Bloody Omaha: Surviving Brutal Combat on Dog Red Sector | D-Day | Donald McCarthy

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Donald A. McCarthy was drafted into the U.S. Army in July 1943, just after graduating from High School. After completing basic training McCarthy shipped overseas and was assigned to Headquarters Company, First Battalion, 116th Infantry, 29th Division.
Early on June 6th, 1944 McCarthy climbed down the ropes of the SS Empire Javelin into his LCA (Landing Craft Assault). Originally scheduled to land in the Dog Green sector of Omaha Beach, the British Coxswain saw the chaos on the beach and instead landed the men in the Dog Red sector where they were met with intense machine gun and artillery fire.
Through luck and determination McCarthy was eventually able to make his way up the beach and towards the Vierville Draw to reach his objective, the church in Vierville. He would be wounded on D-Day, but return to action in early July 1944.
Donald A. McCarthy passed away on August 1, 2017 at the age of 93
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  • The greatest generation to have ever lived. Words will never be able to express the gratitude... Am I the only one who tears up when they do?

    @Cam_88@Cam_887 ай бұрын
    • We get hit DEEP in the feels putting most of these videos together...such powerful stories.

      @americanveteranscenter@americanveteranscenter7 ай бұрын
    • I get genuinely depressed thinking about losing these men.

      @andrewk5705@andrewk57057 ай бұрын
    • So great that they went off to die for a group of elites that hate whites, Christians, and the west by in large. Absolutely ashamed that our country went from being isolationists to dying for people who hate them in only two generations.

      @First_name_youtube_doesnt_like@First_name_youtube_doesnt_like7 ай бұрын
    • @@andrewk5705 hopefully you get out of it, this is deep stuff.

      @samuellp1146@samuellp11467 ай бұрын
    • I can SAFELY bet, we will not have a Generation as great as these men, and the literal definition of *HELL* they went through, to come back, and raise pretty much Americas "best" economic time period(or atleast my opinion, A house, car and kids all affordable on a 1 wage income? Sounds unbelievable if we didn't have evidence it could actually happen). Barring WW3, NOTHING will compare to that era, the things that forged, shaped, and molded those men into the greatest generation of America ever. Hell, I doubt we will see anything close to America being "unified" in political mindset, only thing that came close was 9/11, and its a shame it takes something like Pearl Harbor, &/or 9/11/01 like events to bring people together, smh! Enough of my rambling, I just sincerely hope that these men can/will/are resting in the peace they deserve!🙏

      @jonhall2274@jonhall22747 ай бұрын
  • Honestly, if that dead soldier had a say as to what to do with his body, given the circumstances and brutality of Omaha Beach, I think he'd be honored to have protected a brother soldier... I would want my body used for such a purpose.

    @kadesh111@kadesh1117 ай бұрын
    • 100%, when I got shot in a close ambush I figured it was all over, and the only thought in my head was "Don't die before you clear the ambush, that way the dismount doesn't have to die too." No soldier ever really wants to die, but if/when that day comes you definitely want your pain/death to mean that somebody else to your left or right does not have to suffer too.

      @johnhildenbrand2642@johnhildenbrand26424 ай бұрын
    • Same Same

      @mikeloghry9521@mikeloghry95213 ай бұрын
    • his ghost laughing at and mocking the enemy as his corpse is a fortress of return fire. semper fi

      @improvisedchaos8904@improvisedchaos89043 ай бұрын
    • Facts

      @Gmoon917@Gmoon9173 ай бұрын
    • Not that his body would have stopped a round from the machine guns, but if it could protect you from a bit of frag, you do what you have to

      @TheOneWayDown@TheOneWayDown3 ай бұрын
  • I’m so glad these stories got captured. The greatest generation is almost all gone and it breaks my heart.

    @rdtheslayer4805@rdtheslayer48053 ай бұрын
    • I have mixed feelings. A lot of them still suffer through these stories; in death they don't suffer any longer.

      @marcdumont2275@marcdumont22752 ай бұрын
    • I was born in the US from parents that immigrated from Germany. So my grandparents obviously were German. My grandfather from my mother’s side was Wehrmacht and my grandfather from my dad’s side was a tank driver in the SS. They both survived the war. My grandfather That was in the SS never spoke about it. He was soft spoken and always very good to me. My grandfather in the Wehrmacht had lots of stories to tell and saved my mom from a concentration camp in Yugoslavia. I have fond memories of him as well visiting him in Stuttgart. I believe they were a great generation as well.

