"The Longest Day" performed by the Cadet Glee Club of West Point

[@roberthamilton5600]

To all our American kinfolk across the pond, WE, your "Brother's in Arms" salute you, for all your help throughout the years. May God bless America and my homeland the United Kingdom.

[@701CPD]

Will never forget the Saturday afternoon in 1962 when my Dad took me to see "The Longest Day" at the Times Theater at 6th & Walnut Sts. In downtown Cincinnati. An unforgettable experience!

[@literallynapoleonhimself5417]

In the movie "The longest day" there is a scene of a French resistance fighter blowing up a train taking armored units and infantry units to Normandy. If the train wasn't blown up. The landings at Normandy would not have been possible. That guy who blew up the train? He was my grandfather.

[@NostalgiaMan]

Thank GOD.

[@strzaloslaw]

Congratulations. He just fulfilled his duties as a French Man. But why did other French Men not fulfill their dutes in 1938/39/40?

[@stanlefort8584]

strzaloslaw UK and FR did not want a war in 38. In 39 and 40 they were supposedly protected by the Maginot line. They should have attacked in 39 to back Poles but were not prepared yet. Until 41, RU were with the germans...

[@vhiebaltazar8946]

So nice..you voice it out..grateness

[@Tark75ifty]

Do not forget the French resistance, the coded message broadcast on the BBC was a poem by Verlaine. "Les sanglots longs de l'automne blesse mon coeur d'une langueur monotone..." "the long sobs of autumn hurt my heart with monotonous languor ..." Warned the resistance fighters that the landing was imminent and everyone had to complete their sabotage task against the enemy. Eisenhower reportedly said that the resistance did the work of 10 divisions. You might think so, he was an expert.

[@ientertainmentnetwork7512]

Watch this movie every June 6 and show it to my grandbabies so they can remember too! My wife and I visited the battlefield a few years ago. She cried over the average age of all the mem buried there -- appeared to be 19 to us? Salute the greatest generation. LT. Colonel WB Stealey, USAF Retired.

[@dorothyvelthaus4867]

This is one of the most moving renditions of this piece that I know of. I was 11 years old and remember when the "D Day" landing was reported. The logistics of the landing still awes me.

[@danielbarbera-tt4wz]

Saw this movie with my father when it first came out. He landed on Utah Beach on D-Day. 4TH Infantry Division.He passed in 2020 at 98 years old. Every time I listen to Paul Ankas song I get teary eyed. God Bless that entire generation!!!!!!!👍🇺🇸🙏

[@juliemerritt5144]

My favorite movie

[@danielbaldwin6173]

Watching this on June 6th now the 75th anniversary of that day, and the many great men who served on it. Never forget every Allied soldier who died that day! 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇫🇷🇷🇺

[@danyzim]

Many thanks to the US Army and especially to all those soldiers who lost their lives for us. Thanks to them, we live in freedom and peace for nearly 70 years. From a Belgian citizen grateful.

[@dianealbrecht496]

My favorite movie of WWII. The music was awesome! The invasion that saved the world. RIP vets everywhere!

[@dzogchenson]

this song let me remember my childhood when i first saw the film on 1963.

[@lynnezimmermann2301]

I've spent a great bit of time in England and Wales -- in normal pubs and real villages. To this day, as soon as locals hear me speak, I am thanked for America's entry into the war, ALWAYS asked about American football (I know ZERO) and usually leave a pub over the limit. In Wales they can't conceive of a Yank woman whose preferred drink is Guinness so they bet a pint, I win and the lads keep buying. The "Longest Day" was only successful because nations, armed services, resistance fighters and saboteurs ALL worked together for the common good and ALL kept their secrets. Thank God for them all.

[@Berre1008]

Chills. I have chills throughout my body and soul listening to this rendition. Perhaps because I've seen the movie, "The Longest Day," perhaps because my dad fought in WWII, perhaps because my husband and son were in the Army, perhaps because I am a sappy, but fierce, patriot. Whatever the reason, I cannot properly thank the US military - Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard - for all they do to protect our country. "The Greatest Generation" saved the world from destruction. Thank you to those brave souls.

