The 3rd Marine Division Landing Beaches on Guam (WWII) | History Traveler Episode 236
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- We've left Saipan and have now moved to Guam following the actions of the U.S. soldiers, sailors & Marines as they fought to wrestle control of the Mariana Islands away from the Japanese in Operation Forager. Guam was one of the U.S. territories that was lost to the Japanese in WWII in conjunction with the attack on Pearl Harbor. In this episode, we're going to the very landing beaches where the U.S. Third Marine Division stepped ashore to take it back.
NOTE: At the 2:11 mark, I inadvertently said "1st Provisional Marine Division" when I meant to say "1st Division Marine Brigade". Apologies for the error.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro to the Battle of Guam
04:40 Memorials on Asan Beach
08:20 Asan Bay Overlook
12:42 A Memorial to the Fallen
16:51 Looking Ahead
Thank you for including the indigenous Chamoru who suffered and died during the occupation alongside the brave servicemen who died liberating our island.
Our island and our people still observe Liberation Day on July 21 every year to honor and celebrate those who paid the ultimate sacrifice to free us from the Imperial Japanese.
Thank you. I’ve got some more content from Guam on the way.
My childhood neighbor's dad had photographs and letters from his uncle who was a Marine KIA on Guam. He was killed by a Japanese mortar I believe. You don't hear as much about Guam, but a lot of men died taking it.
Oh wow. I would love to see that. And no, you don’t hear much about Guam.
Hafa Adai and us Chamorros are grateful for his service, salute 🫡
Ever since it became the 52nd state after Puerto Rico.
Thank you for mentioning the Coast Guard a lot of people don't realize that the Coast Guard played a major role in World War II
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There’s a great video on TH-cam of Frank Devita detailing what he saw in the coast guard driving a landing craft in Normandy.
I knew the national guard played some big roles in ww2, like in the normandy landings, however I didnt know about the coast guard
@@adammitchell3462 well we both learned something today I didn't know the National Guard was prominent that's interesting
@@TheHistoryUnderground Yes, thank you JD, from an old Coast Guard veteran. Semper Paratus!
I was born and raised on Guam, but have been Stateside for the past 9 years, Thank you for teaching people about the history of the invasion of guam..
Absolutely. Thank you for watching. Got a lot more to come.
Thanks for this series, my grandfather who passed in 2016 was a part of the 3rd Marine division and shared many stories from Guam and Guadalcanal. He brought back a Japanese Arisaka rifle from Guam with a American bullet still lodged in the stock. I inherited it from him and have it hanging on the wall as I write this. Thanks for doing this series, it means a lot seeing the Journey he took and what these islands look like today.
Your Grandfather is a true hero! Much respect!
Was he on Bougainville also?
@@roderickstockdale1678 I'm not sure, he may have as he went from island to island with 3rd Marine division, but the main ones he would talk about often were Guam, Guadalcanal, and Iwo Jima. He also served as a Staff Sergeant during the Korean war.
@@dpt2143 he fought on Guadalcanal? I read the battle was over by the time 3rd division arrived there?
@@roderickstockdale1678 I'm not sure if he actually fought on Guadalcanal or if he just stationed there for a while, but it was one places he used to talk about.
All I have to say is after following this channel for 6 months now, you are good enough to be on the History channel. And if that happens to be the case, don't let them change how you story tell.
Guam guy here, just want to express my most sincere thanks to you for doing what you do. I remember my old aunts and uncles telling us stories about what they went through during the invasion and what their parents had to do just to survive. Most of them have passed away since then but the sadness in their eyes is a memory that will never leave me. If you are still on the island I hope you enjoy your time here, thanks again for doing this my friend.
Thank you. This was filmed back in June but I hope to return someday. Would loved to have heard some of those stories.
My Dads uncle was captured on Guam 3 days after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was a Navy corpsman and spent the rest of the war as a POW . He wrote a book “ 1368 Days an American POW in WW2 Japan.”His name was Peter B. Marshall.
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The story of George Ray Tweed is an interesting one. He was part of the Guam garrison at the time of initial invasion. He was one of 6 seamen that withdrew into the jungle rather than be captured. The other 5 were eventually captured and beheaded. He managed to evade captivity with the help of the local population from 1941 until he was evacuated 2 1/2 years later.
