GUADALCANAL THEN AND NOW TRUE ADVENTURE - Bill Burrud , Traventure , WWII 80280
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True Adventure was one of several traventure programs produced and hosted by Bill Burrud that aired during the 1950s and 1960s. This particular episode looks into life on Guadalcanal almost twenty years after WWII.
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Spent a week there in August of 1996....dream trip come true.
My dad and his regiment, the 164th. Americal division, was the first army unit to engage the enemy in WWII...He had lots of stories to tell, he made it home without a scratch...
My father took a job in 1965 as manager of the local Trading Post. There were only a few European families in Honiara at that time. I was about 5 and my sister a year older. We went to a Chatholic mission school with all the local kids. What a wonderful adventure filled place it was. "Peter" and "Mary" were our ' houseboy/girl' really just live in helpers for mum and dad, paid a shilling a week so the family stories say. No TV, only thing we had was Raido Australia shortwave, a tropical Paradise. Peter would take me for walks in jungle and old military equipment was everywhere. There was so much unexploded ordinance laying around that they would just put little white picket fences around the bomb or whatever it was.
The old man loved it, mum hated it and I caught some tropical infection and we all had to leave after 18 months or so. We flew up there on a Qantas DC 3 ! and came home on a steamer called," Tulagi" great memories.
Super interesting video. So nostalgic. Like a time capsule and you are there watching them open it. Thanks so much for sharing.
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Wow, what a great video! Thanks for posting. It appears it was filmed in the '61-3 time frame as they mention Pres Kennedy and also show where his crew hid after their Pt being cut in half. non of that was expected based on the title of the video.
Also, it was very cool to see Martin Clemens and many of the Melanese (sp) who helped the Allies.
And the discussion of salvaging and how most everything is gone due to humidity, etc. If you watch more current videos, you would get the impression that there is more artifacts now than 50 + years ago.
thanks again, really enjoyed it.
+69Applekrate why would anyone thumb down this great show
`excellent video Most definitely worth the watch.Not pretentious at all
As a youngster, (I was just 7) I remember the news about the USS Juneau going down in Nov and all 5 of the Sullivan brothers being lost. Now, I know there were thousands of others but that seemed to be top of the news at the time.
12:28. What a sad story!
SURE WAS!
Love gizo lived on the island back in the 70s
An excellent remembrance, but, it brings a question to mind; why did American men fight and die for an English island? Why didn't they liberate their own damned possessions?
The Americans/Allies were at an advantage with the Midway victory. Adm King wanted an offensive and this one was the best and obvious ( with hindsight ) choice. It also would help insure the routes between the US and Australia
@@69Applekrate Thank you for setting straight the questioned military strategy. We lost my uncle, (father's brother), in the U.S. Guadalcanal operations, (a young medical student with a young wife and new-born child waiting at home) which was the cause for the rather angry manner in which I formed my question. Here it is the better part of a century later and bitter feelings remain over every aspect of the Second World War. Thank you again.
I've never seen a thorough explanation as to exactly how the PT 109 got cut in half. I doubt they were asleep including whoever was on watch but thats possible. They were fast boats and noisy so a destroyer might not have been heard or seen in the dark. But even on the darkest nights there is still enough light on the water to see a bow wave of an oncoming ship. Perhaps a rain squall hid its approach. Its so curious to me and I wonder if any other PT boat suffered the same fate.
So many questions like how were the patrols positioned for attacks did they anchor or drift in the straits then wait on an opportunity? They operated at night so maintenance and sleep would have to have been in daylight in a hot and humid atmosphere and thats not conducive for a proper rest.
I'm not trying to question anyones acts of heroism during this incident. I just want to know how a fast boat got cut in half? If you know a source that details this subject please share it with me.
This from Wikipedia.....
According to the book "At Close Quarters: PT Boats in the United States Navy"[25] 99 of the 531 PT boats that served during World War II were lost to various causes.[26]
Accident, friendly fire, sea conditions - 32
Scuttled to prevent capture - 27
Rammed by the enemy - 8
Kamikaze - 2
Mined - 9
Enemy coastal artillery - 6
Strafed - 8
Enemy naval gunfire - 7
I noticed the first explanatory isn't broken down but 8 boats lost from being rammed is amazing to me.
@@slypen7450 President JFK's PT-109 was rammed by a destroyer.
@@MrMenefrego1
So were 11 other PT boats.
@@slypen7450 Okay.
"Unlike the dark-skinned Melonesians..." Had to listen to that twice to make sure he was saying what it sounded like he was saying. A different time for sure.
Scott Mathews they are dark-skinned and melon ease, both factual, no pejorative. Ask yourself, have i prejudged? I.e. Prejudice?
The speak Pidgin English , a language spoken all the way to the Papua .... And Micronesians n Polynesians are just as dark and Blood relatives to Melanesians ....... One people .....
@@martychader3058 Thanks, my exact thots also. He was stating an identifying fact, nothing more, nothing less. Why are some people's kids the way they are?
@@frederickwise5238 Follow the science Scott. C'mon man!
@@vinniethefinger7781 ???? You apparently are speaking to Scott.
Why rep[ly to my name ????
like it reason history and no grade system.