This Decorated War Hero Singlehandedly Saved 8,000 Men
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 มี.ค. 2014
- When the Chinese army besieged his unit, Lt. Chew-Een Lee proved himself and inspired his men by singlehandedly driving the attackers away.
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A true American hero, thank you for your service!
His ethnic group is still being treated as perpetual foreigners.
@@elootl I’m Asian and nobody treats me like a foreigner, I don’t know how you get the assumption without being Asian yourself
@@thelastpioneer2824 not true. Asians are still consider "the foreigner"... Just look at what happened during the Corona Virus...
@@allio3459 That’s called selective media coverage
@@thelastpioneer2824 nope its call being racist towards Asians because yall cant tell the difference.... its called being a "perpetual foerigner" and bickering us to "go back to china".... wake up fool.
Being patriotic isn’t about skin color or what race. It’s all about what country you respect and give honor to. He is the perfect example of a American Patriot.
yes yes he is!
He is a perfect example of a disgrace to his blood and ancestors
@@LeechUFC and you are a perfect example of the same thing
@@LeechUFC Take it easy, Zhang
@@LeechUFC Communist traitor
"When you are small, Make the enemy think you are big"
- *The art of war*
"When you are big, make the enemy think you are tiny." - The Art of Small
@@onespeedlite by biggie smalls
I knew I would find a quote or two from the time honored tome.
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Lee was a total badass Marine. Sadly, he died in 2014, may he RIP. Semper Fi, and thank you for your service, Sir!
music4ever1981 his brothers served in army in Vietnam and Korea too
the response to him is died without any kids. 中国话叫绝种了
A Marine's Marine!
@reshi p his thing was shot by PRC i thought
RIP
The Medal of Honor should be awarded to this man.
He was going to get the Medal of Honor. He was going to. Then his company commander and fellow Lt who would've recommended it took one to the head and it never happened. Every single man in their battalion believed he did, not just for his personal bravery but his inspirational leadership under fire, when they liberated Fox Company.
To all you people calling him a traitor to china
He was born in the USA, the USA was his home (he's dead now), he grew up in the USA, he was an American, he fought for America.
How can you call him a traitor if he fought for his home, he'd be a traitor if he went to china to fight for china for a country that's not his home against his country which is his home, makes no sense
He said: do not shot, I'm Chinese. Even stupid can tell that he is for his own coward life, not the United States, at that monment to say he is a Chinese, and then, apparently he betrayed his creed and chose to use excuse "fight for American" to get himself a coward live. Traitor is not a suitable word, and coward are obviously more suitable for him. Of course one I think a coward is obviously a traitor who betrayed himself.
@@user-mp7vs3jw7t oowwww Chinese Communist here
@@user-mp7vs3jw7t He's using what ever tactic that will let him win. Germans did the same during WW 2. They used English to try and get the guard down of US soldiers. You want to win you use the tools you have available. By your standard the US was wrong for having and using their air superiority during the first Iraq war. You obviously have never had to use your wits in a combat situation. Improvise and overcome. He was a good Marine.
@@user-mp7vs3jw7t Be respectful, nobody is a traitor, Lieutenant Chew-Een Lee is a hero!
@@user-mp7vs3jw7t You obviously don't have the brains to fight a battle if you don't use whatever skills/equipments you have available.
Interesting fact major lee had a brother who served in the us army as an officer in the Korean war and himself was decorated with the second highest award for valor the distinguished service cross. I think they are the only pair of brothers who served in Korea that received the second highest award for valor.
Family of badass
Too bad he took his own life
Sadly, his brother committed suicide in Taiwan. He must've seen too many horrors during his years in service.
He should have won the Medal of Honor. Hopefully this will be corrected soon.
Some of his Marines actually have said they thought he deserved it. Lol
@@kevinzhang3313 Ray Davis commander of Lee's Battalion supposedly said in a speech that Lee was the bravest marine he ever knew.
They need to upgrade is navy cross to a medal of honor
Skankhunt42 i feel like a navy cross is just pure insult in my opinion. Do they still get saluted if you’re an enlisted? Whats the benefits of it, aside from being 2nd highest award. Do he get free gas at any px? He showed true balls there, definitely medal of honor actions.
@@licktin1091from what I know a 10 percent increase in retirement pay.
And who says that? Oh right, all the Marines who served with him. Instead the Lt. Colonel gets it because he was killed. Nowadays it's better, when people do something noble, gutsy, great and lose their lives in the process - their death makes it clear the valor they did which was deserving of the MOH. But that guy got it BECAUSE he died.
