THIS is what a President delivers on D-Day! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@Kristac928

21 күн бұрын

Indeed

@kschirod

21 күн бұрын

Joe Budden gave the same speech yesterday. He's no stranger to plagiarize. He'll do anything to win votes. He is not my president. Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump are the greatest presidents of my lifetime.

@GM-xo7yy

20 күн бұрын

Well Biden tried to deliver the same speech.

@user-bt8vn3dj6o

20 күн бұрын

I agree!

@dahawk8574

18 күн бұрын

Reagan was 73. Just a baby.

My father was one of the 225 Rangers that landed at Pointe du hoc. He rarely spoke of it saying only "It had to be done".

@birdie8445

21 күн бұрын

Well said

@merrildegroot7862

21 күн бұрын

Thank you for his service.

@jeannecarey9550

20 күн бұрын

The men, your father and the rangers he fought with...will there ever be men like them again? Greatest Generation.

@michaelwainscott576

20 күн бұрын

B E😂❤❤

@kirstenfox179

17 күн бұрын

Your father is a hero! Thank you!

I've almost forgotten what it's like to have a real president - both humble and commanding. Both a statesman and a leader.

@Malcolmdeeb

21 күн бұрын

That’s what we have now with President Biden.🇺🇸

@emmerfarro

20 күн бұрын

@@Malcolmdeeb Reagan was not a vengeful, psychotic, at times illiterate self pitying fool. Nor is Joe Biden, for all of his glaring faults. As for King Trump??? He defines the qualities that Reagan and Biden thankfully lack that I mentioned.

@emmerfarro

20 күн бұрын

@@Malcolmdeeb What a clever response. As canned and stale as a tin of 20 year old SPAM.

@kirstenfox179

17 күн бұрын

​@Malcolmdeeb LMAO 🤣 😂 You're JOKING right? Lay off the Kool-aid. Joke BUMBLING BIDEN is the worst president in history!! ##FJB

@kirstenfox179

17 күн бұрын

​@@emmerfarroLMAO 🤣 😂 STOP drinking the Kool-aid! Biden is the worst president in history! #FJB

The speeches that President Reagan gave this 40th Anniversary of D-Day will always be the greatest and most inspirational. He was the 40th U.S. President who died on June 5, 2004, the eve of the 60th D-Day Anniversary. Twenty years after his death, on this the 80th D-Day Anniversary, his heart felt words still echo across the beaches...

I am proud to say, that when I served, Ronald Reagan was my Commander in chief.

@joeviking61

5 жыл бұрын

same here...

@oldgoat142

5 жыл бұрын

Same here. VF-142/CVW-7/USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, '83-'86.

@jamessimms415

4 жыл бұрын

Same here. Korea & Ft. Lewis. Went to Saudi Arabia for Desert Shield, Desert Storm. Both of my parents were WW2 Navy Vets, Dad served behind Japanese lines on mainland China, Mom was a WAVE. Her second cousin Maurice Britt was awarded the Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, a Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, English & Italian awards, after leaving the nfl after Pearl Harbor. Lost his right arm in combat, came back & finished law school, successful businessman, & two term Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas.

@renelammers813

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service all of you.

@blondie6549

Жыл бұрын

Thank you❤

A giant among men laying praise upon giant men.

@joeydb1

6 жыл бұрын

Well said!

He is the first President I voted for at 18. I couldn't tell my father then, a WWII veteran and Democrat. That day I was a Republican.. Today, I am in Independent. Tides have changed.. but his message is American.. and Patriotic.

@PEH-sv1rj

20 күн бұрын

I was 21 and he was my first vote too for President. All these years later, I consider myself an "old school republican" as I don't really understand what the party stands for today so I guess I've become an Independent also.

No president could make an address as well as President Reagan.

I can say president Ronald Reagan brings a few tears to my eyes with this speech. He was the one i first time voted for. I wish we had him here and now.

