I was blessed to have met Medics Ken Moore, Bob Wright, Joseph "Mother" Madigan, and David Tuel. You see, my father passed away in 83 and he was 101st and this was his war too. He was gravely injured on January 10th, by a tree burst during the Battle of the Bulge. The Nazis had captured the aid station. I won't get into the specs of his facial injuries as they were gnarly and these medics saved his life. I met these wonderful men in Atlanta Ga, at a 501/101st Airborne reunion. I had no clue but they were waiting for me on top of Stone Mtn. What a nice surprise. Medic Tuel gave me photos of my father and I was so very thankful to be able to tell them thank you for saving my fathers life and basically giving my siblings and I life. He wasn't expected to make it and he spent over a year in hospital. I met them two more times, at other reunions, and I communicated with Moore and Tuel through email. I think of them often and am saddened that they have all passed away. Blue skies gentlemen.

@thehistoryexplorer

5 ай бұрын

Oh wow! What a lovely surprise it was to read your comment. What a small world and to think someone with a connection to this story saw my little video. You must be so proud of your father. Thank you for your comment

@Praise___YaH

5 ай бұрын

Here is our Savior YaH The Heavenly FATHER (Genesis 1) HIMSELF was Who they Crucified/Pierced for our sins and “HERE IS THE PROOF” From the Ancient Semitic: "Yad He Vav He" is what Moshe (Moses) wrote, when Moses asked YaH His Name (Exodus 3) Ancient Semitic Direct Translation Yad - "Behold The Hand" He - "Behold the Breath" Vav - "Behold The NAIL"

@Wackedout

5 ай бұрын

My Birthday is January 10. It is a day to remember how blessed I am. To your father, my Great grandfather and Grandpa. Thank you kind Gentlemen for your sacrifices!

@jugghead-1975

5 ай бұрын

WOW! What a blessing to know and get to spend time with those kinda people! Thank you for sharing your unbelievable story...God bless 🙏

@jonathannixon8652

Ай бұрын

You Ma'am are such a treasure and I am Very grateful to you and your dear father. † I Salute your Father, You, and the whole family. I'm a United States Army 🪖 Veteran 🇺🇲🪔🇮🇱 “Thank You Sir for your Selfless service” May God bless you and your entire prescious Family in Yeshua, Ha'maschiach. † Amen and Shalom 🙏♥️

My father was a WWII vet, landing in Normandy on June 6, 1944 'D Day' this generation deserved every right to be called The Greatest Generation and one we'll not see the likes of again.

@thehistoryexplorer

5 ай бұрын

I think you’re right!

Amazing. Those guys are real heroes. The fact that both sides respected the Red Cross is testimony to its importance and the sanctuary it provided.

@thehistoryexplorer

6 ай бұрын

I completely agree! Do you think the Red Cross is respected and protected in modern warfare we see around the world today?!

@dennis2376

6 ай бұрын

Unlike the Japanese.

@YukitoOnline

Ай бұрын

@@dennis2376 And the Russians

The informal ceasefire for the medics to carry a man to the church reminds me of another one. In the fierce fighting inside of Caen the Canadians and British were battling across one of the city's squares. Suddenly a small child ran out into the open square, followed shorty by his frantic mother to retrieve him. Both sides stopped firing when this happened, until the mother and child were safely back inside their building. As one of the Canadians present said, "World war two stopped for a moment, and then when they were out of the crossfire, the war started again." 🤔🤨🤷‍♂ I remember Paul covering this on his channel. 👌

@thehistoryexplorer

6 ай бұрын

I’ve never heard that but it sounds brilliant. Thank you 👍

@91Redmist

6 ай бұрын

Thomas Jefferson once said, "Peace is that glorious moment when both sides are reloading." Was reminded of this by the Canadian soldier's comment about WW2 having stopped for a few moments...

