1 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:12,799 Speaker 1: This is a Jesse Kelly show. 2 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 2: It is the Jesse Kelly Show. 3 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:21,600 Speaker 1: Let's have some fun. 4 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 2: On a Thursday and get ready. 5 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 1: For a show tonight. Why because it's history time, baby. 6 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:36,959 Speaker 1: It is the eightieth anniversary of D Day. I am 7 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 1: going to tell a history story tonight about it. A 8 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:43,600 Speaker 1: portion of it you may know, you may not know, 9 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:46,320 Speaker 1: but either way, I'm gonna do it. And it ain't 10 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 1: gonna be five minutes. And I gotta let you know 11 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:52,600 Speaker 1: right now that I'm a liar. I told you last 12 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:54,480 Speaker 1: night I think it was, or the night before that. 13 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 1: I thought it would be the start of the second hour. 14 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 1: Forget that crap. We're starting right friggin now. We are 15 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 1: going to tell a history story. And yes, I understand 16 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:09,000 Speaker 1: there's some news today. Joe Biden is out there. He's 17 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 1: talking about Vladimir Putin. He's justifying his decision to launch 18 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:19,559 Speaker 1: missiles into Russia. It's really bad. I understand that's out there. 19 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 1: I get that. I've heard. 20 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 3: He said the supply of high precision weapons to Ukraine 21 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 3: for strikes on Russian territory is direct participation. 22 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 1: In this war. 23 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 3: He went on to say that this is the way 24 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 3: the serious problems and again talked about Russia's nuclear capabilities. 25 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:37,720 Speaker 3: Does that concern you? 26 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:42,040 Speaker 1: I've known them for over forty years. Yeah, we're in deep 27 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:45,680 Speaker 1: trouble and we're going to talk about that. I am 28 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: also going to address Hillary Clinton's comments today about D Day. 29 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: They were despicable, as you can imagine. After all, it's 30 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:58,559 Speaker 1: Hillary Clinton. In fact, I wonder, I wonder which has 31 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 1: a bigger body count? What will set aside that for 32 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 1: a moment? What, Chris? We're just asking questions. And yes, 33 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:08,399 Speaker 1: I heard Biden's comments about D Day today and all 34 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 1: these other things, and I'm going to get to these things. 35 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:13,959 Speaker 1: Trump talking about retribution, would he do it? Would he 36 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:17,400 Speaker 1: not do it? Teachers emails? So that we are going 37 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 1: to get to this stuff. But I've got to let 38 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 1: you know right now it's gonna be a bit. I 39 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: want to talk about D Day. I want to talk 40 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 1: about heroes, history, fear, sacrifice, And we're doing that right 41 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:42,240 Speaker 1: friggin now. Why because I want to That's why. So 42 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 1: buckle up now. I want you. I want you to 43 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:53,120 Speaker 1: imagine something. Three am. Alarm goes off, it's time to 44 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:59,480 Speaker 1: get up. You get up. Obviously it's dark out. You're nervous, 45 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:03,399 Speaker 1: You go down to the chow hall with all your friends, 46 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 1: and you know you should eat, after all, it's going 47 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 1: to be a long, long, long day ahead of you. 48 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 1: But you understand that there's a decent chance you're going 49 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 1: to die that day, and so are your friends, and 50 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 1: so you tend to not be that hungry. You shovel 51 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 1: as many eggs powdered eggs into your stomach as you can, 52 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 1: and then you go get your gear, weapon, kid, everything 53 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 1: you need. You and your buddies you go down to 54 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 1: the shore. It's cold out, it's dark, rainy. You have 55 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:42,320 Speaker 1: these boats sitting there, and these are not pleasure boats. 56 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 1: There are boats that are actually run by the English. 57 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 1: They're landing craft for you and your friends. You're about 58 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 1: to get on these boats. You're careful not to step 59 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 1: in the water because the water is freezing cold too, 60 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 1: and you're already shivering from nerves and the cold outside. 61 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 1: You don't really want to get wet, but you and 62 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 1: your friends you stack onto these boats. They're not big, 63 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 1: and about twenty five of you are getting onto these boats. 64 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 1: You get onto the boat, boats are all around you 65 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:21,200 Speaker 1: and you begin motoring across the English Channel in the waves. 66 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 1: It is not calm. The weather has been dreadful. The 67 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 1: weather was dreadful the day before. The weather is about 68 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 1: to be dreadful again. The seas are rough. To put 69 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:34,719 Speaker 1: it mildly, Remember that water you wanted to keep off you. 70 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 1: It's soaking you. The waves are pouring over the side. 71 00:04:40,760 --> 00:04:44,480 Speaker 1: You are seasick, most of your friends are. And the 72 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:47,520 Speaker 1: waves are in the very least deluding the amount of 73 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 1: vomit that's in the bottom of the boat. You and 74 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:54,599 Speaker 1: your friends, while you're not lighting cigarettes or trying to 75 00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 1: make jokes or praying to God, are having to use 76 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 1: whatever you can find to bay water out of the 77 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:05,440 Speaker 1: boats just to keep them afloat. In fact, you just 78 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 1: watch one of them, with some of your buddies in 79 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:12,599 Speaker 1: it capsize. It's upside down. You don't know if any 80 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 1: of your friends are alive. But the timetable being what 81 