@cindyluzinski3539

21 күн бұрын

President Reagan was the first president I voted for. He loved this country❤

@Cwgrlup

21 күн бұрын

He had dementia when he was in office. A REAL diagnosis of Alzheimer’s.

@JeffreyGlover65

21 күн бұрын

My first vote for President also. 1984. 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

I had the privilege, and honor, of playing"Hail to the Chief" and "Ruffles and Flourishes" for this man.

@Schlomothebest

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah sure...

@BGI_guy

Жыл бұрын

​@@Schlomothebest let him cook

@garyjackson3531

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service.

As just a veteran who served under President Reagan it was his voice that understood the importance of a real Commander and Chief. President Reagan respected the military not just of America but of our Allies, he also respected the leadership in other nations. Gorbachev respected President Reagan and likewise he returned but our president told Gorbachev to tear down the wall that separated East and West Germany and our president in effect stopped the Cold War. When President Reagan spoke the leaders of other countries listened and fell into step with America, this was much to do with Strong leadership that began from President Reagan. I pray America can find its way back to the strength of what President Reagan espoused.

Un très grand président et un grand ami de la France. Merci, Monsieur Reagan ! 🇨🇵🇺🇲

@gusbeau1

22 күн бұрын

“A very great president & a great friend of France . Thank you, Mr. Reagan “

@parallaxslc1993

21 күн бұрын

@@gusbeau1 THANK YOU AS AN ALLY FOR REMEMBERING WHAT WE STILL ARE AS A NATION...WE WILL BE BACK IN 2025, AND OUR ENEMIES HAD BETTER MARK THE DATE!

Here on June 6, 2024 - 40 years after this speech was given and 80 years after the sacrifice about which Reagan spoke was made.

@BigfistJP

22 күн бұрын

And our President couldn't even stay awake.

@canili61

22 күн бұрын

@@BigfistJP Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?

@BigfistJP

22 күн бұрын

@canili61 How hard it is to accept the truth.

"Forty summers have passed since the battle that you fought here. You were young the day you took these cliffs; some of you were hardly more than boys, with the deepest joys of life before you. Yet, you risked everything here. Why? Why did you do it? What impelled you to put aside the instinct for self-preservation and risk your lives to take these cliffs? What inspired all the men of the armies that met here? We look at you, and somehow we know the answer. It was faith and belief; it was loyalty and love." 😢🇺🇸

I was a teenager in the '80's, and could not fully appreciate what a great man Reagan was...nor could I appreciate these WWII vets..the "Greatest Generation", of whom my beloved grandpa was part of..he was a Navy Corpsman in the PTO during the war, and I never knew that until after he passed in 1998 and the family found all of his records and awards and what he had really been apart of during the war...incredible...I sure appreciate them all now! What sad days we are living in our country now...I miss my grandpa so much, but am glad he's not here to see monuments graffittied..same with my Uncle Dan, a U.S. Marine combat veteran who served in Vietnam...these protestors defacing the Vietnam Memorial Wall..!!!! Really? Why?

@tylerwhaley4872

2 жыл бұрын

because vietnam was a stupid war :/

@garyjackson3531

Жыл бұрын

@tylerwhaley4872 Vietnam was a disaster only because of who was leading it. LBJ was a rotten Commander-in-chief and McNamara a fool. Still, defacing the Vietnam Memorial, a remembrance of the men and women of all races, colors, and creeds, was a despicable act of cowardice and hatred. Hatred for all that's good and great about America and our people.

@Unlethal870

11 ай бұрын

Even though the Vietnam war may have not have been a justified foreign conflict for America to get involved with, the American soldiers who fought and died in the war shouldn’t have been viewed as monsters when they returned home in one piece or in a coffin. They should’ve been welcomed home as heroes as any other soldier as from any other war.

@Michelle-bn1fu

22 күн бұрын

But he was a terrible president for the economy and created the largest income inequality in the history of the US.

