American Exceptionalism is real. This is why.

[@ThisDate]

This is the philosophy of this channel -- that American Exceptionalism is real, and it exists because of the AMERICAN PEOPLE!

[@ricardolorrio8228]

after nearly 250 years... and still going, even after Trump....

[@terryzanger7152]

LMAO

[@markdakota7587]

The Indigenous people?

[@Hugh-Glass]

This deserves a million likes. More people like your brother and yourself is what we need most going into the future. Stay the course.

[@ThisDate]

We agree!

[@GutPyle]

As the son and nephew of D-day veterans, brother of a Vietnam veteran, and a Rosy The Riveter for a mom, it has become a painful realization that as that greatest generation passes away, so does the sense that America will survive. The only hope is a reawakening of the American spirit that brought us through all of the past challenges to our freedom. The culture has changed and pride in our history is being shamed, denounced and censored through the "education" system and enforced by the media. Everyone should share this channel and the stories here with the young, and do whatever is necessary to manifest the pride our country has earned through actual sacrifice and service.

[@ThisDate]

Thank you ❤️❤️❤️ And God bless your amazing family ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@ctrotter5447]

So true.

[@ramonasp4989]

Well said and I agree.

[@user-wh3kh1tz5f]

100% Agree, my Dad was a WWII veteran and a POW! So proud of you Dad, rest in peace 🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@erichegrosse6874]

My Dad ran up Omaha Beach with his friend was dropped right next to him. He went on to father me, although our relationship wasn't what I now wish it would have been. I served in Vietnam and my relationship with my kids is good, but but maybe not what it could be. Sacrifice. Honor. I hope your channel does well. God bless.

[@ThisDate]

God bless you and your father🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🇺🇸🇺🇸♥️

[@dlsneadduffy]

A soldier gives up so very much to serve his country. Most of us have absolutely no idea how much. To be separated from your kids, be it father or mother, is the highest sacrifice, other than death. God bless you and all parents who leave family to protect the world. In Heaven,....no more goodbyes. Thank you so much for your service.

[@likeariver2237]

'68 Tet survivor Army vet here. Father WW2 navy; me Vietnam; my son US Airforce Iraq war. No more sons to give. Stop the wars😢.

[@asaojohnston8235]

Yep stop the wars or bring back draft. War is Racket

[@erwinrommel2055]

God bless you my brother. I'm a army vet myself.

[@johnstickles6789]

As someone who listened to his grandfathers stories till the day he died. Thank you for bringing my Pop back to life with your stories.

[@ThisDate]

Wow. Thank you. God bless him.

[@johnbitner2153]

Same!

[@sargefreedom1578]

In this video I saw a photo of Ruby Bradley, an Army nurse held as a POW for most of WW2. She served in Korea also and retired as the most highly decorated female soldier. People need to know the sacrifices made.

[@ThisDate]

That was our video on the amazing nurses of World War II!

[@sargefreedom1578]

@@ThisDate she was from Roane County WV. I live in Roane County, several memorials to her in the county seat of Spencer

[@alitlweird]

*_”America is great because America is good. If America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.”_* *_-Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America_*

[@ThisDate]

Nice!

[@peterfreeman1585]

Sadly America has sold its soul to the military industrial complex which lobbies for the USA to get involved in unnecessary and illegal wars anywhere around the world. The mic and its lobbyists provide huge campaign donations to politicians who are then beholden to them and are prepared to sacrifice their morals by engaging the USA in these wars even genocidal wars. Disgusting. This is the start of a messy end for America.

[@primejay9975]

F America

[@MarkKoltkoRivera]

Thank you for speaking up about American exceptionalism-in a very rational way. Thank you.

[@ThisDate]

Thank you for watching!

[@michaelormond8511]

My grandfather was one of the original SEABEES in WW2 and my mother was in the Navy during the end of Vietnam and met my father who was a Marine waiting to get discharged after 2 tours... My brother was on the USS Nicholson during the Gulf War and served 8 years.. I joined the Navy and became a SEABEE like my grandfather and served my country for 20+ years and deployed 4 times to Iraq and 2 deployments to Afghanistan and a total of 30 deployments over that same 20+ years.. I also have 2 cousins who served and retired from the army we all did are part for are freedoms and made it back to talk about it... I hope some day my family does not have to give some anymore but it's not looking like that... May God bless us all... One love, One race under him, the human race!!! Stay strong America we are a beacon of hope!!!

