Flanders Field: Remembering Their Sacrifice

[@nateemond197]

Amazing of the Belgian people to do this

[@Deelom100]

Flemish*

[@MultiMattman68]

When my dad was in WW2, and was in Europe namely,Belgium. He said the Belgium people were so kind to them God bless all our veterans,both living,and deceased

[@Skippa-]

@@Deelom100 Flanders are Dutch speaking Belgians 💀

[@jaimehudson7623]

Wonderful what these folks do there to remember those soldiers. God Bless the Belgian People... God Bless America.

[@alexandertaylor1225]

Thank you Belgium from America. I have descendants that fought in WW1 so we appreciate you doing this for us.

[@gregoryplutshack2796]

Truly remarkable and most appreciated by a US Vietnam Era Veteran that had both parents serve in WW11. My dad was in Patton's 3rd Army and landed at Normandy France on D+1. He went on to fight in the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944. Thank your remarkable Children for their patronage and respect. They have been taught well and are in my dearest thoughts and appreciation! I also thank the civilian population for it's ongoing dedication to honoring our Fallen Hero's and passing on the legacy with their Children that are very Awesome! It's reassuring to know our Heroes are in such good care! Thank you ABMC and the countries they reside in! It truly means the world to me!

[@williammaass7812]

God bless the people of Belgium for doing this. From the grandson of a young farm boy from Illinois who took care of his artillery horses in that war. He became father to 4 sons who were in ww2 and 1 daughter who lost her husband in that 2nd war. I sold poppys my entire childhood on poppy day with my grandparents who were American Legion past Commander and auxiliary president. They were both American Legion Chaplains until they died. From when they bought their first home in 1920 when my dad was born, grandma always had a puppy garden in the summer. In Flanders Field was on the wall of the living room near his 3 sided trench dagger and photos from the war.

[@needmorecowbell6460]

From America… we love you Belgium and we would be there for you again

[@kevincorluy6526]

And we love America!

[@slobama]

Yes, World War 2

[@ingemetdiedikkedingen]

thanks respect

[@Ypres-gg6wg]

"At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them."

[@etta7166]

Thank you! I tell people of Flanders Field every chance I get. Lest We Forget...

[@GroundhogKim]

Lest we forget. WW1 is sadly over looked in the US however a handful of Americans take time to remember and respect what our great grandparents did. Love from Virginia.

[@Kda2456]

Thank You to the People of Belgium for taking such loving care of our fallen dead!

[@misterbizznizz789]

Every American shall find a warm place at my home, in Lier, Belgium. Thank you for your service - we zijn voor altijd met elkander verbonden!

[@alexandernewkirk6193]

So many of my country's people died... Greeting from Waterloo Belgium

[@jessedebruijn8310]

Greetings from Amsterdam, respect

[@rogerdavies6226]

thank you people of Belgium

[@robertneven7563]

Roger Davies, thank you verry much sir, the father of my mother was 2 years in the bloody trenches inBelguim, he was in the Belguim army from 1916- 1919, he never tell dings of that bloody war, but somtimes he was verry silent, i now hem verry well, he passed away when he was 78 years, a real hero,

[@Deelom100]

No problem, greetings from Flanders

[@katrinashostakovich3607]

Those children singing The Star Spangled Banner at the end made me cry 😅❤🎉 thanks, Belgium 🇧🇪 I hope your sentiments towards our fallen soldiers still hold true to this day.

[@brentgraves1151]

I made a visit to this place about 34 yrs ago or so.i was about 8 or 9.i grew up in Germany as my dad was stationed there in the army. We traveled every weekend and every chance we got. Honestly I had just about forgotten about my visit to this place and then when I watched this video I remembered going there after seeing the cemetery .I was fairly young then and all we cared about when we were traveling was when would be the next time we could get out of car was . I remember running around this place like the hyperactive kid I was and my father yelling at me to have sum respect .I didn't even know what he meant by that . We traveled all over Europe and most if it was to see historical places like this or that had something to do with ww1 or ww2.my father was quite the war hero himself.i could of cared less back then where we were or what had happened there as most kids that age wouldn't of.anyways I really enjoyed watching this and also to learn what the Belgium people did and continue to do for the Americans that fought for them and never left. Thats very cool and honorable.hats off to the Belgium 🇧🇪 people

[@ted.angell7609]

I visited Essex Farm and the Flanders Fields museum a couple of years ago, but somehow missed the cemetery. Wonderful of the Belgian people to do this. In my brief contact with them, they were very pleasant. A couple of nights later, by pure coincidence, I decided to spend the night in a charming French town on the coast, and discovered I was within easy walking distance of John McCrae’s gravesite. Sometimes I’m a little too spontaneous in my travels 😆

[@richardmulcahy8607]

Great grandpa Tom, grandpa Bill, Dad, my beautiful boys and daughter in laws... my heart aches for those who did not come home whole. I love you so.....💔

[@burtonlee22]

Thank you Flanders

[@CJ87317]

Wonderful tribute.