@jamesw1659

22 күн бұрын

@@tylerwhaley4872 Do you actually believe that that justifies defacement of a memorial?

The graphic depiction of the rangers who scaled those cliffs is achingly beautiful. It is beautiful because of the sacrifice that those men made. No greater love. And it's hard not to be moved by it.

@JD-ij5fi

2 жыл бұрын

No greater love than to lay down your life for a friend.

My grandfather served in the US Navy in WWII. My father was career Air Force. I had uncles in the Army, Air Force, and the Marines. One of my brothers served in the Army, as did my husband. My father-in-law was career Army, and one of my husband's brothers also served. One of our nephews served in the Army. I love the US military, and pray we will have only presidents who honor the services and work to build them up. Talk of preserving liberty and democracy is meaningless if we don't have the men and the means to defend them.

I remember seeing this on NBC as a college kid,and I looked at these great men with admiration.Now I am their age, and appreciate the speech and the event and the men even more.

Makes me cry to think we have almost lost all of these men. They were such wonderful bunch. I consider myself so lucky to be a child in the 70s and 80's with two grandfathers that served in WWII and two grandmothers that knew what the sacrifice was on the home front. The common experience of sacrifice in war and depression that came prior to the war made that entire generation rock solid. The world they build after all they had gone through... They left us a gift.

In my country Nigeria I continuously pray for the day we will have our own “Ronald Reagan”

@c5back9

5 жыл бұрын

chukwurah udemezue : God hears your prayers!

@paulstillman2878

5 жыл бұрын

As an American I pray for the same thing

@johnstevenson1709

5 жыл бұрын

What Nigeria needs it not one person but an end to government and police corruption. Every Nigerian can play their part in that cause

@johnh1353

3 жыл бұрын

I might be replying to that person

@philladelphia5081

3 жыл бұрын

God bless you and your country 🙏🏻💙

And that's how a great American president makes an entrance to such an occasion.

He was the first President that I had the honor of voting for! ✌🏻❤️🤍💙

@lawrencethornbury8081

21 күн бұрын

Same.

God Bless President Reagan and the men who took the cliffs

@josephschopp3642

4 жыл бұрын

tghe greatest generation ought NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.

If we are one Country under God, we must endure. There will never be another President Reagan, but we sure need one like him soon. Keep the faith, America.

@charlesreese9301

5 жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree with you more. We also could use another Honest And.

What a contrast from today to 40 years ago.

@Reserch.and.qustion.everthing

16 күн бұрын

There is no comparison absolutely no comparison. Ronald Regan very great president who loved America.

Peggy Noonan. The Ronald Reagan of Presidential speech writers.

I play this video every year on D-Day to remind me of the bravery and heroism of those who fought in World War II, including my father. It is also refreshing to once again observe how a real president conducted himself.

From what I could find on the Web ,as of a year ago there was only 1 man of all these veterans still alive. God bless these men who landed that day. Thank You

Our country yearns for a leader of his class, bravery and brilliance.

@charlesreese9301

5 жыл бұрын

I will have you know that my mother got a letter from Reagan I doubt that you got a letter from Trump. We hadn't had very many good Presidents but Reagan was one of them.

@ARichardP

5 жыл бұрын

Actor.

@zacharypeery4082

4 жыл бұрын

@@bobflendorg1064 your father was a coward stop lying

@ACIDICcitric

3 жыл бұрын

Charles Reese Reagan wrote a letter my great grandparents for 75th wedding anniversary- I’m sure it auropen but it was amazing!

@dcommonsense5926

2 жыл бұрын

@@charlesreese9301 Reagan is/was great, but I bet that people got letters from Trump that they didn't get from Reagan....And some are old, yes.....but I'm just saying that not every president can send letters to everyone....

Greatest President since Lincoln. Period. RIP President Reagan. You will never be forgotten.

Just watching those men salute Reagan brings tears to my eyes.

