80 year anniversary of D-day. Last American veterans brought over by Delta airlines!

Hi everyone, a compiled video of all the proceedings but in a heartfelt and musical way. These veterans couldn't afford to come over since D-day, and now not bodily able on their own. Delta flew direct and helped them the whole way. Makes everyone cry with joy, especially since Selensky was there. The world needed this right now. Enjoy, and please like and subscribe,
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This was so beautifully done , thank you . I'm so glad the French people showed up to honor these Heroes , And Thank you to Delta for flying them over .

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Cpl Harold Terens - 350th Fighter Squadron, 8th Air Force Harold Terens was born on August 6, 1923 in the Bronx, New York. He graduated from high school in 1941 and enlisted in the US Army Air Corps in 1942. He attended basic training in Miami Beach before being sent to radio mechanic school in Sioux Falls, SD where he learned Morse Code. On his 20th birthday, he sailed from New York to Liverpool, England where he was assigned to the 350th Fighter Squadron, 8th Air Force. Harold was stationed at Eccleshall Air Base in England working on the radios for P-47s based there. On June 18, 1944, he volunteered to go to Normandy to assist with bringing back American and British POWs released from German camps. In July, 1944, he was transferred to Lands End, England before flying to Morocco to assist with Morse Code. He was then sent to Tunisia, Tripoli, Cairo, and Baghdad in support of an air offensive called ‘Shuttle Bombing.’ Harold was assigned to go to the Pacific when the bomb was dropped and he was honorably discharged on October 24, 1945.

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Cpl. Samuel Meyer 370th Fighter Group, 9th Air Force Sam Meyer was born on August 6, 1924 in New Orleans, LA. He was drafted in February, 1943 into the Army Air Corps and boarded a train on St. Patrick’s Day headed to basic training in Miami Beach, FL. Sam attended armament school in Buckley Field, CO before being shipped out to England. Arriving in Liverpool, Sam was assigned to the 370th Fighter Group, 9th Air Force at Andover Air Base. He served as an armorer, loading bombs and ammunition on P-38 fighter planes and his planes completed 110 missions. In mid July- 1944, the fighter group was moved to the first American airstrip in Normandy, France and from there, followed the front lines as they moved to Belgium and Germany. On VE Day, Sam was in a hospital in Belgium recovering from a hernia. He was honorably discharged on December 16, 1945.

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Cpt. Floyd F. Blair - 507th Fighter Squadron, 404th Fighter Group, 9th Air Force Floyd F. Blair was born on November 15, 1920 in Fort Wayne, Alabama. He attended Georgia Tech and graduated with an electrical engineering degree while a part of the ROTC. He joined the Army Air Corps in June, 1942 and trained at airfields in Texas, Florida and South Carolina to become a fighter pilot. Floyd was assigned to the 507th Fighter Squadron, 404th Fighter Group, 9th Air Force flying a P-47 under the code name “Ramblin’ Wreck.” Embarking overseas, Floyd arrived in Winston, England in April, 1944. On June 6, 1944, he flew in two support missions across Omaha Beach as the Allied invasion began. Throughout the next year, he flew mostly low-level ground support missions to support and protect Allied troops. His targets included German tanks, troop trains and other threats to the advancing troops and his radio was tied directly into the US tanks on the ground. By November, Floyd organized a five-piece band named ‘Nix Compris’ where he played the saxophone. He was promoted to Captain in January, 1945 and continued to fly mission after mission flying his 100th and final mission in April, 1945. Floyd was honorably discharged in August 1945.

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SSgt Jake M. Larson - G3, V Corps Jake M. Larson was born on December 20, 1922 in Owatonna, Minnesota. He enlisted in the National Guard in 1938, lying about his age as he was only 15 years old. In February 1941, his guard unit transferred into federal service and they were now officially part of the Army. Jake trained at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana and was assigned to HQ Company, 13th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division as Company Clerk. In January 1942, he was sent overseas and was stationed at Bellamina and Armaugh in northern Ireland. Transferring to G3, V Corps, Jake became the operations sergeant and assembled the planning books for Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy. Landing on Omaha Beach, he ran onto the beach while being peppered with machine gun fire and made it to the cliffs without being wounded. That night he was assigned to the night shift for the G3 as they needed to operate for 24 hours a day and he continued this duty through the Battle of the Bulge. Jake was discharged April 13, 1945.