[@Karen-cb5oz]

U should know that Paul Anka wrote that song and I believe won the Academy Award for it. GREAT SONG!!!

[@generalesdeath5836]

My grandfather was there. The 75th anniversary was my first D-Day without him. God, I miss him...

[@lindakuznitz2768]

This is the most awesome version of this song. I am 74 years of age and was a youngster during WWII but it has always been as if I should have been there.... Linda[s husband, Mike

[@bushwickdude.2676]

One day I would like to visit Normandy especially he Beaches. May they all rest in peac.

[@wheelholder12]

I can't even fathom the many soldiers and sailors that lost their lives in this invasion. God bless everyone of them .

[@marykaybertas2596]

Excellent video! I will watch it every day! 2019 MK Bertas

[@barkerrd100]

I walked from the Normandy beaches inland following the route of the invasion. I stopped at little bars and restaurants. All had American Flags and most had pictures of General Patten. One town even had a statue of Patton in the town square. Since I speak French, I was able to converse with the older people who remembered the events. Whoever said that The French were not grateful?

[@sillygoose4438]

I was there too. It's amazing that in the Normandy region they are so grateful to the Allies but when you get to Paris it's . . . nothing to them.

[@mohammedcohen]

...The Belgians & dutch are the same...my late brother, Tim, was part of the 11th ACR nin Germany (75- 78)...he went on leave to Belgium with a bud who was a VN vet (had the 101st AB combat patch)...when they got there, their money was no good...they ate & drank on the house because of the patch his bud wore...those folks have long memories and they pass it on...

[@alicemerchant3317]

My dad, William W. Catherwood served in the 3rd Army, 150th, Company C, under General Patton as a Combat Engineer.

[@timcooke9933]

I can never watch the Cadet Glee Club without wondering where those cadets are today. God bless them, their families, and their years of service

[@joyceyolandastorch8964]

Great song. Paul Anka is a genius. The glee club does it well. The film footage is excellent. Wonderful Video. My dad spent 4 yrs fighting overseas in WW2.

[@davidwadsworth8982]

I was lucky enough to hear and see the Texas A and M band march into Kyle Field playing this,the Corp of Cadets following the band.Singing it.Cadet Corp had to be 2,000 strong.

[@entjtype1250]

NEVER FORGET THE BRAVERY NEVER FORGET TO THANK THEM NEVER LET GO OF THE MEMORY OF THIS BATTLE!!!!!!

[@antonioteles7185]

The longest day in history, is very beautiful music

[@HelenRainier]

It never fails -- whenever I watch this I become a quivering mass of jelly with tears running down my cheeks. My father was a WW II vet and was at Normandy.

[@tonyrobinson362]

Thankyou from the UK for posting God bless.

[@TrueBlue0687]

Listening to this on the 77th Anniversary of the Invasion - 6. 6. 2021...

[@mikeytrains1]

Many men came here as soldiers Many men will pass this way Many men will count the hours As they live the longest day Many men are tired and weary Many men are here to stay Many men won't see the sunset When it ends the longest day The longest day the longest day This will be the longest day Filled with hopes and filled with fears Filled with blood and sweat and tears Many men the mighty thousands Many men to victory Marching on right into battle In the longest day in history!

[@anombrerose6311]

+FECSD70M2 PRODUCTIONS Thank you for the lyrics. I've had this song stuck in my head so often this past year, but not with the movie and couldn't remember where it came from, couldn't find it anywhere. Can only wonder why it is on the back of my mind so often, these days. Anyway, thank you so much!

[@mikeytrains1]

An Ombre Rose No problem! Just the power of copy and paste!

[@suzannecloutier7220]

Sony written by a Canadian. Paul Anka. Canada fought on those beaches, and payer liberated the netherlands. and belgium. i Will never forget. two of my uncles fought on Europe.

[@gerrybennett7705]

Cousin landed on D Day Started a tradition of military service in our family . He’s gone now but still our hero

[@alexmoreno2176]

Thanks 🙏

[@NathanVilliger]

70th anniversary today! Yeah!

[@LBF522]

I was surprised that they did not show this movie last Friday.

[@NathanVilliger]

Yeah

[@AISEGRIM06]

75th Anniversary today! This movie is still the best at giving an overview of the entire invasion during Operation Overlord.