@thehistoryexplorer

6 ай бұрын

@@91Redmist brilliant comment 👍

@ToddSauve

6 ай бұрын

@@thehistoryexplorer Now that I think about it, I believe I heard the story from an interview in "The Valour and the Horror" which is about the Canadians in Normandy and is available here on KZread. I'm pretty sure it was General Jacques Dextraze of the Royal 22 regiment from Quebec, the famous _Van Doos._ Those were some _really_ tough guys from Quebec! The Normans liked them a lot because they spoke French and their ancestors had often gone from Normandy to North America hundreds of years earlier. Now they had come back to liberate them from the Nazis. However, Quebecois and Parisian French are a little bit different. Anyway, Jacques rose from private in 1940 to general during his career, and became the colonel commanding his regiment during WW2. Quite the intelligent guy and a courageous soldier. He died back in 1993 but the documentary has him talking a lot and you will be in awe of the stories these front line soldiers had to tell! General Sidney Radley-Walters, the top scoring tank ace among the western Allies with 18 or 19 kills, also tells some of his stories. It was his regiment, the Sherbrooke Fusiliers, who dispatched Michael Wittmann on August 8, 1944, and Radley-Walters witnessed the action from very close range in his Sherman! kzread.info/dash/bejne/aX2pw7iHl7fRnLA.html& I must add that "The Valour and the Horror" was fiercely criticized by Canadian veterans who fought the Nazis. They were particularly upset that the Canadian national broadcaster, the CBC, had used many taxpayer dollars producing a documentary that they considered grossly inaccurate. They felt far too much time was spent criticizing the army and very little actually documenting their great victories. This has always been the bane of Canadian film makers. If they tell the stories of terrible mistakes they are soundly thrashed by the men who were there. Who to believe? Personally, I say the vets who were there and did the fighting and bleeding.

I have such respect for the French. They remember. They don't forget. Places like this, with the origonal blood stains, as well as gravesights, are tended by families who were liberated on DDay, with children, then grandchildren, inheriting the responsibility. My Uncle was with Patton. And my Dad was a bomber pilot with the Army Air Corp.

@thehistoryexplorer

5 ай бұрын

Lovely comment. The French I’ve come across have been brilliant. They care for hundreds of memorials and markers to commemorate what happened there

@uncleremus5046

5 ай бұрын

The French who sided with the Germans when they came to town! Cowards & you should tell the truth not modern day BS!!

My father was 33 years old as he landed in Sicily, he was infantry. I’m proud to say my father was a soldier in that war. His brother was a POW in Stalag 11 B for two years. There were four of them fighting in ww-2. War is Hell. A terrible waste of humanity, as nations cannot find a more intelligent solution to problems that have to end in bloodshed. “Barbaric “

@thehistoryexplorer

6 ай бұрын

You must be so proud of their legacy of service to the US. Heroes! I hope you enjoyed the video

@fritula6200

Ай бұрын

Agree creekdweller: may God bless you and your family ❤

That German Army Machine Gunner was kept from firing and the Catholic cross on his chest was to show you that he couldn't and wouldn't fire on anyone in the Church. It has been seen and will be seen again in the annels of history. Had nothing to do with the Geneva Convention. Me and my 85 year old father are going to Church now and as Veterans of Foreign Wars we hold our heads up and high this morning after sharing this at our breakfast this morning! Thanks again and I wish you all a blessed and happy Sunday morning.😊

@thehistoryexplorer

5 ай бұрын

Thank you my friend. Have a fantastic Sunday with your family. I’m so glad you enjoyed the video

@johnelliott7375

4 ай бұрын

@@thehistoryexplorer thanks for the reply and the thought of you and your good will makes your work more enjoyable. God bless you.

I visited that church on a D Day Battlefield tour back some years ago. The story of a young villager holding his father's hand and watching his father killed is bad enough, but we were told the story by the man that once was that little boy. That image still haunts me to this day.

@thehistoryexplorer

5 ай бұрын

I never knew about that. It’s such a special church and just the most amazing place to visit. Thank you for sharing and I hope you enjoyed the video

@lutherpayne9957

5 ай бұрын

@@thehistoryexplorer I enjoyed it very much. It brought back many memories. You should check out the memorial to the American Airborne on the grounds of the church. In France, the Government will not give land to erect memorials. The locals of that village where the church is, raised their own funds to buy the land, erect the memorial and maintain it as a tribute to the Airborne troops that fought to free them from the Germans. As thanks for the work of the paratroopers on that night, the church installed commemorative stained glass windows: one dedicated to the pair of medics, and one to the 101st Airborne Division parachutists. Robert Wright expressed his wish to be buried at the church, but bureaucratic red tape made this almost impossible. In the end, some of his ashes were smuggled into France to be buried in the churchyard. The unofficial headstone simply reads “R.E.W.”, Wright’s initials. Thank you for rekindling a memory of a wonderful trip I took to France many years ago.