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Pfc Chester A. “Chet’’ Kochan - Company F, 331st Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division. Chet was born on September 15, 1925 in Elizabeth, New Jersey. He went into active service on December 20, 1943 in Newark, NJ and was sent first to Fort Dix for 2 weeks, then basic training at Fort McClellan, Alabama. Chet was sent overseas on June 14, 1944 and arrived in England two weeks later. After landing on Omaha Beach, he fought through many cities and towns, traveling through Saint-Malo, France with his unit looking for German soldiers. On August 11, Chet was shot through the neck during a street fight. Because of the fighting, the medics patched him up as best as they could and they continued the fight. By the end of the battle, Germans had captured the unit. Chet was blindfolded and thought death was imminent. They put him on a stretcher, took him to another location, and when the blindfold was later removed, he was next to his Captain. Both were on their way to an American field hospital as part of a medical trade between American and German wounded soldiers. Chet transferred to a medical hospital in West Dean, and was treated for three months for his wounds and later became a staff car driver in England for American officers. He was discharged on February 24, 1946.

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PFC John M. Wardell - Company E, 2nd Ranger Battalion John Wardell was born on July 12, 1925 in Point Pleasant, NJ. After graduating from high school, John entered the Army in October 1943 in Camden NJ and attended basic training at Camp Blanding, FL. Arriving in England in April 1944, John volunteered for the Rangers and was sent to Baggy Point, England for Ranger training. On June 18th, 1944 he arrived on Omaha Beach and joined E Co, 2nd Ranger Bn. During the remainder of the Normandy Campaign, John conducted patrols and training for their next engagement. In August 1944, they moved into Brittany engaging the Germans at the Battle of Brest before heading across France. John participated in the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest from September- November. In early December, the 2nd Battalion moved into Bergstein to gain control of Hill 400, to the Rangers that fought there, it was known as “The last Hill” John was wounded here on December 7th and later rejoined the Company on Christmas Day 1944. John was honorably discharged from the Army on October 26th 1945 at Fort Dix, NJ.

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COX Richard “Dick” Ramsey - USS Nevada, U.S. Navy Richard “Dick” Ramsey was born in Brooklyn, New York on October 31, 1923. He was motivated to quit school and join the war effort seeking employment at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. While there, he helped to build the USS Missouri and the USS Iowa. In 1943, Dick enlisted in the U.S. Navy and was sent to Great Lakes Naval Station for boot camp. He served as a Coxswain, in charge of driving small craft, and was sent to Normandy for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944 aboard the USS Nevada. The invasion on the beaches of France was his first experience in combat. Dick also participated in the invasion of Iwo Jima, Okinawa and the Jaluit Atoll in the Marshall Islands all before the war’s end in 1945. When the Japanese surrendered, Dick and his shipmates were in the Philippines. For his service, he received the French Legion of Honor. He was honorably discharged on January 25, 1946.

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SM2c Carl T. Felton - HMS Ceres; USS Baker; USS Scott Carl was born on February 6, 1926 in Somerville, Massachusetts. Four months after graduating from high school, he joined the US Navy in October, 1943 at age 17 and attended bootcamp in Sampson, NY. After receiving training in Morse Code, he became a Signalman and was assigned to the HMS Ceres. The ship was in charge of directing traffic in and out of Omaha Beach. In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, the ship left for Normandy and took heavy fire off the coast. Carl was stationed on the bridge sending and receiving messages. Many ships around him were sunk. He was stationed at Omaha Beach throughout the summer of 1944 before moving on to Cherbourg to help rebuild the port. Carl was transferred in 1945 to the USS Baker whose main job was to search for mines. Carl returned to New York City on the Queen Elizabeth in 1945 and was transferred to the USS Scott which escorted a captured German submarine to Washington DC. He was then sent to Florida to assist in the decommission of several ships and was honorably discharged in April, 1946.

