Before You Go - Veterans Tribute and Thank You

[voiceforveterans]

The lines did touched me. What a nice song!

[WvSharpshooter]

we can NEVER thank our Soldiers enough for what they do and have to endure

[TheRandomWhovian]

I performed this song today at the VA Medical center. Had to have it transposed across several octaves, since I'm a girl, but it was still a gorgeous song. People were crying, and my father was there too. I feel so honored that I was asked to honor them in that way.

Say thank you to a veteran today.

[Sparklystars001]

We sang this at my primary school when i was in year 6 to our grandparents and local veterans and alot started to cry

[XxxUMBRELLAxx]

my granddad lost his arm in the SOM and lived to tell the tell

[rucajuda]

much respect to the us army! You are the best

[hippygramma]

Thank you is not enough but it's all I have.. Thank you to all those who have and who are serving our country...and especially for those who gave their lives.. Thank you all who saw more than what's in our worst nightmares and thank you to my friends who spend countless days without loved ones bc they are off ensuring our freedom. We are eternally grateful!

[TheHooDooQueen]

My Dad was in the Navy on the USS Wasp ~ God Bless him ~ I wish he could have seen this video too ~ It makes me cry ~ I miss my Dad so much, he was a good man and worked hard and made a really good life for our family.

[TheFrontlinesStories]

If you don't mind post their stories on The Frontlines wwwthefrontlinescom. It is a site dedicated to preserving our veteran history so that future generations will understand the concept of service to country is service to oneself. thank you.

Very respectfully,

Nathan W. Tierney

CW4, USA

[CorsairWWII]

Loved this video brings a tear to my eye every time I see this.

Thank you guys

Love Joe

[dannyted]

My Dad died over 30 years ago, way, way too young. He enlisted in the Army in the fall of 1942 and was part of an engineering company. Like so many of the WWII vets, he rarely told me about the war. As I was only 26 when he died, I didn't give his silence about the war much thought. As I got older (I'm now a year older than he was when he died) I wondered so much about what he went through during that time. This video speaks so much to me, and maybe tells me a little bit about my Dad. Thanks.

[haileegraydon]

My brother was a service member.. but never did return home till this day he is still known as a M.I.A member (missing in action). May god bless those who have died and for those who are still fighting for our country.

[rags1488]

My Dad was in the Philippines during WWII and never really talked about his time there. I served in Vietnam in the Mekong Delta in '68-'69 with the Mobile RIverene Force and I understand why he never talked about the war. May my brothers who have gone before me rest in peace and I will see you on the other side. LRB, Rags

[egeit50]

My husband, Airman Larry Long, passed away in October. I had this played at his service. It was a great tribute to him and all the men he served with on the USS Kitty Hawk in 64-68

Mrs. Larry Long

[soxbearshwks]

very well done...

3rd Batt. 7th Marines ChuLai,RVN 10/65-11/66

[SuperFunnyman2010]

My Great Grandfatherr's final resting place is on the USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Now he is in a better place.........

[bt1retired]

I retired from the US Navy in 1978, I lost more than a few friends and relatives to Viet Nam. I was in the war zone 5 times but most of mine was off shore. This is a very moving Tribute I had tears in my eyes and a lump in my throat by the time it was finished. I listened to it three time before I could calm down enough to answer my wife who was calling me to eat.

[haileegraydon]

@bt1 retired

Thank you for serving for us.. we appreciate you.

[wonderfuldreamgirl07]

tht is soooo super sad tht ur father im soo sorry :(

[twilightlover8867]

i have a friend whos bro is in the millitery and shes scaered for him!!!! i need to sho her this song its so great yet really sad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!

[giorgosvenom]

My Dad was serving in Europe during WW2 kill 120 german in creta war

[giorgosvenom]

My Dad was serving in Europe during WW2  kill 120 german in creta war

[mrb17f1]

My Dad was serving in Europe during WW2 with Gen. Patton. If ever there was a song to commemorate his service, this is it. Thank YOU, and thank those who served, especially those who gave the ultimate sacrifice!

[acmannino08]

this is the gayest vide i have ever seen you guys are so fucking gay

[Dolphindream15]

does any one have the MP3 OF THIS I REALLY WOULD LIKE IT

[acmannino08]

@Dolphindream15 why would you want this its sooo gay

[Heuri1]

@acmannino08 Why would you denegrate it? You're so...

But thank you for the video and thanks for the recognition....we'll never let you down so long as just one of us still breathes.