My father was a medic in WWII, from the 77th Evacuation Hospital out of West Michigan. I'm his daughter, a veteran of the USAF. 🇺🇸 My father died in 1999. 🙏

@thehistoryexplorer

4 ай бұрын

You must be so very proud of his legacy. Thank you so much for sharing and I hope you enjoyed the video

@fritula6200

Ай бұрын

God bless all sweetheart ❤❤❤

What we owe too these young brave men, goes beyond belief, I was a very young kid at the time and I remember them driving off by the Lorry Load in our market square, in Loughborough, they had been stationed at a village nearby, they threw chewing gum packets too us , a great treat at that time during the war. Its still very clear in my 88 year . Bless them all. . The Yanks are coming as the song used too say.

@thehistoryexplorer

6 ай бұрын

Wow what a story! Thank you for sharing!

I have been waiting for you to do an episode on this church. It was well worth the wait.

@thehistoryexplorer

6 ай бұрын

Hello buddy! I hope you enjoyed it

@Diglett_Dude

6 ай бұрын

@@thehistoryexplorer I certainly did enjoy the episode, shame that it was overcast but the photos attached really helped. Nice one dude 😃

Another great video Rob. I visited the church with Paul Woodadge of @WW2TV and a gentleman who contributed the stained glass windows either side of the entrance door. I found this location humbling and moving. This is such a wonderful story that needs to be distributed far and wide. I thoroughly recommend the book: Angels of Mercy by Paul Woodadge. Keep up the great work buddy. 👍

@thehistoryexplorer

6 ай бұрын

Thank you Willie. It’s a lovely little location. Glad you enjoyed the video 👍

Excellent, thanks. Fascinating how symbolically the church building, Red Cross flag, and the German machine-gunner’s own faith all ensured the rules were followed, and played their part. I wonder if it would differ today on the European continent in our post-Christian societies? I hope not. But I wonder.

@thehistoryexplorer

6 ай бұрын

It’s a horrible thought isn’t it

A moving recollection, of one small event of so many from D Day. Still a powerful story, and well told. Thanks.

@thehistoryexplorer

6 ай бұрын

Thank you. I love telling the stories of individuals rather than the big picture stories

I was fortunate enough about 15 years ago to walk through the church and see first hand the reminders of the war.

@thehistoryexplorer

4 ай бұрын

Chillingly beautiful isn’t it

Man 😢 These before & afters hit my heart every time 😭

Thank you gentlemen for your blessed service. GOD bless you.

@thehistoryexplorer

5 ай бұрын

Lovely comment 👍

Your Medics sit at the right hand of God!

@thehistoryexplorer

5 ай бұрын

Well said

stunning video! made me want to visit for myself. seemed so peaceful too

God bless to all the soldiers. Who. Was. There. Thank you so much for freedom and thanksyou to all on d day 🙏❤️🇬🇧♠️🇱🇷

@thehistoryexplorer

6 ай бұрын

Thank you Arthur. I hope you enjoyed the video

What an amazing story. Thankyou for sharing.

@thehistoryexplorer

6 ай бұрын

It is my pleasure. Glad you enjoyed it!

Excellent documentary, God bless everyone...

@samuelnugraha1791

3 ай бұрын

What I learn is... When human falls into temptation, they blame everyone, even God. Human's natural enemy is not people or even God, but "greed".

@samuelnugraha1791

3 ай бұрын

I mean we all human, i am human too you know?

Not luck, if you have ever been in combat and you can say and know that something is going to watch over you and protect you from all harm if you're a devout believer and not a last second convert. May God bless you all and your families. Great Sunday to you all.

@thehistoryexplorer

5 ай бұрын

Thank you John. Much appreciated

Wonderful informative video. Thank-you for taking the time to share it.

@thehistoryexplorer

6 ай бұрын

My pleasure. Glad it was helpful!

Yet again a great film this is a very special place I have been there many times with Paul woodadge and every time I visit it always brings me to tears of the story of what men went through in and around this church .

