  • @mrjamila88

    @mrjamila88

    5 жыл бұрын

    Omg wow yah that must have been hard and sad for your mom. I wonder how often that has happened to many wife’s thinking their husband died and find out later they alive. 😢

  • @shariffbrown04

    @shariffbrown04

    4 жыл бұрын

    wow, that is heartbreaking! he would sit outside! It😭

  • @blackdogslivesmatter1568

    @blackdogslivesmatter1568

    4 жыл бұрын

    SO SAD

  • @antonkider7360

    @antonkider7360

    4 жыл бұрын

    What a terrible sad story.

  • @chloecusimano3710

    @chloecusimano3710

    4 жыл бұрын

    1966grappler wowwww that’s CRAZYYYY that sounds like a movie!! This was ww2? Did she decide to go back to him!? What do you do in a situation like that when you’re first love you think was killed in war and you move on have a family then to find out he is alive and wants to reconnect with you that is an amazing & sad story

  • @hearttoheart4me
    @hearttoheart4me Жыл бұрын

    Thornberry sounds like every other politicians out there. They just don't care about their constituents till they have been publicly called out. His response is a standard apology that all of them issue. That being said RIP Billie Harris and thank you for your service and the love you had shown your beautiful bride who has been a pillar of strength and devotion. God bless both of them. Thank you Steve Hartman for the telling of a story that none of us would have never known. Thank you to all the people of the small village for honoring them both.

  • @AuthorLHollingsworth
    @AuthorLHollingsworth5 жыл бұрын

    Mac Thornberry should apologize to this beautiful lady. This mystery could have been solved ages, ago. God, bless the wife, cousin, and people of Normandy, France. Thanks, for this story!

  • @terrimead1003

    @terrimead1003

    4 жыл бұрын

    Have they run him outta town yet? What a coward...maybe he shoulda fell in Normandy.

  • @kathleenclark815

    @kathleenclark815

    4 жыл бұрын

    Except its not true.. kzread.info/dash/bejne/loSqsLuQYNyvYso.html

  • @susanalexander6721

    @susanalexander6721

    Жыл бұрын

    He should apologize in person.

  • @MariaHernandez-jd2bi

    @MariaHernandez-jd2bi

    Жыл бұрын

    I believe he should have been let go of his position. How can he serve the people, when he couldn't or wouldn't look into this matter regarding a soldier missing and his widow searching for tge truth. I hope the government gave her all his benefits.

  • @christinanielsen1917

    @christinanielsen1917

    Жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately thornberrys ineptitude is standard procedure. No one cares about an elderly woman until a story like this comes out and embarrassed him. An apology from a politician isn't worth much. A SIMPLE search on the internet could've been done by his staffers but she wasn't worth it. There are thousands of experiences like this that we will never know about. Shameful!

  • @tonkii8410
    @tonkii84105 жыл бұрын

    "How long did you wait ?" "All my life " Short words at heart :)♡

  • @ashtonharrelson7029
    @ashtonharrelson70295 жыл бұрын

    I got to meet Peggy last weekend and she was wonderful! This is such an incredible and heartbreaking story 💕

  • @shariffbrown04

    @shariffbrown04

    4 жыл бұрын

    wow! thank you for sharing...many blessings to you.. how humbly it must have been to meet peggy!

  • @misplacedsouthern1236

    @misplacedsouthern1236

    20 күн бұрын

    I’m so sorry a thoughtless, self absorbed politician was too busy to ask someone to check for him. Clearly, he was much too important & busy to check himself but he surely could’ve asked someone to check for him. Then, to give her that half apology! She deserved so much more. Her husband deserved more from his Countryvabd those that represent that Cpuntry. He never was brought home. At least, His would die could’ve been told the truth. He gave everything & it still wasn’t enough. I’m so sorry. Ms Peggy deserved so much better.

  • @Reese_Calloway
    @Reese_Calloway10 жыл бұрын

    I can only imagine why the congressman didn't want to talk with them. Such loyalty is admirable and she is a wonderful woman. Congressman Thornberry should be ashamed of himself.

