Who is Buried in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier?

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It’s Armistice Day, November 11th, in the nation’s capital. It is a brisk day at Arlington National Cemetery. Dignitaries stand silently on the third anniversary of the ending of World War I, watching as a single white casket is lowered into a marbled tomb. In attendance is President Calvin Coolidge, former President Woodrow Wilson, Supreme Court Justice (as well as former President) William Howard Taft, Chief Plenty Coups, and hundreds of dedicated United States servicemen.
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[@joshuamcdonald7154]

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[@lukitree]

Great game

[@everydayhero5076]

@@The-o-p You do understand that a show that's free to watch makes its money by showing ads, but if it bothers you that much just get Ad Block, it works wonders. Now if they only made a stupid comment block.....

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[@887frodo]

I kinda feel the ad conflicts with the content of the video... you know, a war-mongering game being advertised along with the description of a monument made to remember the horrors of war.

[@gordonelwell7084]

The remains of the representative from the Vietnam war could not be identified. Many speculated that it was Lt Blassie, but the remains were in a condition that prevented positive ID. In 1998, the family requested the remains be exhumed and tested using a new procedure known as DNA identification. When the remains were so tested, it was a positive identification of Lt Michael Joseph Blassie. Because he was no longer unknown, his remains were interned in a family location. Since DNA testing had become so accurate and commonplace, it was determined that it was not possible to have remains from the Vietnam war that could not be identified, so the "representative" of that war was never replaced in Arlington. Lt Blassie's sister also joined the Air Force and rose to the rank of Colonel before her retirement.

[@jaridkeen123]

Video starts at 1:53

[@JMA_21]

Since no ones said it goat🐐❤️

[@sophiaclapp912]

Thx

[@sielfriedtcleophaszebbygow2475]

Sometimes, You are interested to watch the video but you end up skipping it due to all the long niceties and ads!

[@Ryarios]

HERE RESTS IN HONORED GLORY AN AMERICAN SOLDIER KNOWN BUT TO GOD

[@christinebrown3359]

Cool that they included an indigenous chief in the ceremony.

[@Convoy00X]

They did that because the unknown soldier could have been a native American.

[@ChrisAllen-wv9yc]

SmittyX1981 Reviews & Rants that may be the case, but they still should have to begin with.

[@georgebecker4360]

Plenty Coups was Crow i think

[@overwhelmingapathy721]

All the mothers of the unkowns, know whos in that grave.

[@christelheadington1136]

The unknowns were all someone's child.

[@MrPAULONEAL]

They are probably dead by now...

[@stubbycurve87]

No because literally nobody knew. Not even the parents or friends, that is what makes them unknown.

[@DanHosler]

@Cancandoo Thats why people should always have respect

[@DanHosler]

@Cancandoo Yeah it's just never worth the 1/1000000 odds that it could be

[@ibycus314]

Absolutely no problem with ads, but thats the wrong ad for the video...

[@helloimcleo]

Microwave they pretty much are

[@Gabriel-mh5ln]

@Microwave We speak today of men who were killed so violently and destructively that, by no means available to these governments, could their bodies be identified. I have no problem with war games but it is just disrespectful.

[@Gabriel-mh5ln]

@Microwave If I made this video and a war game approached me to sponsor them, I would respectfully tell them about the situation and that I am not comfortable with advertising a war game while talking about hundreds of thousands of fallen soldiers. Thats the respectful and respectable thing to do in this situation.

[@liyifenn]

@@Gabriel-mh5ln In your opinion. Chill the fuck out. You're reading _far_ too deeply into it.

[@boyscoutguitarist3921]

Yeah

[@thorgot911]

It's correct name the military uses is, "Tomb of The Unknowns." Short hand, they just simply call it The Tomb.

[@tommyodonnell9]

The official name is Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. It never changed after the WWII and Korean War Unknowns joined him in 1958. But yes - most do refer to it as simply The Tomb.

[@SomeJustice19k]

Proud to say that my former unit, 3rd Amored Cavalry Regiment, provided the escort for the entombment.