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MoMM2c Richard Rung - LCT 539; LST 309 Richard was born on September 24, 1924 in Buffalo, New York. While attending automobile school, he was inducted into the Navy on July 22, 1943 at 18 years old. Richard trained at Sampson Naval Training Base in Geneva, New York, but once his superiors discovered his auto-mechanics background, he was sent to the U.S. Naval Institute in Richmond, Virginia. Assigned to LCT 539, he was sent overseas and took part in the D-Day invasion of June 6, 1944. After they landed and disembarked the troops, time was spent hosing down the deck of the blood of those who were killed. They went back and forth to the USS Samuel Chase to deposit both wounded and casualties from Omaha Beach. Richard’s LCT 539 stayed in Normandy for almost 5 months. His ship transported troops, supplies and vehicles from larger ships to shore. In December 1944, he was assigned to LST 309 and was shipped to the Pacific Theater where he spent the rest of the war. He was honorably discharged on March 22, 1946.

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Tec5 Victor A. Chaney - Company F, 10th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division Victor Chaney was born on July 26, 1925 in Indiana. He was drafted in 1943 and was inducted into the Army on December 22nd of the same year. Following his basic training, Victor went overseas on July 1, 1944 and arrived in England two weeks later. Landing with the 5th Infantry Division on Utah Beach in July, 1944, he fought through the hedgerows of Normandy as an infantryman. Victor and his unit pushed on towards Northern France and liberated towns such as Angers and Reims. When the 5th Infantry reached Metz, Victor was reassigned to 2029th POW Detachment, where he helped manage and handle German POWs at a camp in Fontainebleau. Victor was discharged on November 16, 1945, however he reenlisted in 1948 and fought in the Korean War. Victor retired from the Army with over 20 years of service.

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William Clay “Bill’’ Toombs - 861st Bomb Squadron, 493rd Bomb Group, 8th Air Force William Clay Toombs was born on May 8, 1924 in Little Rock, Arkansas. At age 18, he enlisted into the Army Air Corps on October 31, 1942 and trained at gunnery school in Texas. He then went on to Salt Lake City to train on the B-24 Liberator. In December 1943, Bill joined the 493rd Bomb Group and flew to Debach, Suffolk, England. Bill’s first mission on D-Day, June 6, 1944 was not a productive one. They failed to find the target near Caen and returned with a full load of bombs. He flew twenty missions with the B-24 before being transferred to the B-17. On his 4th B-17 mission over Germany, the number three engine was shot out by a fighter. He and the pilot decided not to bail out, instead setting course for Brussels, ditching all the guns and heavy gear as they lost altitude. Landing in a turnip field, they met Canadian troops and were transferred back to England. Soon after, Bill joined on four missions again over Germany at the end of which they were summoned to Squadron HQ and told they were being sent home. In October 1944, he set sail on the ‘Nieuw Amsterdam’ a luxurious Dutch liner, for the USA and five weeks home leave. Then on to a first class hotel in Santa Anna, California for R&R for physical and psychological assessments. Bill was discharged on October 6, 1945 at Scott Air Force Base.

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SSgt George K. Mullins - Co. C, 327th Glider Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division George was born on April 29, 1925 in Jenkins, Kentucky. He attended basic training at Camp Wheeler, GA where he was assigned to the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment (GIR) of the 101st Airborne. On June 7, 1944, he landed on Utah Beach and participated in the fighting of Saint-Come-du-Mont. The 327th GIR liberated Brevands and participated in the liberation of Carentan. George fought in all campaigns of the 327th GIR. In Operation Market Garden in Holland, he earned a Purple Heart for wounds received on November 9, 1944. He also was with the 101st Airborne in the Battle of the Bulge, and later went into Germany where he crossed the border into Austria to Hitler’s ‘Eagle’s Nest’ in Bertesgaden, Germany. George was honorably discharged on December 10, 1945.