Agreed. I just finished The Last Stand of Fox Company. Jesus, that guy was a stud. As were many people there.
This was 1950 so being Asian may have been a reason for not getting the MoA
He's an American, even if he had yellow skin and black hair. He's a hero, not a traitor. He fought for his faith and country, that's it.
Semper Fi
Agreed.
his brother got the DSC in that same hell hole
fastone942 Looks like heroism runs in the family's genes. A belated salute.
fucking immingrate country! just like ww2 german american generals fight german army, fucking brainwashed.
M M2 same shit for black folks too sooooooooooo.............
That’s amazing that the Chinese fell for it. As a Chinese speaker myself, i can say that wasn’t exactly the best mandarin; he pronounced the cantonese word for “fire/shoot” (玩火) instead of mandarin when he told them not shoot.
He also made some grammatical errors & said “bu kai huo” (不開火) where it would be more grammatically correct if he was to says “bie kai huo” (別開火).
He’s a lucky man the Chinese soldiers didn’t pick up on that.
EDIT: Actually, “kai huo (開火)” is ok, it literally means “open fire” (i.e: typically you say if you were shooting cannons or something). If he was to have said “bie kai chang (別開槍)” meaning “don’t shoot (your gun)” colloquially would be better.
I was surprised as well. The Chinese really don’t like him for that, but it more embarrassing that they actually fell for it.
@@matthewct8167 most of people in that ear were not well educated so gramma mistake is fine but how he fooling people was disgrace.
unlike today, during that time only a little portion of Chinese people speak standard Mandarin, most of them speak their own dialect, or speak Mandarin with a strong accent. so they might ignored the pronunciation and grammar
A lot of Chinese soldiers did not have the concept of Asian American at the time, so it's likely to have caused hesitation and confusion
你比莱蛙还恶心
I like the way he thinks! Much respect Sir!
Sounds like an amazing American war hero to me! Thank you for your service.
Just the combat knowledge he was able to pass down to the next generation of Marine leaders must have been absolutely instrumental...he probably deserves the MOH for that alone.
This Marine was one of the real heroes of the Chosin campaign and was an outstanding leader. Nothing else to say,
If you fight for the winning side you're hero, if you fight for the losing side you're criminal.
But respect to this man for his bravery.
US didn't't win the war tho
@@user-uz1wz4gp9d Nobody actually won the war. Some argue it's still going.
@@applesandgrapesfordinner4626 Partially right. The war was still going until September 2018 (September 2018 inter-Korean summit).
@@user-uz1wz4gp9d That summit is dissolved now.
Damn, hell of a man. Rest In Peace.
Thank you for your service Lt Lee, you are an American hero.
:- ))))) it was not a race war and he was born in Frisco, raised in the U.S. He used his skills to fight the enemy, foreign soldiers who happened to be the same race as him. What a traitor indeed
@@istvansipos9940sounds like what happened in ww2
Full history on him? Never heard of Lt. Chew-Een Lee till now. I'm interested on his story.
He was the very first Asian-American Officer in the Marines
M M2 : You’re the racist and the ignorant one by your comment.
there's a pretty good story about him in Martin Russ' book Breakout.
Is this the man that wore a coloured vest to direct his mens fire (may be wrong person)
Isaiah Betteridge actually first non white usmc officer
God bless this man! What a hero!
From one Chinese-American Marine to another: Semper Fidelis
Thank you for your service 🇺🇸
I was born in korea, adopted at 2, by german parents, and grew up in america. I may look korean, but i am 100% american. Nothing infuriates me more than being called an asian american. I am american and my allegiance will always be to my country till the day i die.
But you ARE Asian though, burying your head in the sand won't change that fact...
^just like you are European or African then.
SMFFL100 United States is populated by Americans who have a history of immigrant ancestry.
No explaination is needed, carry on American.
you are stupid. Korea doesn't want you. Go be american.
Big Boy Bodybuilder which is the good side?
Intelligence armed with courage, no telling what you can accomplish. Thank you for putting this on.
Well, I'd never heard of Major Lee before, but it seems that he was hard as nails, and he makes me proud to be his fellow Marine and fellow veteran of the 7th Marines. Semper Fi!
He made the entire 1st Marine Division proud.
As a Chinese man I'm hoping that Lee will get more recognition for his actions with the 1st Marine Division during Korea since they are highly experienced and disciplined.