[@johnsavior2883]

Nice bro thanks for your service

[@Convoy00X]

When I was in basic training one of the drill Sergeants was there when the body was identified. He was on the team that remover the body, he said they left a penny from the year he died in his place.

[@bcgrote]

Viewing the changing of the guard at the DC tomb is quite a ceremony. Attended by large crowds solemnly and respectfully watching the marching guards.

[@JustinY.]

We would be able to figure out who is buried there without watching this video if we all played War thunder.

[@user-is9qe9pe6d]

Just call your character unknown and voilla we now know it

[@meandmetoo8436]

Been a while.

[@fartmaster6976]

He has arrived

[@3User]

You still aren't, and never were funny

[@firstnamelastname4008]

Coniver Divide I don't know if he's necessarily a comedian

[@The_General_Owl]

The disciplin of those guards are no joke least to say. One of these guards took a bayonet to the foot since the other guard failed to hold his gun properly (he was kinda doing tricks with the gun like they sometimes do and lost grip and the gun went down with bayonet to the guards foot. Look it up on KZbin there is probably a recording to find.)he did not leave his post but remained there

[@christinelauritzen8668]

I am from Denmark and er do not have a tomb of the unknown soldier. We do how ever have the oldest monument for the ordinary soldier. The monument is called “landsoldaten” (country soldier) and is from 1849 and is a 3 meter tall bronze statue. No one is burried there but It is still very moving. We also have other places where soldiers unknown have been found much later and just reburried and given a headstone without a name. And the most touching I think is a small memorial in Copenhagen where the ashes of an unknown KZ-camp prisoner is laid to rest. I think that these kinds of memorials are some of the most important because they remind never to forget the sacrifice of ordinary people. Thank you for making this video. Æret være deres minde! Aldrig glemt, Altid husket Salute from a Danish Husar

[@14gears55]

Went to Arlington once in the late eighties/early nineties very moving experience to visit this hollowed sight. Even more so when the play taps...something about reaches into the depths of you soul

[@luciusvorenus9445]

Today I Found Out Simon's chest has a beard, too. It was peeking out of his collar! LOL

[@billyvonderburg7351]

Lol

[@Ledfndr]

future archeologists are going to be very confused about these tombs and probably assume they were one of our civilizations great leaders or something.

[@Ledfndr]

@Ben Sears that depends on what kills us all, and what intelligence arises after humans. paper doesn't last, cd's / hdd's you'd need to know the technology to understand the encoding, same with magnetic tape. what would for sure last the longest is stone work.

[@LiamE69]

Shockingly an unknown soldier is buried in each of the tombs of the unknown soldiers. On the the hand no one is buried in the various cenotaphs, which by definition are memorials to someone buried elsewhere.

[@rivenoak]

cenotaph means "empty tomb" , but that translation is for sure not everybody's virtue :)

[@philr6829]

Maybe you should watch because there is NOT an unknown soldier in each tomb.

[@LiamE69]

@@philr6829 The removal of the body from the tomb by definition makes the Vietnam memorial a cenotaph.

[@saintmichaelsarchangel2644]

Who is buried in the Tomb Of The Unknowns? Every soldier who never made it home, the fallen soldiers buried in unmarked graves in the Argonne, the ones who were killed in the defense of Bastogne, the men who were never recovered from the forests of Korea, the boys who were lost in the jungles and rice fields of Vietnam, the young men and women who were captured and killed and never recovered during the War On Terror

[@tommyodonnell9]

Perfectly and beautifully said!

[@jacara1981]

Even during Hurricane Sandy the guard stood strong at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the US.

[@Mr_T_Badger]

They were actually given permission to cease duties during the duration of the hurricane by President Obama and they politely refused.

[@tommyodonnell9]

@@Mr_T_Badger No, that never happened. There was no stand down order from anyone, much less Obama. That all is just internet lore. Option was to stand guard at the top of the stairs, but everyone stayed on the plaza.

