1 00:00:00,975 --> 00:00:05,192 (dramatic music) (indistinct conversation) 2 00:00:05,192 --> 00:00:07,220 - It was a fabulous period of instruction. 3 00:00:07,220 --> 00:00:10,020 Gunnery Sergeant Wede made everything clear for us, 4 00:00:10,020 --> 00:00:11,510 and he helped bring it to life 5 00:00:11,510 --> 00:00:13,363 in a way that I hadn't experienced before. 6 00:00:14,350 --> 00:00:17,770 And I was able to sign up, take my wife with me, 7 00:00:17,770 --> 00:00:19,230 and spend about three and a half hours 8 00:00:19,230 --> 00:00:21,230 learning about the battle from Gunnery Sergeant Wede. 9 00:00:21,230 --> 00:00:23,400 - The Somme, and Passchendaele, and Ypres 10 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:25,660 up in Belgium, and the Germans- 11 00:00:25,660 --> 00:00:27,900 Traditionally we do an eight-hour PME, 12 00:00:27,900 --> 00:00:31,160 and we usually get maybe around 25, 13 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:34,670 30 people come out on a 55 passenger bus. 14 00:00:34,670 --> 00:00:36,600 This year we had, the bus was full. 15 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:38,818 It was so full that I had to stand. 16 00:00:38,818 --> 00:00:41,401 (gentle music) 17 00:00:43,660 --> 00:00:46,090 This was the first time that I've given it to Germans. 18 00:00:46,090 --> 00:00:47,315 I'm glad that they came out. 19 00:00:47,315 --> 00:00:49,440 It was really nice having 'em out there. 20 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:52,510 Yeah, when I first saw them, I was kinda surprised. 21 00:00:52,510 --> 00:00:54,110 I just didn't expect them to come. 22 00:00:54,110 --> 00:00:58,000 But I think it shows how much things can change, 23 00:00:58,000 --> 00:00:59,980 and how we wanna come together in a place like this 24 00:00:59,980 --> 00:01:03,487 and remember those who sacrificed and what sacrifice means. 25 00:01:03,487 --> 00:01:05,490 (gentle music) 26 00:01:05,490 --> 00:01:07,710 My biggest thing that I wanna do 27 00:01:07,710 --> 00:01:10,520 is to preserve the valor of the Marines that came out here, 28 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:12,877 and let them know the tremendous things that they did, 29 00:01:12,877 --> 00:01:15,400 and they did, they did extraordinary things here. 30 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:17,440 And that's kind of what I try to drive home 31 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:18,520 when I give my PMEs, like hey, 32 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:20,330 this is where it pretty much started from. 33 00:01:20,330 --> 00:01:21,530 This is where we get it. 34 00:01:21,530 --> 00:01:23,300 These are the guys that started it all. 35 00:01:23,300 --> 00:01:24,740 I mean, there was a Marine Corps before that, 36 00:01:24,740 --> 00:01:27,200 but it really, this is what really kind of, 37 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:30,290 you know, put us on the map, was coming here. 38 00:01:30,290 --> 00:01:33,240 So that's the biggest thing I like to drive home with them.