[@cbut_1727]

CJ I can defiantly agree.

[@KubNotical69]

Thank you for you’re service men 🫡🫡 November 11,2023 We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields.

[@robl39]

The kids from Belgium seem to have more respect for America and our heroic veterans than many of our own citizens

[@stormtroopersquad9889]

2000 Canadian's are also buried in Flanders fields during the battle. Such a terrible waste of lives.

[@erictaylor5462]

In WWII an American fighter pilot crashed his shot up plane near a town in Belgium. The pilot could have performed a forced landing into a field but drying to do that would have placed people on the ground in danger, so instead he chose a different place to crash, though that alternate landing spot would have resulted in the pilot's death. The towns people recovered and reserved the body and contacted the Americans to inform them of the pilot's identity and to arrange to return the pilot's body to them. However the Americans never came to collect the pilot's body. The town's people eventually laid him in their local Cemetery and built a memorial to him. To this day the town's people remember the pilot who sacrificed himself to protect them. This however, is not the end of the story. The message the town's people sent to the Americans was somehow lost on it's way up the chain of command and so the without that information on the pilot's fate the Army listed him as Missing in Action and eventually presumed dead. This was the information that was sent to the Pilot's widow. She did not learn her husband's fate until the 50th Anniversary of the pilots death when someone discovered that she was still alive and contacted her to invite her to the celebration they were planning. It was a very touching story. It's just a shame that the Belgians show more respect to the Americans who died for them than Americans show for their own war dead. Can you imagine spending 50 years not knowing your loved one's fate only to discover that his fate was not only known, but celebrated the entire time by people who had never met him in life and were not even his own countrymen? And the only reason you were in the dark was because some clerk just forgot to pass that information along?

[@istoppedcaring6209]

thank you. Our region has rightfully been dubbed the battlefield of Europe and our people are very aware of what forgetting that would mean. Belgium is not a country that is likely to survive the 21st century, we are a country in constant conflict with itsself. but the reverence for those who sacrificed their lives here wil never change. the gratitude to the US goes deeper than just joining the war, though most don't know this, America demanded that the Brittish allow their relief ships to enter blockaded Belgian ports, bringing food and supplies to the civilian population. the Germans certainly took much of this aid but even so it saved the lives of many people, most notably starving children. the US had in fact risked a direct war with what was still a major power over this, though the Brittish would not have been foolish enough to choose a blockade over amicable relations with the US.Even though the blockade had indeed been effective in strangling German supply lines.

[@deerhoda7574]

SPECTACULAR! Thank you.

[@janelledianeschannel1750]

Lest we forget😔😔😇😇😢😢

[@sandysanderson8588]

Excellent Video. I can defiantly say with out the USA evolvement the war would have gone on and on, and WW2. So as a Brit, thankyou. God bless America.

[@redtomcat1725]

I am old my life made rich from the sacrifices of these men !!!

[@cadencerichard80]

From the last line of Flanders field "take up our quarrel with the foe; to you from failing hands we throw the torch, be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who have died, we shall not sleep, though poppies grow in Flanders field"

[@cecilefox9136]

This poem is so moving and sad.

[@letsgocubs1282]

Time will not dim the Glory of their Deeds ❤

[@xIgnisEques]

Peace to the fallen we will never forget!

[@cheesypuffs8826]

The poem on Flanders Field was written by John McCrae a Canadian physician in WWII

[@petalumapedagogue]

This gives me goosebumps

[@thatairplaneguy]

Thank you

[@mbrawthen]

These Belgian people are so grateful for the efforts of these American Soldiers who died helping the people of Belgium obtain their freedom from the tyrannical German regime! WWI ENDED Over a Century ago, yet these Belgians still remember and honor those Americans who gave all for their country.!!! ❤️🇺🇸❤️🇧🇪🤗

[@Bluegrass499]

Thank you , honor 🎖 Respect

[@ingemetdiedikkedingen]

thank you respect

[@patrickcallahan1539]

Very touching

[@drsackbarry]

How Many Tears Have Fallen Tears so many have fallen Through the years for the Greatest Nation ever Tears for life liberty the pursuit of happiness For a free world Tears for the sons and daughters that never returned home Warrior soldiers all Tears wiped from the cheeks of so many wives Shed by the children with only faint memories Tears behind the mother's veil On father's handkerchief Tears at the base of the white stone That wet the flowers and flags Tears at the sound of taps played in the distance For the memories of buddies Tears at the sight and sound of dog tags boots Empty Tears when the aircraft flyover Stars shining brightly Tears as the ships sail Anchors aweigh Tears for those that patrol Guard the dark nights alone Tears at roll call With no reply to a name called How many tears have fallen Bless Them All Dr. Sack 5/30/2021

[@shammiakther7069]

The torch never shall be given up

[@erictaylor5462]

In war there is no winner. There is only the side that lost, and the side that lost more.