There is a book about him on kindle.
He survived solely because of the many patriotic locals who risked their lives and died protecting him
The real hero’s in that story are the locals that helped him survive
Thanks for this video JD. Seeing the engraved lists of names of our soldiers who died was sobering. The list of the people of Gaum who died and then who suffered due to brutal treatment in internment camps had quite an impact, such loss!
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What a sobering experience i did not know so many guam civilians died during the battles and occupation thank you for sharing my love and admiration goes out to the people of guam ❤❤
I was stationed at the Naval Legal Detachment Guam on the Naval Annex. Just before I Retired and left the island, I had the extraordinary opportunity to update some legal papers for a Husband and Wife who were children when the Japanese first took over, thru to the end, and the recovery after the war. The Wife told me she was near he beach downtown when the first planes flew over. The Husband told me how he helped his parents sneak food and medicine to the POW camps. I truly hope they took my advice and wrote these memories down before their eye witness accounts of Heroes of Occupation are lost to time.
Oh wow. I hope so too.
My Dad was in the 3rd Marine Division wave of the Guam invasion, his first combat experience. Iwo Jima was his 2nd combat experience. Thank God they dropped the bomb or I don’t think I would have existed. Not to take anything away from what the Marines on Guam went through in Guam. My father was able to return for the 50th anniversary of the battle for a visit.
When he got back from the visit I asked him if he was going to revisit Iwo Jima the next year for its 50th anniversary. He looked at me real serious and said i never want to go back there.
Knowing he actually got wounded on Guam, and he suffered malaria at the same time, I just can’t imagine what he went through on Iwo Jima. God Bless all our Veterans
Worked for a CEO who went in on all 3, 3rd Marine Divisions Landings Bougainville, Guam & Iwo Jima. Went into Bougainville as a PFC when relieved @ Iwo was a Company Gunny, all Field promotions. One hell of a Leader and Proud Marine!
Wow!
Fantastic job, very well done.
I feel the veterans of this campaign would feel very honored in how much respect you've shown in this.
I hope so. Thank you.
So very true! When thinking of WW2 people mainly think of Europe, or the famous battle. But if you want to honour the people who fought and died, honour them all. Amen!
A friend of mine, Allen Kosnar passed away last December 1 month before his 98th birthday!! He was in the 3rd Division. Told me they landed on Guadalcanal for live training, then he survived Bougainville, (bugs, terrible heat, lots of rain, ect.) Then I believe Kwajalein area? The 3rd was to land on Siapan or Tinian, but went to Guam! Al told me of a banzai attack on Guam, where he ran out of ammo and was in hand to hand fighting!!! After the battle he talked of them counting 1730 some deceased enemy!! He was wounded 18 days into Iwo Jima at the 2nd Air Field!!!! Look him up!! He's the sole survivor of Flight 19 Bermuda Triangle!!! He was healing from his wound and volunteered to be a Gunner on a torpedo bomber!!! He competed in rifle competition until his late 80's!! A VERY proud Marine!!! I miss him dearly!!
Wow!
Thank you for this video. Thank you to the brave American Soldiers who fought and died for their country in that battle.
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When looking at the memorial it clearly shows the scale of the conflict and the number of units and people involved. Because of documentaries like these these people are honoured, wel done!
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Wow. Seeing all those names of civilians caught in the crossfire of war really impacted me, put me in a somber mood. Thanks for sharing another excellent installment in your series here.
Sad.
My father was in the First Provisional Brigade on Guam. Terrible fighting on the Orote Peninsula. They were really the 22nd Marines before and after Guam. They liberated the Marine barracks on Guam, he was always proud of that.
Wow! Showing that landing beach in the next episode.
Thanks for bringing to light of the Pacific theater. Makes me think of the vet I met in a grocery store as a teenager. He said history tends to forget this area as there's too much focus on the European effort. "The Pacific was pure hell," he said.
Hope that people are sharing the videos. Far too little is known about this theatre.
What branch was he?
