WEBVTT 00:00.572 --> 00:03.500 (continuous applause) 00:16.750 --> 00:18.360 [John] Well, I'm John Theohare. 00:18.360 --> 00:21.924 I was in Company E of the 117th Infantry 00:21.924 --> 00:24.963 Regiment of 30th Infantry Division. 00:26.165 --> 00:29.450 And I came here back in 1944 00:30.510 --> 00:33.850 because the people here 00:33.850 --> 00:35.263 had a right to be free. 00:37.420 --> 00:40.936 I'm very pleased to be part of the 00:40.936 --> 00:43.020 people who originally 00:43.020 --> 00:44.800 came through this area, 00:44.800 --> 00:47.420 and I represent a lot of them 00:47.420 --> 00:49.540 who can't be here anymore. 00:49.540 --> 00:53.003 I saw people die on both sides of me 00:54.672 --> 00:57.110 and, very difficult times. 00:57.110 --> 00:58.660 But when we came to the Netherlands, 00:58.660 --> 01:00.769 it was, frankly, very easy. 01:00.769 --> 01:01.602 (applause) We just knew it 01:01.602 --> 01:04.120 was right to do, 01:04.120 --> 01:06.383 and we were glad to do it. 01:09.837 --> 01:12.890 (applause) Well, it's a change 01:12.890 --> 01:16.380 from reality. This is not my reality. 01:16.380 --> 01:19.707 I don't see people five at a time, 01:19.707 --> 01:20.893 five deep 01:21.815 --> 01:23.070 waving at me. 01:23.070 --> 01:25.160 And I like them all, 01:25.160 --> 01:27.023 but I don't know them all. 01:27.860 --> 01:31.490 But they know what my comrades did; 01:31.490 --> 01:33.740 and my comrades are the ones, 01:33.740 --> 01:35.800 I am just representing them 01:35.800 --> 01:38.090 because I got to be an old man, 01:38.090 --> 01:41.860 and they didn't. A lot of them didn't. 01:41.860 --> 01:44.140 And so, I'm 94 01:44.140 --> 01:46.050 and they are there forever 01:46.050 --> 01:48.314 whatever age they were when they died. 01:48.314 --> 01:50.564 (applause) 01:51.950 --> 01:54.130 [Anton] My name is Anton Gaver, 01:54.130 --> 01:56.180 and I served with the Company E, 01:56.180 --> 01:58.513 126th Brigade, 30th Infantry Division. 01:59.890 --> 02:03.600 It's hard to explain what these people, 02:03.600 --> 02:06.470 their appreciation that they have for us. 02:06.470 --> 02:10.565 And, you don't see this all over. 02:10.565 --> 02:13.690 (soft parade music) 02:13.690 --> 02:18.010 The people over here show their appreciation. 02:18.010 --> 02:20.970 They're happy, and they're glad 02:20.970 --> 02:22.770 that we were able to do what we did. 02:23.800 --> 02:26.190 And America doesn't know what it is 02:26.190 --> 02:28.130 to live like these people had to live 02:28.130 --> 02:29.300 for four years. 02:29.300 --> 02:30.373 It's overwhelming 02:32.220 --> 02:34.030 to see them now, 02:34.030 --> 02:36.680 and talk to them, and see the appreciation 02:36.680 --> 02:37.513 that they show.