  • @alfandeddie

    @alfandeddie

    5 жыл бұрын

    Weasel

  • @dugroz

    @dugroz

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'm guessing he handed it over to a staff member to handle, and someone was careless in looking up the info. I'm glad he (eventually) apologized.

  • @OHUQTU

    @OHUQTU

    5 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/loSqsLuQYNyvYso.html

  • @OHUQTU

    @OHUQTU

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@dugroz kzread.info/dash/bejne/loSqsLuQYNyvYso.html

  • @jackmars931

    @jackmars931

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Adam Fears Because all it is is this lady bashing the news for using her to attack Thornberry. It's pretty obvious how this version of things is manipulated to make the congressman look bad. The only Fake News here is the version where Thornberry did something wrong.

  • @sephy3085
    @sephy30854 жыл бұрын

    What a faithful woman she is for being loyal to her husband for so long even though she never knew his fate to her satisfaction.

  • @elizabethchurch9720
    @elizabethchurch97206 жыл бұрын

    "You have to learn to be forgiving." Thank God she found him.

  • @kay-vo6cs
    @kay-vo6cs4 жыл бұрын

    She just passed away a couple of months ago. I live in Altus, OK where Peggy and her father in-law worked on the base here. It's a precious story.

  • @muzicaempathica6479

    @muzicaempathica6479

    3 жыл бұрын

    🥀🖤💔🖤🥀❤💓❤🥀🖤💔🖤🥀

  • @AnnieBuck
    @AnnieBuck9 жыл бұрын

    What an incredible story. What a beautiful tribute from the people of Les Avants. Mac Thornberry should be ashamed of himself.

  • @thedarci1368
    @thedarci13687 жыл бұрын

    No wonder Thornberry did not wish to talk to you. He should be ashamed to show his face anywhere after that. That is horrid. She is more merciful and forgiving than I think I could be...... She is such a beautiful awesome person.....

  • @kathleenclark815

    @kathleenclark815

    4 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/loSqsLuQYNyvYso.html

  • @bodhief

    @bodhief

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kathleenclark815 That story ran 1 year after this CBS published this story .... do you think Thornberry would have run that story if not for the CBS story? C'mon.

  • @kathleenclark815

    @kathleenclark815

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@bodhief This comment was a year ago dude. I don't care ...c'mon 🙄

  • @KateMRobb
    @KateMRobb6 жыл бұрын

    Some people wonder if Peggy made a good decision "Not to re-marry" you need to remember that tho "thru the yrs" she eventually came to the descision that he was most likely killed in the war, she wanted answers, needed those answers, & as his wife (widow) she deserved those answers. As ALL military wifes do, current & past. Did Peggy make a good decision to Not re-marry ? I believe she did yes but then its NOT up to me in anyway. it is her choice as his wife, only hers ! as part of the greatest generation who saved this country & others from the Nazi's, She & her husband, Billy deserve our highest respect & graditude for keeping this country free when it could of been lost ! She lived up to her vows, not just the words but to the spirit of their vows. & as far as Billy Not reaping any rewards for marring Peggy, "He did", she was a loyal wife ALL of her life. & that's saying something, wives to be now days can't even make it to the church/vows without having cheated. WE (people in general) don't have or aren't raised with the value's that were found in those days, along with having a religious or spiritual foundation to draw help from. that's my 4 cents !

  • @ciyean
    @ciyean9 жыл бұрын

    Why is it so hard to find this type of love these days. It's bullshit.

  • @gloriabitutu1969

    @gloriabitutu1969

    7 жыл бұрын

    ciyean I know right

  • @Peacheater707

    @Peacheater707

    5 жыл бұрын

    I agree

  • @rustinpeace8642

    @rustinpeace8642

    4 жыл бұрын

    Social media and Internet sucks.

  • @uncasunga1800

    @uncasunga1800

    3 жыл бұрын

    Where are you looking 🤷

  • @EMBEEAY
    @EMBEEAY3 жыл бұрын

    0:38 she is one of the prettiest girls I’ve ever seen. Her heart is just as beautiful.

