Heroic WW2 Marine Reveals The Horrors Of Okinawa | Remember WWII With Rishi Sharma
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C/O William Gosch
P.O. BOX 245
Collierville, TN
30827
This is an interview with WWII veteran William Gosch who served as a Marine Raider in WWII and who took part in the intense battle of OKINAWA. This is a moving testimony in which Mr. Gosch talks about the reality of war and what it is like to be on the front lines fighting for your country, life, and your fellow servicemen. In this video, he talks about what it is like to be taking heavy fire from the enemy and what it was like to have to shoot the enemy to survive another day... We are blessed to live in a world of ease and prosperity because of the WWII veterans.
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C/O William Gosch
P.O. Box 245
Collierville, TN
38027
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May have missed it...when is his birthday?
He mentioned having the rifle sent home to "North Tonawanda"... that's basically Buffalo, NY. One of the Band of Brothers guys was from there as well. Did he move from Buffalo to Tennessee? I'd like to write him.
I live in Huntsville Alabama I’d love to have the opportunity to thank Mr. Gosch for his service and hear more of his ww2 stories. His voice is like smooth honey over gravel :-)
his birthday was 12/08 - just turned 98 from m North Tonawanda, NY
@@susan7970 Holy cow that's the day before my birthday, and I'm 30 mins from him. I gotta meet this guy!!
He closes his eyes, goes back. He can see, hear, smell the misery he once lived. Amazing hero. 🇺🇸
I think he closes his eyes and pauses at the moment he does because he is in a reverie of divine communion with his God, thanking Him yet again for having spared his life at that moment so he could tell his story at this moment. I think he's overwhelmed by the Love that God showed him in a way so direct it could have had only one source -- and he knows it. How can you possibly respond to the Love that without question saved your life other to recognize and give thanks for it?
ABSOLUTELY!
Too true hes left with them horrifying memories
When you have nearly died many time's, and should be dead, you thank God, and His Son everyday, and you tell your story. God bless everyone.
Wars are caused by the governments of different countries.not the folk walking the streets.beatha no bas.
His silent pauses speaks louder than words. He's re-living it. What a hero.
Can definitely feel he was still there while speaking about it.
You can literally see him going back in time. Bet he could hear and smell war all over again.
That's exactly what I just said to my wife.
A hero, for taking a man life...
@@rononeal979 there’s more to it than that. But I doubt that you would understand.
My grandfather would tell me stories like this. We'd sit in his living room with his favourite beer (Give me a little when mum wasn't looking) light his pipe and go back to his time in the war. Some were pretty gruesome, but he'd tell the light hearted funny stories too. He died in 2001, I miss him and his stories. The weird thing is, I work in elderly care in a hospital, I seen to attract the WW2 veterans and hear their stories too. Never get tired hearing them.
You should document their stories. It’s a shame that we are losing our vets to old age and a lot of their stories die with them.
Never got those stories. I was to young for him to share and I don't even think he shared with my older brother. He was a navigator on a b17 in the 8th airforce. I found a guy on Facebook when I was in my 20s who had action reports and rosters from his time flying. I realized why he didn't share with us. I miss him also. He died in 2010 after suffering from Parkinsons for over a decade
Thank them for us.
Thank you
Keep up the Good work!
This is a badass who has truly taken lives, taking a life isn't badass, but living with it and not becoming an alcoholic like I did after my combat Infantry days is something to behold.
Thank you for your service. You're a hero, and you can beat the Alcoholism. I'm 15 yrs clean.
dont forget the dreams they dont go away..I was in the Australian infantry for 12 years.....
God Bless you
Riveting listen and God bless you sir, im a 65 year old Kiwi and if it wasnt for you brave Yanks, we would all be speaking Japanese in the South Pacific, thank you very much from the bottom of my heart for your bravery and sacrifice. We will remember your buddies, may they Rest In Peace. Sorry to hear about the Kiminos.
you will be speaking Chinese soon. get ardern out now.
Great comment. Pray for America. We are in trouble.
"Yankee" is how the local Indians said "English." If it wasn't for George Washington, we'd all be speaking English.
They never would have held the pacific in reality..we never would have been speaking Japanese..but bless the young men that fought so bravely ..amazing
I'm a kiwi too
My grandfather was a Marine veteran of Okinawa and Korea. He never talked to us about the fighting except to say "I pray every day that you all will never have to be apart of an amphibious invasion"
God bless you sir, and Semper Fi!
My Grandfather was a Korean War Marine also, however he was too young to fight in Okinawa as he was too young for WWII. What can earnestly say is that my Grandfather was the same way, with never speaking of his time in Korea, but rather putting that time behind him.
@@marcusdelk7708 Must of been with the 1st Marine Div."Guadalcanal"!
🙏🙏Blessings forever GOD loves y'all too forever tell everyone you know and don't know. Jesus loves y'all too forever. Teach everyone how to see and enjoy their blessings too forever
@@marcusdelk7708 "The Forgotten War " ! Korea was a meat grinder. USA lost nearly 34 000 soldiers in Korea from 1951-53 . I think sum historians claim nearly 54000 were killed . Some of the bloodiest fighting in World history took place. My father was drafted late 53 , as part of the Korean War if it was going to continue, but great fully not so.