[@Mr_T_Badger]

@@tommyodonnell9 Fair enough. I’m admittedly going off of second hand knowledge here myself and it sounded badass enough to be true.

[@tommyodonnell9]

@@Mr_T_Badger The myth has grown over the years, to the point the Tomb Guard Society addressed it on their website.

[@Mr_T_Badger]

@@tommyodonnell9 that’s understandable then. Not being an American I wouldn’t have had reason to really double check that and wouldn’t have even known they had a website. Thank you kindly for clarifying.

[@charlesreddington6834]

A soilder above all else pays the highest price. It is not an idea. It is in honor of those who never came back.

[@beautifulhand1011]

About 20 years ago I was living in Northern France and I found a Cemetery, full of British soldiers who died in World War 1, it was immaculately kept, a lot of graves had the name and rank of the soldier, but many just said 'A Soldier of the Great War' I remember that I was fighting back the tears

[@pokepress]

Visited Arlington last year with my sister who lives in the DC area. Got to see several wreath layings and a changing of the guard.

[@auro1986]

the soldier's identity is with army records

[@PotatoLover66]

Is this true

[@trevorschauer9680]

I dont wear watches or download game apps, or any other non-essential app for that matter. However I do watch your content regularly. So Patreon it is. You provide some of the best content KZbin has to offer through your multiple channels. I also enjoy the occasional edits you leave in where you "break scene" over a pronunciation or absurd fact. Thank you for your talented efforts and those of your crew as well!

[@Gitarzan66]

This is a great video Simon. As a lifelong historian I thank you. My grandfather was a soldier in the Great War. A.E.F. 32nd Infantry Div. 107th engineers, Co. E. He was in a gas attack sometime in 1918. The rules then didn't give a Purple Heart for gas injuries so he didn't get one. He walked with leg braces for the rest of his life. I can still hear the sound of him clanking down the hallway. I have his papers from the war and his corporals stripes. They mean the world to me. Thank you for this video.

[@artchic528]

Wow. My grandfather was a private in the US Army during WWII and stationed in Papua, New Guinea in the South Pacific. This was when General Patton gave the orders to "Take no prisoner!". I don't know what he saw in battle, or what he exactly did as he never would talk much about his Army days, but his dress uniform rests in the attic of my house. I've never seen it, but I guess it could give me more information if I were to dig it out of it's storage box. All I know is the lighthearted stories about his camp life he was willing to talk about and his passionate hatred for canned tuna spread on toast (SOS as they call it in the Army).

[@Rudster14]

The actual video starts at 1:53 if you want to skip the ad

[@n0tquitesane]

One thing you miss in the part about the French and British Unknowns is that not any did they and the other four unknowns receive the Medal of Honor, but (to the best of my knowledge) the five non-US recipients were the only foreign recipients to be awarded. See < history.army.mil/moh/asaoc.html> for those citations.

[@TimothiusBelmont]

There is a memorial grave for an unknown Civil War soldier that lies on the perilous "highway" that connects my hometown from my mother's hometown on the VA-KY border in the Appalachian mountains. I don't know when he was interred, but the plaque is a heartfelt tribute to one of the many faceless, nameless men who fought in that war.

[@jeremycortes335]

Anyone ever noticed how Simon, kinda sounds like president Eden from fallout 3.

[@OctoberRaven]

1:40 Simon doesnt kink shame

[@2moons72]

The advertising in this video is egregious.

[@Wildflower-xe8sn]

I almost want to put the U.S. memorial on my bucket list as I've been to Paris and London and payer respects at these memorials

[@PotatoLover66]

I am from England. I was furious when a protestor tried to light a flag on the memorial on fire.

[@BlvxkByrd]

Maybe put the ad at the end of the video.