[@ThisDate]

God bless him!

[@michaelormond8511]

@ThisDate thankyou unfortunately my grandfather passed away when I was like 4 or 5, shortly after my father took off and left us because he was so messed up from Vietnam ... I enjoy everything your channel is putting out!!! May God bless us all... One love, One race under him, the human race!!!

[@ThisDate]

Thank you❤️❤️❤️

[@sharonthomas5357]

Thank you and your family for your service and sacrifice. Much respect, God bless!

[@michaelormond8511]

@sharonthomas5357 No thankyou required, but it is always met with appreciation and love!!! May God bless your family always...

[@TheRetrospectVault]

My ancestors were poor farmers and fought in wars for this country and I am not ashamed of that

[@ThisDate]

Nor should you be!

[@Barbara-br2gv]

Mine were too.in oldest Minute Man tradition. Even though my grandpa was awarded medal after extra service in Argonne and part of occupation force after war, he wanted to serve if only to drill new troops for WW2, but was denied as too old..

[@file13whereareyou]

My dad was a rifleman in Korea. He lied abt his age to go. He came back mentally wounded but never stopped serving the poor. I miss you Daddy.

[@ThisDate]

God bless him🙏🏼🙏🏼♥️♥️🇺🇸

[@dlsneadduffy]

A good man. Our country needs more like him. God bless your family

[@gerrytyrrell1507]

WE NEED A STRONG USA NOW & FOREVER ...RESPECTS..... IRELAND

[@ThisDate]

Amen

[@LesCish]

I'm pretty liberal and tire of those who beat their chests about pride in America. Yet I am frequently reminded of just how fortunate I am having been born in the USA and of how great our country is, warts and all. Your channel has served as reminder on a regular basis. Thank you!

[@ThisDate]

Thank you, we appreciate it♥️♥️ We've tried to create a community for all points of view. I think you've said it well. Irrespective of our leanings or feelings about current events, there's something poingant about shining a spotlight on the men and women who have made this country -- as imperfect as it is -- a shining beacon for the world to see.

[@IAM-zu9nx]

Rest in heavenly peace and happiness Sir and America is desperate for men like you. My Dad and his best friend Eddie Johnson enlisted together after Pearl harbor, my Dad was on PT boat's and Eddie Johnson the Marines and he got killed on Iwo Jima. They were seventeen when they went to war. I miss them terribly

[@ThisDate]

God bless them both❤️❤️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@skip123davis]

i really appreciate your channel and look forward to these oft overlooked by history stories.

[@ThisDate]

Thank you♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@maxnlearn]

So young, yet so much wisdom. We have so much more growing to do, and that’s a good thing. Mix with others that are your fellow countrymen, even the ones you don’t agree with, because you can learn a whole lot about something you don’t know. Keep the stories alive.

[@ThisDate]

Beautifully said! Thank you! And will do!

[@harrisonmantooth7363]

Thank you Sir for bringing this episode to us. Yes, I do believe America is exceptional. Like any married couple or any family, we are bound to experience some troubled seas/times in our daily walks but, I wouldn't trade it for any other place on earth.

[@ThisDate]

Beautifully said❤️

[@dimezrecon]

The sacrifice of those dedication to the 1st principles of Freedom and Liberty is what makes America exceptional.

[@ThisDate]

Beautifully said

[@Charlielizard]

Love your words and stories. Am so proud to be an American.

[@ThisDate]

Me too! Thank you ♥️♥️

[@samembaye7077]

May I ask why exactly?

[@ThisDate]

@@samembaye7077 watch my video and you'll know why🇺🇸

[@Charlielizard]

@@samembaye7077 No.

[@Hugh-Glass]

Double 👍

[@otaku1524]

My Granny Moore sent two sons to WW2. She was married twice. Her oldest son by her first husband (who died in an industrial accident) ended up perishing at sea after ship was torpedoed in Nov. 42. The younger of the two boys (ex USMC) did come back home from the Pacific War. Met and married my mom. Greatest Generation!

[@ThisDate]

God bless her!

[@Strongboy1770]

Keep up the good work! My pop escaped Austria before the Anschluss and wound up here. Like so many American Jews, he proudly wore the American uniform and fought the Nazis. Then he built a business and raised my sister and me. #Me_2_unless_UR_a_Jew

[@ThisDate]

God bless your dad♥️♥️♥️ and thank you

[@christesta2521]

Rich or poor, famous or not the men that fought in WW II were all equale and they kept us safe.