I lost a relative in SouthVietnams Central Highlands mid 3/68 , tail end of bloody TET , nearly 2wjs. Before my 11th bday . I'm m an indirect casualty of that conflict by currently being on anti- anxiety , and depressants medications .
Seen from 1965-69 friends bros. and neighbors sons sent there . Most came back classic cases of PSTD.
A classic case of PSTD was my grandpa( Dad's side) ! He was a medic with cat.s rank in the USAs elite 82nd A/B Division in WW2 in the ETO ! Man , the harrowing , on nearly , and seeing death edge from Normandy , and the bloody fighting he seen , and heard @ STE. Mere Eglise , the blood soaked ground from Grimm fighting in those hedgerows ( DDay 6/6/1944) , "Operation Market Garden" happening @ Holland (mid9/1944) where the Brit paratroopers got mauled @Arnhem , and the USAs 101 and 72nd A/B units faired slightly better but still couldn't consumate a sure footing on the German side of the Rhine River , and later to defend a small parcel of territories against determined Nazi- German counterattacks at high casualties. A bridge too far it was.
Grandpa was on his way to the Ardennes. After a brief respite . The jeep he was riding in , with 4 other soldiers , hit a mine kia the driver , soldier behind the driver , wounding the soldier behind my grandpa In front seat where grandpa got wounded too. Both wounded troopers laid off to side of ditch for nearly 1/2 a day before being picked up by USA troops . Luckily , Joachim Pieper of the 1st Waffen SS Panzer Division wasn"t there instead, for grandpa like the other 130-50 , and probably then sum , that Colonel Joachim Pieper had murdered @ Malmady , Belgium.
Grandpa was reluctant to talk about his hellish time in the ETO , for it would bring up not to nice of a time period. It took years for him to break out , and talk about his nightmarish experiences .And , what battles grandpa was In was only a fraction of other major engagements the Allied were involved in .
@@marcusdelk7708 God bless your grandpa for serving this nation USA I'm.a bloody war that shouldn't , and never be forgotten !!
My grandfather was a marine in Okinawa. Carried a BAR, got some tropical fever so bad he had a fever of 107 and got lockjaw. They sent his footlocker to his parents and wrote him off as dead. He recovered and when he went back to his unit every single person he fought with was dead and replaced. 100% casualty rate.
Dad was in the 22nd in Okinawa too. BAR man also! He told me once when showing a picture of some of his buds in the squad, that only him and pointed to another guy, were , to his knowledge, the only living and non-wounded Marines left there. He lost it and was send out after losing his foxhole buddy by a Jap infiltrator who cut his throat. Dad, never spoke much about his experiences in the war. As a Marine, myself, I understood that more completely after my tour in Nam. >salute> to your grandpa also! Simper Fi!
God bless
Wow. Isn't that something
As a New Zealander, I know how you and your friends secured our safety and freedom in the Pacific, I/we cannot thank you enough.
We talk shit to each other, but Americans, New Zealanders, Polynesians, Australians, British, French all fought and died together during that war. Russians call it the Great Patriotic War. While I don't agree with them, it definetly was just that and all sides fight like it was.
Can't imagine what the Japanese imperial army would have done to NZ
@@angrybear86same thing they planned to do to us in Australia
Completely subjugate and overturn our democratic government to their way of governance as well as completely eclipsing our culture and way of living to their own liking 😢
@@EncrypticMethods sad we're becoming what they fought against. Never give up. Freedom eternal.
Recognize your fellow country men for the life that you have today . Don’t let them be forgotten !!
Teach this in our schools ! Let’s not forget who made our life so safe and comfortable for us today !
“I sat down and I prayed” that’s a graduate course in theology no man can take from him, from us, thank u for this and sir for ur service
If you study war, tactics, events, you begin to see patterns of tiny details that changed the entire scope of battle.
I can’t help but attribute these things to divine intervention. Like Jeb Stuart in the Civil War, and the battle of Gettysburg. He was days late arriving, solely because he was the cool kid, fast cavalry, busy partying and schmoozing the southern ladies. If he had been there from the first day, the North would almost certainly have been routed and the entire war gone differently. Arrogance and indifference of one man, flipped the entire war.
These tales he told, he attributes his survival to divine intervention, and so do I. He was meant to live, and meant to destroy the evil empire Japan had become. He hurt for not seeing men grow and have children, but he was meant to do what he did in that war, and meant to win the battles he fought.
Like the battle of Midway. How can all those decisions go the way they had to? How can one bomb that hit one aircraft carrier just chain react and sink it? How can an overflight just have enough cloud cover to obscure the American fleet?
A secular man might chalk it up to freakishly good luck. I don’t believe that. I believe it’s small voices, changing big events.
Amen
I'm an Englishman and I would like to thank this brave man for his service and sacrifice. Pity our politicians haven't listened to these men about the futility of war. I wish him well.
My Grandfather (East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) fought alongside American GIs in France and Belgium.
Amazing stories. So many see an old man, but I see a 20 year old surviving in ruthless conditions. A true hero.
My grandfather also landed with the Marines that went in at Yontan airfield. He was with the third wave. Thank you Sir for serving and enduring. Peaceful days to you.
Okinawa was brutal 12,700 Americans were killed, over 40,000 wounded. Worse than Iwo Jima. This man was part of America's greatest generation.
Greatest generation.
