According to a recent story in CNN.com news, Hoyt had rarely spoken about that day in 1945, but he recently opened up to a journalist.

"There were thousands of bodies piled high. I saw hearts that had been taken from live people in medical experiments," Hoyt told author Stephen Bloom in a soon-to-be-published book called "The Oxford Project."

"Mr. Hoyt, as a young man, saw unspeakable horrors when he was one of the soldiers to discover the Buchenwald concentration camp, and those are experiences as a country and a world we can never forget.

"You think back on a young man 19 years old and to have the experience that he had," Geren said, his voice dissolving before ever finishing his thought.

The discovery of Buchenwald, on April 11, 1945, began the liberation of more than 21,000 prisoners from one of the largest Nazi concentration camps of World War II.

Read the full CNN.com news account of James Hoyt here.

Soldiers like Hoyt are to be remembered forever. They have seen first hand the absolute horror of war. Death at its worst. This is what war is really like.

Never allow our heroes to pass without a remembrance. A memorial. A small token of love and thanks.

James carried this weight on his shoulders for all these years so that new generations would remember how bad war is. So they could understand that you avoid war until there is absolutely no choice left whatsoever. Then, you go in and do what ever it takes with all the resources you have. You make it swift. You make it just. You make it end. You make sure that the people left are allowed to live in freedom. Free to make their own decisions. Free from the terror of dictators and terrorists and bullies. Free to live and grow and help others to be free.

Thank you James Hoyt for all that you saw and did for all of us.