[@randylindsay9318]

Properly it is called the Tomb of the Unkowns, not the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

[@LarryStallings-dk4rr]

THERE IS SOMEONE BURIED THERE EVERY ONE WHO SERVES KNOW THIS

[@artchic528]

This means a lot to me as my family has a lot of US Military history in it. From ancestors fighting way back for the Union in the US Civil War, to modern day with a first cousin in the US Navy. I love that many countries have a way to remember and honor those soldiers/warriors whose bodies couldn't/can't be identified, or even those who went MIA, giving the ultimate sacrifice for what they believed in. It's very bittersweet to know that as much honor and respect these brave men and women get, they won't ever be known by name or rank, their ultimate fate forever unknown to their family and friends.

[@davidroddini1512]

I haven’t watched the video yet but the answer is yes. Yes there is a soldier buried there. And yes they are symbolic of all who died fighting for U.S.

[@peggyt1243]

You are an arrogant f*ck. There is an unknown soldier in France in the UK and other countries. The world does not revolve around the USA and you did not win the war. You were the last ones to get off the porch in both WWI and WWII.

[@robertelee467]

@@peggyt1243 There really was no sense in your vulgar, and antagonistic, response. He was just stating that, that particular memorial was for the ones lost in each war that was from the United States of America. I'm very sure that other countries memorials do not mention U.S. servicemen neither. And, yes, the United States was the last ones in the wars because we were not the ones attacked. We entered only after we were brought into the wars by Germany and Japan in the 2 world wars, and as the head of the United Nations force in the Korean war.

[@mashole1]

Cheese n crackers Peggy..... no guessing which side of the bed you fell out this morning.

[@Capt.Slappy]

@@robertelee467 Not to forget without american involvement in the 1st and 2nd world wars we would be looking at a very different less populated world today. However that would be misconstrued as me being superior if i replyed to the troll directly.

[@Peggyt-jp6mt]

MY comment is in response to the thousands of comments on this and every video about the wars. Americans claim credit for everything and demean the contributions of others.

[@NinjaBearFilms]

Actual video starts at 1:56

[@gamergodplays7153]

I always thought it was for anyone who didn’t come home from war

[@tommyodonnell9]

It is. The three Unknowns represent all those who were not identified or MIA.

[@Jeff121456]

2:45 "The United States' allies in World War I, France and Britain were the first countries to practice the concept of burying an unknown soldier." I'm guessing before that they just left them to rot where they lay???

[@Mika-ph6ku]

Mass graves, Simon made a video on this

[@williamgray1221]

"Who is hurried at the tomb of the unknown soldier?" Well guy... If they knew that then it wouldn't be a tomb of unknowns now would it? Hahahahaha

[@Reynevan100]

I already play War Thunder and I'm honestly surprised they can afford ads like that; they generally use very little advertising. As for the game itself: it's fun. For a time. Then you realize how woefully mismanaged the game is, unfortunately the devs are prime example of "no idea what I'm doing" :/

[@666Tomato666]

oh, they precisely know what they are doing, but since you aren't either a dolphin or a whale, the game isn't designed to keep you personally -playing- spending money

[@rendopatto2751]

save ya some time, the tomb is housed with an unknown solider but it overall reps all lost that haven't been identified. Saved ya 10 mins.

[@tigerprincess9222]

Very rarely, when extreme weather will hit the area of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the members of the Honor Guard will be offered to not guard the tomb. Not once has any member accepted this offer. They view guarding the tomb as a GREAT honor and the least they can do for their fallen brethren. ⚰🇺🇸

[@stephaneclerc667]

You're bloody good at advertising, Simon, i want to play that game now

[@kentnielsen8034]

well denmark was the first country to have a grave for the unknown soldier ,it was made just after the danish-prussian war of 1864

[@simonjackson7269]

Yes there is an unknown Soldier in the tomb.....just as in Westminster Abbey....

[@deanmottershead9208]

This might be a slightly stupid question but is the Vietnam war the last conflict that anyone was laid to rest in the tomb? It’s impossible to happen today because generally casualties are not as extreme as past wars and you can identify soldiers by DNA? Unless they were a orphan but chances of that happening are nearly impossible

[@tommyodonnell9]

Yes, everyone now has DNA conducted.

[@cooldloop2381]

It’s Don Cheetle!