@@lars277 even more Japanese died, possibly 100x Japanese than Americans, death toll was insanity
@@lars277 good enough numbers to wipe out civvies with bombs, won't you say?
My grandfather was there but with Army Americal div. He said they fault right beside the marines.
You can seen when he pauses with eyes closed, these are images he's lived with and dreamt about for almost 80 years. You can't erase memories and the harder you try, the more impossible it becomes.
“Didn’t make any difference, bingo.” Man, can only imagine this man’s story. 🤕
We're losing these great individuals ... capturing and sharing these stories is vital.
Indeed vital
There 119,000 WW2 veterans alive today, and they are passing away at 131 per day
This man, who young people would just pass on the street, is living proof of the strength of our country's past. I would not call him a hero, and I am sure he doesn't feel that way. I would thank him for sacrificing himself, his youth, and his lifetime of memories to protect our country during those terrible years. He has carried this war on his shoulders his whole life. Thank you for your sacrifice.
Sounds like a hero to ke
I'd rather call WW2 veterans heroes rather than any of the recent north American soldiers in Middle East. At least this man fought for an honorable reason, not some hidden geopolitical goal under the guise of anti-terrorism and anti-dictatorship.
@@awfan221 You say that like the people that fought in the middle east knew why they were fighting for oil. They didn't. Their patriotism was exploited and I think thats a bigger tragedy than anything. Very similar to Vietnam except in Nam a lot of the soldiers were draftees and didn't have a choice. This shows in how we've lost most soldiers to suicide than combat fatalities in the middle east. I truly hope we as a country will learn from this.
@@MitchJohnson0110 You're right, the soldiers didn't have any clue what they were fighting for, they were just merely doing the service of their government. My issue is not with them, but that being said, they are neither heroes nor antagonists/evil/bad. It's just another dangerous job dictated by the leaders, no more to it. I wouldn't bow to any vet from the middle east or remove my hat for any of them. I only remove my hat for the anthem (Canadian, English and French), which was fought for and upheld by those who fought in WW1 and WW2.
@@MitchJohnson0110 Name the date and time one single drop of oil was taken from the Middle East as a result of American fighting. The dishonorable conduct comes from idiots like you who lie about goals of American foreign policy.
God bless you sir! We listened to a MAN today.
Nobody comes out of a war "ok". Good on him for surviving and telling his story.
Youre a BAMF sir! Dont feel bad for your actions. You paved the way for our way of life. They wouldve done worst to you if the caught you. Youre a real Hero
closes his eyes, remembers his friends and the pain they all went through :( the sound of the bullets hitting targets would have been horrible..
Those sickening smacks and thuds!!
Those "It doesn't matter" moments were so telling in what this man saw and went through. Those little details were so meaningless when your trying to survive. God bless this man and the allied powers!
Write them down & see if enough to publish, or start putting them here.
He mentioned “God” and “Japs.” Surely, TH-cam will take it down…
@@nigel900 vote blue
@@kbanghart Can’t… I have principles and a consensus.
@@nigel900 me too
Sadly my grandfather passed from a heart attack in his 70’s when I was in my early 20’s. He always talked about the war but never in real details. He’d often get that silent stare that I now know meant he was processing/reliving those memories. About a year before he died he started telling my brother and I more details. I will never forget him looking me dead in eye and telling me “I know what $h17 tastes like” and the. He went completely silent and did not move for an uncomfortably long time. I sat there with him staring at me looking nervously over at my brother wondering why my grandpa suddenly said that to me. He eventually blinked his eyes and told me the story on Guadal Canal that he was in a fox hole talking to his one good friend from the war when suddenly a shell tore his buddy in half and his intestines flew across my grandfathers mouth. He the. Was silent and repeatedly made a motion with his finger like he was scraping “stuff” off his tongue. He then sat back in his chair and did not speak for a very long time after. The stuff these kids saw at a young age and carried on throughout their lives is unthinkable.
Thank you for your service sir. Truly the greatest generation. What I would give to have been able to have more talks with my grandfather as a grown man.
THE PAIN OF TALKING TO YOUR FRIEND ONE MOMENT AND IN A SPLIT SECOND HE IS NO LONGER WITH YOU, EVER!!! IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANYONE TO BE NORMAL AGAIN AFTER THAT EMOTIONAL TRAUMA, ESPECIALLY IF YOU GUYS WERE LIKE BROTHERS!!😔
@@Plainsimple67 fr lots of people don’t understand how tragic just them being gone in general is because less and less kids are playing team sports but dude iv always wondered if me and my team went to war I couldnt deal with seeing any of them dying it’d send me into a state of delirium or a state of black out rage
@@Pokelemon3434 ABSOLUTELY, LOSING FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES, IS MORE DESTRUCTIVE EMOTIONALLY TO THE ONES LEFT BEHIND AND WORST, WITNESSING THEIR DEATHS!!
Relax with the caps lock buddy
@@webcamthemesongs WHY??!! IT'S JUST CAPS BUDDY, THAT'S ALL!!🤷♂️
Mr. Gosch, I know this is not the same country you and your friends fought so hard for and so many died fore but I still want to thank you for your service and sacrifices.
I'm going to send this to Brian Williams so he knows what a real hero is
My dad made 4 pacific landings, second wave at iwo jima. He said the worse smell was burning them out with flame throwers. Watched his eyes as he went back to the memory. He was 18 then, 75 when he talked about it.