[@ThisDate]

Beautifully said

[@jacquesm6847]

When I see those men at the VA hospital and there aren’t many I salute them stick out my hand and thank them for being the men that they are the greatest generation of our time GOD BLESS THEM 🥲🇺🇸

[@ThisDate]

Amen. Amen.

[@craigsurette3438]

I work in education and I invariably meet a great many students who have had teachers who have only focused on the darker parts of our history.These students have been trained, nay i say brainwashed into seeing America as only a place full of Imperialism racism and class issues, leaving them with a deep sense of self loathing and no interest in their own country or it's national wellbeing.They even think Nationalism is somehow a bad thing, and that it is intrinsically tied to Fascism . Your channel gives me hope that there are some students out there who are actually learning about the things that DO make our country exceptional and actually great,and that some of them have been taught not to hate themselves or their identity as Americans

[@ThisDate]

Beautifully said. Thank you. Thats our goal!

[@ctrotter5447]

I agree.

[@georgemacdonell2341]

Not a bad calling Nick and Tom, not bad at all. Thank You.

[@ThisDate]

Thank you ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@Pilgrimm21]

Eloquent! So very, very apropos! This really explains why so many people in Europe either hate or love Americans. Great title line for your resume: "Promoter of American Exceptionalism" Again, Thank You!

[@ThisDate]

Thank you♥️♥️♥️Check out our new video on Top WWII badasses: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppvPoYFnj5J5f9U

[@bernadinesackinger7115]

Thank you for these wonderful stories. Merry Christmas to you and your family. May God bless you and keep you safe.

[@ThisDate]

Thank you ♥️♥️♥️ God Bless you and have a Joyous Christmas 🙏🏼🎄

[@Hugh-Glass]

Nick, you are an awesome patriot. I have been watching your channel grow from the beginning and im your constant cheerleader. Exceptionalism!! Alive and well!!

[@ThisDate]

Thank you for your support!!!!!! We appreciate it!♥️♥️♥️

[@ralsharp6013]

Thank you both, for bringing these exceptional stories of old, into the limelight. May you and your families have a blessed festive season😊

[@ThisDate]

Thank you ♥️ Have a Joyous and Blessed holiday season!

[@frankshuffitt3925]

Thank you Merry Christmas. Like the way you walked through time with the pictures. America 🇺🇸❤ bless you 🙏 Sir Semper Fi..

[@ThisDate]

Merry Christmas🇺🇸🙏🏼♥️🎄

[@sapelesteve]

Well stated and an exceptional video! Keep up the great work that you are doing! Happy Holidays to you & your family! 👍👍🌲🌲

[@ThisDate]

Thank you and you too♥️♥️♥️

[@Flight777WFS]

I stumbled on this channel, and I love watching the videos. Keep up the good work. Everyone needs to see the content that you are putting out because it does not need to get lost in history.

[@ThisDate]

Thank you♥️♥️♥️ We appreciate it!

[@Caledoniarose]

Mr. & Mr. Ragone, I am so glad I discovered this channel. I am interested in History and appreciate the perspective of American exceptionalism from which you shine the light on these outstanding history makers and herald their devotion to God and Country and recount their amazing feats, self sacrifice, and valor. Common people doing uncommon things. Thanks for reminding us all of the unsung Heroes & Heroines from our Nation's past. Looking forward to exploring this library you have both created and archived for your audience. God bless your noble and much needed efforts. 👍

[@ThisDate]

You are officially our new FAVORITE subscriber ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@missjeanferalcatsrmylife5335]

Great mini-documentary! Love history! 💕😊🙏

[@ThisDate]

Thank you!

[@vonsmutt4254]

My father was US Navy stationed in Japan in 1948 he gave me a three stick candelabra made of pot metal part of the bass had been melted because it was in a fire but the amazing thing about it when you flip it over it said made in Occupied Japan..my son now has it..

[@ThisDate]

Wow!

[@acharletta]

Nick, just saw this. Excellent synopsis and presentation. God Bless America!

[@ThisDate]

Thank you !!!!!!!!!!

[@billreal76]

I loved hearing Rush Limbaugh talk about America and the exceptional people in it!! And I love to watch your channel show us the bravery and courage of America in yesteryears. From the common farmers and factory workers to the movie stars who risked their lives to make America the exceptional country it is today. Thank you for all you do to bolster the American dream.