      @cloudstreets1396@cloudstreets1396Ай бұрын
    • The greatest generation is today. The Ukrainians fighting Russia

      @teddypicker8799@teddypicker8799Ай бұрын
    • @@cloudstreets1396my dad was Wehrmacht, gunner in a tank, and taken prisoner by the Tito forces in Yugoslavia at the end of the war. Who knows, maybe their paths crossed at one point or another

      @svoncampe@svoncampeАй бұрын
    • @@cloudstreets1396I was saying to my missus, that realistically. Depending where you’re born & what you’re brought up believing, what side is right & wrong in war can be debatable. Both sides believe they’re right

      @RegenerationOffical@RegenerationOffical9 күн бұрын
  • Thank you to all the veterans out there and I am truly grateful for your service

    @Oliverdixon14@Oliverdixon147 ай бұрын
    • Thank you!

      @americanveteranscenter@americanveteranscenter7 ай бұрын
    • @Oliverdixon14 I am confused though. Why is your profile picture the flag of traitors to the United States of America then? The United States of America fought in world war 2 not the confederate states of America (because they didn’t exist anymore, because their slave owning butts lost the civil war lol) It just seems hypocritical and disrespectful. If you’re gonna fly the confederate flag you should use the one they used at the end of the war. The white surrender one

      @Chiefs_fan1595@Chiefs_fan1595Ай бұрын
  • My grandfather was there. He also said he took shelter behind a dead soldier, and then bummed a cigarette from him while he was there. He described the beach as it felt like "a bug crawling through a popcorn popper". He only talked about it twice to me.

    @SealofPerfection@SealofPerfection7 ай бұрын
    • Thanku for your grandfather service 🫡 Great welcome from Poland 🇵🇱🤝🇺🇲🇬🇧🇨🇵

      @MF-xc5nt@MF-xc5nt3 ай бұрын
    • Your grandfather was a Brave man . Sickening , disgraceful , unappreciative of the attitude of those yellow belly , snowflake , spoiled brats that think they DESERVE everything towards the Soldiers who kept those punks safe with some of the Soldiers loosing their lives , some being physically and some hurt with PTSD !!! I will and have said so to some people who don’t know how BLESSED they are !!!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

      @Retiredjourneyman@Retiredjourneyman5 күн бұрын
  • I feel like I could talk to him for *days.* When you find a WWII vet who is this willing to talk so candidly… you can’t help but gravitate to them. It was only very late in life that I finally heard my grandfather speak about his time in WWII and Korea. Some truly incredible human beings. Thank you for this. 🙏

    @Jason-vn5xj@Jason-vn5xj7 ай бұрын
    • And now look at what the generations of today are doing. They're destroying what these men built.

      @Incipidone@Incipidone6 ай бұрын
    • Not only that but damn he looks and talks amazing for his age. Sharp as hell.

      @victorhardin2186@victorhardin21865 ай бұрын
    • How long till he stops marketing what happened? PTSD is fictional.

      @bunk95@bunk954 ай бұрын
    • This is when you pull out a recorder and get everything he says…

      @erikspencer2396@erikspencer23963 ай бұрын
    • ​@@bunk95 what are you saying? Post traumatic stress disorder isn't fiction, you don't need to be in a war to get it, just traumatic experiences in general. Saying that a disorder is Fiction is like saying that small pox isn't a disease. Smh

      @l3x_xd514@l3x_xd5143 ай бұрын
  • May god bless this courageous man’s day.

    @saltycanadian6190@saltycanadian61907 ай бұрын
  • I'm an Iraq combat vet. I am humbled by this man's story. Much respect, Sir.

    @Colichemarde@Colichemarde7 ай бұрын
    • Speedoink- ahh notice he has a Scotland surname.- years ago our neighbour- Thomas Mc Niece use too come over too our home too watch the 6 p.m. news on out T.V. He allways had a black light shineing around his stocky body because he had ben badly shot on 15th march 1944 on castle Hill in Italy.- He use too show us kids the photos off the germen paratroopers that he killed and taken from their pockets. he won a Millitary Medal near monte cassino

      @seanodwyer4322@seanodwyer43227 ай бұрын
    • Thank you for your service sir!!!

      @mikjon67@mikjon676 ай бұрын
    • Iraq was/is such a waste of our troops. Never found any WMDs. I always say, the last time we actually fought for our freedom was WWII. Everything else was a waste.

      @Incipidone@Incipidone6 ай бұрын
    • Durrrrrr Iraq "I sat in a base" durrrrr "I was in war" durrrrrr

      @Nobody-dc8dp@Nobody-dc8dp6 ай бұрын
    • ​​@@Nobody-dc8dphey phuckface, believe it or not, not everyone was a fobbit in Iraq. Some units actually did get into some heavy firefights. Some lost multiple guys due to snipers, IEDs, RPGs, and gunfire. Fallujah and Ramadi were every bit as bad as any other urban war for the grunts that had to endure the worst parts of it. At any rate, one more intense war doesn't in any way lessen the impact of another war or lesser intensity. You sound like you've never done anything anywhere.