Which outfit?
Your dad is part of the Great Generation. Men like him saved us.
wow
Lots of broken pieces in their poor guys mind that he still has to try to make sense of. Thank you for your service Sir.
"I stopped, thanked god, prayed, and got up and continued with the assault" tells a ton about his mindset and how much of a badass you had to be to survive those times.
Remember, a voice saved his life. 6:09
That was a privilege to hear this '"MAN'S" story... Anyone not honored by it should be ashamed.. This is the price of freedom.
Well said. A genuine privilege. Freedom has a high price… that can only be paid for in blood. Watching these men tell their stories and seeing them relive those times etched on their faces hits hard and always makes me cry. Most of the were just young men forced to grow up overnight.
Soy boy
Many take for granted these days
Also the price paid for the rich man war mongers
Paid by the poor man's blood
Yes and we are on the verge of loosing it today. Our government has turned on its own population and have become enemies from within. We can let what these young men fought for just be ruined by criminal politicians.
All these years and this man still knows the details, how horrible it must have been at those moments
@@cylersmiley5259 what do you mean it wasn’t too horrible? WW2 was a brutal, violent and death ridden war (more so than any others) that not one of us could ever imagine.
Cyler Easily said from the comfort of your parent's basement.
@@cylersmiley5259 you would have been there when the first shot was fired, and back home in your bed when the second shot got fired. What a stupid comment.
@@cylersmiley5259 many didn’t volunteer they were drafted. And didn’t have any choice at that point. If you volunteered you had the choice of which services/branch you would like to join. Draftees didn’t get that choice and mainly went to marines or army infantry. So if u preemptively joined you could pick a branch of service that didn’t have a terribly high death rate. The perks of volunteering I suppose
@@cunnycam he wouldn’t have been able to pass basic training or not even physically qualified
This man is one of the best there was. Marine raiders are no joke.
5:20 Anyone else get that feeling like your heart just sinks down into your stomach every time you hear a WW2 vet’s story? Yeah, me too. Thank you guys.
🙏🙏Blessings forever GOD loves y'all too forever tell everyone you know and don't know. Jesus loves y'all too forever. Teach everyone how to see and enjoy their blessings too forever
You could see every time he closed his eyes it was taking him back to where it happened, thank you for your service young man
@@natsusatsujinki8342 I genuinely dislike when soldiers are compared to murderers. If you want to make the argument that soldiers are murderers do not look at them for at the time they were naive youths doing what they were told in a forced war, look higher than that. Also the IJA committed far worse atrocities than you can imagine if you want to make that sort of point.
@@natsusatsujinki8342 so easy for a man to say those kinds of ignorant things that has never been faced with any sort of situation even remotely close to what these soldiers had faced. I can tell just by the tone in your words that your one of these people that like to act so righteous.
@@natsusatsujinki8342 just be glad you’re living in good times. God is good, but things happen and unfortunately to survive you may have to do what Mr. Gosch had to. Don’t blame the soldiers who would be forced to serve or be jailed. Blame the politicians and greedy men who have power to end millions of lives and choose to do so in war.
@@natsusatsujinki8342 you haven’t experienced anything close to what these men experienced because of what they did 🤷🏻♂️ but what’s the old saying? Good men create good times, good times create weak men and weak men create hard times. you should think before you type
@@natsusatsujinki8342 just stop lol
Gentlemen like him is what made our country so Great !! Simply the greatest generation.
its not about country its about human life and the things you do for that life
tbh the outcome of WWII is what ruined the world including america...but it's not the fault of men like these who served their country to their knowledge and ability.
@ThatOneGuy if you look around the modern west and see something good and healthy then you are not on the same page as I am. WWII was one of the biggest crossroads in shaping the modern west.
@@levitatingoctahedron922 funny how the neo fash run around spilling their garbage with anime profiles, not being aware of how the modern West is the entire reason they're able to publicly yearn for its downfall in the first place.
All that greatness is being trampled on daily, unfortunately.
I am from Okinawan decent I learned that my friends great grandpa fought in Okinawa and now after 3 generations who used to be enemies are now friends with one another
There was a Japanese machine gunner on Iwo Jima that killed 16 to 30 marines that Japanese veteran felt just like this man felt he felt some much pain for taking those souls he visited the family’s of the men he killed and talked to them and did everything he could to apologize he died just last year
Where did you find this ? I'm a history student and we are currently working in WW2, especially the pacific theater.
@@gabrielillescas oh man I read it a while it was about imperial Japanese veterans in the pacific theatre and he felt horrible that he took many young men’s lives it was an online site it had history and many biography’s on Japanese soldier it was this Japanese website I just watched it in English sub
@@rafaeldoespiritosanto8440 Obrigado.
Queria achar alguém relato de veteranos do lado do Japão, porém é bem difícil de encontrar online. A grande parte desses relatos é dos norte-americanos. Mas mesmo assim obrigado.
@@gabrielillescas sem problemas amigo
RIP GOD forgives too
Much honesty and realism from this veteran.
I’ve watched a lot of these. This guy ranks in the top 5 for honesty and telling it like it was. Not pulling any punches. Tremendous respect for this man.
@@DirtRoadAutoRepair I also appreciated his acknowledgement of the humanity of the enemy soldiers he killed. Many, especially those who fought in the Pacific, were never able to come to that point later in life.