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 1: it is, means you have to keep going. And did 82 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:23,479 Speaker 1: I mention it's dark early in the morning and soon? 83 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:27,719 Speaker 1: I say soon? But takes you about an hour to 84 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:30,360 Speaker 1: cross this channel with the waves and the vomit and 85 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:34,039 Speaker 1: the nerves and the fear, And soon you can see 86 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:36,839 Speaker 1: out ahead of you like it's a scene from Lord 87 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 1: of the Rings a long cliff. You know you're approaching 88 00:05:41,839 --> 00:05:44,479 Speaker 1: the shore and the cliff is dark. In fact, it's 89 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:46,680 Speaker 1: so dark out that when you first see the cliff, 90 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 1: the cliff looks black. Only as you get closer and 91 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 1: closer and closer to the cliff, the cliffs start shooting 92 00:05:56,839 --> 00:06:03,200 Speaker 1: at you, little flashes, tracers coming out at you. Your 93 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:06,359 Speaker 1: buddy beside you just got hitting the guts, doing the 94 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 1: best you can to patch him up as the waves 95 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:12,920 Speaker 1: still come over the side. Another boat beside you takes 96 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:15,839 Speaker 1: a direct hit from an artillery round or mortar round. 97 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:18,920 Speaker 1: You don't know, but everyone in that boat is now 98 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 1: pink missed. They're gone. And you know your job that 99 00:06:24,080 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 1: day is to land on a narrow spit of beach 100 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:32,360 Speaker 1: underneath that cliff and climb to the top of it 101 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:38,119 Speaker 1: and kill everyone on top, or die trying. We're about 102 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 1: to tell a little story today about and I'm going 103 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:44,159 Speaker 1: to screw up the pronunciation of this, because apparently no 104 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 1: one knows how to pronounce it, including me. I have 105 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:51,600 Speaker 1: always called it point to hawk, I've heard it called, 106 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 1: and I've done so much on this over the past 107 00:06:54,480 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: twenty four hours. Point d ho poind'hoe point too. I've 108 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:03,799 Speaker 1: heard it. We're just gonna call it the point for now. 109 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 1: And what is it? Okay, Well, we'll get back to 110 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 1: what it is in this story, but first let's do 111 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:14,840 Speaker 1: a setup for how we got here. How did these 112 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:19,040 Speaker 1: brave men in the Second Ranger Battalion find themselves in 113 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 1: this situation at all? And remember this is eighty years 114 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 1: ago today, and there are precious few of these men alive, 115 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 1: and man, do they deserve all the respect in the world. Okay, 116 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:35,680 Speaker 1: so forget about that. We'll come back to that exact story. 117 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 1: We'll come back to that moment. Let's do a little 118 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 1: setup for what was going on. First D Day was 119 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 1: called Operation Overlord, But what was the deal? People get? 120 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 1: The World War Two can confuse people on how the 121 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 1: timeline adds up. It's an odd kind of a timeline, 122 00:07:57,080 --> 00:08:00,640 Speaker 1: especially if you listen to this show for any of time, 123 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 1: where you find the Pacific portion of World War Two 124 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:07,320 Speaker 1: to be fascinating. It's weird when you find out, wait 125 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:14,280 Speaker 1: a minute, D Day was in nineteen forty four. The 126 00:08:14,320 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 1: Pacific War had been going on for years before we 127 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 1: finally launched into Europe and gained a foothold into Europe. 128 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 1: Our guys, remember when we had that talk in the 129 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:31,280 Speaker 1: Pacific about our guys dying on Pelulu. We'd been marching 130 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:34,560 Speaker 1: through the Pacific fighting the Japanese, and finally we were 131 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 1: fairly close to the Philippines. We'd already fought our way 132 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:41,360 Speaker 1: through Guadalcanal and all these places, and we were almost 133 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:43,840 Speaker 1: to the Philippines and we stopped in Pellu. And Pelolou 134 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:45,840 Speaker 1: was this terrible, terrible fight, and it was awful and 135 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:49,959 Speaker 1: things like that. Pelolu was actually not very well known, 136 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:53,120 Speaker 1: not talked about that much in the United States of America. 137 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 1: Why all that fighting, all those islands, all that takeover, 138 00:08:57,760 --> 00:09:01,320 Speaker 1: it had already happened by the time and Pelelu happened. 139 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 1: That was day day. You see how different the timelines 140 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 1: line up. We kind of tend to think in our minds, 141 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 1: oh well, well, of course we're fighting back against the 142 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:13,720 Speaker 1: Japanese at the same time we're killing those dirty Germans. 143 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 1: It didn't work that way at all. Now, there are 144 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 1: many many reasons for this, but one of the main 145 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 1: reasons was Hitler had fortified Europe. That is something you've 146 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 1: probably heard of before, or at least you've heard that phrase, 147 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 1: but what does that actually mean. Well, remember, let's focus 148 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:38,480 Speaker 1: on Germany for a moment. Germany. The Germans traditionally are 149 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:44,720 Speaker 1: outstanding militarily. I need to stress this point. A lot 150 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:47,760 Speaker 1: of the leaders, most of the leaders of the World 151 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:52,719 Speaker 1: War Two German Army, they were guys who were officers 152 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:56,600 Speaker 1: in the World War One German army, and the World 153 00:09:56,640 --> 00:10:01,720 Speaker 1: War One German army was a maze. There are people 154 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:04,439 Speaker 1: I'm not enough of an expert to argue this point, 155 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:07,280 Speaker 1: that there are experts I have listened to, In fact, 156 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:10,400 Speaker 1: the experts I've talked to who will argue until they're 157 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:14,280 Speaker 1: blue in the face that the World War One German 158 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 1: army is the finest army that has ever taken the 159 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:21,960 Speaker 1: field in the history of the world. That's how incredible 160 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:28,880 Speaker 1: the Germans were at fighting, organization, logistics, aggressive battle tactics. 