@johncrump916

5 жыл бұрын

For yes he was 1 of the " Best Presidents that there ever was & will be "

“40 years ago at this moment, the air here was filled with smoke” Now this moment was almost 40 years ago

@2020sII

22 күн бұрын

40 years ago today

@jaarneal

22 күн бұрын

Hope you enjoyed the speech as much as I did.

Every June 6th I come back here to listen to the story about those Rangers. I can barely comprehend the bravery of those men!

I may not have been born when he was in office but dang his words are truly deep. Coming from a military family, I truly appreciate listening to this. I'm 22 but I'll continue to listen to him when I need to keep positive that maybe someday we will have another president like this.

Imagine your President giving TWO awesome speeches on the same day.

I feel we have failed you, President Reagan, and the fine souls who were honored this day, 33 years ago when you made that fine speech. But at least, we've not forgotten.

@jspee1965

6 жыл бұрын

Democrat here. And I could not agree more my friend.

@seancoulter377

5 жыл бұрын

I don't declare a said I pick vote who best fits the job at the time to vote and I say this speech is so true. And we need a leader like Reagan again I'm 37 by the way

Only two days before I (as scheduled) entered Basic Training and started my 24 years in the Air Force.

Proudest moment of my NOTHING life at 20. On my way out to work, thinking, my dad would love to watch this with me, and see myself in his eyes. GOD help me please. My eyes hadn't clue at the time!!

This is what a leader looks like.

40 years ago today. A beautiful speech that captures the respect, sacrifice and honor of those who gave all so that we today can live free. Fight to keep that freedom.

Just visited pointe du hoc today and guide mentioned this speech

Immeasurable thanks to all who fought and continue to fight to save democracy and freedom for all.

"The Rangers looked up and saw the enemy soldiers at the edge of the cliff shooting machine guns, and throwing grenades. And the American Rangers began to climb"

A great President. A great man. How we miss him.

I was on the Ike and Reagan flew over our ship. We were on the flight deck in formation.

Who in the heck can downvote this speech? Eesh. What a piece of history this is...

A speech for the ages by a President for the ages

We need President Reagan, again!

I just had to listen to this great speech again today, 35 years later. Sill so appropriate and relevant. Great President and leader. We finally have a geat one again! Never forget what was done at Normandy. I take it very personally. They did it for me!!

God, Reagan and the greatest generation! Everything that i respect!

We need this man so desperately now… lord help us

I was in the U.S.NAVY when President Ronald Reagan in his first term. The previous president was in office. He gutted the Navy and all the military. And he was a graduate of Annapolis and was (supposedly an officer)! Our military regained respect for our Comander and Chief!!! He gave us back our pride of wearing the U.S. uniforms! He wasn't wishy-washy. He was ferm in all his actions. I loved him! I still feel that there should be another bust on Mt Rushmore!!!!!

@kirkisdad8

21 күн бұрын

Later, I had joined the Army National Guard, 19th Special Forces and was sitting in my university class when the secretary of the Dean of our college opened the door and announced...."Sgt Cammans and ______ are to check in with their 1st Sergeants" I did in 20 minutes as our whole unit did. We were packed and ready to go! We were called back and told to stand down. I saw what our Comander and Chief, President Ronald Reagan was compared to the previous.....

My grandfather died that day he was a ranger his bravery on those cliffs made me want to be a ranger he dead for my freedom it's my turn to die protecting peace

@mrtqtran

5 жыл бұрын

Let's hope it doesn't come to that.

@pdbbndorco2452

5 жыл бұрын

“No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making other bastards die for their country.” George S. Patton

@MrWhizzo

4 жыл бұрын

Please don't die

@clairekm65

3 жыл бұрын

My husband just read Douglas Brinkleys book on those Rangers and D-Day. Amazing stories

I was there, saw him in person, maybe not this close, but I certainly heard it. Glad I found this video.

