Published on Jul 21, 2014 by Project Vigil
On June 6th, 2014, my 11 year old son wanted to say thank you to the soldiers who fought and died on Omaha beach on D-Day morning 70 years earlier. This is how he did it.
Posted: July 30, 2014
Categories: Videos
thanks Bulldog…. my eyes are full.
Thanks BD, guess I needed to shed a few tears. I assume his father taught him history, bless him. No gold fringe on that flag either. Still wait for the day when our men refuse to fight and die in these foreign wars that do nothing for America. Men, the enemy is inside the gates of your own borders, keep America safe by fighting the war raging here.
If this does not bring tears to your eyes, you are not human. Thank’s a million Bulldog. I pray we find our American spirit. This Boy represents what we all should be standing up for. Truly inspiring. My God we have lost so much!
I could not stop crying. I too could imagine our boys coming ashore on that day. Breaks my heart! My youngest grandson (11 years old) is all military and he would have done the same thing as the young boy in the video. He likes to wear his PaPa’s dress Army jacket and salutes in his honor. My husband, my hero, of 42 years was a Disabled Army Viet Nam Vet passed away in December 2012 from pancreatic cancer. I received this video from another military friend of ours and sent it to all my e-mail friends and they will continue sending to their friends. This little boy is our future and his father has taught him what sacrafices were made for our freedom. Our young men and women are still fighting for us, let us not forget what they are still sacraficing. God bless America, our troops, and that little boy.
Let us hope that should this or any other child grow to put their life in harm’s way as in the conflict this touching video presentation commemorates, that it be in such a cause so clearly moral and noble as was the invasion of Normandy and the liberation of Europe by The Allies.
Pray it not be in some military campaign misguided at best and politically motivated at worst — though such not tarnish the personal courage and sacrifice of soldiers in situations made even more unfortunate by such circumstance.
Our children — especially one so reverent as this lad — are a national treasure. And spending such carelessly, or selfishly as our politician leaders are wont to do, is a crime, not only against this boy and the flag he holds and the many sacrifices each bear witness to, but against all the better angels of our nature
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Would that this lad’s vigil inspire us to remember the best efforts of our past and honor those of our present as well as to consider the best hopes for his future and that of his country and all countries.
May God bless and keep those willing to sacrifice in the hope of winning and defending freedom — not only for themselves but for those who have gone before, are currently with them in their foxholes or in their hearts, or will come after them. And may He also guide those who carry the great responsibility of leading such reverent, courageous and selfless folk.
PS: I have read somewhere this kid (and I assume his father) are French. Can anyone confirm this one way or the other? It is the only thing I can think of that would make this more poignant to this American (not to mention raise to even higher heights my estimation of the character of the boy and his family).
— Rob
Whenever I begin to feel depressed over the future of our great nation, it seems a young man or woman such as this boy steps up and affirms my faith in our future. I thank him from the bottom of my heart. God bless America, land of the free and home of the brave.
Young man I salute you. I commend you for your heroic act. Truly outstanding! We are blessed to have you in our world. May you be an inspiration to us all. Mere words cannot express my gratitude to you and how emensely proud I am of you. May our Lord bless and keep you close all the days of your life. Amen.
I was with the 101st in Vietnam, As I watched this young man and felt a pride that is hard to explain , I’ve watched this tribute more than a dozen times and I shed tears every time.
I wish I could of been there to witness , shake hands and salute this young hero , at least that is what he is to me. I can only imagine how proud his father must be. By the way was he American or French and do those policemen still have their jobs…
Thank you son (BUllDog) you are the kind of young man so many of us would love to have. May God keep you in his arms for your whole life.
An old sub navy sailor.
To Bulldog and your incredible son,
It has been some time since I had see the video. I just watched it again. I am a US Army veteran and my grand father was at Omaha beach on D-Day. I will say that the pride I felt while watching it is overwhelming.
Just wanted to say God Bless your son.
T. Burley