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Tec5 Robert P. ‘’Bob’’ Gibson - Battery A, 116th AAA Battalion, 1st Army Robert was born on September 4, 1923 in Hampton, New Jersey. Before he could complete his senior year of high school, he was drafted into the Army in March, 1943. He attended basic training at Camp Davis, North Carolina and was assigned to the 116th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion, Battery ‘A’ . He boarded the ocean liner Queen Elizabeth in October, 1943 to Great Britain. In England they trained to perform the duties of an AAA gun battalion.There he learned to be a M4 High-Speed tractor driver. On June 6, 1944, Bob and his unit, attached to the 1st Army, made their way to Utah Beach landing in the second wave. He saw dead American soldiers floating face down in the water and tried his hardest to avoid driving over the bodies on the beach. They landed after the assault troops but still faced much danger. Two men of his unit were killed by artillery in their Jeep. Bob drove the M4 tractor with 90mm AA guns engaging the enemy day and night. He continued to serve through Normandy, France. In the Battle of the Bulge their mission was to use the guns against tanks and armored vehicles instead of planes. They continued on into Germany and across the Rhine river and Battery A was there when Germany surrendered in May 1945. Bob was discharged on December 6, 1945.

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Gideon Kantor - 3804th QMC Truck Co., 4th Armored Div Gideon was born on March 30, 1925 in Vienna, Austria. At age of 13, the Nazis took over Austria and placed him in a school for Jewish children. His father was taken prisoner and upon his release, the family left Austria to finally arrive as Jewish refugees in the US, April 1941 via France, Spain, Portugal and Cuba. He was drafted at 18 years old in June, 1943 and attended boot camp at Fort Bragg, NC but due to his linguistic background, he was sent to Camp Ritchie, MD for training in French intelligence and became a part of the Ritchie Boys. He landed on Utah Beach one month after D-Day, and was assigned as a truck driver to the 3804th QMC Truck Co., 4th Armored Div. bringing gasoline to the tanks. As his unit advanced through Normandy, his commanding officer took a wrong turn into German lines. Gideon was able to use his French to get the men back to the rest of the unit safely. The 3804th continued on throughout France. As they moved through Luxembourg and Belgium, they witnessed the shell shock of the soldiers coming back from the Battle of the Bulge. As their trucks returned from delivering supplies, they were highly susceptible to ambush. His unit crossed the Rhine River into Germany and helped to liberate Ohrdruf concentration camp. Gideon separated from the Army on December 16, 1945 with an honorable discharge and participated in five battle campaigns.

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The beaches and towns today are so lovely. I am reminded of how war destroys and makes everything ugly. Let's not do this ever again!

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As a Brit I feel that these politicians should be kept out of the D Day events. Our King was perfect for the remembrance service but we don't need fake patriotism from politicians.

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TEC5 Richard V. Stewart 459th Signal Construction Battalion Richard was born on November 29, 1920 and raised in Marion, Indiana and graduated from high school in 1939. While attending embalming school in 1942, he received his draft notice and was inducted in the U.S. Army on December 31, 1942. Richard received specialist training in communications and became a lineman responsible for installing and repairing telephone lines. He landed on Omaha Beach in July, 1944 and continued to serve in France, Belgium and Germany providing area communications support for various Army Air Forces commands until the end of the war. Due to segregation during that time, and the fact that black soldiers were not allowed to fight alongside whites, Richard’s unit was called in after the fighting to run communication lines throughout the war-torn area. Richard was discharged from the Army on November 13,1945.

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Amazing video. Love it. However I have to argue that what is said at 6:15 is very wrong: I think the vast majority of infantry men on D-Day, incl. parachutists, were horribly anxious and terrified. It was really terrible, and unless you got lucky, you saw death and mayhem all over the place.

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Why can't June 6th, be a US National holiday?