161 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 1: They were very, very, very good at what they did, 162 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:36,439 Speaker 1: and the evil of Nazism overshadows a lot of how 163 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:39,880 Speaker 1: good they were at what they did. I'll continue on 164 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:43,079 Speaker 1: with our D Day talk on this eightieth anniversary of 165 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 1: D Day. In just a moment. Maybe you're eighty, maybe 166 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:53,200 Speaker 1: you're forty, however old you are Pain is part of 167 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:53,959 Speaker 1: life now, isn't it? 168 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:54,200 Speaker 4: Though? 169 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:58,160 Speaker 1: It just is. We don't want it to be though. 170 00:10:58,679 --> 00:11:00,520 Speaker 1: We don't want to wake up and our foot hurt. 171 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 1: Oh man, my next sore, oh my wrist. We don't 172 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:07,920 Speaker 1: want to live with pain. And you don't have to 173 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 1: live with pain every day, that nagging, aching pain. You 174 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:15,240 Speaker 1: don't have to live with pain because relief factor is 175 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:20,040 Speaker 1: there that tomorrow morning when you wake up and something sore. 176 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:22,400 Speaker 1: I want you, as you're rubbing it, as you're looking 177 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:25,160 Speaker 1: at it, I want you to say to yourself, relief 178 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:28,640 Speaker 1: factor is going to make this better. Relief factor is 179 00:11:28,679 --> 00:11:31,480 Speaker 1: all natural. You take it for a few weeks, it 180 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 1: builds up in your system. You take relief factor for 181 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:37,600 Speaker 1: three weeks and tell me how that pain feels. It 182 00:11:37,720 --> 00:11:43,720 Speaker 1: helps your body fight that inflammation. Go get some three 183 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:48,480 Speaker 1: weeks one eight hundred the number four relief or relief 184 00:11:48,559 --> 00:11:52,120 Speaker 1: factor dot com. We continue with D Day next. 185 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:56,080 Speaker 2: He doesn't care if you believe him, but he's right. 186 00:11:57,160 --> 00:12:05,520 Speaker 1: Jesse Kelly. It is the Jesse Kelly Show on a Thursday. 187 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 1: In case you're just now joining us, good news, you 188 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:12,040 Speaker 1: didn't miss that much. We're doing D Day history today. 189 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:14,000 Speaker 1: I was kind of doing a setup on D Day, 190 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:16,960 Speaker 1: eightieth anniversary of D Day, And in fact we're gonna 191 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,680 Speaker 1: tell a more specific portion of D Day. We're not 192 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:22,400 Speaker 1: gonna do a general rue. I'm just doing a general 193 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 1: overview right now to set us up. Also, I do 194 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:30,600 Speaker 1: need to remind you that tomorrow is Ask Doctor Jesse Friday, 195 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:35,080 Speaker 1: all three hours. I answer whatever questions you email into 196 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:38,240 Speaker 1: the show. They can be about anything. I don't care, 197 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:42,120 Speaker 1: but we just have fun on Fridays. Jesse at Jesse 198 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 1: kellyshow dot com is where you email those questions. Ask 199 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:49,080 Speaker 1: me anything. All right, Back to D Day, Okay, So 200 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:53,840 Speaker 1: Hitler his German army, they were very very good in 201 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:56,120 Speaker 1: the very beginning, not because of Hitler, who was really, 202 00:12:56,200 --> 00:13:00,200 Speaker 1: frankly a moron. But Hitler's generals leading the Wehrmacht were 203 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 1: very capable men, very experienced men, and they had won 204 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:07,400 Speaker 1: some victory they weren't supposed to win. The Germans were 205 00:13:07,400 --> 00:13:10,800 Speaker 1: not supposed to win the Battle of France on paper. 206 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 1: We all look back now, we make fun of the 207 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:16,360 Speaker 1: French ah the French gave up on paper that French 208 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:19,280 Speaker 1: army should have defeated the Germans. The Germans were just 209 00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:24,640 Speaker 1: better faster, smarter, It just got the job them. So 210 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:27,880 Speaker 1: while we had already been fighting in the Pacific for 211 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:32,600 Speaker 1: some time, a couple of years, while figuring out how 212 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:38,760 Speaker 1: do we get into Europe? And remember, getting into Europe 213 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:44,200 Speaker 1: with an army is way different than getting into Europe 214 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:48,080 Speaker 1: with one dude or with a unit. How do you 215 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:51,360 Speaker 1: get a beach head? Where do you get a beachhead? 216 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:55,920 Speaker 1: You have to have a beachhead, Remember a beachhead. It's 217 00:13:55,960 --> 00:14:00,199 Speaker 1: simply you landing on the shore and taking enough land 218 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:02,720 Speaker 1: on the shore that you can bring all the men 219 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:05,000 Speaker 1: in equipment and the food and everything else you need 220 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:09,240 Speaker 1: on and begin a military campaign. How do you do that? 221 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:15,079 Speaker 1: When the German army is so good at fortification, at battle, doctrine, 222 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 1: at these things, where do you even go? Do you 223 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:20,960 Speaker 1: try to come up from underneath? We tried that and 224 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:25,080 Speaker 1: there was horrible fighting in Italy. It was called the 225 00:14:25,120 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 1: soft underbelly of Europe. It was by no means the 226 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 1: soft underbelly of anything. Now, when the Italians were fighting it, yeah, 227 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:34,120 Speaker 1: it was a soft underbelly of Europe. But as soon 228 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:36,720 Speaker 1: as the Germans came in and said, gosh, you guys suck, 229 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:40,160 Speaker 1: and the Germans took over those positions. I mean, my goodness, 230 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:44,720 Speaker 1: Italy is it's a natural fortification. It's all mountains and 231 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 1: valleys and rivers. You don't want to fight a bunch 232 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:48,920 Speaker 1: of Germans on the side of a friggin mountain when 233 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:51,600 Speaker 1: they're dug