[@Bowtie1972]

at 3:24 : you see the Dakota with the paratroopers. on the right, there is 1 guy without his helmet on, this is Carl W. Paul. A great friend of mine and 101 years old. He has seen all the great battles during WW2. A genuine badass paratrooper that still kicks ass today.

[@ItsAHedgehog]

Wow, that's amazing. Please give my best to your friend...a true hero.

[@skudaarkaat1]

God bless him and all those brave young men!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@skudaarkaat1]

You were lucky to have such a friend (as was HE) and You ALL truly WERE the GREATEST GENERATION! God Love you ALL!

[@berthamcadams3028]

Bowtie1

[@michaelharrington7656]

I love those cadets. God bless them and protect them always.

[@berniek-1713]

Nous n'oublierons jamais....

[@rexchoe]

God bless America! Forever and ever

[@NeilFLiversidge]

Thank you all those of my parents' generation in the Allied nations for the free country I live in today.

[@eddielowenstein3060]

+TBirdNeil I agree, my father served in the Pacific. I served in Vietnam. How unfortunate that our once great nation will never have another like it.

[@juliemerritt8082]

Yes thank you to all those soldiers who landed on Normandy to free the world.

[@Beedeebum]

I wonder as I think of my father and those before him, would and could the generations younger than us ever rise up to fight evil such as this? I do not think it possible. There are many brave and honorable men and women, just don't think there are enough to put God and Country before self.

[@davidperalez1620]

. ..

[@davidperalez1620]

@@Beedeebum And yes

[@skudaarkaat1]

Again, Cadets, WELL DONE!!!

[@playbook008]

D-Day 75th Anniversary June 6, 2019. God Bless the MEN who sacrificed their lives on that day. And the Men at lived through that hellish day.

[@Rubens_991]

The highest honour, to die on the battlefield next to my brothers. God bless America

[@briankane6547]

Better yet -to SURVIVE next to them?

[@entjtype1250]

MAY WE ALWAYS REMEMBER THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD HAVE FREEDOM BECAUSE THEY CARED ABOUT THIS GENERATION!!!!!

[@refealibazeta7886]

my favorite war movie song.

[@richardwhite6071]

Must have been quiet a sight to look back and watch the ships shelling the shit out the beaches Spitfires and P51 Mustangs flying over with the 'Normandy' stripes on planes. shame there isn't much footage of it.

[@sagault8546]

My father flew 5 sorties June 6, 1944, starting by escorting the airborne to their drop-zones. He and his squadron then spent the rest of the day flying CAP over the beaches of Utah and Omaha. By his account there only allied planes dared the sky over those beaches.

[@RicTic66]

At the end of my street is a monument to The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. For their 2nd Airborne battalion it truly was 'The Longest Day' As they were the first Allied action of D-Day Operation Deadstick, a glider assault at 00:16 06 June 1944 at Pegasus Bridge over the Caen Canal they along with British 5th Parachute Brigade and British 3rd Parachute Brigade destroyed 5 bridges and set up the beacons and lights for other parachute landings. No one denies the Americans input on D-Day it's a shame the video that goes along with this very good singing fails to acknowledge The British , Canadian, Free French etc who fought and died on 06/06/44.

[@kalamere]

Many many people are aware of Operation Pegasus. It was an essential part of the plan. All made sacrifices that day.

[@johnl.5303]

Can these cadets relate to the events of June 6, 1944?

[@GravelGrunt]

Proud to say my father was there. :)

[@skudaarkaat1]

WELL DONE Young people! And Thank You!!!!!!!

[@gerhardusvanrooyen6663]

All I can say is "Thank God for the Americans" Where would we be without them in the free world!

[@NewEnglandBudo]

Speaking German and Russian ;)

[@gerhardusvanrooyen6663]

Quite right! and I say it again: "Thank God for the Americans"

[@PhilippeCouillez]

total ignorance.....without the Red Army sucking the German troops on the east front, Overlord would have fail. The success was a combination of event, the Red Army push on the east front and the landing of the ALLIES. We remember the Brits, the Australians, the Canadians and the FFL.

[@gerhardusvanrooyen6663]

I stick with my comment! and say again "Thank God for the Americans!