Thank you JD ! The hard work you put into theses episodes are amazing! My hope would be that everyone would watch an learn! Look forward to every episode! Take care an continue teaching ! Semper fi
Many thanks. Hopefully people are sharing these videos and helping other to learn about what these men accomplished.
Thanks for sharing JD. This series has to be some of your best work to date. Excellent coverage on Saipan; I look forward to more on Guam. The terrain looks terrible from your plane in--horrific fighting conditions for the Marines and soldiers!. Thx!!
Yeah, I never realized how rugged the terrain was until I went there. Brutal.
Thanks again for another awesome video, JD. Seeing all the names really brings it into perspective.
Thank you. Seeing all of those names really brings it home.
@@TheHistoryUnderground the shocking thing is that these are all from one campaign. On my deployments we lost people, but I couldn't fathom losing that many. Keep up the good work.
Excellent Video. It really gives one a perspective of the battle of Guam
Thanks. Not much is known about this battle.
In 1988-1993, I spent five years on Okinawa with III MEF. We made several deployments to Guam and saw the same scenery I am looking at now. Thanks for the memories
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Seeing all of the names shows what a great price was paid for a very small but strategic island. Thank you JD.
This is probably the best episode I've seen you do to date. Thank you.
Wow! Thanks.
For all you Sea Bees, coming from a mostly USMC family, thank you for all you do!! In fact all branches too!! All Veterans have to go through so much bad stuff, both during and after.
I did not know about the attacks on those Islands. Thank you again
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My biological grandfather arrived here on Guam in 1944 and was a 3rd Marine Division.
He met my grandmother and my mother was born.
He was from Pennsylvania, a Irish and Scottish descendant. After 50 years my oldest brother found his family and roots and had spoken to his wife who wrote my mother a letter and mailed pictures of him as a 3rd Marine and we surely look like him. He passed away in 1989.
My grandmother said he had to depart from Guam to Iwo Jima and both lost contact. I treasure now the pics of my biological grandfather.
Spent 5 months in the Naval Hospital on Guam after getting shot in Nam a beautiful island were still finding Imperial soldiers from WW2 in the hills that was in 69 Alpha 1/9 Marines the Walking Dead
Growing up in an Air Force family and living in Hawaii in the early to mid sixties I often heard about Guam. Mainly just from friends that had recently been stationed their with their family. At that young age the conversation of WWII was never discussed. And to this day there is not a lot of discussion about the significance of reclaiming that island. Thanks JD for enlightening us about this episode that occurred during WWII.
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I learned something today, thanks to you. I didn’t know much about Guam until I saw this. So much sacrifice. Thanks for doing this. 👍
My uncle came ashore soon after the Marines, straight out of high school (Class of 1944 with no graduation ceremony-they were in boot camp). He was a Storekeeper (Navy logistics) up on what became Admiral Nimitz’s HQ and is still called Nimitz Hill today. Admiral Nimitz ran the Pacific Theater from here through the rest of the war.
Wow!
For a guy that's hit his head a few times you really do a great job. Walking the beach with a camera narrating what happened with each Corp or Division. Excellent work JD
Thank you!
The beautiful part of that side of the world is deceptively calming. I couldn’t even imagine what those assaulting thought about as they came onto those landing beaches. And bless those who answered the call of duty. Great video as always JD
Thanks! Rough country, for sure.
I would say most died during the occupation.. Your videos are always respectful and well done.. thank you sir!
Loving your Pacific series! You tell the best stories and take us to the most interesting places. Thank you JD! Is this a whole episode without you banging your head!?
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Enjoyed the video, I thought the memorial for the civilians was awesome, they tend to always be forgotten casualties of war. Take care.
I was stationed on Marine Barracks Guam for almost 18 months. I've been to Asan Beach, Tweed's Cave, the Orote Peninsula, all those places. There is lots to see there, and lots of history. There are reminders of the war everywhere. I went through a couple of typhoons there, and they would blow a bunch of war relics over the reef. It would also blow sharks over the reef, which caused problems. Great video.
Very good Narrative of the battle for Guam. Thank you for sharing!
Another exceptional yet sobering video.
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Great video JD! That has to be one of my favorite intros you’ve ever done!