in. This is very hard. Where do you go? 234 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:56,920 Speaker 1: Eventually it was settled on by Roosevelt, Churchill and others 235 00:14:57,440 --> 00:15:00,720 Speaker 1: that the only way you could possibly do this was 236 00:15:00,760 --> 00:15:05,240 Speaker 1: across the English Channel. Across the English Channel going to 237 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:09,520 Speaker 1: northern France. Now, remember the other guy gets to say too, 238 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 1: the other guy thinks too. The other guy's trying to 239 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:20,160 Speaker 1: figure out what you're doing. So Hitler had three thousand 240 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:24,960 Speaker 1: miles he had to fortify along his Atlantic Wall. Now, 241 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:30,200 Speaker 1: Germans are what they are. They're engineers, they're organized. There 242 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 1: are people that are really really good at this kind 243 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 1: of thing, and they make three thousand miles of hell 244 00:15:38,160 --> 00:15:44,080 Speaker 1: it's three thousand miles of pillboxes, barbed wire tunnels, rail 245 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:48,840 Speaker 1: lines back and forth to supply troops, bombs, bullets, everything else. 246 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:53,480 Speaker 1: The intricacy of the defenses in Northern France and World 247 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:58,240 Speaker 1: War Two are honestly amazing. It is amazing. It is 248 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:04,200 Speaker 1: extensive what the Germans said done so America. They were 249 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:06,800 Speaker 1: getting ready to launch. Now, let's pause on America for 250 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:08,920 Speaker 1: a moment, because we're gonna go to the unit we're 251 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:14,600 Speaker 1: specifically talking about today, the Rangers. Everyone knows who Army 252 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:18,840 Speaker 1: Rangers are now, rightfully so, as much as it pains 253 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 1: me to do so, Rangers are studs. Rangers are studs. 254 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:26,480 Speaker 1: The marine in me wants to just totally besmirch the Army, 255 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:29,080 Speaker 1: But I'll be honest with you. I love Army Rangers. 256 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:31,120 Speaker 1: I have a bunch of Army Ranger friends, and they 257 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 1: are studs then. And now you meet an Army Ranger, 258 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:38,200 Speaker 1: you're meeting somebody. They were considered then. In fact, if 259 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:41,280 Speaker 1: you read stories about them now, they'll call the Rangers 260 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:45,040 Speaker 1: that were starting then the first of the special Forces. 261 00:16:45,080 --> 00:16:49,520 Speaker 1: They were considered a special elite group. Here's what was 262 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 1: going on. The United States Army knew by this point 263 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:57,440 Speaker 1: in time, the military knew that we were going to 264 00:16:57,480 --> 00:17:02,520 Speaker 1: be going in through northern France. We'd been flying planes 265 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:05,200 Speaker 1: overhead trying to get what kind of terrain are we 266 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:09,320 Speaker 1: dealing with. We'd been dealing with French resistance fighters, who 267 00:17:09,359 --> 00:17:11,840 Speaker 1: deserve all the credit in the world. We love to 268 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:13,960 Speaker 1: mock the French, and I love doing that too, because 269 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:16,560 Speaker 1: who doesn't like to mock the French. But the truth is, 270 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:20,840 Speaker 1: France itself has an incredible history of war and the 271 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 1: French resistance fighters in World War Two after France fell, 272 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:29,760 Speaker 1: the guys, the men and women who decided to be spies, saboteurs, 273 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 1: they are amazingly brave and a lot of those people 274 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:36,440 Speaker 1: they died doing what they did. They died, a lot 275 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:39,280 Speaker 1: of them died having their fingernails pulled out. That the 276 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:42,680 Speaker 1: French resistance is an underrated part of World War Two 277 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:44,879 Speaker 1: that people don't talk about. Well, the French resistance was 278 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:47,480 Speaker 1: feeding us intel two and we're going to come back 279 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:49,280 Speaker 1: to that in a little bit. Hey, this is the 280 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:51,280 Speaker 1: type of train, this is it, this is that. And 281 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:53,680 Speaker 1: as the Army was looking at what they had, they 282 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:58,600 Speaker 1: figured to themselves, man, we really need we need some 283 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:02,960 Speaker 1: specialists here. We are going to need more than just 284 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:06,800 Speaker 1: normal ground troops for what we're about to do. Yes, 285 00:18:06,840 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 1: we need normal ground troops. We need guys who can 286 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:12,760 Speaker 1: go in on gliders, airborne troop types. We need guys 287 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:18,040 Speaker 1: who can scale cliffs and fight while they're doing it, 288 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:21,960 Speaker 1: and so the idea of these rangers began, and we'll 289 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:24,040 Speaker 1: come back to them in just a moment. Hang on 290 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:30,560 Speaker 1: fighting for your freedom every time the Jesse Kelly Show. 291 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:37,800 Speaker 4: It is The Jesse Kelly Show on a Thursday, the 292 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:41,359 Speaker 4: eightieth anniversary of D Day, and we are doing the 293 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:45,159 Speaker 4: best we can to honor those men and their sacrifice 294 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:49,719 Speaker 4: by telling their story, a more specific story about D 295 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:51,160 Speaker 4: Day than is normally told. 296 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:53,639 Speaker 1: I'm kind of giving an overview and then we're gonna 297 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 1: keep zooming back in on the specifics. But right now, 298 00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 1: let's get back to those specifics we're talking about. The 299 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:03,720 Speaker 1: rain Army realizes they're going to have to navigate some 300 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:08,720 Speaker 1: extremely hostile terrain when they go into northern France, and 301 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:12,440 Speaker 1: cliffs are going to be part of that. Now, let's 302 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:16,800 Speaker 1: pause for a moment. How much experience do you have 303 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:20,600 Speaker 1: climbing cliffs. I do not have a lot, but I 304 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:23,720 Speaker 1: will tell you my experience in what it was in 305 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:26,639 Speaker 1: the Marine Corps. I've explained many times, when you're in 306 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:29,520 Speaker 1: an infantry unit, any kind of an infantry unit, you 307 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:33,080 Speaker 1: spend all your time training and training for different kinds 308 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:35,119 Speaker 1: of combat. They're going to send you to the jungle. 