      @joeberger3441@joeberger34415 ай бұрын
  • My grandfather was at Omaha Beach, part of the 29th infantry division. He was part of the first wave. He made it all the way to Germany until a landmine took out his platoon, wounding him. He always spoke highly of how disciplined the German army was and how hard they fought. He hated the French with a passion until the day he died.

    @jameselliott5315@jameselliott53157 ай бұрын
    • He was very lucky to have survived the first wave. Wasn’t it like 80 or 90% of them were killed ?

      @CP_FPV@CP_FPV7 ай бұрын
    • My grandfather was in the 30th. He said the EXACT same thing about the Germans and the French.

      @joshuamccune2695@joshuamccune26957 ай бұрын
    • Probably looked at the French the way our boys today consider the ANA. Worthless training.

      @mavrick65921@mavrick659217 ай бұрын
    • @joshuamccune2695 My grandfather said the French would fire at you wearing German uniforms, causing American casualties, then immediately surrender once you gave them a receipt. He said the French would also radio their positions to the Germans for artillery.

      @jameselliott5315@jameselliott53157 ай бұрын
    • ​@@jameselliott5315 I find this very interesting. I'd bet there was a lot of this "not as the story's told" type of stuff going on. I have my own theories. I'd bet that's why the soldiers, of whom many admit they were completely brainwashed, were told to never speak of the things they saw and did in the war. They didn't want to public to know.

      @jimdandy8119@jimdandy81197 ай бұрын
  • A very articulate and sharp gentleman. You have my greatest respect from over here in the UK 🇬🇧 where you embarked from to fight for freedom 🇺🇸.

    @captainhindsight8779@captainhindsight87796 ай бұрын
    • Me too! 👍 🇺🇸 🇬🇧

      @gazza2933@gazza29336 ай бұрын
    • 🇺🇸 🇬🇧

      @jshepard152@jshepard1522 ай бұрын
  • Still carrying his helmet...What a guy!

    @SocialObject@SocialObject7 ай бұрын
  • Thank you Sir. You will never be forgotten. I am French and i still wish i would be able to shake hand with a veteran. God bless you, Dieu vous bénisse

    @JamyMolett@JamyMolett7 ай бұрын
  • It's truly amazing listening to these first hand accounts from soldiers telling their experience during D-day. These stories are very valuable and we can't forget them. We can't forget the cost of freedom. I commend this man for sharing as much as he did.

    @iconicamericano1131@iconicamericano11317 ай бұрын
    • ^^^This is our main goal at AVC^^^ Thank you for watching

      @americanveteranscenter@americanveteranscenter7 ай бұрын
    • Look what our Country has become , we have thrown away what they died for !!

      @skipjohnson7255@skipjohnson72557 ай бұрын
    • @@skipjohnson7255unfortunately I have to agree with you. Sad

      @alanluscombe8a553@alanluscombe8a5537 ай бұрын
  • His memory is astounding. Always amazes me to watch these guys tear up at something that happened 80 years ago. Tells you how impactful these things were to them.

    @topcover7390@topcover73906 ай бұрын
    • You never really forget a very traumatic experience in your life and their breed faced on of the most nightmarish hell in all of human history

      @Jomster777@Jomster7776 ай бұрын
    • Obviously lol you think someone is gonna forget soemthing that traumatizing?

      @jayo3074@jayo30744 ай бұрын
    • @@jayo3074unless the old vets have alzmieter then he can’t remember

      @gladeateor1950@gladeateor19504 ай бұрын
    • @@jayo3074 A lot of people do forget, or rather compartmentalize and block. I have some I remember, and there are things I know I’m blocking.. just not ready to look yet. You shouldn’t speak of something like this unless you are saying something worthwhile and not toxic.

      @freedfree7933@freedfree79333 ай бұрын
    • @@freedfree7933 absolute rubbish.

      @jayo3074@jayo30743 ай бұрын
  • My Grandfather was assigned to the 29th (116th Infantry, 2nd Battalion, H Company). He survived D-Day, but not the war. This interview “touched home” a little bit. Thank you Mr. McCarthy for everything you went through. My family has served and continues to serve to this day and is thankful for you sir. God Bless…..

    @stnkyp8@stnkyp87 ай бұрын
    • My uncle was in the 29th 116th company F.

      @lsnead72@lsnead72Ай бұрын
  • Wished I would have spent more time talking to my grandpa about his time during the Korean War. Sometimes I think the Vets who are so willing to talk about their experiences live a lot longer without all that tremendous weight on their shoulders.

    @themonopolyguy4365@themonopolyguy43657 ай бұрын
    • Yeah it’s hard to say, I am 33 and an army infantry vet if 9 years and I always thought about these guys and how if what I was doing was difficult or caused issues in life how must it have been for these guys. Ww2 would have been in insane thing to experience. There are just no words.