@thehistoryexplorer

4 ай бұрын

It’s one of my favourite sites to visit in Normandy. Glad you enjoyed it 👍

Thank you for your work and this story.

@thehistoryexplorer

5 ай бұрын

You are very welcome 🙏

Thank you for sharing. It's an excellent video

@thehistoryexplorer

6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the feedback

Unbelievable. Thanls for sharing

@thehistoryexplorer

6 ай бұрын

My pleasure! I hope you enjoyed it

Excellent documentary - thank you from 🇨🇦

@thehistoryexplorer

6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the kind feedback 👍

Amazing, thank you.

@thehistoryexplorer

6 ай бұрын

You are most welcome. I hope you enjoyed the video

Amazing work. Your passion for what do is so bloody obvious. What a teacher you are.

@thehistoryexplorer

6 ай бұрын

Thank you Allen. As always I really appreciate your feedback

@allencollins6031

6 ай бұрын

@@thehistoryexplorer Yeah man. No problem. As someone who was on the receiving end of a completely watered-down and propagandist government education in New York, I feel compelled to comment when people like yourself work very hard to present truths.

@thehistoryexplorer

6 ай бұрын

@@allencollins6031 ha! 😂 I really appreciate it

Outstanding!

@thehistoryexplorer

6 ай бұрын

Cheers! 🍻

O tempo passa, lugares ficam e pessoas vão. 😊😢

@thehistoryexplorer

5 ай бұрын

Absolutely. Well said

Incredible.

@thehistoryexplorer

6 ай бұрын

It’s a brilliant story!

Wild story!

@thehistoryexplorer

6 ай бұрын

It is!

The creator here really ought to cite the source of much of his audio and the video of Ken Moore and Bob Wright. I'm surprised he hasn't received a copyright violation. The video is from "Eagles of Mercy" produced in 2013 by the WWII Foundation.

@thehistoryexplorer

4 ай бұрын

The credit is in the description and approval was sought to use the footage 👍 thank you for your comment though. I could have narrated the whole video but thought it more powerful to use the worlds of the man who was there

Excellent video.. God Bless Them All

@thehistoryexplorer

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much buddy. Hope you enjoy the channel

@thenoworriesnomad

5 ай бұрын

Yes mate, its very good

Been waiting for this since the live stream.. LOL

@thehistoryexplorer

6 ай бұрын

I hope you enjoy it! Let me know what you think

I bet there ar ehundreds of stories like this one just waiting to be told. I prefer these to stories about big armies and battles. More personal

@thehistoryexplorer

6 ай бұрын

I hope so! I prefer to make videos on individual stories

i know what song that is , but i wont say anything as i use it sometimes in my pathetic game clips :) thanks for sharing your visit to the church

@thehistoryexplorer

6 ай бұрын

You are most welcome! I hope you enjoyed the video.

wow, just wow.

@thehistoryexplorer

5 ай бұрын

Thank you. I hope you enjoyed it

Heard this story before. It shows the humanity on both sides when it came to situations involving medics and the wounded. The Germans actually tried not to hurt any opposing medics. The Japanese? Not so much...

@thehistoryexplorer

6 ай бұрын

Can you imagine that happening today, even though the rules governing the protection of medics and POWs has not changed?!

@91Redmist

6 ай бұрын

@thehistoryexplorer Anything today would be hard to imagine. Society has fallen apart and lack of respect for formal agreements is part of the damage.

@user-xy7pn9bb8m

6 ай бұрын

I can't imagine the misery of being a prisoner of the Nipponese.. the terror and torture some of these Women and Men suffered cannot be described.. The Men were SKIN and BONES and the Women were RAPED.

@91Redmist

6 ай бұрын

@user-xy7pn9bb8m They were awful. And they did not discriminate.

@taimurreza9511

5 ай бұрын

Thanks

The Carnton Plantation in Franklin, Tn still has bloodstains in it also...from the civil war

@thehistoryexplorer

5 ай бұрын

Is that true? Wow I would love to visit. I’m so keen to get back to the US

@Tootnscoot

5 ай бұрын

@thehistoryexplorer absolutely true. In the upstairs room where amputations were done. They'd throw the limbs out the window and they piled up to the 2nd story. Check out the Carter House in Franklin as well. They have bullet holes in the house from the civil war still, the trenches still dug on either side of the front yard. North on one side south on the other fighting across their yard

Almost exactly like my video,great that the story gets told

@thehistoryexplorer

6 ай бұрын

Hey buddy, I haven’t seen your video but will check it out 👍

WOW!