309 00:19:35,119 --> 00:19:36,679 Speaker 1: They're going to send you to the desert. They're going 310 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:39,399 Speaker 1: to send you to the mountains. They send us to 311 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:44,200 Speaker 1: mountain warfare training. Almost every Marine, probably every infantry Marine 312 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:47,480 Speaker 1: goes to mountain warfare training. I did it myself with 313 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:52,280 Speaker 1: my unit. As part of mountain warfare training, we had 314 00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:55,960 Speaker 1: to climb cliffs, climb mountains. We had a rock climb, 315 00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:58,720 Speaker 1: we had to climb up them, and we had to 316 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:03,960 Speaker 1: repel down them. I personally am not a huge fan 317 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:08,919 Speaker 1: of heights. I used to be flat out scared of heights, 318 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:13,840 Speaker 1: but because of Marine Corps mountain warfare training, they essentially 319 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:16,119 Speaker 1: beat that out of you. You don't have it, I mean, 320 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:18,240 Speaker 1: you don't have an option when you're repelling off of 321 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:21,360 Speaker 1: an eighty foot cliff without any kind of a harness. 322 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:24,880 Speaker 1: It's just you and your pack on in a rope. 323 00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:27,080 Speaker 1: You gotta got up. You gotta got up, I mean 324 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:30,960 Speaker 1: no other way. And so yeah, and I will tell 325 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:35,600 Speaker 1: you this, climbing and going down. We'll focus on going 326 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:38,119 Speaker 1: up because that's what these rangers are gonna end up doing. 327 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:46,200 Speaker 1: Climbing itself with nobody else there is exhausting and it's terrifying, 328 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:50,439 Speaker 1: the fear of heights, which is really the fear of 329 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:54,840 Speaker 1: falling is one of, if not the most reasonable phobias. 330 00:20:55,440 --> 00:21:00,880 Speaker 1: I don't want to fall from some high place. I sawes. 331 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:05,720 Speaker 1: I saw marines have mental breaks. I won't call it 332 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:08,840 Speaker 1: breakdowns because they ended up getting their stuff together. I 333 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:14,440 Speaker 1: saw marines have mental breaks in mountain warfare training in peacetime. 334 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:21,040 Speaker 1: No bombs, no grenades, no Germans, nothing but support all 335 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:24,880 Speaker 1: around them. You get halfway up a sixty foot rock 336 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:30,119 Speaker 1: face and you get yourself stuck, or you get yourself 337 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:32,040 Speaker 1: This happened a lot. In fact, this happened to me. 338 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:39,840 Speaker 1: You get yourself exhausted. It's so physically grueling, physically exhausted 339 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:42,200 Speaker 1: that you can be climbing up and doing fine in 340 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:44,560 Speaker 1: your techniques, fine, and you even have a route picked 341 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:48,720 Speaker 1: and you're going, but it is so taxing on your hands, 342 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:52,600 Speaker 1: your forearms, your legs, if you're not holding your feet 343 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:55,760 Speaker 1: the proper way. It's very tempting to keep your heels 344 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:59,520 Speaker 1: above your toes. That's a human nature thing. Well, if 345 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:01,800 Speaker 1: you do that, your legs will be shot. You have 346 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:04,280 Speaker 1: to keep your heels below your toes as you climb. 347 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:08,040 Speaker 1: It's just it's exhausting. This is in peacetime, you can 348 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:11,480 Speaker 1: find yourself stuck on the side of a cliff exhausted. 349 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:15,200 Speaker 1: Now let's go back to these rangers. They decide they're 350 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:20,720 Speaker 1: gonna start some rangers. They begin training in Tennessee. They 351 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:25,600 Speaker 1: bring in two thousand men. These are picked from the 352 00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:28,639 Speaker 1: cream of the crop from the army. And it was 353 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:31,960 Speaker 1: all volunteer. If you were a stud with some army 354 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:35,040 Speaker 1: unit and you wanted the opportunity to be a ranger, 355 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:38,000 Speaker 1: you signed up and you volunteered, and they wanted to 356 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:41,199 Speaker 1: go see what you were made of. How brutal was it. 357 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:45,480 Speaker 1: Two thousand of the best signed up and walked in. 358 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:51,919 Speaker 1: Five hundred walked out as rangers. It was brutal training 359 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:54,720 Speaker 1: they put them through, and the rangers. I was actually 360 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:57,080 Speaker 1: listening to some one of these old rangers this morning 361 00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:58,600 Speaker 1: when I was on the way in. It was funny 362 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:03,360 Speaker 1: talking about it. Said we were doing so much mountain 363 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:07,359 Speaker 1: climbing and cliff climbing. He said, we weren't stupid. We 364 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:10,240 Speaker 1: figured out wherever they're sending us good memory. They didn't 365 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:13,520 Speaker 1: know wherever they're sending us. Wherever we're going, it's going 366 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:16,600 Speaker 1: to involve some climbing. I know it's going to involve climbing. 367 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:21,000 Speaker 1: And the heights alone were breaking. Men, men were quitting, 368 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:24,680 Speaker 1: men were falling. Men couldn't handle it. And they take 369 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:29,040 Speaker 1: these two thousand men and whittle them down to five 370 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:33,919 Speaker 1: hundred rangers. These rangers eventually are trained up, ready to 371 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:37,639 Speaker 1: go and off to Europe. They go. Now, let's pause 372 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:41,000 Speaker 1: on Operation Overlord or on the Ranges for a moment 373 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:44,560 Speaker 1: and go back to Operation Overlord, because this is what's happening. 374 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:48,679 Speaker 1: As we prepare for the invasion. Hitler knows we're coming. 375 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:52,240 Speaker 1: He's got spies all over England. He's got planes overhead. 376 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 1: The Germans were not fools. They knew we were coming somewhere. 