[acmannino08]

@Heuri1 suck it

[SashaVedernikov]

"Go in peace" jeez death sure is just what an 85 year old person wants to hear - I remember someone telling a group of WWII veterans that this is the last chapter in their lives,Boy did they get upset and pissed. Remember that - next time wish them "Good health" and "more life". Seriously when your 85 would you want all kinds of people telling you to "Go in peace" or this is the last part of your life. BS thats rude,older people do not want to hear about death - just ask my Grandpa

[historian1940]

@SashaVedernikov are you that dumb this is to thank them for what they have done for this great country or do you know why he wrote the song? He wrote it after seeing many dont thank them. If you dont know what a song is for then keep your thoughts to your self.

[Afonsocool23]

@SashaVedernikov

dude im not even american or from an english ex-colony but if it werent for America europe and the URSS were just provinces of Germany

[Truth4Liberty]

@SashaVedernikov It's not about who lost more, or who had the biggest army. All allied countries worked together and gave lives to defeat fascists and preserve their way of life. It doesn't matter if it was a Russian soldier fighting in Leningrad or an American soldier fighting in Normandy. The point is, they were all brave and put their lives on the line. Whoever they are, they deserve to be remembered.

[historian1940]

To all those that have given there youth so we may be free thank you! We truly owe you all more than we can ever pay. You gave your all to people you never knew or will know but it did not stop you. Thank you and God bless you all with out you we would not be free today.

[kingjonnyboy117]

You don't just have to Remember on Remembrance Day. To all the Veterans, Thank You.

[mumatararat1]

Heart felt and needed for those who supported their countries

[TunesNorth]

That was beautiful, what a great tribute to our Heroes.

Thank you for posting.

A Proud US Navy Veteran!

Absolutely 5 *s!

I invite you to see my Fallen Warriors tribute.

I wrote and sing the song, and would love to get your opinion.

Thanks, Tom

[lukeman62]

Thanks to all who have fought, and bled and killed for Liberty throughout the history of man.

I pray that we may all become educated enough to realize and and continue to fight againts the Socialistic efforts of the cartelist, politicians and academics who have driven us to most of the wars that have taken the lives of so many true patriots. Down with government control of anything except the military, and up with Liberty!

God bless you all, and keep educating yourselves!!!

[MatildaandSuki]

An excellent video!! Thanks to all of the allied nations who saved our freedom. God bless them.

[MarkHerpel]

Good one. Freedom is not free.

[survivor631]

Truly the generation that saved the world! Such amazing men and women, God Bless them all.

[sonofseal2]

my gran father fought in the pacific and was a pow for the final two weeks of the war he kept his medals in the juink cabinet for years

[sonofseal2]

i plan if i can to became 4th generation military

[vincent1836]

I wish my father could have live to see and hear this tribute to his and his comrads and the sacrafice they made to The World. It is good to know that there are still Americans who love and resect this great nation. To all you faggots who are to cowerdly to serve in the military remember, if you wrote this in english (or had someone write it for you ) you owe that to a teather, and that you are free to express your misguided opinion than a vetern.

[icestrolo]

thank you all for the freedom you gave us

rest in peace veterans

from germany

lost 3 biguncles and my grandma served in the polish underground army :(

good bye we will never forget you

[emo4elmo]

my WWII verteran great grandpa just died last night. he is a hero in my eyes and i will NEVER forget him/.

[Cavscout5096]

My father, his father, and his father and so on, including myself are veterans. if we can have one wish, just leave the military alone, its fine as is, nothing is broken, were attack dogs, not pomeranians, please support us, not belittle us, or try to turn us from a german shepard into a chihauhua :(

Thank Veterans, not spit on them, help veterans, not look the otherway.

[liNeyes]

@Cavscout5096 May God bless you! You have the gratitude of our nation!

[angeloflove941]

awesome!!!!!!!!!! bests veteran song

[OperationThrax]

the greatest song i've heard in a while :), ten of five stars

[GaryKC08]

@LILJAYJAY41

What a dumb ass comment.

[dunndebbiedo]

This is not the page to be sarcastic or disrespectful..now grow up and be someone we can also respect

[mara235]

ww2 vets - the last of the great generation..Thank you.

[mara235]

Thank you to all our veterans, God bless you all. Your service will not be forgotten.

[austinsmimi1]

My husband and I watched this together and it is the most touching and heartfelt thank you we can give to our veterans. My husband is a vietnam vet who was in the infantry. We both just sat looking at the video and holding hands quietly cried, Please don't let all the sacrifices and blood shed go wasted on our country, We need to stand up for our country !!!