  • @pugilemoltobene3708
    @pugilemoltobene37084 жыл бұрын

    I’m an SF vet of 3 tours(OIFx2 and OEF), retiring after I was hit on my last tour. It is everyone’s greatest fear to be forgotten completely, whether alive or dead. The deceased I served with will not be forgotten. This man was also a superhero. Honor their memory, people. They gave everything, dammit. This breaks me up, it should for you, too. God Bless our vets and those we’ve lost.

  • @muzicaempathica6479

    @muzicaempathica6479

    3 жыл бұрын

    ⚘Love~Honour~Respect~Peace⚘ I appreciate your heart, service, and dedication. Thank you for all you have done in the name of Freedom☆¤☆ May the LORD bless you; especially with Comfort and Peace⚘

  • @mandojoaquin1953
    @mandojoaquin19533 жыл бұрын

    Very touching, very few American woman who wait their husband to long, and stay faithful to him, I'm from the, Philippines. I salute all the soldier veterans of ww2.

  • @antonkider7360
    @antonkider73604 жыл бұрын

    French civilians taking care during sixty years of a forgotten American aviator.

  • @aimeguthleben
    @aimeguthleben7 жыл бұрын

    There are some days, we went to look and pray at the tomb of the aviator Billie D. Harris. There is no greater sacrifice that one can do than give his life for his neighbor. For him it was the choice of not crashing more about a village in France after his plane was hit and chose to crash in a forest near sparing the villagers. He thus left behind his young wife who Attenda for years. We wish, my wife and me to introduce you to Mrs. Harris, family and friends our deepest thoughts. He rests in peace next to his companions of the conflict to the American cemetery Collevile-sur-Mer. Our sincere thoughts Family GUTHLEBEN

  • @billwilson5341

    @billwilson5341

    7 жыл бұрын

    Aimé GUTHLEBEN: THANK YOU for posting this! You are a kind soul! God bless you and yours!

  • @jspprn7767

    @jspprn7767

    5 жыл бұрын

    Wow. Thank you.

  • @shariffbrown04

    @shariffbrown04

    4 жыл бұрын

    so beautiful! thank you!

  • @jazura2

    @jazura2

    4 жыл бұрын

    What a wonderful and inspiring story. Truly incroyable. Merci

  • @stryker1026
    @stryker10264 жыл бұрын

    I dont know how I ended up here...thank you KZread algorithms. I'm crying at work and proud that this woman was able to visit and know in her heart what happened to her husband. God Bless her and God Bless the USofA for helping to liberate Europe and rid the world of the evil that was Nazis and fascists. Never forget!!!

  • @pressplay1072
    @pressplay10724 жыл бұрын

    Bless her heart devotion sometimes can be a hard thing in the long wait can never see your spouse again except on the other side

  • @pjlewisful
    @pjlewisful10 жыл бұрын

    Tears as I'm writing to say how beautifully moving this story was to me.

  • @xlprincess123567
    @xlprincess1235674 жыл бұрын

    My step grandfather went missing too. My grandmother did remarry but always knew he was out there. People said he crashed into the Pacific Ocean, then people said he was kidnapped, then others said he was alive. He was never found. But we are having a memorial service this summer. Before my step grandfather went missing my grandmother just had a baby girl at least she had a little bit of him. My grandmother would go on and have two more kids with her second husband. But I will never forget my first grandfather I never got to meet.

  • @toodie535
    @toodie5358 жыл бұрын

    My grandfather was buried in a small village in France in 1917. I wonder if his remains were transferred somewhere. He fought for the British Army, in the calvary, caring for horses that pulled the cannon caissons.

  • @jnieurzyla

    @jnieurzyla

    8 жыл бұрын

    Check the commonwealth graves commission, they will advise you of his burielplace.

  • @toodie535

    @toodie535

    8 жыл бұрын

    thanks, I tried searching for Augustus Harriss, Pvt, British forces (cavalry) from London England, sometime in spring 1917. "Zero results"

  • @jnieurzyla

    @jnieurzyla

    8 жыл бұрын

    Sue does his regiment have a museum? could try their, or the war museum?

  • @toodie535

    @toodie535

    8 жыл бұрын

    thanks John, but I have no idea,, just know he loved horses so they put him in the Calvary. No idea why his name doesn't come up. Not sure what town he was born in, Grandma came from Hastings and they moved to London to open a butcher shop in the early teens.