377 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:59,200 Speaker 1: They knew we had large quantities of troops and gear 378 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:01,639 Speaker 1: in England. They knew we were going to trust across 379 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:05,359 Speaker 1: the English Channel. They're not stupid. The question was where. 380 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:10,160 Speaker 1: So we did many, many, many different things to attempt 381 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 1: to deceive the Germans. And there are fascinating books written 382 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:15,320 Speaker 1: about this. I won't go into a bunch of detail 383 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:19,160 Speaker 1: about it. Paten, Jewish producer Christians, brought this up. Where 384 00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:23,640 Speaker 1: was Patent during all this? Remember, Paten, he had already 385 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:26,320 Speaker 1: been he was already a legend by this time because 386 00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:29,520 Speaker 1: he had already been fighting in Africa, beating up Rammel 387 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:33,679 Speaker 1: and the Germans in Africa. Patten was a legend, so 388 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:38,480 Speaker 1: Paten would be the natural leader for an invasion like this, 389 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:44,520 Speaker 1: except Patten had been sidelined. If you've ever seen the movie, 390 00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:47,440 Speaker 1: or maybe you've read the book, you understand what happened. 391 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 1: Patten is one of these old school, hard charging types, 392 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:53,520 Speaker 1: the kind of general you'd want leading you in combat. 393 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:58,760 Speaker 1: Paten uh not a man who was a big believer 394 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:02,760 Speaker 1: in PTSD, if you will. Patten walks into a hospital. 395 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:06,280 Speaker 1: He goes in to visit his wounded men. Guys are there, 396 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:11,040 Speaker 1: shot to pieces, missing limbs, and Patten comes across a 397 00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:17,520 Speaker 1: guy who doesn't have any physical injuries, and Patten just 398 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:20,680 Speaker 1: kind of a I lib the whole thing here, says 399 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:23,760 Speaker 1: what's wrong? Why are you here? You're right beside a 400 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:26,359 Speaker 1: guy who doesn't have a leg Why are you here? 401 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:30,480 Speaker 1: And the guy explains to Patten, probably justly, I don't 402 00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:36,240 Speaker 1: know that mentally he can't do it anymore. That wasn't 403 00:25:36,280 --> 00:25:39,080 Speaker 1: really the kind of thing you said to George Patten. 404 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:44,360 Speaker 1: George Patten, in a famous incident, slapped the guy called 405 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:49,000 Speaker 1: him a coward, called him yellow. And this immediately hits 406 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:53,440 Speaker 1: the American papers. In case you thought that worthless journalists 407 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:56,919 Speaker 1: were just a new invention, they were around back in 408 00:25:56,960 --> 00:26:02,160 Speaker 1: the forties too. America's bleeding heart loser newspaper writers took 409 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:07,119 Speaker 1: this story and began to destroy Patten's reputation. Who's this 410 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:11,479 Speaker 1: evil monster all these other things. Well, now Roosevelt feels 411 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:15,240 Speaker 1: pressure to act. Remember Roosevelt still a politician who has 412 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:19,960 Speaker 1: to win reelection about a thousand times. Anyway, Roosevelt needs 413 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:23,720 Speaker 1: to take patent off the battlefield. But you can't really 414 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:27,480 Speaker 1: take patent off the battlefield completely because he's so good 415 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:30,240 Speaker 1: at what he does. In one of the coolest little 416 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:34,520 Speaker 1: side stories you may have never heard before, the Germans surprise, surprise. 417 00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:38,639 Speaker 1: They were very organized and they were very knowledgeable about 418 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:42,800 Speaker 1: the different generals they were facing, and they had grades 419 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:46,000 Speaker 1: for the different generals. Hey, this guy's on the defense. 420 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:48,199 Speaker 1: We don't want to face him. This guy's kind of 421 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:51,600 Speaker 1: a loser. Let's hope he attacks us. There the top 422 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:56,239 Speaker 1: rated general for the offensive for the Germans, if they 423 00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:59,080 Speaker 1: had to face one guy who was charging them, attacking them, 424 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:01,919 Speaker 1: Patton was number He was the one they feared the most. 425 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:05,200 Speaker 1: He was too smart, too aggressive. He knew about flanking, 426 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:08,439 Speaker 1: he knew about speed, and Roosevelt knew this too. He 427 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:12,320 Speaker 1: was too valuable. So you have to sideline Patten. You 428 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:16,080 Speaker 1: can't sideline pat So Patton got involved in this operation. 429 00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:18,960 Speaker 1: Overlord and I will come back and I'll continue our 430 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 1: talk here. I don't have any idea how long this 431 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:24,280 Speaker 1: is gonna go. It's probably gonna be a while. Anyway, 432 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:27,200 Speaker 1: I did want to read this really quickly here. It's 433 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:30,280 Speaker 1: a very long email. I won't I won't read it all. 434 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:33,760 Speaker 1: Guy says, Hey, Jesse, I never heard you heard from 435 00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:36,760 Speaker 1: me before until about a year ago. To be one 436 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:39,200 Speaker 1: hundred percent honest, When I first heard you, you were 437 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:41,480 Speaker 1: in goofy funny mode, and I thought to myself, what 438 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:45,080 Speaker 1: a dork. How does this guy have a radio show? 439 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:48,120 Speaker 1: I heard your more serious tone when you talk about 440 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:52,280 Speaker 1: the issues. You don't pull punches. It was very inspiring. Anyway, 441 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:53,960 Speaker 1: he goes on to say he loves the show. Now 442 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:58,400 Speaker 1: the guy has some some medical problems I won't go into. 443 00:27:58,440 --> 00:27:59,920 Speaker 1: And he says, when I heard you talk about pre 444 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:02,720 Speaker 1: born on your show, I knew then that that was 445 00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:05,920 Speaker 1: a good way to make an impact. I always felt 446 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:08,040 Speaker 1: like if people could truly see the baby and see 447 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:10,879 Speaker 1: what they're doing taking the life of a baby, that 448 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:12,800 Speaker 1: God would put it on their hearts and many would 449 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:16,000 Speaker 1: change their minds. I heard the statistics when a mother 450 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:19,680 Speaker 1: sees and hears the ultrasounds, something like eighty percent choose life. 451 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:23,600 Speaker 1: That's true. That's why I talk about Preborn anyway. The 452 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:26,040 Speaker 1: guy says, so you inspired me to donate to Preborn. 