[@robertneven7563]

amazing video, thank you so much U S army to help us in the first and the second W War, grandson off a Belgain soldier first W War

[@jessedebruijn8310]

So happy my countrie did not have to engage in this war. I live 8n the Netherlands btw

[@d.owczarzak6888]

My great uncle was there with the Indiana National Guard.

[@needmorecowbell6460]

Im an American and my British cousin on my grandmothers side was killed on the third battle of Ypres. KIA/MIA 10/11/1917. 6th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment. Thank you for your service to the crown and empire… rip dear cousin.

[@papapabs175]

You can find his name on the cemetery at Tyne Cot, Belgium. That’s where the names of the missing soldiers were either laid too rest or have their names inscribed on one of the walls. Thirty five thousand missing in action & that’s after August 1917., there was still a year too go. Every November, we in the UK have a Remembrance Day which is a nationwide event. RIP to those brave lads, from all nations.

[@sleevelessace]

In Canada remembrance day (or Veterans Day for Americans) is heavily linked with battle of Flanders on November 11th everyone wears a poppy on there shirts or jackets for respect

[@tinaweinling]

God Bless each and everyone of these souls who lost their lives during the 1914 1918 war. My great uncle, Thomas Jamieson Ramsay was one of them. Killed at the age of 19 possibly by a sniper on Hells Corner, Ypres, Belgium.

[@Fractal_Head_Jones]

I don’t see any comments about thanking Canada/Canadians (to be fair I only went down about 20 or so comments)? I am an American, but ya think there would be some mention of Canada in the comments considering John McCrae (the writer of “In Flanders Fields”) was a Canadian soldier/medic and the poem itself was written during and about the Second Battle of Ypres where no Americans were present (with the possible exception of American volunteers within the French Army) Also, just to be clear… I’m in no way trying to minimize the sacrifice America and it’s soldiers made during the war and to be fair, “In Flanders Fields” can be viewed from the perspective of the poem representing all of the fallen during World War I… just saying

[@crush42mash6]

Very good point Canada rocks 🇨🇦

[@christygum3384]

Incredible

[@soapbaker1968]

We will never forget you. Loving fathers, son's, and brothers

[@princecharming7197]

OMG I'm almost crying it's like a monster trying to kill you and your begging God for help and he hears you then someone's you don't even no comes to your help

[@polarjet1833]

2:29 you mean the men still Ypres on

[@erictaylor5462]

7:30 Her English is amazing. I mean, clearly she is ESL, but she looks to young to have started English lessons in school.

[@shammiakther7069]

Lest We Forget

[@chuckmcgillis8160]

Ned Flanders was a great fighter

[@kristoffermangila]

Lest we forget...

[@anmcclo9731]

air ground in prayer amen

[@ggbel3320]

As a Belgian if the world dont stop fuckingaround and finding out my whole country will be turned in a ceremonial burying ground.

[@maryhamric]

Poor Alysius Feely....only 11 days to the Armistice and he didn't make it.

[@commando2113]

The brave king albert 1 stood next to his army to fight go for it king

[@youtubeblockscomments]

Where’s the full documentary?

[@willytheekid]

Kia kaha Belgian 🥰 ...least we forget

[@babarella1374]

Niemals vergesse. Greetings from Germany

[@Captainmelom]

I live in Dawson creek in canada

[@finsfan86]

Belgium does this for us. Meanwhile, our own 45th president couldn't be bothered to pay tribute to the fallen on 100th anniversary of the war because he didn't want to get his hair wet.

[@slobama]

That was "bone spurs" coward Trump

[@yomomsfgt9978]

Show yer wife how you won medals down in Flanders!!!😈😈😈💯💯💯

[@Camman010]

And what does the US do on November 11? They play football and don't give a shit. Hell you will never see a US person wear a Poppy to remember the dead that fought for their freedom. In Flanders Fields By John McCrae In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.

[@erictaylor5462]

8:00 Well, the Belgians don't have their "own language" they speak Dutch and French. But American don't have their own language either. We speak English. Though maybe some "proper" English people might not think so.

[@theshadow5800]

More appropriately, remember they were sacrificed by the ruling class.

[@williamacheson3569]

So many British died

[@pilotguy7074]

You got the german flag wrong at 1:55

[@FatherOfTheBomb]

Nah, it’s right Germany changed its flag

[@deandecooman]

Those are ww2 graves btw....