[@NewEnglandBudo]

Let's not forget who basically financed the war?

[@broonsdad]

Thank You for saving the world, General Dwight D. Eisenhower...

[@doomsdaydevice407]

I have a cousin who was a tank driver buried in that cemetery in Normandy he died after d-day

[@gengreb75]

NEVER FORGET!!!!!!

[@wvcoxjaune]

Merci à vous...le sang versé n'a pas de prix sauf celui de la liberté . On ne vous oublie pas.

[@paaat001]

2.22 Black woman cadet 2nd row third from left is prior service (check the ribbons). Up from the ranks, the best kind of officer.

[@alicemerchant3317]

Thank you for your service.

[@stevegordy3534]

That last shot, showing the row upon row of graves, is impressive. It's even more so when you walk those rows and remember that these were all men (and a few women) who gave up their futures so that we might have a future.

[@RobinPoe]

The Longest Day - best war movie ever!

[@kalamere]

I like it because it gives names of the real people who were there.

[@cralberts]

Thank you.

[@OIFvetBalad]

What a great song!

[@OHAREAVIATION]

Thank you, Veterans!

[@connotations1]

I love it as is. No room and no need for a solo or a keyboard. Only one of the stage names I was required to have was Liza Manelli. I was used in films and got stuck singing no choice in the matter prompted only. Ronstadt and can't find the for sure country singer I was required to be in my brain. The main song was "That don't impress me much". I have always had bad medical conditions and don't need or want fame.

[@v.a.simpao9424]

✝️✡🇺🇲♥️ Is 6th June 2023 D - DAY Rest in Jesus

[@mamatTok]

Lyrics to The Longest Day Many men came here as soldiers Many men will pass this way Many men will count the hours As they live the longest day Many men are tired and weary Many men are here to stay Many men won't see the sunset When it ends the longest day The longest day the longest day This will be the longest day Filled with hopes and filled with fears Filled with blood and sweat and tears Many men the mighty thousands Many men to victory Marching on right into battle In the longest day in history

[@anombrerose6311]

+mamat Tok Thank you so much. I needed to see the words to this piece. This has been on my mind so much this past few years. I really appreciate you posting this.

[@russdavidson2944]

it buckles the knees to walk from the waters' edge to the cliffs of Omaha

[@betoreyes1955]

75th Anniversary on Thursday..

[@ItsAHedgehog]

Very nicely done, thank you for posting this.

[@MissFaithLouise]

Fantastic!

[@pigpaul]

Beautiful!!!!

[@装甲擲弾兵-m8g]

史上最大の作戦～名作には名曲ですね。

[@Beedeebum]

This is a moving tribute. 75th Anniversary, June 6, 2019

[@1320seph]

I LIVE THIS SONG

[@vonmazur1]

Duh! Sorry! I see that you posted that above in the description of this fine piece!! Anyhow he also wrote the Johnny Carson theme from the Tonight Show...Mr Anka gets no credit these days! A composer, writer and singer, truly a talented guy!!

[@1reardon]

thank to these men and women who fought and died to give us a future thank you and god bless them

[@donb7113]

Watching all these men preparing for D-Day, I have to wonder how many made it back home, or are buried in a cemetery in Europe somewhere.

[@donfrandsen7778]

God bless this day!!! The greatest Generation...what courage, what utter will power!!! You !!!! Maginificient bastards!!!!! I salute you!!!

[@christopherorourke6362]

D Day-June 6, 1944 was not only the Longest Day, it was the turning point of World War II in Europe-it was the beginning of the end of Nazi rule by Adolf Hitler in Germany. The turning point in the Pacific was the Battle for Leyte Gulf on October 20,1944. 2 of my late second cousins were in the Marine Corps and an uncle of mine was in the Navy, they were at Leyte Gulf. My father in law and an uncle in law were in the U.S. Army in the Philippines-All are now dead-A World War II veteran dies everyday.