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Although I'm European and forever grateful to US boys who fought here on Old continent I'm so glad Pacific theater getting much deserved attention and often been overlooked by D-day, Normandy, Battle of the Bulge and all other battle's of European theater of WW2.
Thank you so much for this series on Guam. My father was in the Marines there and in Okinawa. He never talked much about it. So it great to see and hear some of the thing's he must have experienced.
My dad was a US Army Combat Engineer that floated in at night and cleared the beach for the Marines. He landed in Tumon Bay.
Did you happen to visit Tumon Bay while you were there? It's full of hotels now.
When my father's Engineer Construction Battalion landed they went on to carve out and pave an air strip that is now Anderson Air Force Base.
Yep. That’s actually where my hotel was. Didn’t do any filming there though.
@@TheHistoryUnderground thats where ALL the hotels are lol
I look forward to every episode!! Thanks for all the work you put into them. Semper Fi!!
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I was just out there for a month back in February, you should check out Gun Beach. They still have a Japanese costal defense gun there
I would like that. Next time!
Fine and honoring telling. Excellent effort. 3 Finney Brothers in one battle, the Honor Roll so telling. The Honor Roll for the People of Guam also telling.... Startling.
Spent '71-'72 on Guam, stationed at the NAVCOMMSTA up on the north end. The 2nd Japanese "invasion" had begun (buying land and building hotels). Made the most of my time going over the same places due to my interest in history. Nice work!👍
Really?!
@@roderickstockdale1678 Yup. Took up SCUBA diving and spent countless hours trekking over those reefs to dive off the western shore. Saw a number of submerged WWII wrecks, including two ships at the bottom of Apra Harbor. Even got to Saipan to experience some cave diving. Unforgettable experience(s) as a young sailor.
@@micoma49 cool…. I meant about the “Japanese Takeover” though.
@@roderickstockdale1678 Ah, okay. The Japanese had discovered Guam as a cheaper vacation spot versus going to Hawaii. So during my 2nd year the "barren" (i.e., untouched) beach areas were getting purchased (and becoming off-limits) and Japanese-owned hotels started under construction. JAL started increasing their flights to and from Japan was another noticeable change.
@@micoma49 in accordance with their modernization after the war
I look forward to this series on Guam, JD. I spent 16 months there in 1976-77, at the now closed Naval air station at Agana. At the time I was there, there were no monuments or memorials that I can recall. It is sad to see how the monument at Point Asan has been neglected and run down.
Yeah, it'd be nice to see it restored.
You are correct. No monuments to any one except a war dog grave marker which is now encompassed by the main base. I was there in '68 and my memories of Guam are varied.
May these brave men R.I.P. God bless all our military and vets.
Really enjoying this series on the Pacific campaign.
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The long list of names. So striking. Well done, JD.
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Wow! Thanks for sharing this with us J. D. This series on the Pacific Theatre of War has been outstanding. As I have said before, I highly doubt you can hardly find modern day shots of these islands and battlefields today outside of this series.
There isn’t much out there. Thanks for the kind words!
A very solemn and heart wrenching experience seeing all those names and the loss of so many on the island. Please God do not allow this sacrifice be made again we are all brothers and sisters and should live in peace and uplift one another. Thank you for this footage and information, well done.
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Another great history lesson with great videos. I certainly appreciate your travel and documentation of this story of Guam
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Bravo! Thanks for bringing Guam a little closer to the mainland! Would you, having done so much on the Pacific, be doing anything in your series regarding the “they were expendable,” US Servicemen who were captured, enslaved taken to Japan?
Didn’t cover that in this one.
@@TheHistoryUnderground -- My godfather, Max Brodofsky, was amongst the Pan Air civilians captured on December 10, 1941 on Guam. He and his colleagues were taken to Japan and held for the duration.
I can remember reading a story about when Gen MacArthur returned to the Philippines and a young lady welcomed him and asked if he had ever been to the Philippines before. Great Tribute JD.
Excellent presentation, new subscriber here. I spent the majority of my childhood here and got stationed back here again. The history is incredible. The tank farm, crashed planes, bunkers, munitions, list goes on.