[@ThisDate]

Thank you ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@Mattthefarmer1]

Yes, American exceptionalism was central to Limbaughs show and his philosophy. It was the first thing I thought of when I saw the title. I’m pretty sure his father was a WWII pilot.

[@ThisDate]

Wow very cool

[@markdakota7587]

Thieves

[@dalehutchings6350]

That may very well be my relative we have exactly the last name. There are not a lot of us left in the USA. Thanks for sharing.

[@ThisDate]

Awesome!

[@Debsjac]

The Greatest Generation❤

[@ThisDate]

Absolutely

[@johncoleman2990]

Thank you for this channel and for what you and your brother do to make it happen.

[@ThisDate]

Thank you for watching ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@tonylittle8634]

Excellent work!! Thank you for sharing this.

[@ThisDate]

Thanks for watching!

[@anakatrien2463]

My great-uncles who fought in WW2, my father who was a combat medic during the Tet offensive, my uncle Vic who lost his life in Vietnam, my brother who served as an army Ranger, all remind me each day of the service that so many have given to ensure that our remarkable country remains as a positive light in the world

[@ThisDate]

God bless them all🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@anakatrien2463]

@@ThisDate God bless you too my dear friend 🙏

[@ThisDate]

♥️♥️♥️♥️👊

[@anakatrien2463]

@@ThisDate so grateful to you for this outstanding channel, and I can truly feel your love for this wonderful country, and all those who served ❤❤❤

[@ThisDate]

Much appreciated ♥️♥️♥️

[@elizabethtaylor3779]

Thank you for this, Mr. Ragone, and for all the videos, memorabilia, and information you've shared this year. Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy, safe New Year to you and all the subscribers of this exceptional channel. 🇺🇸

[@ThisDate]

Thank you ♥️♥️♥️ my brother Tom and I feel humbled to tell the stories of our heroes. ♥️

[@valor101arise]

America is in the heart of its people

[@ThisDate]

Amen. Amen!♥️♥️

[@Rugrat7211]

Great video, thank you for making it. Love this channel. Keep up the great work.😎👍🏻🙏🏻❤️🇺🇸

[@ThisDate]

Thank you ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@billywallwork-hb4lk]

❤ the story's from USA. Love from Manchester England

[@ThisDate]

Thank you ♥️♥️♥️

[@billywallwork-hb4lk]

Thankyou sir for what all hard work you do to show the world 💯❤👈

[@ThisDate]

♥️

[@theminutemen1275]

Thanks Nick!

[@ThisDate]

🇺🇸🇺🇸💪💪

[@bruerR8757]

Exceptional indeed and also inspiring. I feel a sense of pride in our history and our quest for freedom and justice not just for ourselves but for others here and around the world. Selfless and abiding sacrifices in places strange, lonely and so far from home. Not perfect but I believe genuine, humble and honest. History is our best teacher. We should all be better students of history.

[@ThisDate]

Beautifully said♥️🇺🇸

[@v1-vr-rotatev2-vy_vx31]

Father was a world war II vet,, he had two uniforms, he was a Navy Marine,, at camp Pendleton in California,, the Marines were an extension of the Navy back then,, he always wore his Marine uniform out on the town, which looks most professional...

[@ThisDate]

Wow!

[@haroldfinberg8003]

Happy Birthday Marine Graves!!! Bless all of my fellow Veterans across all Generations

[@ThisDate]

Yes!

[@NickRagone2023]

Spot on!

[@ThisDate]

Indeed!

[@davidc8077]

Happy birthday brother! Semper Fi from D. CONRAD, L/CPL 66-69, 3/7 FROM 67 to 68!

[@ThisDate]

Thanks!

[@JanetMight-cr2rh]

Happy Birthday Mr.Graves 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 and thank you for your services 💖

[@ThisDate]

Amen!

[@joseHernandez-xc4ix]

Thank you 👍🏾 God Bless 🙏🏾

[@ThisDate]

♥️♥️🙏🏼🙏🏼🇺🇸🇺🇸❤️❤️

[@winonacampbell536]

Love the post, the channel. I watched the short clips. I’m curious who is the narrator for the short clips?

[@ThisDate]

Thanks. We hire someone to narrate the shorts!

[@DoyleHargraves]

Agreed 100%

[@ThisDate]

Thank you ♥️♥️♥️

[@mitchellbass3887]

Hero: "Ordinary people doing extraordinary things under circumstances"

[@ThisDate]

Yes!