No i am Chinese and he is a traitor he betrayed his country to bootlick america and let his own people die
@@pleasedontbanmyyt9411 That’s not his own people anymore
@@eggsplash2916 It's called cultural pride, no matter what country he has loyalty to, get a grip.
@@pleasedontbanmyyt9411 Mao sent several Chinese to die in the Korean war but I don't see you speaking on that.
@@Huey101Shots doesnt change the fact that he is a traitor
In Case you did not know what medals Major. Lee was awarded here they are
Navy Cross, Silver Star, Two Purple Hearts, Commendation Medal with Valor Device,Combat action Ribbon, Presidential Unit Citation, Navy Unit Commendation, Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal, China Expedition Medal, American Campaign Service Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Occupation of Japan Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Korea Service Medal , Vietnam Service Medal, UN Korea Service Medal, ROK presidential Unit Citation,Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal Expert Rifle and Pistol
Chosin Resorvoir was no joke. Give that Marine his due respect. Semper Fi Marine. Till Valhalla......
Most of the people in China said that he's the traitor of his ancestors for what he did on Korean battlefield.
For me, he's not a traitor, he's a war hero who fought the communist.
要是反過來呢，白人為中國共产党對抗美國人，你們又會怎麼評價呢？
Such great thinking and calmness under fire. A real hero.
Great hero. Thank you for your service.
fucking
So badASSSSSS!!!!! What a Nutty Steeled Soldier🇺🇲👏
Sounds like true valor deserving of the Medal of Honor!
Proof that racism is a terrible illusion that an individual chooses to make part of their personality. This man sees everyone as human. Shouldn't we all? 🤗
Love the video showing him walking through leaves. He was basically ploughing through several feet of snow.
Thank you for your service.
semper fi! Always faithful...my blood runs red white and blue to! 0311, OIF Vet
Major Lee, outstanding sir, Semper Fi.
A real hero.
Semper Fi and God Bless this man.
Thank you Lt. Lee, true hero.
If he has not already, this Marine deserves a Congressional Medal of Honor. I don't think anything else could represent his level of bravery and camaraderie. Semper Fi
For those saying he’s a traitor to his own race…lol the CCP fought KMT (which also are Chinese) for 4 years from 1945-1949, don’t ya think Chairman Mao is also quite a traitor to his own race due to his action based on your standard? The logic doesn’t make sense, MAJ Lee is an Asian American who were born and raised in the states, therefore he chose to join and fought with his fellow brothers is totally normal just like other American soldiers, he has all his right to do so and yes indeed he is an American hero without a doubt.
This guy is a traitor to his bloodline
But the CCP fought the KMT, what do you make of that
not medal of honor!? wtf
To get medal of honor, your need be honorable. he was brave and smart. But not honorable.
@@cloudconnected1476 how wasn’t he honorable.
Being Chinese and a Marine Corps fan he deserves that award since I had 2 uncles who were in Korea both were Army.
@@cloudconnected1476 He saved 8k man and you say he's not honorable?
Love is what I see what I feel what is obvious. Love is what is taking place between these men for one another. Seeing true American Chinese soldiers fighting along side Irish American, Italian American, German American, Russian American, British American, French American, Australian American, Denmark American, Mexican American, Hawian American, African American, Turkish American.. Etc Etc Etc. Same if not greater love and fight as there fellow American brother in arm's. Nowhere else can people come together as one people like this. Nowhere else will a soldier fight alongside there brother at arms with such dedication as America. For 1 for all. AMERICA 🇺🇸
"DON'T SHOOT I'M CHINESE" Masterclass in trolling.
that man is a Marine.
Awesome story! Thanks for sharing. JT
Too be honest i think he should have been awards the Medal of Honor, the highest award. Maybe because he was Chinese he only got the silver star. Either way I wish they made a movie about this guy. Too bad the Chinese will never let that happen considering they are the biggest box office current. So new movies that want to make money would have to go through "Chinese custom."
You obviously didn't watch the video in its entirety.he did NOT get the Silver Star he got the Navy Cross. The Navy Cross is the United States military's second-highest decoration awarded for valor in combat.
Nobody listen to Chris Nelson, he's gay as fuck lol
If it was the case for blacks in the same era, it sure as he'll wouldn't have been possible even if he could've been otherwise considered
Who could play him? Jim Wong? Tbh, Chinese celebrity is an oxymoron.
I believe that his 1st ribbon on his uniform is the Navy Cross. Second to the CMH.
