The man went back below deck four times to rescue his shipmates he should get the medal of honour, bravery and selflessness above and beyond the call of duty
@riograndedosulball2485 жыл бұрын
Can the congressional medal of honor being given post-death? Because he really deserved it in live
@fireline47655 жыл бұрын
@@riograndedosulball248 Yes, the Medal of Honor can, and has been given posthumously. President Barack Obama awarded an officer who died in the Civil War the Medal of Honor.
@historicalmistakes87324 жыл бұрын
@@riograndedosulball248 Half of all Medal of Honors are given posthumously
@ianchandley3 жыл бұрын
@@riograndedosulball248 yup. My Great Uncle was awarded the MoH posthumously.
@Oleg199483 жыл бұрын
@@historicalmistakes8732 since the Korean war more then 90% of CMOH recipients were awarded posthumously.
@stuna918 жыл бұрын
Its nice to see these forgotten heroes truly appreciated for their sacrifice.
@strom65928 жыл бұрын
What does that have to do with anything
@CapysGardenShop8 жыл бұрын
LilRando ...someday you might find you are starving and eat all of the words you just said.
@stuna918 жыл бұрын
BadBandana So you dont care about soldiers who died for your rights?
@stuna918 жыл бұрын
BadBandana Any nation had to have people to die in the name of that country.
@zboy.057 жыл бұрын
Stun Gun Stunna well they had to sacrifice there life's world was at war
@SirIsaacNewtonOfficial8 жыл бұрын
damn.. I did funeral detail in the army for 3 years and this shit hit me right in the feels.... RIP brother. Your in a better place now.
@AnnetteLynnG8 жыл бұрын
My Infantryman Son also served in the Honor Guard. Every burial, every family member, still live in his heart!
@Tyler3808 жыл бұрын
I was in the Honor Guard.. Not for those guys, its was later on..
@taocampbell18317 жыл бұрын
Cody Nicholson thx for serving
@trentonnicholson47437 жыл бұрын
Cody Nicholson thanks for your service
@D09uin5 жыл бұрын
A better place with a name instead of being branded like an SCP.
@jinxiesmith137 жыл бұрын
What kind of individual would "dislike" this? If this doesn't bring tears, nothing will. A piece of America's greatest generation....what a wonderful story.
@jamesarronmartinmartin72625 жыл бұрын
They also might not be happy about his body being removed from the side of his fellow brothers in arms
@Michael-gh1tj4 жыл бұрын
The Japanese
@santhisel5 жыл бұрын
A closure for the family and a ship name after him. What a great way to remember him. Rest in peace sir 🇺🇸
@Tyler3808 жыл бұрын
Our country and the men that served in this war suffered for years after it was over.. I encourage everyone especially the young to read the history of this war...
@AnnetteLynnG8 жыл бұрын
+LilRando It is his Vountry. It is my Country. I was born here. No man, no woman, no people, own this planet. Your bitter rantings will never change that. If that bothers you and offends you, then you should stay off of the "non-native" invented internet.
@Tyler3808 жыл бұрын
Annette.. Ignore the clones and trolls. We know what we did.. They are showing their ignorance.. That's how we know who they are.. Smile Baby.. Life is short..
@jdexposure7 жыл бұрын
Got news for ya, indigenous Indian tribes were NOT a bunch of choir boys. Read your history then, get back to me.
@bad74maverick17 жыл бұрын
so that would be almost every country but Israel, who purchased their land from the late 19th to early 20th century as it was seen as wasteland. then they formed a sovereign state and later a country and the arabs got pissed about it......
@scottni17 жыл бұрын
Well we suffered so did Japan So did the Jews..... All innocents tbh Pearl harbor did not kill nearly as much innocents as EITHER of those
@Cblount217 жыл бұрын
I can relate to this story. My Grand Uncle died on the USS California that day. Haven't been able to visit his grave at Honolulu. His brother who was my grandfather never got to visit his grave because of the cost traveling. RIP PFC John Andrew Blount, Jr.
@808bboarder7 жыл бұрын
Lord Moriarty007 I'm sorry to hear that. I'm from Hawaii and I'll make sure if I ever visit the graves soon again I'll look for your Grand Uncle and pay my respects sir. I know any flights connected to Hawaii are ridiculously priced which is unfortunate especially when it comes to things like this. To all your family members who served thank you. Aloha 🌺
@afellowhuman89445 жыл бұрын
It really unfair for this things to happen, but at least your Grand Uncle is in a better place now right
@elizabethlinsay91934 жыл бұрын
808bboarder: I'm overwhelmed by your genuine loving kindness. You are an inspiration to the world at large.
@elizabethlinsay91934 жыл бұрын
Lord Moriarty007: if I had known about your Grandfather when he was alive, I'd have figured out a way to get him to Hawaii. I'm so glad this ended as it has. This is the most moving video I have ever seen. God bless all of you forever.