@@jimcronin2043 absolutely agree with you. Also the part he admits to shooting a woman. Most guys would never admit that even if it was a justified shot.
Totally true Jim, please don't forget to subscribe for more WWII veteran interviews. It would be great if you could also write Mr. Gosch a Thank You for Your Service/ Happy Birthday Letter. It would mean A LOT to him
Please send to:
Remember WWII
C/O William Gosch
P.O. Box 245
Collierville, TN
38027
@@RememberWW2 that is so cool that you accept letters for these guys. I bet that means more to them than just about anything else could.
If you ever wondered why this generation is called "The Greatest Generation" just listen to this gentleman's story. It should be required viewing by all subsequent generations. These people defined what it was like to honor your words with action, their lives embodied character, honesty, integrity.
A great man from the greatest generation! A real hero. God bless him and all of them!
This man was just one of many that was required by law to pay for our freedoms. We all owe him and all the others a debt of gratitude.
Then you have people complaining about sending money to not have war. 😂😂
I hope this man knows how loved and appreciated he is. Especially for his service defending the world from evil. Its an absolute honor to hear his story.
Evil is still among us this is what pisses me off
@@giovonne we wouldn’t even know the difference between good and evil without men like this
Then souvenirs were spooky though
There was no evil. You’re missing the point of what he’s saying. They were all just kids sent off to war and told to kill eachother
@@guccimalcs The Nazis and the Imperial Army were evil😂
This is one of the most tragic thing about war -- not only are these young men asked to do unthinkable things, they are also asked to carry these memories and these private hells into old age. While new generations move on to new wars.
I am a Vietnam vet and whenever I see Iraqi or Afghanistan vets I shake their hands and tell them we all get our useless wars
@Robert Boiteau you were there so big industry's could profit. Also for poppys for drugs
This is causing me great pain to watch and listen to.My grandfather and 4 of his brothers fought in ww2..One of my uncles lost his life in Pearl Harbor before the war started..I ended up in Afghanistan in 2002 for the first time.....I enlisted in the Army a few days after I turned 18,my bday is August 19th,the Towers fell 3 weeks after I enlisted..Anyway I'm now 38 and I have seen combat in Afghanistan 3 times and have done numerous other things as an Army Ranger...I have night mares over it.Afghanistan in my opinion now that I'm older was over money.I regret ever joining the Army.Had I known what the leaders of this country and the world were going to pull 3 weeks later and known about it what I know today I'd NEVER have enlisted.I have been forgiven by many innocent people over there.I've been told personally that they forgive me.What would you think if you lived in a village back in 2002 without wide spread cellphone and internet access or really any type of world news and a plane flew over and dropped a bomb on everything you know because some idiot with an rpg is holing up in your home that is out by a rural mountain?You'd call Americans Devils too.I went back because in my mind I needed closure for the things I had to do in my earlier years.I have to live with those choices I made.And I will.But,I know exactly where this man is coming from and how he feels...Thankyou for your service Sir.Your life truly was a real sacrifice.It served a true meaning.Unlike the wars that followed.And unlike all of the bs wool that the government pulled over Americans heads during and after WW2.
@@krazzykracker2564 You're correct about the poppys.I didn't read these comments until after I wrote mine.We(Americans) guarded those fields night and day for years.
Now I build cars,I own a shop and it's therapeutic to me.It helps ease my stress level.It helps me live with the choices I've made.
Amazing story. Thank-you for your service.
It's a privilege and honor to listen to this hero of a man tell his story I thank you for that and your service
Living national treasure each & every one of these men, we own them everything
Totally true Patrick, please don't forget to subscribe for more WWII veteran interviews. It would be great if you could also write Mr. Gosch a Thank You for Your Service/ Happy Birthday Letter. It would mean A LOT to him
Please send to:
Remember WWII
C/O William Gosch
P.O. Box 245
Collierville, TN
38027
@@RememberWW2 when was his birthday? I’d love to send a letter
So give him everything you have.
@@itsxercc your a coward
My great grandfather Charlie “chuck” Feeney was in the 115th Army Infantry, 27th Division. Before the war he had worked as a Editor/Critic for The paper News weekly in New York City, and joined the army hoping to be a journalist. He instead was handed a rifle, and was part of some of the first army units to land with the Marines on Saipan (The Blood Rock) and Okinawa. He only spoke of the war once, and that’s when he broke down in tears while watching a documentary on Hiroshima at the age of 80. He only said “If wasn’t for my rifle and bayonet, I wouldn’t be here. They wouldn’t stop coming”. To say we owe our lives to these great men is an understatement. We sent our young boys off to islands they didn’t even know the names of or even existed. Spilt blood and watched their brethren’s die, all in the name of Freedom and liberty. Let these men forever be an example for future generations. God bless you for your service sir. 🇺🇸
We certainly doAnd we owe our lives and freedom to all the veterans from all the services in any conflict that this country has been involved in.
My dad was from upstate NY, and an engineer in the 27th, also landed on Saipan in 44’ , wounded by mortar at the airfield, Purple Heart . He NEVER went to a beach the rest of his life and would never talk about the war much when we were kids
@@johndavis9432 eh not all conflicts are freedom related. I get what you’re saying though. They deserve their respect for sure.