[@antiyborrob1508]

Rather or not its about respect and especially for the ones that the remains cannot be identified for their sacrifice

[@kalemacpherson2270]

can you do a video about the Canadian tomb of the unknown soldier?

[@darthmorribandthelizard8915]

What nation held the first changing of the guard style ceremony such as in London Madrid Washington Amsterdam etc?

[@rhodesianwojak2095]

^

[@MrOskaren]

denmark had one in 1849.

[@AliAnani]

So an unknown soldier is in the casket.

[@LordFoopa]

How about you show respect and honor those who paid the ultimate sacrifice even more so with them being unable to be identified. It’s called the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for a reason, leave it at that.

[@TechItOut]

Contains ingame purchases

[@sprittzlewolf5184]

Is there a reason for people being buried 6ft deep and is that actually the depth they use?

[@orvalritchie8013]

I was taught that the reason to go 6 feet is to avoid diseases of a rotting corpse from spreading. Maybe Simon and crew can shed some light on this for us lazy people who don't want to look it up ourselves

[@christinahennessey3921]

Why is a baker’s dozen 13 while a regular dozen is only 12?

[@softfurbear]

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[@christinahennessey3921]

softfurbear thanks!!!

[@softfurbear]

@@christinahennessey3921 You're welcome!

[@Otokichi786]

"War Thumper: Making 'Unknown Soldiers' since...The Great War"? (Or, more like: "The Great Neaderthal vs. Cro-Magnon Combat Games"?)

[@Terlinilia]

Bro, anybody who has studied it KNOWS that it is the tomb for all the soldiers that had been left unfound and missing during war. Also, it's says that this video had 1,449,227,359 comments... KZbin is taking strong stuff, man, I'm telling ya.

[@willmoore8708]

Wrong on the the first sentence. Warren Harding was president at the WWI soldier dedication.

[@einienj3281]

I'm going to go ahead and guess that there rests an unknown soldier..

[@lukeswart7571]

War thunder the biggest grind in gaming history

[@VashGames]

Since there was a rather lengthy promotion about war thunder at the start, let me say that the game is quite grindy with an option for premium for increased xp as usual. It's only free if you like slow progression or have a lot of free time.

[@uss_04]

Next: Whois Buried in Grant’s Tomb?

[@notthatbitchagain6857]

US MU

[@richbarr5959]

Nobody; Grant isn't underground.

[@notthatbitchagain6857]

As someone old enough to have grown up with Groucho, l get it My reference of MU was me being silly. It's a reply to strange questions called (IIRC) koans. A perrenial example being 'what is the sound of one hand clapping?'

[@bmac4]

Answer: Yes there is someone buried there, an unnamed soldier who could not be identified at the time. The answer is about at 6:30. Saved you a 2 minute ad, and 4 and a half minutes of history before you actually get the answer. I know KZbin wants you to watch full videos but come on.

[@errollouderback5451]

The video is titled Who is Buried in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier? and the answer is Yes it is?

[@minorclips7541]

I honestly love your content even the business Blaze but I have to say that asking if the Tomb of the unknowns is just symbolism is kind of insulting

[@slater3603]

Guarding at night must be weird

[@tommyodonnell9]

Not at all.

[@MrJpm1989]

France and Britain, so you meen to tell me that my grandfather didn't fight in WW1 in the Canadian army?

[@celesteazarcon3970]

Can you tell us about Bay City Rollers

[@Corbitto512]

video starts at 1:53 btw

[@philswift8311]

I placed a wreath at the tomb it was awesome

[@graysonperkins3832]

I’m not gonna lie I always thought the unknown soldier was from Gettysburg.

[@michaelofsc4143]

I heard a long time ago that one of the unknown soldiers was identified through DNA, i never knew whether this was true or not, or which one of them was empty.

[@rivenoak]

the vietnam war victim was indentified and reburied at home

[@gladedextrose9898]

He talked for so long I forgot the answer to the question

[@Koei126]

Onimusha explained

[@nhrider93]

Can you imagine if you spent 1/4 of your life listening to adds before you actually live it? Well war thunder has the simulation for that in this video.