@cashjones14403 жыл бұрын
Make a go fund me please so we can help
@raem.65127 жыл бұрын
No more unknown soldiers, sailors, marines, Airmen or coast guardsmen. So glad to know that families won’t have to wonder so much. There are still so very many Missing in Action and unfortunately that may never be totally solved due to the nature of some of the ways people die such as explosions where nothing at all is left or nations who refuse to return POWs or the bodies of the KIAs. But this is a big step forward. Glad this family were able to have something to bury and that this Sailor received the funeral and honors he deserved.
@raffaeleirlanda69666 жыл бұрын
Rae Parmeter Infortunato that is notizie easy as You may Imagine. If a soldier died of wounds we can still retrieve DNA samples, but if a person died burning, the DNA got destroyed by heat.
@pullerdogpullerdog68667 жыл бұрын
May he rest in eternal peace and may his devotion to the Nation be ever remembered.
@NJSportsGirl24 жыл бұрын
Wow this is just heartbreaking but at the same time it is just insane that after 75 years this was now happening to this family. What a remarkable story. 😭💕
@combatghost80167 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 legends are not forgotten
@wafflesupplyer7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for serving our country and protecting your loved ones.
@edpenaserada4073 жыл бұрын
I salute to you AMERICA...and The American poeple..on how you valued the life of your fellow American HEROS.GOD BLESS AMERICA.
@areiaaphrodite6 жыл бұрын
when they put her ashes in the casket with him...I cried... their mother never ever ever knew what happened to her own father..never even getting to meet him once, and he, never getting to meet her.. it broke my heart...at least they're together now...
@peteronister14888 жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful story, my condolences and also my thanks and respect to all of you, all of the amazing veterans and soldiers still in duty that pour out your hearts for this country, God bless you.
@Octopat4 жыл бұрын
You may have been lost. But you have never. Ever been forgotten
@shep92316 ай бұрын
Amen!
@barrymuskus676 ай бұрын
How emotional ❤❤. Glad for his return
@kimbradley95953 жыл бұрын
So many forgotten Heroes so many families should do what they did it was the saddest thing I ever seen from 1940
@maggiesalas4633 Жыл бұрын
What a beautiful gift to have closure. Your story, like many others is just heartbreaking. On December 2022, my family went to Honolulu and visited Pearl Harbor. We were overwhelmed with the heartbreak of all the families that lost a loved one. I’m thankful that I had the opportunity to go to Pearl Harbor and say a prayer for the families of those lost on the Arizona (the memorial), and all the other ships. Thank you for your service 🇺🇸
@jackmarlow17585 жыл бұрын
My great uncle died in ww1 ( April 1918 ) his grave is in France and has no name as my family couldn’t afford it at the time. No ones ever been to see him and we’ve only just found his grave. We plan to visit soon. RIP to all these brave men.
@peterblazeby47834 жыл бұрын
Never forgotten,RIP sir, your job is done 💓
@johnyates6703 жыл бұрын
The Greatest Generation Respect and Honor Rest In Peace brave warrior Now you are with your brothers You will never be forgotten 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@haukepowers84913 жыл бұрын
Let us hope and pray no more conflicts of this magnitude ever occur...Bless all who gave..
@korihoornstra71286 жыл бұрын
To all those who have served we salute you.
@nicovargas77763 жыл бұрын
Heartbreaking. God bless you and yours. Your grandfather is a hero to us all.
@sesquashtwo3 жыл бұрын
Tears were just squirting out of my eyes...especially when an un-seen daughter was laying in the 'arms' of her father...to rest together forever....wow...!
@sheliacarr25127 жыл бұрын
So happy you found him...I solute you, thank you sir...USA the land we love ❤️🇺🇸 much respect!
@TylerJohnson-jp2sh7 жыл бұрын
My grandpa goes back every year to see those boys. Sacrificial heroes
@edbigtruck3 жыл бұрын
To the Brave Soldiers that have given the Ultimate Sacrifice and to the Families left behind. Bless all of you. And thank you
@kevinmaltby23465 жыл бұрын
My father had a lifetime subscription for Nat Geo Magazine. He was a WW2 B-17 pilot in ferrying the goods in that plane to supply the ships before they went to Normandy. RIP my father ~
@TheRhonda19746 жыл бұрын
finally rip. thank you for doing what you do for these families. this made me cry but honored tears of joy. we all are Americans and we feel your pain. thank you for your services JC
@SockyNoob7 жыл бұрын
This had me in tears. Glad to see he was finally returned to his family.
@bjyokums5 жыл бұрын
WOW...Sending much love and gratitude to this family.