Certified badass. My grandpa was drafted into the U.S army during the Korean war. Unfortunately, he passed away in 2011 due to a long battle with pancreatic cancer.
Man your grandpa rest in peace Semper Fi 🇺🇲
Worthy of the, "MEDAL OF HONOR."
BAMF
Semper Fi Major Lee
Reminded me of Lt Ronald Spear in Band Of Brothers, one man assault that stunned the enemy!
Awesome Marine.
Semper fi sir.
RIP Lt. Chew-Een Lee, 1926-2014
he won't peach tho
That is some tactical brilliance right there.
They should make a movie about him because he is a Legend to the USMC
God bless him
Amazing
It's the quiet, unassuming men who make heroes
Not too quiet, he was the type that verbally commanded respect
Amazing man
i am disappointed to this man. he said to the chinese, 我是中国人，快来救我(trans: i am chinese, come save me). then chinese soilders arose and started walking over. he slayed more than 8000 chinese. the americans got what they got. they crossed the 3-8 line. the deserved it. it was their fault.
RESPECT TO Lieutenant LEE!!
In world war two nazis who spoke english were doing the same thing, and the allies said that this was a war crime, the japanese in the pacific were pretending to surrender and then pulling a grenade or whipping out a sidearm to kill the soldiers he'd just "surrendered" to. I'm not questioning this mans bravery, and he deserves respect from the American people, however I will say that what he did was questionable.
To win a war you must try every advantage possible.
Communists aren’t human so it’s not a war crime
That's war you play to your advantage to win you use deception all armies since the dawn of time have done and do so.
"All warfare is based on deception" Sun Tzu
Ooooh Rah Jarhead!!! Chesty salutes you!
Thank God he was on our side!
One man army! How brave and courageous
He's no traitor. There's a difference between being Chinese and being a communist.
mao communism in china happened only because of USA.
Major Lee I respect you through your action and bravery. I salute to your work by keeping peace in Asia.
You must be joking, the US started the war and the US also break a lot of peach in Asia.
Have the US government found the biochemical weapons in Iraq yet?
@@user-uz1wz4gp9d the USA did not start the Korean war dingus. North Korea did.
@@user-uz1wz4gp9d I can’t believe people like you blame the USA for everything while not knowing anything about the war
@@user-uz1wz4gp9d Tankie spotted.
@user-uz1wz4gp9d Mao sent hundreds of thousands of Chinese to their deaths in Korea to practically no effect on the North/South border.
He is a hero, no contest.
Very brave actions by Lt Lee. His mandarin wasn’t the best tho but I suppose the Chinese soldiers he was fighting didn’t know standard mandarin pronunciation so it still probably startled them.
A TRUE BADASS.
be like this OG one day
dont shot, I am Chinese, lol.
they say "old heroes never die,they just become the stuff of legends" well that's certainly the case of major lee.semper fi and rest in peace sir
OOOOORAAAAH BROTHER!!!!!!!!
What a true hero fighting for his country and employing resourceful, quick thinking skills to employ against the enemy.
Should talk and show more of him on TV
There needs to be a movie about this guy
That's the face of a hero.
SEMPER FI MAJ LEE!
and they called him a slope but he took it. Thats what i call a hero
His Chinese was pretty bad. I'm surprised he wasn't shot at trying to pretend he was the enemy
@@ramsaybolton7512 maybe
He isn't a traitor, he was born in America so he has to serve America, if he tried to go back to China, he himself will get imprisoned and when he is returned, he will be continued being called a traitor by fellow family and Americans, it's a lose-lose situation.
Why didn't he get the highest honour? Because his skin was yellow? His heroics were simply unbelievable and could have been out from the pages of a war novel.
Asians are brown not yellow
I think his commander going nominate him for the M.o.H. but he was unfortunately K.I.A. before it could happen. The replacement commander probably didn't see him rise up through the Marines and like thus more prejudicial as according to the times.
what documentary is this from?
Chew'em Lee
These are great stories being told buy our allies from one side of the globe to the other...
I didn't expect a fellow Chinaman when I clicked on this video, good on ya mate.
@@zennoix9984 Oh really? Well they shouldn't, I'm definitely not one of those calling him out. Western freedom over communism. I'm a proud Aussie born Chinese.
Lol those of us of Chinese descent in America do not call ourselves Chinamen
absolute chad, rest in peace
what a cunning man to speak Chinese to distract the other Chinese soldiers
He did that yet asians are still regarded as the most foreign and and discriminated the most!