[MClilsweetie]

My school is performing this song for your Vet. assembly. We are adding our own harmoney and solos. It sounds beautiful when we sang it. hopefully i can post it up. The event is this Wed. coming up.

[wolfen26]

Thank you guys. Cant say it enough. Thank you.

[kingjonnyboy117]

i can watch most horrifing/ extremely sad videos without somuch as my eyes misting up but i have yet to make it through a veterans tribute or rememberance day without bursting to the pathetic loser i normaly consider those who cry about something heart warming or slightly sad. But our veterans deserve more than tears they deserve our undying gratititued and to know that we live each day to its fullest so as to ensure that the sacrifice they and their friends made was not in vain

[stormspinner1]

Daughter, sister, niece, cousin of Veterans, USAF Veteran, myself. Thank you for honoring those who serve(d). 5/5 stars.

[75t150]

"Thank you, Thank you, Go in Peace."

[soxbearshwks]

very well done

3rd Batt. 7th Marines ChuLai,RVN 10/65-11/66

[snowmansam66]

Thank you

[Whitygotskil]

Thank all of you veterans for your sacrifices and costs to keep me, to keep us free. God Bless you all.

[Sabre0327]

Thanks guys all of you who fought for my country.

[Halo40404]

i cryed i just want to say thank u veterans for your sacrifice i just wish that ww2 never happend

[tehpwng]

pussy

[WWIIfanatic28]

God bless our veterans

we can't every thank you enough

[LMcder8292]

Thank you for this wonderful tribute. My dad is a WW11 Veteran having served in the US Marines. He fought in battles in the South Pacific, including Iwo Jima. This video moved him greatly as he remembered his commerades lost.

[cobrapang]

i really appreciate whoever made this video i just hope that the unit of these soldiers care as much as you more and more veterans are suffering today because of lack of support ,broken families, sleepless nights, homeless ,nightmares the army just ruin a lot of soldiers life like me

[HomerLWiseMemorial]

Wonderful tribute to all soliders past, present and future!

[LivingCrusader]

This song is a beautiful tribute to all Vets, especially the WWII ones. But I would have used a different photo at 2:51 than the one on the left. History will show that like all Anti-war whores, the ones of today are misled fools with nothing better to do.

[snowmansam66]

thank you

[donconjacko]

Thank you

from Germany

also in the name of my 80 years old father.

You suffered so much.....

for a free Europe, now.

Deeply impressed

Hubert

(my mother`s brother was a ss-man)

[Gogeta1337]

This is touching, even though I'm not american. This song applies to many countries.

[blueeyedraven08]

Wow this is just soooo sad!! I cryed!!! I just wanted to say to every veteran!! it doesnt matter what you do no its what you did already and for every single moment that i lived freely.... Thank You!!!! So much!!! this song is so right we dont thank you enough!!! Just remember that i give thanks and that YOU saved this country!!!!!!!! - Elizabeth / blueeyedraven08

[JerkMAnN13]

dido :') thank you all dead and alive for your sacrifice and go in peace

[KatiexKIRA]

we used this video today to say good bye ate our verterans day program

[CHRISTSmusiciansSEA]

Truly Beautiful... THANK YOU

Your Father & Son are in Heaven.

Never pain, hunger, cold-hot, sorrow, EVER. ONLY LOVE, LIGHT, SMILES, LAUGHTER... PEACE

[tinafiedler1]

I would have given anything for my father, who died a year ago, a World War II veteran, to have seen this video. It personifies him completely.

I love and thank all you wonderful veterans out there. Thank you....

[kingjonnyboy117]

The only way that we can truly show our appreciation to these amazing men and women is to be the best that we can be and to ensure that we live life not only for ourselfs but for those who lost theirs ensuring that the world would be a safer place for all of us. Words can not begin to describe my gratitude towards the brave men and women who fought and died for us. And I sincerly hope that I can spend time listening and learning from those veterans who are still with us

[48yob]

This video will open your eyes to the many veterans that helped shape our country. awesome photos and music. My hat is off to you!

[stormspinner1]

Daughter of/sister of/niece of/cousin of Veterans, as well as a Veteran, myself: to all those who've ever donned a uniform in defense of our Nation, THANK YOU - beautiful tribute. Adding to playlist -

*StormSpinner* in Texas (USAF)

[1smokie1]

From a veteran - thank you for saving our freedoms and for your many, many sacrifices. My grandfather was a WWI vet, my dad served during the Korean "Conflict" and most of my uncles and cousins have also done an enlistment or two.

We all considered serving to be an honor and a privilige. Beyond that, a sacred duty.