@KCODacey5 жыл бұрын
Please, let us all give thanks for perseverance of Mr. Emory. If it weren’t for the sense of honor this gentleman possesses there would be no story. I salute you, Sir. CDR, MC, USNR (Ret)
@AuralDows805 жыл бұрын
Lots of gratitude and love sent to Mr. England's family and those that went above and beyond to get him the recognition he deserved. Thank you for sharing his story.🇺🇸
@allenweisler2nd2374 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing, God Bless you and your family.
@EricBlairMRERICBLAIR7 жыл бұрын
Welcome home, you served well and rest in pure peace, soldier! ALWAYS REMEMBER AND NEVER FORGET DECEMBER THE 7th 1941 and every day since then to now! ✝🔯✡
@U2Jaime13177 жыл бұрын
you may now rest in peace. i appreciate you and thank you for your service.
@sarahsmileseriously5 жыл бұрын
What a powerful story! God bless your family, thank you for sharing.
@evilborg6 ай бұрын
Gone but not forgotten......
@olbear99844 жыл бұрын
An Uncle in the Seabees went to Pearl to help recover the men trapped in ships. He is a family Hero, along with a Brother in law Howard Smith that was an 82nd. Airborne paratrooper in the Normandy invasion. Another family Hero. God Bless those that served. 🐻
@ManduhPandora7 жыл бұрын
So amazing, and very heartbreaking. So glad they are no longer unknown. Thank you all who has served
@misscsaash-leighharlow26817 жыл бұрын
A very moving and touching story welcome home Sir and rest in rest MissCSA
@runamoon63296 жыл бұрын
No one who fights and dies for there country should be buried unknown im grateful there finding these family’s and giving them and honorable re burial with them identified
@williamtay7415 жыл бұрын
This video make me feel very emotional, after hearing the story of a fallen hero. Every fallen soldier has a life that they left behind, regardless of which side they fought for, they should never be disrespected. As a soldier myself I understand how the families feels and if it was me who was lost without a proper send off, I won't want to be insulted because I fought for a losing side.
@keanukea-kamehameha38126 жыл бұрын
Wow. Dis documentary was amaxing. I loved it ! WW2 Made Men and Heroes. Tyj and may they all RIP
@LizetteGoss6 жыл бұрын
Rest in paradise, forever a hero.
@kevinNagel17764 жыл бұрын
This could be the most important Mission in History. RIP Warriors
@MrLtwilliam5 жыл бұрын
thank you all for giving so much to keep us free and for war to be no more and our heart's will heal over time with the Lost's of those we love so dearly
@glennbelldc16516 жыл бұрын
As a navy veteran I appreciate and thank your grandfather and your family for his service and sacrafice. I thank all of my fellow veterans. I agree today with the technowlagy there should be no unknown service men past or present.
@Mark593966 жыл бұрын
These veterans were deceived by politicians! They manipulated the fate of these heroes with ease! This is mean and hypocritical but true! Japan attacked the US military base Pearl Harbor in Hawaii December 7, 1941 as a result of well-provoked by American politicians, America wanted to adjust everything so that the war began Japan. Roosevelt understood that Hitler was dangerous for the world and for America. And I understood that there is no other way for his destruction, except for the military one. In American society, a completely different position dominated. "Two years there is a war in Europe, Hitler attacked the USSR, and still the US can not enter the war, because public opinion is against .This means it needs to be changed." And the best way to do this would be to attack Japan against the US. America's public opinion will have no other choice. "The US knew about the attack in advance, concealed it and allowed itself to be attacked. Just before the Japanese attack from Pearl Harbor, all three US aircraft carriers of! Having access to secret information from the Japanese naval forces , did not become d It later became the reason for the accusation of Roosevelt and Churchill that, having committed an attack on Pearl Harbor, each in his own way strove to push America to enter the war
@haynes17762 жыл бұрын
We must honor all our fallen servicemen/servicewomen/servicewomen that have served in our armed forces and must never forget their sacrifice to our country. From the revolution to today. You are not forgotten. 🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@guyjoseph43616 ай бұрын
What service woman, the ones that tripped over to the nail bar!
@nicholascareswell82518 жыл бұрын
Welcome home brother.
@DagaraLP8 жыл бұрын
So emotional.. .
@TheEpicminecraft707 жыл бұрын
I really love that they care of the dead
@Model19287 жыл бұрын
+russian fleet You know that your saying russians dont care if there familys death or death its self....
@jesmircan7 жыл бұрын
Thank you Mr. England.
@crazymonkey05185 жыл бұрын
The daughters ashes in with the fathers graves got me
@johncitizen39273 жыл бұрын
us army, combat vet. i am not a hero. but i did have the honor of walking beside a few....
@lorettawhitt85647 жыл бұрын
never forget heros past and present
@chrisventura18818 жыл бұрын
wow that's excellent really. bitter sweet tho. respect and R.I.P
@sgt.grinch32993 жыл бұрын
A hero that rests with his brothers. God bless our Vets!