  • @pamelaspooner8335

    @pamelaspooner8335

    6 жыл бұрын

    You may have been too specific with your search terms - often searching with less words is more fruitful. Please go to your local public library and they can give you some tips on finding foundation information that you need in order to find his service record, etc. for instance finding him in the 1901 census would give you place of birth. (Hope this helps- from a retired librarian).

  • @user-vm5ud4xw6n
    @user-vm5ud4xw6n4 жыл бұрын

    This man should have been awarded a Congressional Medal of Honor!! Conspicuous valor and service above and beyond the call of duty! I’d say saving a town met both those criteria. His old company may not be around anymore but those that aren’t become other companies and whoever is in charge should be reached and told the story so Billie’s sacrifice is known and remembered on this side of the pond. He was a hero. And his actions deserve to be rewarded!

  • @killermogle

    @killermogle

    Жыл бұрын

    He crashed in the woods. Might as well give everyone a medal of honor in that case.

  • @ricpr

    @ricpr

    10 ай бұрын

    @@killermogle yep, and that medal has been awarded to plenty who did exactly what Harris did, sacrificing themselves so that others could live. Just how many stories out of WWII include an entire town that are so appreciative decades later of such a sacrifice? There might be merit to looking into the action. He was awarded a DFC for his actions, but it might be worth a look to see if that could be upgraded and presented to a family member in France. Thornberry had no clue that he missed such a huge political gold mine.

  • @bluepointblues5438
    @bluepointblues54385 жыл бұрын

    This is how you define a true love. May God bless her beautiful soul and R.I.P Billie. Someday, you two will be reunited....up above in heaven.

  • @sofiagallegos9038
    @sofiagallegos90384 жыл бұрын

    when I went to visit the American cemetery in Normandy my tour guide told us about her

  • @sukhmaidickoff
    @sukhmaidickoff8 жыл бұрын

    Very touching story. Normally I´m not the kinda guy who gets watery eyes very easily, but this videoclip did the job quite well. It must have been terrible for Peggy to get all those conflicting messages back in the days - first getting told he was dead then getting told he was alive and would be going home and then again told he was dead. And then waiting for 6 decades phewwww...I don´t think many people would be able to cope with that. However I do understand why Billy fell for her back then. Peggy was (and of course still is) a very beautiful woman :-)

  • @sukhmaidickoff

    @sukhmaidickoff

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Matta Fochar ...and PS: I know that Congressman Thornberry did a sloppy job not investigating thoroughly enough. But instead of spamming this comment-section with your hate towards Mr. Thornberry - maybe you should blame the people who gave her wrong information from 1944 until 2005 instead. And focus on the good side of the story - that finally Peggy got a bit more of peace on her mind about what happened to her husband back in 1944.

  • @iriscollins7583

    @iriscollins7583

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@sukhmaidickoff As one of her political representatives he should have looked into this with a lot more effiency than he did,it would have saved this lady years of not knowing.

  • @debbiebrooks3473
    @debbiebrooks3473 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for finishing this story. A foreign country treated an American soldier with the memory that he deserved. Our country should have done the same. 🇺🇸

  • @exdus235

    @exdus235

    Жыл бұрын

    👍👍👍

  • @loveaodai100
    @loveaodai1007 жыл бұрын

    WoW! Wonderful people in this story with the exception of that congressman..

  • @firesong83
    @firesong833 жыл бұрын

    This is how all heroes should be honored. I want you to know how much this moved me.

  • @j2times2006
    @j2times20069 жыл бұрын

    That's some serious dedication.

  • @Caitja
    @Caitja Жыл бұрын

    This is so loving a memory of a woman that loved for 60 plus years.

  • @jebbie2595
    @jebbie25955 жыл бұрын

    Seeing her standing at her husband's grave.. ?... ***tears*** Hearing his name spoken during the ceremony... ?... double ***tears*** Mac Thornberry should be ashamed of himself. Disgustingly immoral behavior.