      @alanluscombe8a553@alanluscombe8a5537 ай бұрын
    • My football coach in high school was in the 82nd during Korea. I had no idea until I saw his obituary years later.

      @airdefender1@airdefender17 ай бұрын
    • War is fictional. Wasnt he stopped from telling you about what was marketed as the Korea War?

      @bunk95@bunk954 ай бұрын
    • Korean Veterans were Told NOT to Talk about it..Read " About Face " David Hackworth. Also Unit History are Available..

      @finddeniro@finddeniro3 ай бұрын
  • His son, Don, Jr., hired me in 2022... I met Donald Sr. in the years to come. Great men, both!

    @johnvielhaber6858@johnvielhaber68587 күн бұрын
  • What a well spoken veteran. His mind is still as sharp as it was when he was a younger. Beirut era was my time. Known a bunch of WW2 vets in my lifetime. True American patriots, I love all of you. Tremendous respect for the greatest generation. You need to mention these vets age so the new generations can relate. This man has to be 90 years old and looks to be in better shape mentally and physically than people 50 years younger than him.

    @user-ib1uc1wp9o@user-ib1uc1wp9o6 ай бұрын
  • Hearing this man relive a nightmare is incredible. Soon enough, all the heroes of WW2 will all be gone. God bless this man for telling his story.

    @stephenamato918@stephenamato9183 ай бұрын
    • @@LF12468what?

      @noahjo@noahjo3 ай бұрын
  • Thank you sir for what you did , no one should have to endure what you had to . My father fought in Europe but not at Normandy !

    @skipjohnson7255@skipjohnson72557 ай бұрын
  • The Greatest Generation 🙌🏾...Absolute Respect Sir 🙏🏾 Thank You for your service

    @dogpawz2012@dogpawz20122 ай бұрын
  • This man is very switched on for his age, you can see he hasn’t let the horrors of war strain his mind too much.

    @stevenjeffries2159@stevenjeffries21597 ай бұрын
    • Definitely strong willed. My grandfather was in battle of the bulge came back home and drank himself to death.

      @waynelitchkowski2389@waynelitchkowski2389Ай бұрын
    • @@waynelitchkowski2389he must have experienced some stuff

      @innavision1920@innavision192023 күн бұрын
  • We owe this man and his fellows so much it's unbelievable. God bless him and all of them!!!

    @bobdixon4998@bobdixon49987 ай бұрын
  • ❤ So well spoken; such a beautiful man and Hero from DDay. Thank you forever for your brave service

    @janetharned4343@janetharned4343Күн бұрын
  • 29th Division - very brave men against impossible odds. Glad you survived Don. Sounds like you led an honorable life.

    @RubyBandUSA@RubyBandUSA7 ай бұрын
  • Absolutely incredible to hear from this man and others in his generation. I hope and pray that I can live up to this man’s achievements and the achievements of those like him. God bless.

    @connercrawford6235@connercrawford62357 ай бұрын
    • 😕His achievements are those that we can only hope and pray we never have to repeat.

      @mcfrisko834@mcfrisko8347 ай бұрын
  • I clicked on to tell whoever that this guy Is a true man in every sense of the word. Thank you for what you and your brothers did!!!.

    @milesallen7339@milesallen73397 ай бұрын
  • Wow this makes me so emotional, truly the bravest men to ever live! Seeing that he passed in 2017 at 93... RIP to this man. I hope he was able to come to terms with the things he saw during the war and he has peace wherever he rests now.

    @JakeMcGarryDrums@JakeMcGarryDrums6 ай бұрын
    • bravest man to ever live? He did what he had to do to survive. It wasnt like you could swim back . Stuck on the beach , survive or die. No bravery involved. just reality

      @travisgoesthere@travisgoesthere4 ай бұрын
    • @@travisgoesthere I did not say him specifically lol. But yeah, I mean in all reality he could've hid in cover for most of the battle and he chose not to. So yeah, the reality is he was at war, and he chose to face it. And that takes bravery, no matter how you define it.

      @JakeMcGarryDrums@JakeMcGarryDrums4 ай бұрын
  • He was definitely from Massachusetts. God bless him and his family.

    @robertherring1618@robertherring16187 ай бұрын
    • And how so

      @jetrifle4209@jetrifle4209Ай бұрын
  • Im thankkful this man carried his helmet with him. A stark reminder of his sacrifice. An item proving his memory and existence. I hope it sits in a Beautiful spot in a well funded museum these days.. RiP

    @Anon-greyman@Anon-greyman7 ай бұрын
  • I talked to a vet once who said he had a Sargent Major (Canadian) that during a 88 bombardment stood up in the field that was being shelled as they hid and yelled for them to move forward…BALLS OF STEEL…we owe them our lives!