[@shawnaweesner3759]

I was struck by how many men were attending church the morning Pearl Harbor was bombed (there’s a picture). Unfortunately, currently America is losing the war with Communism/Socialism.

[@ThisDate]

Wow didn't know that!

[@crusader2112]

America has certainly done a lot in its history and I don’t agree with all of it, I’m damn proud to call myself an American and am very grateful to have grown up here. God Bless and I hope you had a Merry Christmas. 🎄👍

[@ThisDate]

Thank you♥️♥️♥️🎄🎄

[@dougburt2449]

OUTSTANDING!! Especially as I view this today, 4 July 2024. Thank you

[@ThisDate]

Thank you! We appreciate it! Check out our other vids!

[@leekresser8384]

This great guy was born the same age as my dad. My dad's first major campaign was the battle of Okinawa. Brutal, brutal war. A very respective hat tip to this guy!

[@ThisDate]

God bless your Dad!

[@thesimplesaguaro]

This was such a an amazing video, thanks so much 🇺🇸

[@ThisDate]

Thank you!♥️♥️♥️

[@jgonzalez101]

Thank you both for taking on the task and challenges of giving honor to whom honor is due! May God Almighty continue to bless use and protect you! God bless America, and all freedom loving and defending peoples.❤🙏

[@ThisDate]

Thank you♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@sigpig912]

I love this channel.! God bless America, in Jesus's mighty name I pray, amen.

[@ThisDate]

Thank you♥️♥️

[@sigpig912]

@@ThisDate You bet.

[@ThisDate]

🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@wandahall4435]

Heroes ❤❤❤

[@ThisDate]

Amen!

[@paulbarry9601]

Happy birthday my Brother in arms thanks very much for my freedom love from the UK 🇬🇧..

[@ThisDate]

Great story!

[@ansdguy1]

My heart is swelling now. Thank you for what you are doing for America.

[@ThisDate]

Wow thank you♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@redtobertshateshandles]

I always thought that the French revolution was first in history. Later on I found out that no, the American revolution was first. That's really saying something !!!

[@ThisDate]

Indeed!

[@user-cm9tk6mc3t]

God Bless this awesome hero❣️

[@ThisDate]

Amen

[@christesta2521]

The majority of the men grom my fathers family including my father served in all theaters of WWII.

[@ThisDate]

Wow god bless them all

[@terryfox5666]

Much respect didn’t know he was a fellow jarhead. Semper Fi brother.

[@ThisDate]

Thanks for watching!

[@BillyJ244]

I really like your channel. Younger Americans need to watch it. The woke generation needs to learn more about patriotism. They need to stop whining and be more grateful for all of the people that went to war and sacrificed so we can enjoy our freedom.

[@ThisDate]

Wow thank you♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@BillyJ244]

No Nick thank you! 😁

[@ThisDate]

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️Check out our new video on Top WWII badasses: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppvPoYFnj5J5f9U

[@yashjoseph3544]

@@BillyJ244Do you even know what “woke” means? This comment just seems like you are whining as well. People shouldn’t stop criticizing just because people died for freedom.

[@BillyJ244]

There you go whining again. I'm so glad I struck a nerve with you.

[@johnholmes6897]

I'm not talking away from these awesome men that have been my heroes since I was a kid. Some of these men were my parents when I was in foster care I do have a different idea on the term "greatest" men. The Vietnam vet not only had to fight an invisible foe with no help from his own government but he had to do it while the nation spat on him. The letters he read from his dearest said things like, "please don't write me anymore, I do not want to communicate with murderers" I paraphrase of course but you get the idea. No help no honor - no heroes. : These men were the greatest. They fought against all odds they even had to fight from within while everyone called them names but they did it. They did a great job of it too. I'm so proud of them. Politicians may have quit, but those men WON that war !

[@ThisDate]

Well said.

[@johnholmes6897]

@ThisDate thank you. Touchy subject for many. It's my firm belief that if you have a problem with what soldiers are doing you can only blame the people that make them do it. Soldiers are the ultimate "Yes men" when a politician says to a general " general I need you to take that hill at any cost" the General says "yessir" trusting that the powers that be are LEADING him correctly. Then he tells a few Colonels "I need your men to take that hill " and the colonels say "yessir" with the hope that they're being led down the correct path. And so it goes every soldier trusting the guy above is making the right move. Then the hill is taken. Except the enemy strapped grenades to a 10 year olds back. The kids come running to the soldiers who put their guns down to grab the kids then B A N G ... 20 dead soldiers. The remaining soldiers who saw this now see a few more kids so they shoot them thinking their about to explode. But the second wave of kids don't have bombs attached to them. These kids were there to make soldiers look bad by deleting unarmed children. NEVER BLAME THE SOLDIER FOR DOING WHAT WAS ASKED. BLAME THE POLITICIANS FOR MAKING THEM DO IT

[@QuilavaMan]

Last Survivor from the Arizona? What happened to Lou Conter? He was from the ship, too.