‘We came not to conquer, but to liberate.’

Reagan did his bit for freedom as well fighting the cold war. The man had a spine.

@johntisdale6721

3 жыл бұрын

He served in Hollywood in WW2 but excelled at playing a soldier

@garyjackson3531

Жыл бұрын

@johntisdale6721 Ronald Reagan, who had extremely poor eyesight, was rated ineligible for combat by the Armed Forces. He was assigned to first to a reserve regiment in Iowa and as a Second Lt. in California. He made few movies during that time, but he served his country by making training films as well as propaganda films to boost morale. The few war movies he made for Hollywood are outstanding. Every man, woman, and child in the United States did their part. Hell, even the Italian Mafia stepped up to help defeat the National Socialist Germans!

God, I miss you and bless you Reagan. From above we need you more than ever.

Al gansk I believe James Baker said he thought this speech was Reagan’s best. It is difficult to decide, as their are so many great speeches he gave, but this one is definitely top five I think. Wow!

God bless you sir. Finer days. 🙏🇺🇸

One of the greatest Presidential speeches in our proud history. President Reagan spoke for all of America that day. More recently, President Trump cancelled his D-Day trip to Normandy because it was raining. We need to return to true patriotism, to the love of our nation and our laws and our democracy. That is the call of D-Day and what Ronald Reagan spoke to on June 6, 1984.

@CrossOfBayonne

Жыл бұрын

Trump is a fucking coward

Sadly, we all lose track of what we have. You don't know what you have until it's gone.

I wish we had this great man now instead of what we have

God bless America and thank you for raising up President Reagan!

Compare President Reagan to the sheer and utter incompetence in the White House today. Just tragic.

I see that from the posted dates that many of these comments were done prior to President Trump's address, therefore I will not criticize them, and acknowledge that I absolutely love President Reagan. Having said that, I will share with all that I found President Trump's speech so moving that I balled like a baby. He made it all about the hero Vets, and professed his profound love and respect for them, referring to them as the "Pride of America". IMO, two fantastic leaders who hold our Vets in the highest regard for serving the country that we so love.

@TheRichnj1979

5 жыл бұрын

Snowflake

@stevenguild2707

5 жыл бұрын

Richard Armato Snowflakes are exclusively on the Left.

How does this not have millions of hits? A time, not long ago when our leaders knew God... how much we’ve lost.

I was 18yo when I heard this speech. A few months later I cast my first ballot ever for this man.

Its Tuesday Feb 2nd 2021 And Yes Pres #RonaldReagan Was a man of Brilliance ! God bless

God, Reagan, and the greatest generation! Everything that I respect!

pretty damn amazing speech

@edwardvaughan1814

6 жыл бұрын

and now we have a con man in the Oval Office

@dennispeek4847

6 жыл бұрын

joelSanFrancisco joelSanFrancisco q

@ruadhrose

6 жыл бұрын

That’s why they called him the Great Communicator. He had such a gift for expressing what so many others thought or believed in ways we couldn’t always convey them.

@sterlingrock7769

5 жыл бұрын

Luna Rose, what an amazing speech writer Reagan had back in the day.

@woodrowwwilson9540

5 жыл бұрын

Sterling Rock yes amazing writer combined with an amazing speaker, this is Reagan at his best, and I’m not a big fan of some of his politics, but no one can deny he was a great speaker with great writers

I was in frist grade when this day happened and now I'm grateful that Nick Freitas mentioned this speech. So few of these great men and woman are still with us, my Uncle was one who we lost 20 years ago today. We thank you each and every one! I grew up with President Ronald Reagan and P.M. Margaret Thatcher, great leaders, a thank you from a girl in South Africa where we are still fighting for our democracy.

@TheChefLady4JC

21 күн бұрын

I'm here because of Nick's reel...

you see those Rangers snap a salute to their C-in-C. Beautiful.

