For a war that covered so much of the world and so many nations with so much death and destruction, it's easy to overlook the individual stories of those who were not Generals or national leaders. For me these are the stories that make the whole war tangible and relatable, no matter how gross they sometimes may be. Thank you for sharing.
Totally agree with you. One of my good friends, Don Rochelle, has since passed on, but I remember his stories so well. He had his 19th birthday on June 6, 1944, and landed on Omaha beach in the 3rd wave. About 6 months later, he “celebrated” Christmas in the Ardennes. He once eliminated an entire infantry squad of SS soldiers, using the M-2 on the roof of a halftrack. For the rest of his life after the war, he went WAY out of his way to not harm or kill ANYTHING. Mosquitoes, flies, scary aggressive rescue dogs, bacteria, his property was safer than John Wick’s Continental. He was about 40 years older than me, but I could listen to him tell stories all day long. Regardless of age, when any combat vet wants to speak, it would be a good thing to honor them by listening. You don’t have to understand the experience they had, you don’t necessarily need to comment or respond. You just have to listen……you might learn something, and you will definitely be helping someone.
One of my Uncles served in NW Europe during WW II. Often as not he'd be in fire fight which would settle down and sometimes the Germans would surrender. My Uncle didn't smoke and would give the prisoners a cigarette from his rations to put them at ease. Closer to Germany they started fighting Hitler Youth who were often crying when they surrendered fearful of being shot. They were too young for Cigarettes so my Uncle gave them sweets from his rations. It says a lot when you can be under fire one minute then risking your own life to secure the safety of people who were shooting at you minutes later. He'd talk about it all sometimes and clearly he'd been through a lot, you couldn't fail to be impressed by the guy.
Another great story. "The last indignity". Thank God nearly all her crew survived and were able to live long lives with their families, telling them and us their stories.
This part of history might repeat itself. The mercy that the crew had for the Japanese should be noted. We are all brothers, war or not. Thanks for saying it out loud.
First time I've been aware of your videos about this vessel (which I am aware of from reading on the topic of WWII in the Pacific). Thank you for doing these and I hope to watch more when able.
Head-first, gravity will generally help keep limbs near the body. Much easier to move a body through tight spaces that way. Feet-first gravity will generally spread the limbs out. Much more difficult to move a body in that orientation.
I never understood how some of my shipmates did not know how to swim and we were in the navy? I could see this maybe in WW 2 as it was a major war and people from all walks of life volunteered or drafted.
Admiral Yamamoto was assassinated April 18 1943 by p38 lightning fighters. We targeted him specifically. Great content, did you ever cover the momsen lung used to escape submarines? My grandfather knew a guy who escaped from the tang using one.his name was William liebold.
Paul, thanks for this, but what everyone wants to know is what's in the tin/aluminum canister? By the way, too much morphine can kill ya as well, just saying.
@@paulfarace9595 Thanks, Paul, I am appreciative. I wondered because my dad had a canister that was very similar, engraved with his ship, rank, rate, and name.
Everyone fights a war for their own reasons. Most of those are based around a central idea, but everyone who serves comes to their own reason. In terms of the sea, sailors can fight for their countries with everything they have, but there has been, and will always be, the more frightening and difficult struggle against the sea itself. This above all else is why the sailors' code exists. You help out a ship in distress if you feasibly can, search for the stricken and lost if possible, and respect those who survive their close personal battle with the waters and elements. You also pay respect to those who did not. Not all of those are possible in a war zone, but you never ignore it if you can help it. After all, that could be you in the water fighting for your life.
I was in the Navy for 6 years. Class 4 swimmer....which meant I couldn't swim. Took those of us who couldn't swim to the shallow end of the pool and told us to get across and back any way we could. Water was @ 4 ft deep so you splashed around and walked across. Might have changed since the decades that I was in but they weren't going to send you home for not being able to swim. Still learned the using clothing / hat / etc to make floatation devices to help you stay afloat. Always said " on the water good...in the water bad.."
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Respect for PO Irima and the crew of Cod for trying to save his life.
For a war that covered so much of the world and so many nations with so much death and destruction, it's easy to overlook the individual stories of those who were not Generals or national leaders. For me these are the stories that make the whole war tangible and relatable, no matter how gross they sometimes may be. Thank you for sharing.
Totally agree with you. One of my good friends, Don Rochelle, has since passed on, but I remember his stories so well. He had his 19th birthday on June 6, 1944, and landed on Omaha beach in the 3rd wave. About 6 months later, he “celebrated” Christmas in the Ardennes. He once eliminated an entire infantry squad of SS soldiers, using the M-2 on the roof of a halftrack. For the rest of his life after the war, he went WAY out of his way to not harm or kill ANYTHING. Mosquitoes, flies, scary aggressive rescue dogs, bacteria, his property was safer than John Wick’s Continental. He was about 40 years older than me, but I could listen to him tell stories all day long.