[@ThisDate]

Amazing heroes

[@rcklein93]

Consider doing a video on Edward "Butch" O'Hare, the first Medal of Honor winner in WWII, after whom O'Hare airport is named. The story of Butch and his father is very poignant. His dad helped put Al Capone in jail and was gunned down years later by Capone's henchmen as a "getting out of prison" gift for Capone. Butch's dad didn't live to see his son become a war hero. The naming of O'Hare airport in honor of Butch was suggested by Colonel McCormick, owner of the Chicago Tribune, and was at least partially to honor his dad's undercover work in bringing down Capone. But read what Butch did in February 1942 and you will agree that naming the airport after him was fitting all by itself. He was another military hero who wanted to get back into action after the Medal of Honor, and did, losing his life later in the war.

[@ThisDate]

Absolutely will look into it! Thanks!

[@scottthomas9946]

Happy birthday 🎉🎉🎉I salute you, sir😊

[@ThisDate]

Hero

[@salvatoreomerta]

Another great video!

[@ThisDate]

Thank you!

[@darrencorrigan8505]

Thanks, Nick.

[@ThisDate]

Thank you!!!!!

[@crystalperry6370]

This photo should never be banned! Those who do are anti American.

[@ThisDate]

Truth!

[@fernleaf1915]

who does your narration , is it the guy from Ken Burns Civil war ? great mini documentaries . Cheers from New Zealand

[@ThisDate]

Nope, a guy we use. Great guy!

[@bobbylee2853]

David McCullough ~ 1933- 2022.

[@davidboysel4509]

Wish the government still represented the wish of the people

[@ThisDate]

👍👍

[@marctoone1636]

Please continue your work and kindly include recounts of the Concentration Camps of the US, commonly referred to as plantations. America's Shame

[@ThisDate]

Thanks!

[@colddeadhands5167]

Well said young man......

[@ThisDate]

Thank you♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@acm01864]

The quote predates Reagan it's early American😊

[@ThisDate]

Reagan had his own unique take on it, which I'm merely alluding to. Thanks for watching!

[@agricolaurbanus6209]

Exceptional pieces of paper indeed, that nobody sticks to anymore, if ever.😊

[@ThisDate]

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[@pshehan1]

Australia started out as a convict colony, so there was really no way but up from there. Yet we seeem to have made a pretty good fist of things. My own great great grandfather was transported to Australia for stealing a book worth tuppence at the age of 11. So at least I come from an intellectual line of thieves. I lived and worked in the US (Syracuse U) decades ago now and found Americans friendly, generous and welcoming. I am still in regular email contact with a friend from that time, and will be visiting her in July. I have relatives who served in both world wars. One was a bomber pilot who was KIA on a mission in New Guinea in WWII. His brother was a bomber pilot who was shot down over Germany. He was supposed to go out in the Great Escape, but as a medical student, the closest thing they had to a doctor in the camp. his place was given to another man who was among the fifty executed by the Germans. He felt the guilt ever after. After he was liberated the Americans asked for people with medical experience, so he was sent to help out at a liberated concentration camp.

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Wow. What about this video?

[@pshehan1]