  • @thickqueen4207
    @thickqueen42079 жыл бұрын

    This video left me dripping with tears :(

  • @VintageVinny
    @VintageVinny6 жыл бұрын

    How does one dislike this story? It's so moving and amazing.

  • @8317dh

    @8317dh

    6 жыл бұрын

    At least the like votes are over 98% of the total: 1009 to 16 as of March 17, 2018

  • @jusnuts1443
    @jusnuts14435 жыл бұрын

    I am not afraid to tell this, I cried. That story touched me. God bless you, Peggy!! She's my hero! So is Billie! My fellow vet.

  • @cherita56
    @cherita5610 жыл бұрын

    What an amazing story and an amazing lady.

  • @charlinsamson1943
    @charlinsamson19435 жыл бұрын

    I never cried so hard in my life.

  • @mikelass6034
    @mikelass60346 жыл бұрын

    Cried like a baby. Such a good story

  • @iamredknot
    @iamredknot5 жыл бұрын

    I'm gonna write some thing: I really felt my heart break. "Love' these days is treated like dust. Swept away into the dustbin. I gave up on love after a female turned my life into a playground. Jump in, create chaos, leave, return, create chaos leave...repeat. Then came a failed marriage. Girl with extreme temper issues, and thyroid problems. Ongoing divorce. People do not understand love and know what it means. It's really great that this lady remained waiting for her man to return all those years. Only to know that he was KIA. It must have been really hard to take in.

  • @ATR-mt5rz

    @ATR-mt5rz

    4 жыл бұрын

    red knight ah damn, sounds like you’ve been through a lot too! Thanks for sharing your message 🙌🏽

  • @balancedactguy
    @balancedactguy Жыл бұрын

    So sad she had to go through that when all he time the answer to her question about the fate of her husband was so readily available.😢 Bless the French townspeople for their gratitude too!💖

  • @jillvidal6506
    @jillvidal65063 жыл бұрын

    Amazing story. Thank you Steve Hartman. Billie Harris God Bless Rest In Peace. A lifetime of waiting with an unexpected blessing, her husband loved and honor by the French people who saw him die.

  • @thejohnmichaelsgroup4987
    @thejohnmichaelsgroup49874 жыл бұрын

    Steve Hartman does a great job!

  • @blakehaun972
    @blakehaun9723 жыл бұрын

    Thank you to all families that had a member serve and give their lives for others.

  • @72mossy
    @72mossy5 жыл бұрын

    Now that's love. I go to France every year with my family to holiday in Normandy. We go camping with our 3 kids. We travel from Ireland. I've an interest in Dday so I visit all the sites. Definitely will visit Billies grave, the next time I'm there.

  • @dguri
    @dguri4 жыл бұрын

    I will watch this a million times and each time I see her break down in tears so do I! what a wonderful woman!

  • @asifmahmood4359
    @asifmahmood43594 жыл бұрын

    Her sober personality reflects her sincerity, you can trust such people blindly. True love kept her and will keep her strong and going. My God what a lady.

  • @toddstein5407
    @toddstein54077 жыл бұрын

    The true definition of "Bittersweet" RIP, Billie

  • @abdihassan7208
    @abdihassan7208 Жыл бұрын

    This video was tear inducing and very poignant. The unadulterated love she has for him is beautiful!

  • @junsison3648
    @junsison36482 жыл бұрын

    This woman is one of a kind in this era. She is truly amazing that her loyalty and fidelity to her husband will end only till her lifetime ends. True love will never, never, never die and fade, but stays forever within her heart. 1st Lt. Billie Harris had truly found a paragon wife whose traits are amiable, affectionate and many more good adjectives to describe her.

  • @misplacedsouthern1236
    @misplacedsouthern123620 күн бұрын

    I’m so pleased this story found its way onto our television. This is indeed the longest wait for a Hero returning to those who love him, his wife Peggy and to his grateful Nation, the United States and of course, the beautiful people who cared for and buried him in France. Thank you & May God Bless Each One of You. And, To the Beautiful Peggy, my deepest sympathy. He’s a Hero. You’ll see him again. 🙏✝🇺🇸🇫🇷

  • @rabirai3280
    @rabirai32804 жыл бұрын

    I am a Nepali citizen from Asia and can't understand English . I just know very few words only so I am completely unable to communicate my feelings and respect to the lady who sacrificed not only her dreams but entire life for her long lost husband. I do salute to this great lady. The God may bless you.And also want to thank for those who brought it to us.