Many thanks! Hope that you continue to enjoy the content on here. Feel free to share it out!
firstly id like to say thank you! being born and raised here, all ive ever known was simply “Asan was where the Americans entered to take Guam back and that Asan park had a bunch of landmines”
Id like to share that there used to be a trail that leads the Asan village up to that memorial. My recruiters at the time told us that, it was the route that the Marines took to get to the top. in recent years that Ive been back, the entrance to the trail has a bunch of growth over and around it, i could only imagine its to lessen the traffic in the area and trash
thanks for the video and the knowledge!
Thanks!
Hard to imagine what many of those men had gone through in previous battles, knowing how ferocious and unrelenting the Japanese were. I’m glad you are making these videos on the pacific theatre… my understanding was limited but is expanding with every video!
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Omg, thank you so much for this video! As I commented in your previous video, my father was there with the third Marine division, ninth Regiment. he very rarely discussed any of his experiences on Guam, Bougainville, and Iwo Jima. But when he did, The horrors that he would tell we’re undescribable. What it must have been as a soldier to live through these years of battle, and what they dealt with on a daily basis is mind boggling. Again can’t thank you enough for this, and look forward to your next video.
My pleasure. Glad that I could show where he landed.
@@TheHistoryUnderground You are definitely the best! Would you be interested in me forwarding the book that was published documenting the ninth Marines campaigns, starting from enlistment to the end of the war? it is very detailed and in depth.
Thank God for men like your father! My father was also at Guam. He drove a Higgins boat from the USS Emore so it’s possible that my Dad transported your Dad to the beach that day! I can’t even imagine how brave those men were!
@@grocnrollgrocnroll5465 Exactly, as was your father! True heroes of the greatest generation! Thank you for your kind words.
My Father was with the 3rd and the 9th and landed on Guam. He went on to Iwo and was wounded a second time.
He rarely spoke of it, only on Christmas with plenty of Egg Nog.
This is a Great series, thank you for bring to us. And to each and everyone who had any involvement in WWII THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL ♥️⭐️💙
JD, you’re excellent video skills combined with your knowledge of these battles and seamless storytelling makes for an outstanding series. Thank you for sharing your talents with us and bringing honor and remembrance to all who sacrificed during these battles.
Thank you! I really do appreciate that. 🙏🏼
One of very few TH-cam channels i press like before i even watch the content
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My daughter's family lived for the last 3 years on Guam, just returned to Tennessee in May. I had the opportunity to spend May, 2021 and April 2022 on Guam. It's exciting to see you visit places I've walked on. Some really great snorkeling off some of those beaches. Didn't get to visit Siapan while there. Guam is also where a Japanese soldier was found, in 1972, 28 years after the war was over, living in the jungle having never surrendered.
Great Job JD! Thank you for capturing the history and in a way many educators and parents can use! I'm always learning from your videos and that challenges me to research even more on the subject! Sharing your video to get the history learning out there. Thank you for all you do!
Another well done video sir! I hope some history teachers can pass them on!
Holy crap JD . Really hit home as all of your videos do but when you showed all of the names of the people of Guam I choked . Unbelievable how far the names kept going 🥺🇺🇸🇺🇸🙌🏼🙏🏼
Unreal.
I really enjoy your videos. My grandfather served on the uss hornet . Thank you sir for putting a real light on what the brave men faced!
Thanks!
Well done JD! This was an excellent video! Looking forward to the rest of this series! So good! That joke about Wilson?…good one!
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Thanks so much for sharing this! My Dad drove a Higgins boat from the USS Elmore on July 21, 1944. I have records showing that he would have landed on Asan Beach. My wife and I briefly stopped on Guam in 2019 on our way to Peleliu for the 75th anniversary of the battle of Peleliu in which my Dad also participated. While on Guam I noticed that there was a commemorative plaque on the outside of the airport terminal. The interesting thing about that is that the year of Guam’s liberation was wrong. It said it occurred on July 21, 1945 (it was actually 7/21/44).
How could they of all people get it wrong😂btw what’s the meaning of your name?
Interesting! Would love to see Peleliu.
My screen name comes from a childhood nickname from my brother.