    @Jay-nq2jl@Jay-nq2jl7 ай бұрын
  • This is some of the most brave young men of their time!! My Dad was in the Navy during the war. He was on the ships when they bombed Hiroshima. My Dad said if they hadn’t bombed them, he knew him and many other Americans we not make it home. He was always very emotional when talking about the war his whole life for his buddies that didn’t make it home:-(. I loved my Dad very much😞

    @marlenemanion9776@marlenemanion97767 ай бұрын
  • Incredible! What a memory. This man said he could remember this day as if it were just yesterday. Many Thanks!

    @-.Steven@-.Steven7 ай бұрын
    • Yeah that’s called PTSD.. the victims of it remember all those extremely stressful moments

      @dm6801@dm68017 ай бұрын
    • @@dm6801 - ahh hav 64 years off it and am on the mental health act 1992 here in new zealand.- had stress and hell in and out in 64 years.

      @seanodwyer4322@seanodwyer43227 ай бұрын
  • Listening to these mens stories really does something to me that I can't describe. Thankful, for every single one of them and for how easy our lives are today.

    @zackadamec9332@zackadamec93325 күн бұрын
  • this guy and his story were one of the most interesting from World War 2 ive heard ever! thanks for uploading this

    @stankymans@stankymans4 ай бұрын
  • It's sad we're losing a lot of these great soldiers everyday from old age. I lost my dad in 2019 at the age of 100. What great men and women from the greatest generation. Thank you to all who served in world war 2.

    @jeffreyknight3884@jeffreyknight38846 ай бұрын
  • I'm grateful to have met a world 2 veteran. He taught me simple proper etiquette. I never forgot this..having grown up with none. Thank you!

    @user-wm8py8pj1t@user-wm8py8pj1t21 күн бұрын
  • Thank you for this interview.

    @billd2635@billd263516 күн бұрын
  • The greatest generation. Respect. Lots if it. From Finland. War is hell.

    @apuuvah@apuuvah7 ай бұрын
  • I saw a clip of a british veteran on a normandy beach during the 60 year anniversary. He said that over the years he had heard comments about GIs not being great soldiers...in his experience they were the bravest and best group of men he ever met...he would know....love and respect from the UK

    @rustytrombone9101@rustytrombone91016 ай бұрын
    • How could one made to be thought of as a GI not be able to be also thought of as a great soldier?

      @bunk95@bunk954 ай бұрын
  • The greatest Generation of 20th century!!! No matter USA,USSR, GB, or RF!!! I am proud that both of my grandpas were part of WW2 ending.....both of them fought in 3rd RedArmy's Ukr. Front....one of them had reached the Austrian- German border were they met the Boys from the Great British 8th Army.....He was a gunsight operator on Vikkers than on PzKw4....

    @memo_mauserlorettini5979@memo_mauserlorettini59797 ай бұрын
    • Soviets were pretty % (can't write the word, filter) in Poland during WW2. Look at what happened in Bucha or Irpin in Ukraine last year. They haven't changed at all. Completely different standard compared to soldiers from US/UK.

      @pavel9652@pavel96524 ай бұрын
    • @@pavel9652 "Commander, who we are supposed to clean?"...do You remember the sentence,?:-)

      @memo_mauserlorettini5979@memo_mauserlorettini59794 ай бұрын
  • Such amazing stories from WW2. Both of my grandfathers fought. One was in Iwo Jima, and the other drive tanks through North Africa and Italy. They never talked much about their experiences before they passed, so I always appreciate hearing these accounts of soldiers’ personal stories.

    @henryjumbohead5391@henryjumbohead53916 ай бұрын
  • I'm a veteran of Grenada and Beirut. I'm proud to have served. My Grandfather was a WWII VETERAN and I heard several stories of him going through similar things. Much respect and appreciation. Thank you for your service and God Bless America.

    @FormerPBABowlerJoeJenkinsII@FormerPBABowlerJoeJenkinsII6 ай бұрын
  • As a veteran , United States Army, 67 tango ,Germany. Blackhawk crew chief, One who holds great respect for our country and for the soldier telling his account of battle, find it historically fascinating and significantly important where he mentions that there were Japanese “Jerry’s “as he put it, they were fighting as opposed to what should’ve been Germans upon those cliffs . I salute this man and his astute memory. And the fact that he still carries his brain playing around with you. God bless you sir. In the United States of America! Those who bring Such wonderful interviews with such authentic first hand accounts of surviving the hell of war to tell about it. . Priceless one might say. Thank you just the same.

