Posted on Aug 2, 2016
Choir breaks into song on plane to honor fallen WWII soldier being brought home
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Here is the good in people shining.
"An American soldier who gave his life on a World War II battlefield has come home to a hero's welcome more than 70 years later.
At the end of a Delta Air Lines flight from Frankfurt, Germany, to Atlanta on July 18, the pilot informed the passengers that a U.S. Army private would be escorting the remains of a World War II soldier off the plane before everyone could disembark.
As the soldier's remains were transported, members of the Iowa Ambassadors of Music choir spontaneously sang a beautiful rendition of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" in his honor.
The moving performance of the choir singing, "Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!" was captured on video by fellow passenger Diane Cupp, 62, from Johnson City, Tennessee, who posted it on Facebook.
"It was so emotional,'' Cupp told TODAY. "I was just so proud of the young people who started singing and the respect that they showed. My heart just melted."
"An American soldier who gave his life on a World War II battlefield has come home to a hero's welcome more than 70 years later.
At the end of a Delta Air Lines flight from Frankfurt, Germany, to Atlanta on July 18, the pilot informed the passengers that a U.S. Army private would be escorting the remains of a World War II soldier off the plane before everyone could disembark.
As the soldier's remains were transported, members of the Iowa Ambassadors of Music choir spontaneously sang a beautiful rendition of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" in his honor.
The moving performance of the choir singing, "Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!" was captured on video by fellow passenger Diane Cupp, 62, from Johnson City, Tennessee, who posted it on Facebook.
"It was so emotional,'' Cupp told TODAY. "I was just so proud of the young people who started singing and the respect that they showed. My heart just melted."
Choir breaks into song on plane to honor fallen WWII soldier being brought home
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That's what this nation needs more RESPECT for others! Beautiful! Thanks for sharing and the tears.
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Awesome display of gratitude and respect. All heros that make, and have made, sacrifices for this nation in the name of freedom, should be openly praised and celebrated, and paid tribute to. So often in today's society, their contributions to the preserverance of the very things that make this country so great goes unnoticed and unappreciated.
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