U.S Memorial Day BREAKING: Trump, Hegseth, Vance SALUTE War Heroes | Video

Added: 2026-05-26

[00:00:04]Today here at Arlington, a very special place that how burial grounds, battlefields across the country this Memorial Day, we salute them.

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[00:01:43]>> Present.

[00:01:45]>> Heart.

[00:01:47]Now by the day here at Arlington, a very special place that how burial grounds, battlefields across the country and around the world. We unite in solemn observance with reverent hearts. We honor those who fell so that our republic might stand.

[00:02:29]Those who died so that our nation could live. Those who gave up their sacred light on earth. So that the sublime light of American freedom would shine for ever and ever.

[00:02:44]this Memorial Day. We salute them. We exalt them. And we thank them for all that we have and for all that they gave.

[00:02:54]They gave everything. 10 days into the legendary Battle of the Bulge in World War II, Lieutenant Colonel Keith Wear led 11 men in a tank against entrenched German positions, the toughest positions anywhere in the world. Half the patrol, including wear himself, were soon wounded. Yet still, he killed five enemy riflemen, demolished three German machine gun nests, forced a fourth to surrender, and captured the hill. For his heroism, he received the Congressional Medal of Honor. Unlike most drafted soldiers, Wear stayed in the army and rose to the rank of general. A highly respected general in Vietnam as commander of the first infantry, the big red one they called it.

[00:03:49]>> That's very nice.

[00:03:52]He led from the front and in 1968, that's where he was shot down surveying enemy positions for the famous assault on Hill 22.

[00:04:05]Known as the fighting general, he's buried here in Arlington. And with us is his grandson and namesake, Staff Sergeant Keith Wear, an Air Force veteran. Keith, where are you? Keith, where are you? Keith. Hi, Keith.

[00:04:31]>> Thank you very much.

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