  • @jackalbark7593
    @jackalbark75935 жыл бұрын

    Quality of a pure heart and love..

  • @lemonslimes7885
    @lemonslimes78856 жыл бұрын

    Shocking, amazing, beautiful!

  • @Beun007

    @Beun007

    4 жыл бұрын

    In the same time...

  • @mikespano1
    @mikespano110 жыл бұрын

    If all people were like the ones in that small town...

  • @lemonslimes7885

    @lemonslimes7885

    6 жыл бұрын

    It does make me feel good that the people of France are so grateful for the sacrifices of the Americans. I know an immigrant here in America from France and on this last D-day in 2017 he publicly made a video to thank the Americans for saving them from the Germans.

  • @angieruggles962
    @angieruggles962 Жыл бұрын

    My grandpa was on the beach that day in Nornandy. 255 in his troop and only 4 survived. He was one of them. He lived to be 90.

  • @DarkVoidDan
    @DarkVoidDan9 жыл бұрын

    Wow them onions are ripe this year blimey.

  • @Meme-mq4nu
    @Meme-mq4nu11 ай бұрын

    I was at American Cemetery in Normandy three weeks ago and paid our respect to Mr. Harris’ grave. His grave was well visited by many tour groups whom their guides told them about their extraordinary story. I’m so glad I made it to pay respect to him.

  • @ratgoon4584
    @ratgoon45847 жыл бұрын

    THIS IS A PRECIOUS STORY. ULTRA SAD BUT ALSO ULTRA SPIRITUALLY UPLIFTING.

  • @rebeccathumper9128
    @rebeccathumper91284 жыл бұрын

    Crying like a Baby 😥😥😥So few will ever know love This True I've Never even come Close and I could only dream..😇😇😇💙💙

  • @damijares7632
    @damijares76324 жыл бұрын

    Wow, this man was shot in the air and could have destroyed a town, but he remained conscious enough to direct himself to the woods and essentially die as he crashed. Hero. The town proceeds to name a street after him, and bury him with a big cross, high honor and flowers. Then he's taken to the Normany graves. Wow. The French are truly terrific. Shame on congressman Mac Thornberry.

  • @s.r.v154
    @s.r.v1544 жыл бұрын

    It has been 7 years passed now. Since I haven't seen my crush. But it feels like it was yesterday when I saw her first time. It was Sunday afternoon the moment I saw her..... My heart rate rapidly increased. My friends thought I got a problem with breathing. But only I know what was that..... It was love at first sight..... I didn't tell her about my feelings..... Because I think that she deserves better than me.....she was one year senior to me... I didn't have the confidence to tell her.....I just wanted to see her happy..... I think I stuck on her...... And now it has been 7 years passed..... I haven't dated any other girl..... Because when I think about a date with another girl..... Suddenly her face comes in my mind..... No other girl can replace her in my life..... Now I am 27 years old..... Don't know what I am doing with my life..... Maybe this life for her.....

  • @BuayaJess
    @BuayaJess4 жыл бұрын

    People asked why she didn’t move on and remarried.. she said:”if he’s sacrificed and only married to me- I will only married to him too. But If he’s still alive, I will always wait for him” 😭 what a true love - only 6 weeks together but waited almost 70 years just to visit his grave 😭

  • @timeandtimeagain4391
    @timeandtimeagain43915 жыл бұрын

    Shes still one beautiful lady still from the 1900s and is still talking and walking perfectly fine!❤ 🇺🇸

  • @dshep7850
    @dshep78503 жыл бұрын

    A very touching story. Thank you so much.

  • @MaxHohenstaufen
    @MaxHohenstaufen5 жыл бұрын

    Dude, all romcoms hold no candle to this story. That was touching AF. I almost cried.

  • @ardendorney9991
    @ardendorney99914 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful lady, wonderful story.