453 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:29,720 Speaker 1: Listen to this. I was on their site and had 454 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:34,280 Speaker 1: said an ultrasound machine costs fifteen thousand dollars, so I 455 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:39,160 Speaker 1: decided to donate one hundred and five thousand dollars to 456 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:44,040 Speaker 1: buy seven machines. He received some prayer from the people 457 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:47,400 Speaker 1: at Preborn when he called. He finishes by saying, thanks 458 00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:49,240 Speaker 1: for all you do. Keep up the good work. I 459 00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:52,080 Speaker 1: wish you and your family the best. He didn't say 460 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:54,040 Speaker 1: I could read his names, so I won't, but he 461 00:28:54,080 --> 00:29:00,000 Speaker 1: actually attached a copy of the check and thank you. 462 00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:05,360 Speaker 1: Thank you, not just to this guy, to all of you. 463 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:09,400 Speaker 1: You have saved so many lives. It's not just an organization. 464 00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:14,000 Speaker 1: This money goes to lives. People walk the planet because 465 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,480 Speaker 1: of what you've done with Preborn, and I just wanted 466 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:18,560 Speaker 1: to say thank you. That's all. If you want to 467 00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:20,720 Speaker 1: do that, I don't expect you to do one hundred 468 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:22,560 Speaker 1: and five thousand, but if you want to, it's all 469 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:26,040 Speaker 1: tax deductible. Twenty eight dollars buys that ultrasound for that 470 00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:31,480 Speaker 1: young lady. Preborn dot com slash Jesse all right, we'll 471 00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:31,920 Speaker 1: be back. 472 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:36,080 Speaker 4: It is the Jesse Kelly Show on a Thursday. 473 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:41,440 Speaker 2: This is normally a political slash funny slash food talk show, 474 00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:44,840 Speaker 2: but as you know, it's a history show from time 475 00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:47,760 Speaker 2: to time because that's what I love so much, and 476 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:49,320 Speaker 2: there are so many great lessons there. 477 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:52,960 Speaker 1: And today's the eightieth anniversary of D Day and so 478 00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:56,040 Speaker 1: we are talking about that. If you're just now joining 479 00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:57,440 Speaker 1: us and you're worried. 480 00:29:57,240 --> 00:29:59,320 Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, I missed out on a bunch of stuff, 481 00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:00,640 Speaker 2: well you did. 482 00:30:00,240 --> 00:30:02,360 Speaker 1: But don't worry. I'm not near done yet. If you 483 00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:04,840 Speaker 1: missed any part of it you want the whole recap, 484 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:08,480 Speaker 1: you can download a podcast to the show on iHeart, 485 00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:14,200 Speaker 1: Spotify iTunes. Also, remember tomorrow's Ask Doctor Jesse Friday, So 486 00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:17,840 Speaker 1: get your questions emailed in right now to Jesse at 487 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:22,400 Speaker 1: Jesse kellyshow dot Com. Back to Operation Overlord D day, 488 00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:24,680 Speaker 1: and we'll get back to the second Ranger Battalion in 489 00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:28,720 Speaker 1: a moment. Patten had been sidelined because he slapped some 490 00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:32,800 Speaker 1: dude who claimed he had PTSD, but not totally sidelined. 491 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:36,200 Speaker 1: We were doing all kinds of things trying to fool 492 00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:39,880 Speaker 1: the Germans where we were gonna land. Patten was put 493 00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:43,000 Speaker 1: in charge of a lot of this on the English side. 494 00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:48,000 Speaker 1: If you've ever heard or read stories about inflatable tanks 495 00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:51,600 Speaker 1: and fake troops and things like that, it was Patten 496 00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:54,680 Speaker 1: who was leading all that stuff. He was in England 497 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:58,120 Speaker 1: handling all that. You can sideline Patten, but you can't 498 00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:00,880 Speaker 1: sideline him all the way. Guys like that win wars 499 00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:05,200 Speaker 1: for you. Now back to the day, we had been 500 00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:09,760 Speaker 1: using our air Force, even though the Army Air Force, 501 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:12,160 Speaker 1: to keep in mind the actual air Force didn't exist yet. 502 00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:15,960 Speaker 1: Using the Army Air Force, we were bombing the living 503 00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:20,680 Speaker 1: daylights out of all parts of this coastline. Remember I said, 504 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:24,080 Speaker 1: there's three thousand mile and three thousand miles of Atlantic coastline. 505 00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:27,920 Speaker 1: Remember you can't just bomb the part you want to 506 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:32,760 Speaker 1: land in, because then you're telling the Germans exactly what's 507 00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:36,760 Speaker 1: coming now, Baz, Let's talk about the Germans set up 508 00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:39,040 Speaker 1: for a moment, because for the point of our story 509 00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:43,840 Speaker 1: this actually is fairly important. Okay, So Normandy, north of France, 510 00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:47,280 Speaker 1: you have seen, Chris, that was my chair. I accidentally 511 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:49,360 Speaker 1: banged it on the desk. That is that what you heard? 512 00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:51,920 Speaker 1: Is that coming? That is that the microphone picking that up? 513 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:54,920 Speaker 1: Oh well, Chris, dude, can't you do some radio stuff 514 00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:58,280 Speaker 1: with that? Anyway? So the German side northern of France. 