    @archstanton3249@archstanton324919 күн бұрын
    • heh brain pan

      @RW77777777@RW7777777718 күн бұрын
    • @@RW77777777 Roger that typo Romeo Whiskey 77777777. Wilco over out…

      @archstanton3249@archstanton324918 күн бұрын
  • Thank you so much for your service and lovely dedications to Our Beautiful USA Dear American Sir.🥰😍🤗🙏❤🤍💙🇺🇲💪🏻👍🎊🎉

    @anlerden4851@anlerden48517 ай бұрын
  • I was a Corpsman for the Marines . We were always taught that when under direct fire to put the injured man between us and the line of fire. My Marines always gave me shite when we were in war games.

    @surfdocer103@surfdocer1037 ай бұрын
  • These interviews are among the most important and worthwhile videos on KZhead. These American men are unlike any American men ( or women or other gender) we will ever see again. It’s a good thing they are almost all gone now. They fought for us and our society has now eroded to a point that is just shameful. They would probably be pretty disappointed at what this country has now become.

    @Braveheartman123@Braveheartman1237 ай бұрын
    • There are no other genders. The fact you have fallen victim to the stupidity is indicating how far we have fallen.

      @billhester8821@billhester88217 ай бұрын
  • Thanku for your service Sir 🫡Great honor to heard u alive. Great welcome from Poland 🇵🇱🤝🇺🇲

    @MF-xc5nt@MF-xc5nt3 ай бұрын
  • Thanks to this man for kindly giving this interview.

    @blackterminal@blackterminal7 ай бұрын
  • I am truly with a heavy heart to see what has happened to this country you fought so hard for.

    @b.pack3@b.pack37 ай бұрын
    • Yes it’s important we make sure we continue to defeat the Nazi right wing fascism he fought to eliminate!

      @c3aloha@c3aloha7 ай бұрын
    • Its turned into an immigration centre

      @marti9@marti97 ай бұрын
  • Thank you to this channel for giving our Veterans a voice so the rest of us can begin to understand that aspect of our freedom we have. This channel should be a class you have to take in school.

    @ClickClack_Bam@ClickClack_Bam6 ай бұрын
  • You are doing such an important thing saving these stories for all time. These stories need to be heard by all generations....so that these terrible conflicts never happen again. Keep up the great work, thank you.

    @richardspencer1227@richardspencer12276 ай бұрын
  • Thank you for your service if it wasn't for men like this we definitely wouldn't be able to appreciate all of the freedoms and niceties we have today

    @ianroberts9889@ianroberts988924 күн бұрын
  • The clarity of so many veterans stories starts to sink in after a while. After 60, 70, 80 years the details and names they remember seem so vivid. As painful as it is to relive your war experience, thank you. You guys are around 100 years old now.

    @peterpitre9736@peterpitre97366 ай бұрын
  • When he tears up I lost it. Thank you 🙏🏻

    @JS-wn2dx@JS-wn2dx3 ай бұрын
  • Thank you for sharing Mr. McCarthy's story. I'm glad he was able to, even through the emotional intensity of it.

    @MattGates1SelfIntro@MattGates1SelfIntro3 ай бұрын
  • This man is so sharp and switched on! What a legend!

    @Fr0zenP3nguin@Fr0zenP3nguin6 ай бұрын
  • Thank You for documenting and sharing this So honestly. Me and my Family have the Upmost Respect for you and your incredible Sisters and Brothers that served !!!

    @j.allen2258@j.allen22587 ай бұрын
    • Thanks for watching! We try to let the guys and gals speak for themselves because their stories are so personal and can have a deep impact on us today/in the future.

      @americanveteranscenter@americanveteranscenter7 ай бұрын
  • The youth of today have no idea what these heroes did for us 😢

    @justinmcquaide4862@justinmcquaide48627 ай бұрын
    • As a seventeen-year-old, I agree. Kids these days don't seem to appreciate the sacrifice.

      @williamhalsted4@williamhalsted46 ай бұрын
    • Like any generation, the ones that care know.

      @havik82@havik826 ай бұрын
  • One of the greatest generation!❤ I’m in awe.

    @pigpaul@pigpaul7 ай бұрын
  • Take any hat off every time for every veteran. You’re the definition of a hero, with every soldier next to you. One love ❤️.

    @petepan9696@petepan96967 ай бұрын
  • Mr. McCarty, thank you for sharing your experience with us. It is incredibly courageous to relive the horrors you witnessed but very much appreciated.

    @kurkruk70@kurkruk707 ай бұрын
  • Thank you so much for sharing this.

    @lifefordummies@lifefordummiesАй бұрын
  • Glad you lived to share your memorys sir. And those that didn't make it, live on through the memorys you share. X

    @BLzBob.7268@BLzBob.72684 ай бұрын
  • I'll sit and listen to those that are left and learn as much as possible. Thank you all for your service, myself, my children and grandchildren are grateful

    @MainFrameGamerz@MainFrameGamerz6 ай бұрын
  • Thank you, sir!