@@ThisDate Clearly I found it very interesting. I see similarities and differences in Australia and the US. Both frontier and immigrant societies with very different beginings but much in common in national character. Many of the comments here refer to military service so I mentioned my own family's. Another story I can tell is of visiting the WWI site of the Battle of Le Hamel, fought on July 4 1918. The stars and stripes and southern cross fly side by side at the memorial there. Australian corps commander John Monash planned the battle and had Americans under his command who were with the Australians to get some experience in the trenches. When Pershing found they were to take part in an offensive battle he tried to have them removed. Monash contacted the British Fourth army commander and basically said, 'No Americans, no battle.' So it wen ahead. Pershing could hardly complain when Monash praised their performance, although their enthusiasm and inexperience were on display when some got ahead of the creeping barage and suffered casualties. Americans were awarded British medals and one was later awarded the Medal of Honour. One diffference between Australia and the US is that Autralia does not lionise its military in peace time. (Although my grandfather was a pre WW II air force officer.) When the shooting starts Australian forces tend to be made up of enthusiastiic amateurs. The First and Second Australian Imperial Force were raised for the world wars and were all volunteer armies. (I interviwed veterans of the WW II 2/14 battalion AIF which fought alongside Americans in New Guinea.) Monash was an engineer by trade and planned his battles accordingly. Le Hamel is often called the first modern combined arms battle where tanks, artillery, infantry and aircraft were employed in novel ways, aircraft being used to resupply the troops during the battle. It was planned to take 90 minutes. It took 93. Monash repeated the exercise on a larger scale on August 8 when the Australian and Canadian corps spearheaded the Battle of Amiens. Ludendorf called it the black day of the German army. It began the resumption of war of manouvre and the Hundred Day advance which ended with the armistice of November 11. Monash went on to build the electricity infrastructure of the state of Victoria. I worked at Monash University here in Melbourne.

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[@doberman1ism]

Unfortunately American exceptionalism has turned to American arrogance and we are beginning to see that pride goeth before the fall!

[@ThisDate]

Let's hope not!

[@BeeLZBeeb]

Indeed

[@marilynmarilynohearn476]

Please dont stop telling these stories that remind us that we are good, and loving people. Sometimes its hard to remember when we are being told we are evil. I have ao many stories someday I'll write them down. We all must stand up for our wonderful country.

[@ThisDate]

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[@benelias3556]

AMEN Brother

[@ThisDate]

Thank you!

[@guydegregg6869]

Reagan was the reason I joined the Army , he was also the reason why I didn't reinlist .

[@ThisDate]

Wow!

[@laserbeam002]

I fully agree America IS exceptional. I support the constitution and our form of government. But, sometimes I think we go too far. I do not support our current PC culture, all the wokeism and same sex marriage. We need, at least, baseline morals and currently our society seems to have fallen below that baseline. Ok enough of my little rant. Very good post. Thank you.

[@ThisDate]

Well said!!!

[@yashjoseph3544]

Why did you mention same sex marriage? Are you trying to say that same sex marriage is bad because that is just dumb.

[@laserbeam002]

@@yashjoseph3544 I used same sex marriage as an example of why I think America is failing. I think it is bad for our country and society as a whole. You can agree or disagree. I really don't care. Have a great day.

[@lsusc]

The exceptional USA that I knew most of my life is fading away rapidly, very rapidly.

[@ThisDate]

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[@jameslowellblakenship2192]

I think the us has failed at what it has supposed to represent. We have a chance to improve. Can we do it? That depends on the people that live here. Not the 0001% that control the government. We have the power to change things. But takes unification.

[@ThisDate]

Fair pov

[@alan30189]

I clicked on this for the William Hutchings story and get a promo of your channel, instead? What the hell? 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@ThisDate]

Did you enjoy the video?

[@alan30189]

@@ThisDate Really? There was no video on William Hutchings. If you’re going to do a promotional video, label it as that.

[@charlesgoldey6994]

❤AMAN

[@ThisDate]

Thanks!

[@Oldleftiehere]

I think we had to potential to be exceptional but our treatment of natives and our firm embrace of slavery to the point of having a civil war, we’ve failed. We are now a world bully. Yes, our people are exceptional to a point but as soon as we buy into this we’ve lost our own argument.

[@ThisDate]

Valid POV. That's why I make a point of saying our grand experiment has been tested, and imperfect, but still noble.

[@karenf9137]

Happy 99th!

[@nelsonlanglois9104]

How can you say that We as a People were / are " Exceptional " , yet the document's these same people created Aren't...! 🤔 Name another country with a " Mayflower compact " , a Constitution to form a Federal Republic and a Bill of Rights ...

[@ThisDate]

I didn't say the documents aren't exceptional, I said they dont MAKE us exceptional. It's the American people that make us exceptional.

[@billhickman7903]

AMERICA...WOW...Matt Urban

[@ThisDate]

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[@luchm4046]

I know; the military veterans became the best when needed. Even more, the war veterans; way too much for the norm to fathom.

[@ThisDate]

Well said.♥️🇺🇸

[@leakoe3797]

We also need a stronger United Kingdom

[@ThisDate]

Good call!