[@ThanatosXVI]

How shit would it be if they buried a spy killed by mistake 😂

[@iPervy]

Man these 2 minute ads are a bit much,

[@josephrissler9847]

Then don't watch. Or better yet, subscribe to his Patreon so he doesn't need ads quite as much.

[@iPervy]

@@josephrissler9847 I honestly don't mind watching the ads (since I love the channel), just wish they weren't wasnt 2 minutes long each video. 1minute would be digestible for me.

[@bertiepimplebum5633]

The UK unknown soldier had his face blown off making him unrecognizable. His name is, Wilkinson. How do I know? Nothing is hidden from those that fully understand this following sentence. If you cannot see the obvious you'll never perceive the truth.

[@tesbergman6764]

Its noone they respect all fallen soldiers who are unknown

[@bellphorion]

Anyone else have The Doors Unknown Soldier play in their head when they saw this?

[@edgarshanes4770]

This a 10min video plenty of gravy but very little meat if you know what I mean.

[@ninjamortyC420]

In America we pay taxes for people to protect an empty box.... Fuck yeah

[@QuixoteX]

What happened to those that were not selected?

[@givemeaforkingname]

Not really complaining, but... a free "premium" tank or aircraft ? A bi-plane or a light tank ? (or a PT boat in my offer). Those choices don't feel very "premium" to me. Oh well, free I guess, for what it's worth, lol.

[@jamesanthony8438]

Free to play, but pay to win =)

[@Vladpryde]

Video starts at 01:54. You're welcome.

[@andygreen1267]

If we knew who was buried there it wouldn't be unknown would it?

[@vidiotsyndrome]

Ok... add-on question for this. The guns the guards carry in the US: Are they REAL/loaded....and whats the authorization to use them? OR are the just ceremonial "parade" duplicates? Because they're also pretty old era guns, like M1 Garands or something; NOT AR/M16 (modern) platform

[@robertmills1173]

The guns they have are real

[@tommyodonnell9]

M14

[@jakepeters4936]

what happened to the bodies they didnt use?

[@PotatoLover66]

That is a good question

[@mikeo.4924]

wARthunder can inspect my poopie head.

[@brianmartinez1412]

I bet it's actually a nuclear missile silo or a nuclear bomb shelter. Why would a corpse need 24/7 armed surveillance compared to the other monuments? And If the US government is reading this comment, I'm just joking, and don't know anything.

[@MrQb3rry]

Now we have COVID-19

[@aleckcain4142]

1:55 to skip the sponsored ad for the shitty war game app

[@bennewman4675]

They could have just kept it the natural way. So everyone gets buried

[@mint83]

This video is over 20% ads

[@Stoned2daBone-r4g]

War Thunder looks like a great game no lie

[@nathanloosemore4141]

I love the strict requirements, respect to the guards. What is though these were bodies of random farmers or something just executed by the Germans. The symbolism is just as strong though.

[@tamer1773]

After selection of the WW I unknown one of the unknowns was buried at sea to represent the sailors lost during the war.

[@tommyodonnell9]

No, the three from WWI that were not selected are buried in the Meuse-Argonne Cemetery.

[@tamer1773]

@@tommyodonnell9 I read that over fifty years ago so I could certainly be wrong. Of course to this day some sources make other claims that are equally wrong. Britannica in particular, states that the selection was made by "an officer" when the selection was actually made by Sergeant Edward Younger, US Army. Supposedly an officer was to make the selection, but when it was learned that the French had detailed an enlisted man to make the selection it was decided that we would do the same.

[@tommyodonnell9]

@@tamer1773 It was the WWII Unknown that was not selected (onboard the USS Canberra) who received a burial at sea.

[@tamer1773]

@@tommyodonnell9 You're correct. I was recalling something I read over fifty years ago about the WWI unknown. It even had an illustration of Sergeant Younger in a uniform of the 1920's. Either that source got it's signals crossed, or I did and "misremembered" it.