[@Nef22]

JohnJameson18y true. But d-day was important day cause without it most of the Europe would be in stalins hands now

[@JohnJameson18y]

Nef22 That remains to be disputed as we do not know what would have happened. The western Allies would have landed eventually plus they were in Italy already. The Germans weakened their eastern front by pulling out elite units and deploying them in the west (not the SS though, they were some of the worst units they had, contrary to common believe). The Russian might have progressed further into Germany though. They would have however never taken the BeNeLux states or even France as this would have led to war with the west. Especially over France...

[@Nef22]

JohnJameson18y you are right maybe not france but benelux states would be in serious danger

[@Wndtalker1]

You're wrong! The turning point in the Pacific was the Battle of Midway also fought in June-1942. Further turning was Guadalcanal!

[@hardingdies7811]

Actually, s1,500 are dying every day - soon they will all be gone. My father was a Navy LT beachmaster - in with the 1st wave!

[@danyzim]

Mijn vader komt uit Welkenraedt, een carrière soldaat en krijgsgevangenen, maakte hij deel uit van het 4de Regiment Carabiniers Fietsers ok? Na vijf jaar van detentie, bevrijd door de Amerikanen, hij zijn dienst in het Belgische leger tot aan zijn pensioen hervat, je kijkt als een verklaring?

[@vbg5655]

I'm French; I've always thanked and blessed all of the troops (wherever they came from) which came to help us this very Day; I've always loved this song. but this version is not the best one, as the Club tries to sing in a wonderful technical way but , sorry, with not emotion nor heart; Love, Emotion, Heart, Motherland, Freedom.... : these are the most important things in that theme.

[@Dytko88]

+ELVIS' LOVERS56 Now, your country is turning into the Caliphate. It is the real Love, Emotion, Heart, Motherland, Freedom, isn't it? :) Greetings from retarded Poland!

[@vbg5655]

I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE SOUND TRACK; NEVER WILL I SPEAK ABOUT POLITICS IN PUBLIC. WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS SAND A WONDERFUL YEAR THOUGH...

[@barkerrd100]

J' étais en France pendant trois ans dans les anneés soixantes. Pendant la crise algéienne. Je suis un ricain qui adore la langue française.

[@christianbonato5783]

RESPECT

[@leelaural]

our once proud nation.......

[@gerhardusvanrooyen6663]

and you still are!

[@marujaaparicio1009]

¡ qué valientes!

[@風林火山-k3f]

向所有保衛歐洲大陸捍衛自由的盟軍將士們致上最崇高的敬意👍🙏✝️😄

[@sambapat]

God bless thesse heroes, my freedom is your sacrifice, God BLess USA

[@postw46]

YES SIR !!!

[@Dewiart16]

It would have been nice to show some British, Canadian and Free French troops...just saying...

[@elmerlarimer9026]

chasles a larimer 1911-2002 896 MP CO my dad

[@normanalvarez5751]

the best generation in history

[@kdoum2]

그분들께 감사합니다

[@davidwadsworth8982]

Paul Anka wrote a masterpiece.

[@anamiles6666]

The Greatest Generation ! Selfless too!

[@Joe-gu6oe]

God Bless the Americans!

[@mannygreywolfsdb9936]

And it that longest day, it also made men out of boys. By D+7, they were already veterans.

[@anibalcesarnishizk2205]

I can't believe that at that time as many soldiers were falling down on the beaches just not to stand up anymore; here in Argentina , a snake was being begotten.

[@janek__lachzwarszawy8182]

Wish we had been liberated by the Allied Expeditionary Force😢 respect to all those who had fallen on the Western Front

[@tufty1235]

I'm english, and I can honestly say America won WW2, if it wasn't for the US. we would still have been fighting, "We shall never surrender "

[@psun1234]

A nice march song for war game.

[@MichelMercieramimir59FR5962]

"Thank God for the Americans" .... Michel Mercier FR59

[@postw46]

nOW ET THE HELL OUT OF THE WAY!!!

[@mattfleming98]

Don't go Ike. We need you

[@mano46926]

Gerhadus AMEN, AMEN to that i am a very EMBARRASED SOUTHAFRICAN TODAY

[@epicsnorlaxxdg3000]

God bless the U.S.A.

[@bruceleroyhoffman]

I like IKE

[@benphillips5049]

My grandfather was with the 494th bomber squad 9th USAAF and his bomber group was the first to bomb on D-DAY