Regardless of age, when any combat vet wants to speak, it would be a good thing to honor them by listening. You don’t have to understand the experience they had, you don’t necessarily need to comment or respond. You just have to listen……you might learn something, and you will definitely be helping someone.
One of millions of individual stories that belong to those who there, and we should remember, thank you for posting.
Thank you for keeping WWII history alive.
One of my Uncles served in NW Europe during WW II. Often as not he'd be in fire fight which would settle down and sometimes the Germans would surrender. My Uncle didn't smoke and would give the prisoners a cigarette from his rations to put them at ease. Closer to Germany they started fighting Hitler Youth who were often crying when they surrendered fearful of being shot. They were too young for Cigarettes so my Uncle gave them sweets from his rations. It says a lot when you can be under fire one minute then risking your own life to secure the safety of people who were shooting at you minutes later. He'd talk about it all sometimes and clearly he'd been through a lot, you couldn't fail to be impressed by the guy.
Thank you for the story on this Memorial Day.
Shall We Not Forget the Fallen
Thank you, for all that you do.
Great story Paul! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you Paul.🇺🇸
Governments start wars. People die for them. Johnson and Arima were Brothers. We all are. Respect
Thank you for sharing this story.
Another great story. "The last indignity". Thank God nearly all her crew survived and were able to live long lives with their families, telling them and us their stories.
Paul, thank you for another riveting and real story about the Cod.
This part of history might repeat itself. The mercy that the crew had for the Japanese should be noted. We are all brothers, war or not. Thanks for saying it out loud.
very sad story, but thanks for sharing
This story is told with a lot of humanity.
...and that's why they call that part of the boat the poop deck.
Amazing how kind we were it shows all about Americans and our humanity
Paul, you are a great story teller. Keep up the great work.
Wow! I was just wondering when this video was going to be released, that was about an hour before it was posted.😮 Very interesting!
First time I've been aware of your videos about this vessel (which I am aware of from reading on the topic of WWII in the Pacific). Thank you for doing these and I hope to watch more when able.
Thanks for sharing the story.
I'm sorry to say, I vividly imagined this stories ending. But, thanks anyway 😵💫
Sorry... but it's part of the story... you probably the same expression on your face as the others at our table at the reunion banquet.
I wonder if the procedure for moving a body through the escape trunk was revised to lift the corpse upside-down.
Too late for Cod...
Head-first, gravity will generally help keep limbs near the body. Much easier to move a body through tight spaces that way.
Feet-first gravity will generally spread the limbs out. Much more difficult to move a body in that orientation.
I never understood how some of my shipmates did not know how to swim and we were in the navy? I could see this maybe in WW 2 as it was a major war and people from all walks of life volunteered or drafted.
If you are swimming, something really bad already happened
Most informative presentation. Were you able to contact the POW's family in the years since?
Did the USN pass his loss on to the Japanese during the war or wait until after?
Certainly not during the war and my guess is not likely afterwards. We're trying to reach the family but a lot of factors are in our way...
Admiral Yamamoto was assassinated April 18 1943 by p38 lightning fighters. We targeted him specifically. Great content, did you ever cover the momsen lung used to escape submarines? My grandfather knew a guy who escaped from the tang using one.his name was William liebold.
It's coming! I met Tang survivor Clayton Decker in 1992.
Paul, thanks for this, but what everyone wants to know is what's in the tin/aluminum canister? By the way, too much morphine can kill ya as well, just saying.
Wardroom cigarette box (replica).
@@paulfarace9595 Thanks, Paul, I am appreciative. I wondered because my dad had a canister that was very similar, engraved with his ship, rank, rate, and name.
Everyone fights a war for their own reasons. Most of those are based around a central idea, but everyone who serves comes to their own reason. In terms of the sea, sailors can fight for their countries with everything they have, but there has been, and will always be, the more frightening and difficult struggle against the sea itself. This above all else is why the sailors' code exists. You help out a ship in distress if you feasibly can, search for the stricken and lost if possible, and respect those who survive their close personal battle with the waters and elements. You also pay respect to those who did not. Not all of those are possible in a war zone, but you never ignore it if you can help it.
After all, that could be you in the water fighting for your life.
Thought you had to have basic swimming
Skills to be in the navy?
I was in the Navy for 6 years. Class 4 swimmer....which meant I couldn't swim. Took those of us who couldn't swim to the shallow end of the pool and told us to get across and back any way we could. Water was @ 4 ft deep so you splashed around and walked across. Might have changed since the decades that I was in but they weren't going to send you home for not being able to swim. Still learned the using clothing / hat / etc to make floatation devices to help you stay afloat. Always said " on the water good...in the water bad.."
Johnson had a buddy take the swim test in his name. Bet he regretted his decision.