HDsharp Yep here in California a mix State I dont even notice if some one is Asian or other races went to school with all kinds of people.
*****
Ass hole, everyone thinks that way (racial profiling) ,barring you when everyone discriminate you as an Asian! you say you dont do it, but I bet you subconsciously respect whites more than blacks for their past achievements, its not something you control, its a subconscious thing... Theres two thoughts, you treat your friends separately in a colour blind way, but most people profile strangers racially, its how it works, if its not like that there wouldn't be any discrimination, think about it.
*****
Stop living in a bubble, the world is bigger than Canada, stop being so native, if tell me the growth of China doesn't do asians any good in cred? then you really are naive. When the world changes people's subconscious mind changes with it. 10 years a go, I was treated like dirt being an asian. Today because of our reputation abroad and at home its given us a better rep.
*****
Stop your BS, you know what I mean, everyone has their own preconceptions about race, when you want to make friends its better to keep your stereotypes and preconceptions at bay, do you have a brain?? is your brain not flexible? lets get this straight, if there wasnt racism, people wouldn't judge you by your color but you know people do, in all aspects of life. Take the media, why the fuck are we restricted in the media?? because people in the arm chairs stereotype asians, we're not deemed bankable, people turn off due to their preconceptions about asians, the media is just black and white! its nearly an asian free zone!!!
*****
Who cares? you mean you dont care about racism directed at asians? People that care make a difference. Who are you to say he didnt care, who are you to speculate? he may have even gone in the army to serve because he wanted to be the first asian to do it. You dont know what he really thinks.
It's only Chinese and tankies who are calling this man a traitor.
ah this video would irritate tons of Chinese ppl. but he is indeed doing what is right
At his point in time, anti-miscegnation laws are still in effect, yet war bride act legalized the only form of interracial relationship, WMAF. The dude died childless and single. That's the sacrifice this idiot made to a society that literally doesn't want asian man to reproduce.
he might inspire taiwanese soldiers
nobody listen to M M2, he has no idea what he's talking about and is gay as fuck lol
lol Cs go giveaway Guy is a chinese troll paid 50 cents to feed his starving family. The US didn't lose, and anyone who defends communism deserves to die, sorry
If you defend china poorly with no facts like you're doing, yeah you getting paid 50 cents to be a chinese troll lol. You seem to blindly follow chinese state media, esp cause you think nobody died in tianamen square massacre LOL dumbass
how one asian man carries the game
People in the comments are actually calling him a traitor? Are you serious? He's American, him being able to speak a foreign language doesn't change that. I'm American and I'm learning a foreign language, what does that make me?
americans only have to speak english.
The Media
This is equivalent to a black man supporting apartheid by killing other black.
Asian americans get discriminated against to this day when it comes to jobs and education because of affirmative action.
Well if you are in a war, and use that language to confuse the enemy into thinking that you are one of them, then gunning them down in their confusion while their guard is down, then it makes you a war criminal....
Daniel Wu the Germans, Americans, British and Soviets did that in WW2. I SEE NO PROBLEM
KahFoh Thien they can speak what ever language they want
I've heard old man Rommel usually did this with a squad, but I didn't expect a single Marine to do this alone along with confusing the enemy with language.
Wow.
Upgrade is definitely overdue. As a Marine myself, I believe that his name was Audie Murphy from Oklahoma, USA 🇺🇸 He would receive the CMO
Audie Murphy was in the Army though
This guy deserves more than a medal, he deserves the respect of everyone. This guy fought for us marines and for anyone else.
YouthSpirited, shame. His homeland is where he lives. He is an American of Chinese descent, just as I am an American of African descent. That's all he can be having declared his faith and trust in America. However it does not stop me from being proud of my ancestral background. What say you?
+Vicki Cosby-Jefferson You preach the truth!
M M2 He's a hero and you seem like a damn idiot. He wasn't fighting for Imperialism he was fighting for freedom. If brave men like him hadn't gone to fight, I highly doubt an ignorant pee on like you would. South Korea is better off for what men like him did and there's no way to argue otherwise if you just look at the communist north.
YES
M M2 go fuck yourself commie
I don't think his ancestry was ever put to question. However, he knows that he is an American. Your points are all circumstantial. China had a civil war. Till this day, Africa continuously has numerous civil wars. If you were put on the frontline as Americans fights Africans, who would you fight for?