@@jamesy4003 North Tonawanda, New York, my Uncle Army Air Corps/Air Force Major Albert Kantor flew B-17s in the war
There's no doubt that the Japanese would have invaded the US mainland if they hadn't been stopped in the Pacific.
I doubt the Iraqis would have, though.
My Dad was there as well, he had daytime nightmares, that scared the shit out of me at times. His flashbacks would just take him to a place no man should of been. He held a job rather well, which was surprising. He was an over the road truck driver, then a kill man at a slaughter house, till he died from throat cancer. He drank heavy and smoked Winchester cigars. He always tried to get sober, but never could seem to beat that war. He brought back many pictures, that showed death as he and others took lives, to save there own life. Men killing men, it won't ever stop either.
American hero. Thank you for your service and for sharing your lessons
I literally live 15 minutes away from him. I’m a veteran myself, and I’m still in the reserves. I’m going to write him and offer to buy him any drink of his choice.
I live about an hour south. I use to live in NT
I’m also a veteran
Wow really? Crazy, everybody is on TH-cam nowadays
Were u able to get ahold of him?
These men were real men. What they had to do and what they saw was just nearly unbearable. Respect for all of these veterans from all countries. Greetings from Germany.
My grandpa killed many nazis.
The idea that people have to go through shit like this to become real men is the kind of toxic idea that will lead us down this road again
@@M1nd_Fl4y3r Its how the world was since very recent years. Life in general was horrible compared to today's standards, men and women were much tougher, a different breed. Doesn't mean we should strive to torment ourselves with similar experiences, but respect those who had to go through it for the easy lives we have today.
@@JuniorJuni070 that won‘t trigger any German person nowadays. And the ones who are triggered by it should meet your grandpa.
@@M1nd_Fl4y3r He didn't have to go through it to become a "real man." He was a real man before, during and after.
My grandfather was a Marine veteran of the Japanese islands and his brother fought in the Marine Corps on Iwo Jima. Thank you for your sacrifice and your words of advice.
My father was a Marine in WWII on a small island. He never spoke about his experience until he was in his late 80s
Touching testimony. When we hear the bullshit people are complaining about nowadays it angers me…
Totally true Jerome, please don't forget to subscribe for more WWII veteran interviews. It would be great if you could also write Mr. Gosch a Thank You for Your Service/ Happy Birthday Letter. It would mean A LOT to him
Please send to:
Remember WWII
C/O William Gosch
P.O. Box 245
Collierville, TN
38027
You got that right....
Well, new problems arise during times of peace. Just be grateful that we aren't in WW3 and that your sons and daughters aren't being turned into swiss cheese by bullets.
This comment is so so true
@jerome. So very very true. People today in the USA especially in urban and suburban neighborhoods are so petty.
I was a young Marine when I married my wife. Her grandpa was a Marine in the Battle of Okinawa. And as much as would have loved to hear his stories, I never asked him about it, out of respect. He had a St. Christopher medallion he purchased on the Navy ship en route to Okinawa. He wore it during his time in the battle. It was eventually passed down to my son who also served in the Marines and wore it during his deployment.
This man is a true warrior. Kills his enemy, loves his god, takes souvenirs from his kills. This man is awesome.
"There's a God."
There sure is, Mr Gosch.
Thank you for your service. Brave soldier. God bless you.
so god saved him and not the guy next to him? or the other marines?
why is god so picky?
@@hayleyandkilo why dont you ask him?
You can't Question your creator because he does what he wants. Because that's like a art painting asking the artist why did you paint me like this.
@@BrandonSmith-ie3ks i guess helping babies not get killed by their crackead mothers is not on his to do list
thanks for the help god
@@mattdg1981 he hasnt responded to my texts,
My grandfather survived the evacuation of Dunkirk. Never spoke of it. I wish he was able to share his experiences. But I understood why he couldn't or wouldn't. Thankyou for your service 🍻👍🇦🇺
Small world. Mine too.
He was in the Royal Engineers. Went back in on D-DAY.
Went in as a boy soldier came out as a captain.
Legend.
Lest we forget.
🦘🇦🇺👍
An honor to hear this Marine’s story. Once a Marine, always a Marine. Semper-Fi
Can't even imagine what these men went through. Truly the greatest generation
With God you can do anything! Thank you sir for your brave service!
Thank you for your service.
He gave his youth for this country.
His eyes tell you everything. Glad he survived and, hopefully, got to live a long and happy life full of Love, family and friends. He earned it.
These guys are the last real men we will ever witness…. Love you man and thank you so much for your courage. You are a true warrior
Thanks so much for sharing this! My father served w/the Marines at Okinawa. He was haunted by the experience.
Semper Fi Raider. You are why we train the way that we do. None of us would ever want to disappoint or denigrate the memory and actions of the previous generations. They set incredibly high standards we all aspire to today. No member of any Fireteam in any Marine Infantry Battalion would ever want to do less than those who came before us.
That's a believable narrative.... I've learned that most people who have been in combat don't talk... Until many years later.... Thanks for your service 🙏☝️🇺🇲
Sounds absolute chaos glad I could hear this man's story thanks for your service sir 🙏
I know, I've probably said this a hundred times? These men, truly saved the world.