@Cofresi1007 жыл бұрын
FINALLY RIP HERO
@TouchoftheBrushModelWeathering7 жыл бұрын
they need to make a movie based on this
@RoadCaptainEntertain6 жыл бұрын
Tears.
@billjenkins6877 жыл бұрын
I am crying as I type.
@briancurran36226 жыл бұрын
what an incredible human life story
@seanpatrick78277 жыл бұрын
R,I,P. American Hero!
@patrickwright23848 жыл бұрын
Let him rest with his fallen brothers
@ftapia2007 Жыл бұрын
God bless this patriot and god bless the United States of America 🇺🇸
@anthonykilburn93023 жыл бұрын
RIP 🙏❤🇺🇸Thank you for your service.
@joshuabarnett69165 жыл бұрын
It's sad to know that the family won't be able to see their ,loved one ever again
@alexfisher_d21286 жыл бұрын
Rip to the unknown soldiers
@bkojeman4 жыл бұрын
that’s great they could finally give the unknown worldwide a proper funeral🙏🏽😢😔🥺
@devendavid95752 жыл бұрын
May he rest in peace
@marcosnino84257 жыл бұрын
The Pearl Harbor veterans mom died the same year and exact day I was born
@danfilon33493 жыл бұрын
Respect for hero...US navy nice job...
@emersonkelvin20106 жыл бұрын
Her voice is amazinng
@LeonFernando187 жыл бұрын
:23 was honored to be in the firing squad for this Hero. never forgoten
@tylerpriddy84216 жыл бұрын
Fernando Leon your a liar
@stereotype.63775 жыл бұрын
Tyler Priddy Prove it
@CapysGardenShop8 жыл бұрын
WARNING: highly emotional after 6:30 mark. 💙💙💙 Well done video. Gulp.
@c.h.castle68195 жыл бұрын
Gosh ray looks good for 96 97
@patriciabilinkas39116 жыл бұрын
This great guy deserves his own plot of land, where his family can visit, in which to Rest In Peace.🇺🇸👍
@scottygravning78413 жыл бұрын
My stepdad Earl England was a Pearl harbor survivor it took a toll on him. I have his Cruise album. But he would not talk about Pearl harbor. Or allow anything bad in his Cruise album it was all good stuff
@neongames44625 жыл бұрын
Goed bless all the heros out there💓
@TC6268-Aloha Жыл бұрын
Wow! Love to find my Great Uncle Henry Baker Jr. He was shot and died. Now is he is MIA since December 7th 1941. There was 15 Sailors that was MIA and only 1 has been found.
@valentinacordova86133 жыл бұрын
A captivating and breath-taking story, I imagine her mom being so happy to meet her father again :3
@rubystaging2377 жыл бұрын
I bet those men were young and handsome in y their day
@diyr7912 жыл бұрын
How can the rest of the unidentified be resolved? That is a worthy cause, is there a way to donate?
@admstudios78 жыл бұрын
fenomenal awesome video
@rishilalwani63115 жыл бұрын
That one word *unknown* give me tears
@emmerentiagroenewald36944 ай бұрын
Now they know.....🙏🙏🙏🙏
@YourPalKindred3 жыл бұрын
Seeing the empty uniform in the casket hit me hard
@rubenscott39728 жыл бұрын
That's amazing
@bobb18702 жыл бұрын
Every unknown service member has family out there seeking answers and truth. At least our government can do is reunite the families with the dead.
@stewartritchey76024 жыл бұрын
When you put your name on the line, you put your life on the line.
@rosalynw.otieno19943 жыл бұрын
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@anthonystephenson41805 жыл бұрын
Respect
@milesa.woodard7557 жыл бұрын
Great Story! @NatGeo, can you please make sure that captions are readable in future videos?
@layingdownreactions92476 жыл бұрын
Powerful
@bigmansarmybma96546 жыл бұрын
Ok who are the monsters that down voted a fallen hero
@VacivityLove8 жыл бұрын
Wow..
@yinkoos4 жыл бұрын
Pearl Harbour should never have happened, it remains one of those painful episodes when America got so badly careless, she paid for this carelessness with the lives of innocent men..
@h3lld1v3rfilms65 жыл бұрын
I believe I lost a family member on the Arizona. We're still trying to find out.
@rishilalwani63115 жыл бұрын
Good luck🙏
@rosalynw.otieno19943 жыл бұрын
Peace.🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
@goober75358 жыл бұрын
It's not "returning home" if you're already a corpse... Bring soldiers back alive.
@myriadmaestro5728 жыл бұрын
pLogically does not always apply to emotional decisions. If no one is physically hurt in the process, by all means, let them do something to give their family closure.