    @banjo1241@banjo12417 ай бұрын
  • Thank you so much for keeping our veteran's stories alive! I was wondering, does anyone at AVC read the comments to the veterans in the videos? Obviously only the positive ones should be conveyed to them. But I think it would be wonderful for these brave men to hear hundreds of comments expressing thanks and gratitude!

    @chutcentral@chutcentral3 ай бұрын
  • I know one story relating to Omaha Beach. To help troops get off Omaha, the Texas sailed close to shore. The destroyers got within 1,000 yards of the beach. So close that their gun optics were useless. They spotted an M4 Sherman on the beach. It lost a track but was still firing its 75mm at the enemy. The gunners were told to fire where the Sherman did. The 75mm hot the target, then came a barrage of 5 inch guns and destroyed the target. The tank commander popped out of his hatch, turned and waved at the destroyers, then dropped back down. For awhile that Sherman became the destroyers fire-control parry. Also, many of the unit defending Omaha Beach were not German. They were members of Ost Battalions, Eastern Battalions. They were men drawn from either POW camps or German-occupied areas. There were Russians, Poles, Czech, Baltic States. There are stories of Mongolians and even Koreans being captured at Normandy. Their loyalty was dubious at best. Many Ostruppen surrendered the first chance they got. Two stories that came to mind, a group of American paratroopers were fired at from a bunker. During a lull in the battle there was a single shot. The door to the bunker opened. Out came several uniformed soldiers, hands raised, and laughing. Turns out they were Polish conscripts. One of them shot their German sergeant. In another, a pair of American paratroopers were captured after mistakenly landing behind Omaha Beach. Their captors were Polish. As luck would have it, the paratroopers were descendants of Polish immigrants. With this connection the paratroopers convinced their guarsa they would be treated fairly if they surrendered. As the 29th and 1st got off Omaha, they came upon a pair of paratroopers leading a group of about a dozen eager prisoners I to captivity.

    @charlessaint7926@charlessaint79267 ай бұрын
    • Those are all very interesting, but keep in mind the importance of verifiable details.

      @ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid7 ай бұрын
    • I like the one in north Africa where patton ordered 2 Italian soldiers to push his jeep out of the ditch, and they did it.

      @noturfather1106@noturfather11067 ай бұрын
    • Never heard about Poles defending Omaha beach. Quick check shows there were no OST Battalions defending Omaha, and the beach was defended by Germans. Show your sources. Britannica says: German forces involved in the defense of Omaha Beach consisted of the 352nd Infantry Division. Wiki says: Grenadier Regiment 916th was an infantry regiment of the Wehrmacht from 1943 until 1945. It was set up in the area around Saint-Lô and then sent to Omaha Beach in December 1943. I think 352nd was doing anti-invasion training in the area and was able to reinforce defenders.

      @pavel9652@pavel96524 ай бұрын
    • ​@@pavel9652 50% of defenders of Omaha Beach consisted of foreign conscripted eastern European men which were part of the 439th Ost Battalion.

      @WW2SolitaireBoardGameChannel@WW2SolitaireBoardGameChannel4 ай бұрын
    • @@WW2SolitaireBoardGameChannel You need to provide some sources. I didn't find any information what they were doing during landing operations, but it seems they were in Normandy, circa 20-30 km away from Omaha beach, so it is possible they were involved at some point. It seems they were formed in central Russia, according to Wikipedia, so there were unlikely any Poles.

      @pavel9652@pavel96523 ай бұрын
  • Thank you for all your lifelong personal sacrifices that you and your company have made for the betterment of many lives. it is very much appreciated by myself and many more and always will be. Words cannot describe it

    @Vorrgon@Vorrgon5 ай бұрын
  • Its incredible to hear these firsthand accounts. Too many of these heroic men are dying off and not enough people are listening to these important stories. God bless this man, God bless the men that stormed the beaches of Normandy, especially those who fell in combat. They really are heros. If not for them, half of the world may be speaking German today.

    @forslavjo@forslavjo6 ай бұрын
  • Honestly, these War Veterans suffered so much. The few still alive are still hunted by the gory scenes they witnessed then .... especially on D-DAY. Maximum respect to these heroes including those who have passed away.🙏🏾🥺

    @dadajulius6489@dadajulius6489Ай бұрын
  • My step father was in the only Navy unit (9th Beach Battalion) to come ashore with the army. They were in the first wave and he landed on Omaha (Dog Red Sector) and cleared mine and obstacles then let the LCA's know where to land. How he or any men in the first few waves made it is beyond comprehension. A great generation of real men. The young men of today would fail in a combat situation.

    @greatmartini1@greatmartini16 ай бұрын
  • THANK YOU, SIR! AND SO MANY OTHERS!

    @randymillhouse791@randymillhouse7916 ай бұрын
  • Thank you for your service

    @Joellikestobox@Joellikestobox7 ай бұрын
  • Many thanks for this video!