Sgt Stephen K. Nicklay, USA Ret (med)

1971-75 (medic)

1980-86 (Russian linguist)

[jbolin000]

These guys were the real tough guys. Not knocking forces in todays world but these were the real men. Thank my Lord, I met a few before they left.I love all who have served, serving etc. You all are incredible!!!!!!!!!!!

[Redmond91]

its such a shame the worlds greatest generation is dieing my grandfather who served in WW2 as a bren gunner died 2 years ago

[funniemom]

To our veterans...

Thank you.

[skullkid3091]

awesome song i agree with teh comment below about embedding

i like teh song but i dont want them to go cause my grandpa had to teach korean children and he saw some kids try to steal some rice to feed themselves and pplshot htem they shot little KIDS for trying to get food-he says thats his worst memory

veterans should get some like nvr ending life to turn it in and then they live forever

that would work

[askthelesbian]

Wish the embedding wasn't disabled. I have a better chance of getting people to watch it from my blog. You could have your link in the video. Plus, most people would put your link in there as well.

[huyhuy1234]

they put this song in our school annouser this morning ....i cried

[Phillygirl41]

oh my, My dad served in WW2 and did many of my relatives, Thank you for this. And it's true, they never boasted or bragged.

[Fastronald]

To ALL my fellow American Veterans...THANKS!

Fastronald U.S. Army 1971 - 1974

[DressageFilly95]

We are singing this in chorus for a concert in school. Sad song but nice.

[keetonman]

no they arent heroes...they dont want to be known as heroes...they like me believe that the ones who died are the heroes

[focustnv]

To our true heroes... thank you!

[keetonman]

the veterans dont want to be know as heroes...they believe the heroes are the ones who died are the heroes

[focustnv]

Yes...of course, those who died are heroes...and we can thank our lucky stars for the Heroes who survived.

May they all be known as our heroes.

[akon0077]

This is a realy moving video. Good idea of posting it.

[MrHandy1]

The children of the war veterans are also getting gray now. When they are gone who will be there to remember the truth and the horror of what WWII was like? Will the grandchildren remember or will they forget the hard lessons those soldiers learned? I hope not. It was far too important and too many lives were shed in the learning. May God Bless the Veterans of every country.

[SARGEHVFD]

Unfortunately there is always a new one to learn from.

[alex40965dbz]

i cant find the song anywher els thx...

[alex40965dbz]

i cant find the song anywher els thx...

[alex40965dbz]

imagen being in the pic wher the two soldiers are huging in pain =[

[aqx770]

The Major, a young man back then, flew in North Africa amd the raid on Polesti. When he passed, many years later, we found the Silver Star we never knew he had.

The Sgt. whose family was in an American "Camp" because his ancestors were Japanese, served with Mac in Japan. Years later he was denied a Highschool delploma because the "camps" were not accredited..though he had earned a Masters from Stanford. So hard to write this, I can't see the screen though the tears,..Thank you, Dad.

[ClaraDalton]

Thank you and God bless you soldiers that serverd and many who gave their lives. My son served in Dessert Storm and my grandson served in Iraq, they both made it home. I am so thankful.

[jeromeyward]

This song is just perfect!

"quietly you cry at night"

Heartwrenching!!

[jackietackett]

oops never mind I can't post it on myspace, But thank you anyway for putting it on here!

[jackietackett]

I also received this in an email and was so thankful to see it here on youtube, so I can post it on myspace. Thank you Veterans and God Bless!

[mknochel]

Thank you, World War 2 veterans. I am free because of your sacrifice and bravery. I wish my grandfather could have heard this song.

[jbolin000]

i just got this in a email and replaying here on youtube with tears still in my eyes. Thanks to all Veterans past and present. God Bless the USA.

[patriotchild]

I first saw this today at a thing for WWII and Korean vets. I almost cried. I love this song so much. five stars.

[2ifbyCsharp]

This should be shown in every classroom, church and political meeting!

It brought me to tears and everyone on my email list has been sent this link.

drsambyg, if you EVER get to Bradenton, FL I owe you at least one adult beverage!

Thank you soooooo much!

[dror91]

Thank you all.

I honor and respect and thank each and everyone of you. Thank you for bringing peace to our planet in the biggest war in history. You will always be remembered by me, and all of us. Thank you once again.

[Fastronald]

To ALL my fellow Veterans, Thanks!

Fastronald - U. S. Army 1971-1974

[ichbincarrie]

Real wonderful video.

[ichbincarrie]

Great video. what a tibute to our vets.