That’s why they’re called the greatest generation
yes, yes they did. and the sad fact is most people under 25 don’t even know when ww2 started and ended, much less the unbelievable horrors those soldiers endured in battles like Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Guadalcanal and the countless others in both the pacific theatre and European theatre. history must be preserved and protected otherwise we are all but doomed to repeat it
@@rella.3505 I understand and agree. Young people are obsessed with the pathetic music they listen to that sings about violence and killing people. Doing drugs, gangs, so I think the younger generation is completely cut off from reality. The older generation has struggled much more then the soft weak people of today who are brainless.
Did they? Do you think they’d be proud of what the world is today? Do you think if they knew the world would be the way it is, they wouldn’t have fought the wrong enemy?
General Patton himself said we fought the wrong side.
@@guccimalcs you're not a combat veteran what could you think you possibly understand. Absolutely nothing and a lame quote by Patton? Patton said many things. He also was a racist...
He was military, like all of my family - in other words, he saw his duty and he did it. He also pulls no punches....he's GREAT!
Only 2 kinds of Warriors! The quick, and the Dead… Much Respect to this man, a Real Warrior.
My father who is still with us at 99 years old was on Okinawa the same time as this fellow Marine. His experience was pretty much the same as this gentleman's. He survived even after catching a ricocheted bullet to his back. God Bless and Keep ALL of our service men and women!!!
Was he a racist tho?
You have a mangina
@@zazasnruntz7505 who are you talking about?
they don't make many like this any longer. thank you sir for all you did.
My dad was in he Marine Corps in the late 50’s and was part of Force Recon when it was established. He was in a 4-man team. Two of the guys were from the Raiders in WWII. They were some of the toughest fighters my father had ever fought with.
There's nothing pretty about war Marine. I felt exactly the same way around a year and a half to 2 years after I got out of the Marine Corps. For me it started with the nightmares and reliving the fire fights I was involved in. Semper Fidelis Leatherneck. I am damn proud to have been a part of a Brotherhood that you helped create. You are a Giant among men and I really enjoyed your stories of the situation you endured and survived. I wish you the absolute best.
True American hero. Thank you very much sir. God bless u and your family.
My Dad saw his best friend cut in half by cannon fire, they were less than a yard apart. He said he was just lucky that day he felt the pressure of the rounds that went past him and killed his pal. These men were the real superheroes and truly our greatest generation.
Super-heroes... separated.
Just saying 😎
@@PauloPereira-jj4jv no dude.
Cannon fire ? How old is your dad
@@PauloPereira-jj4jv who cares
@@MrTangolizard Colloquial term for artillery. English is difficult for many to learn.
I reserve the highest respect for our WWII veterans. They truly helped to save the world.
They did save the world
I feel sorry for the ones here today who see what they fought for. With the whole gender hlsteria. Not to mention losing our industry in the USA to China. Wages going down. Its going bad.
I'm sorry my bro but the world never were saved, if that were the case there should have been peace in the rest of the 20th century but that was not the case, there were many wars and deaths.
@@GuyFromTheSouth Imagine those Japs making it to the US mainland doing what they did to POW and Asian countries. These men are goddamn super heroes. God bless them.
My mom was an army nurse station on Saipan and Okinawa during the war. So proud of her.❤
Much respect to your mom, my father was a combat corpsman on Siapan, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa
@@wileecoyote5929 who knows they could’ve had stories in common❤️
God bless your father service too 🙏
Sir, you and your brothers are heroes. We'll never repay you for what you've done to the American Nation and people from all over the World. My deepest respect.
I’m stationed here in Okinawa now and when I drive around I just imagine how terrible fighting on this landscape would have been… thanks to this hero and plenty more for their sacrifices.
When he said they were having a gunfight at 50-75 feet i almost crapped my pants can you imagine CQB with a BAR? That guns huge
@@MitchJohnson0110 Yep, just like in NAM the average firefight was 20-30 yards. Dudes shooting M60’s, M16s, AKs and RPG’s at each other is freaking nuts. Thats so close!
Builds your faith, many stories i hear talk about the lord speaking to them and saving there lives
Thanks for documenting this legendary WWII vet's story.
wow... im canadian and i respect american war heroes as much as my own countrys as they fought side by side for peace.... this man is still so sharp, so wise... we are so blessed to be able to hear his stories and see his bring backs
One of the many men who fought for freedom which is now being eroded .
Indeed, 1776 USA USA USA
Sadly it didn’t just start happening, but thanks for waking up
@@trevorlahey1956 some of us didn't just wake up, a good bit of us has been awake before it's been popular and trendy
You mean the freedom that was taken from native Americans that occupied North America before ? Yep ! Think about that
@@cekuhnen no you think about it every civilization conquerors somebody. Everybody wants to act like it's some big thing that England came here and conquered the Native Americans that's what happens and it's going to continue to happen throughout history so I have no problem with how we need our land to the victor goes the spoils I guess they're lucky we didn't write them out of History because I happens to plenty of lost civilizations that you'll never know about
I am very grateful to be able to here this story. It is amazing to hear history told by someone who lived and created it.
