D-Day Paratrooper Describes His Experiences At The Normandy Landings | Remember WWII

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Private 1st Class Theodore Gach is 95 years old at the time of recording, and was present during some of the Second World War's defining moments. He jumped into the flak-filled skies of Normandy during D-Day and was present during the Allied liberation of Paris. His training as a demolition specialist paratrooper often saw him deployed deep in German territory, with the aim of destroying crucial German infrastructure.

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He forgot all of his jumps but remembered meeting the girls. Over time, this hero’s brain chose to remember the good and not the horror of war.

HondoSauce
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This guy probably had some of the wildest combat experiences imaginable and sadly he cant remember them. So sad when people lose their memories. I watched my grandma deteriorate with dimentia and it was horrible. Thank you for your service sir!

williamstokely
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The Boomers like my self who's parents grew up during WW2 and my husband's father ( father- inlaw ) that served in WW2 will always be remembered and respected all of these veterans, and we will also make sure they will always get the respect that they deserve 👍🏻 🇺🇸.

adriannarobeson
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I never seen a guy on here being interviewed and so confused, God love him!

ChancetheCanine
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He has a very good sense of humor, God Bless this Man.

johnluna
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Phenomenal work. You guys have no idea how important this is. I'm genX and my grandfather who died shortly after i was born was a mechanic on bombers stationed in Britain, he lost his hearing for the rest of his life due to all the bombing they were in. My great uncle was a soldier in patton's 3rd army... He fought into berlin... Anyway, this is really extraordinary, these are the stories we all wanted to hear and never had a chance to.
Thank you!

curly__
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Been to Normandy for the 75th anniversary. God bless all these heroes. Incredible heroism.

Paquette
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WOT a great old guy, some of the iconic battles he was in incredible, 48 went in 4 come out, God bless him 🤔

stephenwalshtriumph
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This man remembered out of 48 men, him the commanding officer, and 2 men with him were the only survivors of his company. And his other brain didn't let him forget the girls. It was stilll a good interview, even tho he couldn't remember anything about combat, but there is probably a reason for that.

nheaven
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Theodore thank you for your service to our country and to the world. You and all of rhe ww2 veterans made a difference. Rishi excellent interview as usual.

dennismorris
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I could have listened to this gentleman for hours. He has been through hell, but his wonderful sense of humor was still intact. I laughed out loud several times and was glad I wasn’t drinking anything. The most telling thing for me was his recalling and recounting his the memories even though he tried to forget the war.

jaydeutscher
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Thank you for your service, courage and sacrifice for freedom ❤🇺🇸

XHollisWood
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This sweet and poignant man is one of the best interviewees of all. It's a shame that some of his more poetic and nuanced comments were misunderstood by the interviewer, but he knew exactly what he was talking about. He was sharp, incredibly strong and dredging up. These memories, stayed positive somehow about the most painful possible life experiences. Respect to this man and all our veterans, we salute you sir and we thank you for your service.

jakevendrotti
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Bless his heart.
The years went by and I am guessing like most vets he never talked about these moments until this was recorded

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My grandfather was German and knew a war was coming and he got on a boat and came here to America

teddygunzbarno
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I loved it when he said “June 6th what a day!” Rishi asked “what happened?” He says “I can’t remember.” Brilliant, this gentleman reminds me of Coach from “Cheers”

Albert-the-Astro
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God Bless this fine man who served his country! He seems like he has a good sense of humor. 🙏❤️

amyhaneycreel
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To be a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division and complete what they did, was to complete and accomplish the impossible. Those guys were/are the real Mckoys. He mentions he dropped on Salerno, Normandy, and Holland...he most likely was in the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, a regiment that is still assigned to the 82nd today.

I'm finding someone with the same name as him assigned to the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion....and also an obituary from 2018 from the L.A.Times

brandonknight
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Thank you sir for the great interview, and thank you for interviewing these veterans mate.

All the way from NZ - Keep up the good work!

burb
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Amazing, his survival.
Buried by bricks of a giant collapsed building explodes by a timer explosive charge.
It becomes known he had a broken leg from the event, as he's memory caught up; he recants his leg was in a cast.

Only 4 of 48 of them survived D-Day. Only 3 of the 4 were he and two other guys.

Interesting he explains pulling the risers of the parachute to speed up the descent due to being shot at by flak guns firing at them as they came down.

They stayed still in one single spot in a wheat field in the middle of a set of hedgerows for something of a whole week, the 3 of them, not moving due to being surrounded on all sides by the enemy soldiers. They began to starve, also nearly succumbing from running out of drinking water. They were rescued half dead from starvation.
Only a 4th man survived separately.

I suggest to the interviewer to allow them to talk. They will pause a long time, since memory is far away, and memory will come rushing back suddenly, even unexpectedly, often surprising themselves even. Also not to ask many different varied dislocated questions; this will make it difficult to answer certain exact things. Let them think in their own way rather than create leading questions. To suddenly interject a question also halts the veteran from recalling a memory, or something that was just about to come back to them.

SunnyIlha