225 came here after two days of fighting only 90 could still bare arms that's badass

@CrossOfBayonne

Жыл бұрын

The Rangers took heavy losses at Pointe Du Hoc, We don't know exactly what went on there but some sources state that when they defended the area the German 352nd Division from Omaha came over and gave them hell until they were relieved. Also the 5th and elements of the 2nd also landed at Omaha there the 29th Infantry Division they were attached too lost an entire company that being Able 116th Infantry.

Simply stunning.

Thank you, I remember this speech very well.

I was not a big fan of Ronald Reagan. But I remember watching this one morning when I was in graduate school. It made me so proud.

Thank you for this video !❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

The greatest President in my lifetime. Greatest. Ever. RIP

His best speech. And my god, that covers a lot of ground.

One of the best D-Day Speeches ever made. President Reagan was the greatest American who ever lived

Amazing speech

What the rangers achieved that day lives on in all young men who wear that tan beret with pride and honor

In 1980 I was 10 and very disappointed that my dad voted for Carter.

Still the best. And better hair. ❤️🇺🇸

What a GREAT speech. He is what the Republican Party is missing.

@gabriellaiacovetti764

22 күн бұрын

He's what America is missing.

May God Bless all souls

God bless the United States Army for its sacrifice in creating this great nation. Over 1 million army soldiers have died since the founding of the nation by the United States Army. This is vastly disproportionate in the amount of sacrifice when compared with all the other services of the United States. The highest Honor by far belongs to the United States Army.

@chelanchris50

5 жыл бұрын

My father served in the Army for 20 years. Retired a major. Then taught ROTC in Atlanta then Phoenix. He died in Dec 2011 waiting for our response to those cowardly attacks on 9/11. He earned a bronze star in Korea and a service commendation medal later. He always loved this country and hated communism. I miss him.

@jakedunnegan

4 жыл бұрын

The Army has suffered the most casualties, true. But they are also the oldest force and largest, by FAR. You can't exactly blame the Air Force for not having casualties in the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, etc etc. The fact is, ALL branches do their part to defend our country, and there's no such thing as one branch having "more honor" than another. All the branches are subject to being put in harm's way at any time and leave their daily life and family behind to serve their country. They all deserve equal respect.

@paultaylor9331

2 жыл бұрын

Okinawa?

In loving memory

A moving speech

Great, great speech. Can you imagine any of the last four presidents having the stomach to make a speech like this?

Oh how far we have fallen

Hard times created strong men.

Awesome

I would love to one day wade into the surf, turn around and see the beach as those brave men saw it. Not knowing if they would live to see another sunrise. God bless all of you and a special thank you to those who gave the last full measure. Knowing full well all gave some, but some gave all.

@VictorySpeedway

Жыл бұрын

I was privileged to stand at the waters edge at low tide on Omaha Beach. How any man made it to the shelter of the bluffs is a miracle. That so many men didn't make it is tragic. There are so few left to thank for their courage and determination. When the last one is gone, it is our obligation to remember their sacrifice and pass on to our children and grandchildren the stories of their deeds. We're here because they were there.

President Ronald Reagan was a real Gentleman!

I am not a person who admires President Reagan or his policies in general. I DO know, however his contribution on the international front was something to applaud as a significant accomplishment. Also, being the excellent actor that he was, he had the ability to deliver an impactful and important speech such as this. It is profound and to the point and delivered with the depth of sincerity of a man of the same generation as the men of which he speaks. I don’t expect any President to be perfect, to do everything perfectly. They make mistakes as we all do. I watched President Biden’s speech just now at the same Pointe du Hoc Memorial. To compare would be ridiculous. Let me say I appreciated and I understood what both men were conveying.

Beautiful words and sentiments.

My God! What a powerful speech by one of our greatest Presidents! I only wish that we could find someone with half of the charisma as Ronald Regan that we as Americans could all get behind.

Remarquable speech of President Reagan !

Never forget