I lived both in Guam and Okinawa. Guam 1 year and Okinawa 21 years. My wife is Okinawan and we have 2 daughters and 3 grandchildren. We moved back to the States 3 years ago. On both those islands there is still unexploded ordinance be found to this day. I can say that I know quite a bit of The war in Okinawa. Today Both Okinawa and Guam are beautiful resort islands. Sir none of you are forgotten and you and the other soldiers by your side are extremely respected. The Okinawan civilians are not at all like the mainland Japanese were. The Japanese soldiers in the war brainwashed the Okinawan people about how evil it would be to be captured by Americans. Many Okinawans jumped off cliffs and died as they feared capture by Americans but some Okinawans were not fooled by the Japanese soldiers so those Okinawans captured had it much better to be captured than to be on the battlefields. Today (2023) there are about 8 US Bases on Okinawa which have given both American and Okinawans good jobs and that is why the people of Okinawa know the Americans are very good and respected people. You sir took Okinawa away from the imperial Japanese. There are no ill feelings of Americans and the Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, and Airmen stationed on Okinawa get along great and this is due to brave American and women military veterans just like you. You and every other American Veterans Thank you and so Do I. I was in the Navy 9 years on Okinawa then as a civilian for many years. Thank you Sir for creating peace between the Okinawans and Americans.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thank you for doing what you had to do years ago. I served in the USAF during desert storm and I salute all who took up arms for their country (even if the world thought we were wrong)
can't imagine the flashes of memory he is seeing in his head in his moments of silence. just as fresh in his head as if it all happened yesterday
Much respect to this man. This country would be nothin without these men. LITERALLY. Ty sir for your tremendous loss and the things u witnessed so we didn’t have too.👏🏽👏🏽💪🏽🎖
They broke the mold when they made guys like him. A true hero. These stories need to be heard. Young people will not make it. This country will be over run in the next 50 years.
"Young people will not make it" - 44 year old man watching combat porn on TH-cam
God Bless this brave man for his service. My uncle was in Okinawa. Sgt. Manuel V. Salazar. 2 purple hearts and a silver star. He passed in 1991. 21 gun salute. After the war he was in his hometown and hit the dirt when an airplane flew over. He had lost his sanity and spent from 1945 to the day he died in Waco,TX in and out of the VA hospital. I would visit him and we'd go fishing and although I he wasn't supposed to drink because of his meds I'd buy us some beer. Got in some hot water buy what an honor to have a beer with this brave man who fought for our freedom. For all of us. Those who burn the American flag don't deserve to live here. People shed blood for our stars and stripes. For the freedom they have. Respect that or get the hell out! I held a Japanese rifle that his uncle Manny brought back. It was stolen not long after I held in a home burglary. They are buried side by side. I once shot rabbit that I couldn't see. I shot at the base of some tall grass that was moving. My cousin, Vietnam very and my dad were psst'ing me and I turned with My uncles 22 rifle in hand aimed and hit a rabbit I couldn't see in the neck. My uncle paid $22 for that .22 rifle when he returned home from Japan. I was 14. A hot late afternoon summer day in Quemado, TX. my great uncle Manny's place. After being told of my incredible shot he said that I could draw a line on water in Spanish. My uncle spoke of the war only one time. My father and I listened as he told us some of his experiences over seas. I am amazed at the bravery of the men and situations he spoke of. God Bless America. Love it or get the F out!
Appreciate your sentiments snd testament. Have very similar stories with both my grandfathers and family members.
Hats off from a fellow Texan sir.
May god bless you and your family.
My Grandfather passed before I was born, and my grandmother had his purple heart from Omaha Beach. It's passed down to my sister. Guys like this is the only raw references that are left.
How many years have passed, almost 80!!
And he still remembered even the smallest things of those days...
I have served and did my ultimate duty a half dozen times. You are right. They were the enemy and that’s that.
THERE IS A GOD!!!! INSANE WHAT THESE MEN WENT THROUGH AND THEY DID IT FOR US THANK YOU!!!!!
Got to love the B.A.R.!!!!!!!
Amen there is God 🙏🏼 He is forever with us ,He speaks at the right times we need it most ,I'm glad this soldier did otherwise we wouldn't be blessed by his war recollection s,thank You Lord Jesus for saving him back then we thank You for this veteran Mr Golch
Semper Fi, Sir.
A number of times when he is uncertain about a detail in a story, Mr. Gosch says "I don't know.. it doesn't matter"... the truth is, it all matters, every word of what you have to say. Thank you, sir, for your service
It doesn’t matter to him due to the fact there was a lost worse coming back to him then the name of a ship or how far he ran.
The details do not matter, the entirety of the situation is what matters, and he understands that fact perfectly. When you are involved in something so large and so life altering, as time goes on the picture gets smaller and the things that truly matter become fewer.
Okay, you both missed the point entirely... I was attempting to simply honor the man. Of course every detail isn't "significant" to Mr. Gosch in retelling his story , but every word this man has to say should be and is significant to all of us
@@mikemanning5918 … I did not miss the point at all. I was shedding light on his thought process as someone who has been in similar situations. If you asked him directly he would agree that minor details that were major at the time are insignificant years later. I get that you are honoring him as we all should, I simply shared my understanding of where he is coming from in terms of the greater picture. Many of us felt his words when he said “it doesn’t matter”.
@@mikemanning5918 no, no I didn’t. Coming from a long line a vets they wouldn’t care at this day an age about minor details. Hell my grandfather wouldn’t even speak about Vietnam. I had to read about him in a book.
A true war hero and an American treasure. The souvenirs our soldiers bring back from wars should be preserved forever so we never forget the sacrfices they made. Some people may try to erase history, but the items brought back will forever tell the story.