515 00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:01,920 Speaker 1: North of France, you obviously you know that there are 516 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:04,600 Speaker 1: beaches there. I'm not going to insult your intelligence. You 517 00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:06,920 Speaker 1: know there are some cliffs there. In fact, that's going 518 00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:09,800 Speaker 1: to be a huge part of our story. Yes, the 519 00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:14,760 Speaker 1: Germans had so many positions set up above these beaches, 520 00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:17,680 Speaker 1: on the cliffs, on the hills above the beaches. They 521 00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:21,800 Speaker 1: had all kinds of not just machine gun nests, bunkers, 522 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:26,680 Speaker 1: pill boxes and other things. They had various things in 523 00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:29,360 Speaker 1: the water out in the water. If you've ever seen, 524 00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:33,520 Speaker 1: like saving Private Ryan's a great example of this. Kids, 525 00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:36,760 Speaker 1: not for you, ask mom and dad first, please anyway, 526 00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:42,080 Speaker 1: saving Private Ryan the gigantic anything you can do to 527 00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:45,040 Speaker 1: block boats from coming in. Some of these were steel, 528 00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:47,800 Speaker 1: some of these were concrete. But anything you can do, 529 00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:51,680 Speaker 1: the Germans had done it. Barbed wire everywhere. Now that 530 00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:55,120 Speaker 1: was the hills and that was the beaches. But there 531 00:32:55,240 --> 00:33:01,000 Speaker 1: was more to the setup behind all this. Right behind 532 00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:03,800 Speaker 1: all those guns and machine gun nests and things like that. 533 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:07,960 Speaker 1: Up on the hills, there were roads and there were 534 00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:11,760 Speaker 1: rail lines, mini rail lines. Some the Germans had built, 535 00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:16,880 Speaker 1: some were already there. The purpose of this was because 536 00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:20,360 Speaker 1: we didn't know, or we didn't know because they didn't 537 00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:24,480 Speaker 1: know where the Allies were going to land. You had 538 00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:26,480 Speaker 1: to have if you were the Germans, you had to 539 00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:30,880 Speaker 1: have the ability to move men in equipment back and 540 00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:34,200 Speaker 1: forth quickly. So if we happen to land down gear, 541 00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:37,120 Speaker 1: then we're gonna go down there. And to give you 542 00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:40,880 Speaker 1: some idea of the size, and this is hard to 543 00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:43,600 Speaker 1: visualize radio wise, but let me give you some idea 544 00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:47,920 Speaker 1: of the size. The Normandy D Day landings, the beach 545 00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:50,240 Speaker 1: landings that you've read about, that you know about, that 546 00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:53,560 Speaker 1: you've seen in the movies. There were five of them, 547 00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:57,200 Speaker 1: five different landings. I'm not gonna name them. All details 548 00:33:57,280 --> 00:33:59,760 Speaker 1: ruined the story. Don't worry about that. The only two 549 00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:03,000 Speaker 1: worry about for our purposes today. Were the two American ones, 550 00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:10,520 Speaker 1: Utah Beach and Omaha Beach. One of those stretches alone 551 00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:12,200 Speaker 1: you tend to think about, at least I do. I 552 00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:15,160 Speaker 1: tend to think about them as being small. If you 553 00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:18,880 Speaker 1: had asked me, hey, how long was this one stretch 554 00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:22,799 Speaker 1: of beach? I would say five hundred yards? Sounds reasonable, right, 555 00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:28,480 Speaker 1: five hundred yards pretty long? Try six thousand. That's one stretch, 556 00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:31,239 Speaker 1: and there were five landing six thousands. So these things 557 00:34:31,239 --> 00:34:37,120 Speaker 1: are stretched out back to the Germans behind the lines, roads, railways, 558 00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:42,360 Speaker 1: moving German troops, equipment, bombs, bullets, everything back and forth 559 00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:47,480 Speaker 1: behind them. Behind those people, they had so many German 560 00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:52,520 Speaker 1: reserves reserve units that were stationed behind the lines, so 561 00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:56,319 Speaker 1: they could then quickly mobilize and charge up to the 562 00:34:56,360 --> 00:35:00,560 Speaker 1: line wherever the Allies ended up landing. Okay, it makes sense, 563 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:03,000 Speaker 1: all right, now pause on that. We'll come back to 564 00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:05,280 Speaker 1: that in a moment. It's time to actually dig in 565 00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:09,680 Speaker 1: to the second Ranger Battalion. Will I finish this history 566 00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:14,439 Speaker 1: story next segment? Don't say no, Chris, I might. I'm 567 00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:19,640 Speaker 1: I might not. My focus is just stay focused. Do 568 00:35:19,719 --> 00:35:22,200 Speaker 1: I care? No, I don't know we're gonna tell the 569 00:35:22,239 --> 00:35:26,120 Speaker 1: story until the story's done being told. Now, maybe right 570 00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:29,799 Speaker 1: now you're enjoying this, hopefully you are. Here's what you 571 00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:34,080 Speaker 1: need to do. You need to call somebody, text somebody 572 00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:37,880 Speaker 1: and tell them to tune in for the next hour. Now, 573 00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:41,239 Speaker 1: I want that call to go through. So I want 574 00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:43,800 Speaker 1: you to make sure you're using a pure Talk phone. 575 00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:45,960 Speaker 1: You see, I tell you about switching to Pure Talk 576 00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:49,879 Speaker 1: because their CEO is a veteran. 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They have 587 00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:25,359 Speaker 1: plans for twenty bucks a month, twenty bucks a month 588 00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:28,080 Speaker 1: for cell phone service. Who does that? Pick up your 589 00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:33,880 Speaker 1: phone dial? Pound two five zero and say Jesse Kelly 590 00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:39,040 Speaker 1: pound two five zero, say Jesse Kelly. Next hour we 591 00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:42,000 Speaker 1: are Yes, I'm gonna get to Biden's comments today, Hillary 592 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:45,560 Speaker 1: Clinton's comments today. I saw all the stuff that any 593 00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:50,000 Speaker 1: McKay was talking about. The FBI. Former FBI agent's, current 594 00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:53,879 Speaker 1: FBI agents are worried about being locked up. Trump sat down, 595 00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:56,719 Speaker 1: He's talking about retribution, Will he do it or not? 596 00:36:57,480 --> 00:37:02,160 Speaker 1: Biden with his with his Vladimir Putin comments, and many 597 00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:05,880 Speaker 1: other things. All these things are still to come. But 598 00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:08,040 Speaker 1: for now, we're going to tell the story that was 599 00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:10,759 Speaker 1: all the overview. It's all done. Now we're going to 600 00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:14,880 Speaker 1: tell the story of the Second Ranger Battalion eighty years 601 00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:19,040 Speaker 1: ago today and what they did for each other and 602 00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:20,960 Speaker 1: for this country. Hang on.