    @philipthonemann2524@philipthonemann25244 ай бұрын
  • Thank you for sharing your story

    @danielhotham538@danielhotham5384 ай бұрын
  • Fantastic video thank you.

    @alexandertaylor1225@alexandertaylor12257 ай бұрын
    • Thank you for watching!

      @americanveteranscenter@americanveteranscenter7 ай бұрын
  • Thank you for sharing this important history

    @iHeartfluffyDogs@iHeartfluffyDogs3 ай бұрын
  • Respect to Mr. McCarthy and all those who served on D-Day 🫡

    @fettfan91@fettfan913 ай бұрын
  • Thank you 🙏 so much for your bravery to you all men and women for this honorable event, thank u for being brave and sharing this amazing story ❤️🙏🇺🇸

    @Friskokid77@Friskokid777 ай бұрын
  • I live in Weymouth and these men are remembered every year!

    @r32jack65@r32jack65Ай бұрын
  • I stop trying to either imagine what these guys went through or use words to describe it. It’s on another level that I can’t comprehend.

    @squangan@squangan6 ай бұрын
  • My late wife's grandfather landed with the second rangers....all these men deserve our gratitude....I also had a great uncle who was a pow in Germany at some point during the war...truly the greatest generation...thank you.....

    @hazelparker5973@hazelparker59737 ай бұрын
    • Trump prefers Great Uncles that WER'ENT captured, OK? VOTE ACCORDINGLY!

      @randymillhouse791@randymillhouse7916 ай бұрын
  • “I reached a point where I had to talk to God in a real hurry.” Heart wrenching.

    @narcanninja@narcanninja6 ай бұрын
    • Germans were speaking to the same god, and even had belt buckles with text "Gott mit uns". Catholic church struck deal with the %zis to help them gain power and haven't excommunicated %zi leaders for their crimes against humanity.

      @pavel9652@pavel96524 ай бұрын
    • @@pavel9652 Makes sense when you consider that Roman Catholics are pagans larping as Christians, just like Nazi leadership.

      @redaug4212@redaug42123 ай бұрын
  • Thank you

    @katherinedinwiddie4526@katherinedinwiddie45267 ай бұрын
  • God bless you sir...thank you for your service to our country

    @stlrockn@stlrockn7 ай бұрын
  • Incredible story. They really were the 'greatest generation'..

    @moobaz8675@moobaz86757 ай бұрын
  • The testimonies that come from these veterans is literally more valuable than gold. There's not that many living omaha veterans or let alone dday veterans left. Thank you for documenting history

    @froot6086@froot60867 ай бұрын
  • bless ‘em all, hopefully be over to Normandy for the 80th can never be forgotten 🇺🇸🇬🇧

    @williamrobertson390@williamrobertson3907 ай бұрын
  • We young ens don’t even know we are born….a debt we can never repay you thank you for your service,sacrifices and endless courage Sir….

    @metv6858@metv68586 ай бұрын
  • Thank you so much for your service my friend!! My family and i love all of you who fought for us! We can’t ever repay you guys for this but we can continue to make videos like this and show just how much a soldier like this man went threw!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

    @brandonray8409@brandonray84097 ай бұрын
  • Thank you Sir!

    @user-bi8fz7vq9b@user-bi8fz7vq9b4 ай бұрын
  • Thank you for your service, Sir.🇺🇸

    @cindyjackson2457@cindyjackson245710 күн бұрын
  • Thank you so much for your service🇺🇸. God bless you and your brothers you fought with. Truly the greatest and bravest generation to have ever lived. Thank you 🙏

    @matthollins3806@matthollins38067 ай бұрын
  • do what ever you gotta do. thank you Sir, GLAD/HAPPY to see you!!

    @jinjaman101@jinjaman1017 ай бұрын
  • thanks for relieving this for us 🙏🏻✨

    @DSWL_@DSWL_3 ай бұрын
  • Love this old guys humility. People like him are why I'm still proud to be American. Sometimes lately, it's been hard.

    @chrisschaeffer9661@chrisschaeffer96614 ай бұрын
  • Thank you all veterans out there. You guys are the best

    @HistoricPlum6269@HistoricPlum62694 ай бұрын
  • Thank you good sir. Thank you.

    @edgarkoen1230@edgarkoen12303 ай бұрын
  • Donald A. McCarthy passed away on August 1, 2017 at the age of 93

    @brentoncoppick3922@brentoncoppick39227 ай бұрын
    • May he rest in eternal peace. Condolences to all.

      @robertthomas3777@robertthomas37776 ай бұрын
    • I knew Donald... His son, Donald Jr., hired me and he became the best friend in my life... Love them both...

      @johnvielhaber6858@johnvielhaber68587 күн бұрын
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