  • @ayeshaabdulghaffar7308
    @ayeshaabdulghaffar73083 жыл бұрын

    I was really cutting onions while watching this.... It was a really strong one 😭

  • @francispua9803
    @francispua98033 жыл бұрын

    So Billie Harris got buried in Normandy France? Wow. So touching. Thank you for sharing.

  • @jantruitt9241
    @jantruitt92414 жыл бұрын

    Thank You Steve For telling us this beautiful story! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @kolent5292
    @kolent52928 жыл бұрын

    i cry for the Peggy Harris when she went to French again

  • @shirleylake7738
    @shirleylake77383 жыл бұрын

    So happy she is now able to know where he is and what happened to him.

  • @CarolinaTerzi
    @CarolinaTerzi5 жыл бұрын

    I really love Steve Hartman. He gives us the most incredible stories

  • @mysam4504
    @mysam450411 ай бұрын

    This news segment has stayed with me, in my heart, my mind, and my soul, since I first saw it when it aired. I have a feeling it will continue to remain with me. ❤

  • @minecrafter459
    @minecrafter4593 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful lady. Inside and out. So sorry my dear for all you went through

  • @steelwheels327
    @steelwheels32710 жыл бұрын

    Thornberry represents what is wrong with our gov ....plain & simple.

  • @kathleenclark815

    @kathleenclark815

    4 жыл бұрын

    Might was to watch this whole follow up video, genius. kzread.info/dash/bejne/loSqsLuQYNyvYso.html

  • @nancyhilliard1634
    @nancyhilliard16342 жыл бұрын

    😭💕💞💜❤️what a beautiful love story 🌺

  • @maryannmcleodevans2012
    @maryannmcleodevans20124 жыл бұрын

    This is one of my favorite videos. I've shown it to high school and university students. What an amazing story!

  • @kolent5292
    @kolent52928 жыл бұрын

    she have the GOLD HEART

  • @islandsunset5978
    @islandsunset59785 жыл бұрын

    #HERO who showed a lifetime of Love in one action, still felt so strongly till this day. #Love conquers all in the name of Christ Jesus amen.

  • @deanbritton1525
    @deanbritton15257 жыл бұрын

    look at thornberry's video on youtube about this amazing story. he does not allow comments! you show you're no friend of the people. RIP BILLIE

  • @freeonlineselfdefenselesso8445
    @freeonlineselfdefenselesso84454 жыл бұрын

    This is a definition of what true love is.

  • @elamorissey4000
    @elamorissey40002 жыл бұрын

    Aww God Bless I couldn’t hold my tears for this lady oh my goodness my heart goes out to her especially when she cried I just would have loved to be there to hug her oh God Bless Her that was a very touching heartfelt Story 🙏🏻❤️

  • @Meme-mq4nu
    @Meme-mq4nu Жыл бұрын

    The story really brought tears to my eyes! I’m glad that Ms. Peggy finally got the closure after having waited for 6 decades! We’re going to visit the American Cemetery in Normandy this coming week and will visit Mr. Harris’ grave to pay our respect to him.

  • @alphaomg4626
    @alphaomg46263 жыл бұрын

    A very faithful wife, an unforgettable story.

  • @tracie2741
    @tracie27414 жыл бұрын

    April 14th 2020 Peggy and Billie were reunited. Rest in peace Mrs Harris

  • @santaclaushawkeyenj3878
    @santaclaushawkeyenj38785 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much for posting the entire story together.

  • @muzicaempathica6479

    @muzicaempathica6479

    3 жыл бұрын

    💯YES‼💯

  • @estongbigboy6702
    @estongbigboy67024 жыл бұрын

    This breaks my heart in pieces.. But a very loyal wife.. I admired this woman

  • @pouriashahbazi
    @pouriashahbazi4 жыл бұрын

    she's an angel

  • @richarddelgado8530
    @richarddelgado85303 жыл бұрын

    What a Love Story without equal. Young people could learn from such love. Wow!

  • @dindunnajm577
    @dindunnajm5774 жыл бұрын

    MR BILLY WAS VERRY HANDSOME, HIS SMILE, HIS EYES. MRS HARRIS DISERVE TO HAVE HIS LOVE. HE IS THE HERO.

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