90-year-old man recounts a remarkable experience he had in WWII.

[thenatinator1]

I love this movie! Made me cry... such a touching story.

[Cryofax]

How can this only have 36k views when some crap about kittens has 17 million?

[forrenzt3]

thanks for sharin

[thisismine945]

who could dislike this????

[mscottveach]

@thisismine945 probably misclicks... it happens sometimes.

[SuperRoofboy]

; )

[PQ18Scylla]

A remarkable story told by a remarkable man!

[neutralhero999]

This MMD. And it also MMCry. IDK why.

[DiMaggioAndrew]

this is beautiful

[Grannyslittlegirl]

What song was it that he played? I got shivers, and I cried at the same time.

[llokkee]

@Grannyslittlegirl

The song he was playing is called Lili Marleen (1939 version),a favourite of all combatants in the ETO.

U can see how this song would evoke memories of home.

Hell I'd surrender if i had been that sniper.

[castlebar67]

hi testing send

[castlebar67]

hi im patrick an IRISHman , nice tribute mate nice story shows how life is so short so tragic, reminds me of my cousins and uncle who fought in both great wars in the English and American Army god rest them and to 1 who died in ww1 a day b4 his 21st birthday god bless you all .

[Mastermax345]

reminds me of the Christmas Truce. How nice.

[WomanOFaith]

Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross w/V, and Air Medal w/V. Pretty much says it all. We're losing the Greatest Generation.

[narutolll]

This is one of the most beautiful video's I have ever seen on YT. I love music with a strong passion, and this just makes me love it even more...

[m00nkey1]

You're a wonderful man, Mr. Tooler.

[faron27]

thank you for your service and all those who have served

[runningformoney]

This generation will be missed. I cherish what they did for me. Thank you

[Jagg3d3d93]

Balls of steel, and a heart of gold.

[chatusripitak]

His eyes, man. His eyes.

[soxredsox]

make love not war!

[CreeperGriefer]

Something something Onions.

[ELCareless]

amazing

[ohcalcutta81]

this is incredible.

[DeeStiller]

War. Contracted wastage of human life; all for the temporary satisfaction of gaining a piece of land, someone else's wealth or a feeling of superiority. All of which at the end of the day don't even matter.

[awesomestation3]

he should had played Feels So Good by Chuck Mangonie

[awesomestation3]

who saw the YTMND one?

[wcr4]

Emotion conquers once again.

[TheTruthHurts129]

think about it. if this was a soldier in Afghanistan shaking the hands of an insurgent, people would be calling him unpatriotic and a traitor on the cable news networks.

times sure have changed

[DeltaFoX129]

@TheTruthHurts129 Regardless of what the idiotic cable news networks would say (they should all just be ignored anyway), you wouldn't be traitorous or unpatriotic. The big difference between the enemy now and the enemy then is the German people (not leadership) were and are civilized with cultural similarities to the Allies.... terrorists are wackos that don't give a shit about anyone or anything other than their god. A terrorist wouldn't dare shake hands with an infidel anyway.

Touching vid

[sluggojfm]

Like many have said, I fear for the day when this greatest generation is gone, taking with them their wisdom and hard-won knowledge of what war and suffering is really like.

[OneSwellChick]

And lo, not a single dry eye was seen in that room that day.

[steviejacko]

what a story

[Dyloc]

I fear for the day when this entire generation is gone. People had class. I'm ashamed of my generation and I'm 26.

[PlanetPerfecto]

The true definition of "class" encapsulated in video form.

[semperfubar]

Look closely and you'll see that his highest decorations is the Silver Star, which is a very high award, and had to be for something more than the story he tells here.

[semperfubar]

The song he played is "Lili Marleen", a beautiful song, and as meaningful to Germans as "Waltzing Matilda" is to Australians and "Maria Elena" is to Latin America.

[13AnGeL666]

nazi playing sax.. how beautiful

[DominicRiv]

@13AnGeL666 That's a trumpet

[meatwad515]

How can you not like this?

[Amstellovych]

Did anyone notice how clear his eyes are? To be honest I wouldn't give him 90 years, he looks a lot younger. This is really touching video, truly emotional.

[anteracmacash]

let's send over trumpets to Afghanistan and teach the soldiers how to play haji songs...

[edarrell2]

Probably taken from a history piece done by KUED, Channel 7 in Salt Lake City. This is Col. Jack Tueller (ret.). Great story about Tueller in the Deseret News.

KUED will rebroadcast this segment of their World War II history on November 30, 2010.

[daleeasson]

They went with songs to the battle, they were young.

Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady and aglow.

They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,

They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning,

We will remember them.

Ode of Remembrance.

[oxiigen]

this should see all the soldiers in the world.

[Master7770]

What is that song he is playing?

[balqan]

@Master7770 It's Lili Marlene, by Marlene Dietrich

[ryan40r]

Is this a documentary from Erroll Morris?? Looks like it....

[Master7770]

@PyreFleur He was a lone sniper in a battle that was already lost. His duty was to do what he felt best at that time and obviously he didn't want to die for an already lost cause. Besides all that, what about the Bataan death march? Quite a few Americans soldiers waved the white flag and were treated like insects by the Japanese.

[PyreFleur]

@Master7770 sorry, my dad used my account to leave a comment on this video :(

[CambridgeHeights]

@Master7770 This was right after D-Day. The war was not yet a lost cause for Germany. The honorable thing to do would have been to continue fighting and take out as many enemy soldiers as possible with his sniper rifle. Every enemy soldier that he didn't kill was a threat to his countrymen behind him.

Of course, I'm an American, so I'm glad he was a coward. I wish all German soldiers were so cowardly during WWII. Would have made things a lot easier.

[CDClock]

@CambridgeHeights oh boy, people...

[meedow99]

@PyreFleur Have you been to war, Pyre? You wouldn't understand a thing about what those men were thinking or feeling, but it's easy for you to rattle your saber from behind a computer screen, isn't it? Maybe when you gain a few more years in life you'll actually understand. As it stands, you're still too immature to grasp the meaning of a video like this.

[Eukatheude]

@PyreFleur Successful troll is successful. My hat off, sir.

[fassstEddie]

"The power of music" he says. How true. Tchaikovsky said, "without music, surely we would go mad."

Nice video.

Thanks

[nutellaontoast]

Then the American dude marched forward with his bayonette and killed some random Germans!

[LiTTLeDizZyUriNe]

i can't help tearing up while watching this

[sattfield]

The two people who voted this down hit a bum note.

[jari1994]

This guy is a true hero. No one can deny that. The world would be a better place with more people like this guy.

[bombmaster1311]

Maybe he, the German snipper, tells this story to his grandchildren. Hopefully he is alive and will be able to see this. Beautiful!

[churchofpac]

@bombmaster1311 Doubtful, but thoughtful.

[welk2703]

If only people would listen to music the world w`be a different place

[sgtmajtom06]

Remarkable. 

[Fauvist22]

This country is short of real men. I hope to be as strong of a man as my Grandfather one day. This is a real American. We need more men like this.

[FurShurr1316]

cool story bro...

[zulu45]

2 people here are disgusting examples of the worst of human society, who voted down.

[gtepper]

great story!

[vjamora]

The power of music indeed.

[Eridaus]

Dear World,

Can we have people like this all over the world all the time?

Thank you.

[REB40]

This is why they are called " The Greatest Generation "...may God bless them for their service and sacrifices.

[DaytonaRoadster]

@REB40 to bad the generation after them is the cancer thats killing america