@thehistoryexplorer

4 ай бұрын

I hope you enjoyed it!

How have these two not received the Medal of Honor I’ll never understand.

@thehistoryexplorer

16 күн бұрын

Yes it’s strange how some people are awarded medal if recognition and others aren’t

Lest we forget. 🦘🇦🇺👍

@thehistoryexplorer

5 ай бұрын

Absolutely mate. It’s a brilliant story

WOW 😢!!!!!!

@thehistoryexplorer

5 ай бұрын

I hope you enjoyed the video. Merry Christmas!

Wow real words , real blood , god pull the fuse out to protect the earth angels inside....

🙏🙏🙏

@thehistoryexplorer

5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much

What luck? Luck had nothing to do with it. That was God’s mercy stopping the detonation of that mortar. This was after all Gods House and He took care of these men!

❤🙏

@thehistoryexplorer

5 ай бұрын

Thank you I hope you enjoyed it

💎❤

@thehistoryexplorer

6 ай бұрын

Thank you

🙏🏽🇺🇸❤️

@thehistoryexplorer

5 ай бұрын

Thank you

The only problem I have with this short documentary, is the segment where the mortar comes through the roof of the church. The gentleman narrating the video refers to the mortar, not detonating as luck. Twice he refers to it as luck. If you cannot acknowledge the blessing of God, you should be scared that you do not recognize the presence of God. Even the German soldier showed more respect than you. Good luck to you friend. 🙏✝️

can u touch the pews?

@thehistoryexplorer

Ай бұрын

You can but I did not

Incredible story! Unfortunately the original commentator is confused when he said what luck how about praise God. Thank you for this post

@richardirvin6155

6 ай бұрын

it's his story, not yours! let him tell it the way he wants! you weren't even there.

@thehistoryexplorer

6 ай бұрын

Well said! Thank you for your kind feedback

@benelias3556

6 ай бұрын

@@richardirvin6155 no I will not. You Godless people are pathetic. It was the hand of God who saved them

@greighooper5295

6 ай бұрын

Again incredible work researching and making this, I've often wondered who the frenchman was who threw the petrol bomb into the open back truck full of germans from a window in Paris, its an iconic film reel ,

@OfficeGrayDesk

6 ай бұрын

Maybe you’re confused to think you have the right to gatekeep this guy’s commentary. @benelias3556

The paratroopers drown because they refused to wear the British jump equipment. The British equipment was simpler to get out of.

@thehistoryexplorer

6 ай бұрын

I don’t know enough about that to comment I’m afraid

Magyar feliratot még véletlenül se rakjatok be, basszátok meg…

@thehistoryexplorer

5 ай бұрын

you want me to? I can add Hungarian easy

@farkasandras6443

5 ай бұрын

@@thehistoryexplorer igen, ha szerepelne a listában, akkor ki is tudnám jelölni.

Вы никогда не хотели мира с Россией его или что всё война

@thehistoryexplorer

3 ай бұрын

Sure

So interesting, I was thinking of you doing a story of this church and bam! You did. Awesome job and great detail. I do like your touch on how you approach stories.

@thehistoryexplorer

6 ай бұрын

Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it. I love stories like this

@Rowehouse1819

6 ай бұрын

@thehistoryexplorer I do too

You’ll find very similar churches in Gaza that are freshly stained by the Israeli genocide. Our ancestors fought so hard in that war and we now put up with a government that allows this to happen again, as if we learnt and fought for nothing.

@thehistoryexplorer

6 ай бұрын

What on earth has that got to do with remembering those who fought on D Day?

@megancrager4397

2 күн бұрын

It's awful that Hamas uses civilian buildings, and Palestinians, as bases and human shields 😢 If they didn't set up in churches, hospitals & schools, those sites would be standing today. It's too bad they have no care for the Geneva convention, let alone their own people.

Excellent video and story behind it . 👏

@thehistoryexplorer

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much buddy. Really appreciate the feedback