@@TheHistoryUnderground , if you go to Peleliu reach out to Tangie. He’s the curator of the Peleliu Museum and is a wonderful guy! The people there are wonderful! He gave me the enormous honor of raising (and later lowering) the flag on 9/15/2019 (the 75th anniversary of the battle) over Bloody Nose Ridge. I’ve never felt so profoundly humbled and yet unworthy to do anything in my life! It took about 18 months of research for me to figure out just where my Dad’s boat would have come in that day. Based on my Dad’s log (he obtained at one of his ship reunions years ago), some documents from the National Archives I received from a VERY helpful aid to my local Congressman (among other information) I was pretty sure he came in on White Beach 2. Thanks so much for your work in keeping this very important history alive!
@@roderickstockdale1678, I wondered the same thing! I was shocked when I saw it, especially since my Dad was there so I knew that date very well!
Great video's 👍. When we lived on Okinawa, dad would fly to Guam with the planes,while mom my jackass brother and me would goto the shelters for typhoons. Ah, the 70's.
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Jackass brother😂
Wahahaha I thought I found Wilson. Hilarious comment 😂😂😂. Ps it’s not a soccerball it.s a football 😁. You are one very lucky person to be able to visit all those islands. And we are very lucky we can see it in your videos. Ty JD on to thext place!
Another great vid JD , history is unreal
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Dear lord, thats a lot of names of the native peopl of Guam that suffered from what happened during that almost 3 year ordeal. Wow...brings a whole new perceptive
Awful. Not enough attention has been given to how the civilians suffered under Japanese occupation.
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I'm guessing you haven't made it to Iwo Jima yet. My Dad was on Iwo Jima during WW II, he was in the Army 483rd AAA. There were some young men from his home town. At some point in time, Dad became separated from his unit and got pinned down by a sniper. As he was scribbling notes to family to say goodbye, another boy took the sniper out. Thank God for that boy. I learned of this from a older cousin a few years back. It's a shame that the boy who saved my Dad passed away before I could shake his hand and thank him.
Unfortunately, Iwo Jima is almost impossible to get on.
NOTE: At the 2:11 mark, I inadvertently said 1st Provisional Marine Division when I meant 1st Provisional Marine Brigade. My error.
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thanks for correcting that. my father was in 3/4 1st pro. brigade.
incidently the 4th was reconstituted as an honor and that's were a lot of the Raiders went.
Heartbreaking stories. Thank you for sharing.
What a timely video thank you!
I'm just now reading book 3 of the amazing Even Thomas trilogy; Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945. Am just starting the chapter on Guam.
So loved the comment about the ball LOL. Thank you for doing this amazing video.
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Another great video JD! As a young boy, I was fascinated with the War in the Pacific since my grandpa was USNR and served from 1942-1944 in the Pacific theater. Completely coincidental, but my missionary travels have allowed me to visit Pearl Harbor, Corregidor island, the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, as w ll as the beach on Leyte where Gen. MacArthur did return to the PI. Now, living on Guam allows me to see the many places that were part of the Japanese occupation as well as the liberation of the island. All bring chills to me when I visit. Don't know if you had time here to investigate the MANY atrocities carried out by the Japanese on the Chamorro people. So many stories and every one is heartbreaking.
This series is fascinating, thanks for posting them. My father served as Shore Patrol on a small island in the northern Phililipines.....I have always wondered what the terrain looked like, so I could picture what his stories looked like...The island had a small landing strip on it, Japanese still in the hills, he was 17 and always on edge. when patrolling at night. Thanks again.
Interesting!
Thanks for another educational video. This is a subject I know very little about. The Pacific was a very different kind of war compared to the ETO.
Very much so. And there is hardly anything out there about Guam. Go to Amazon and look up books on the battle. There’s next to nothing.
Got it on 5 minutes of my cup of coffee here I love this channel so much and even though I was in the service don't like watching his documentaries they're very interesting. I see I enjoy it very much which is a really nice change
My friend's dad was stationed at Guam that's where she was born it is a pretty neat place Semper Fi
The exhaustive List of Civilians affected by the Japanese Capture of Guam is almost overwhelming to realize the total Cruelty inflicted just on Guam. I tried to picture how massive a monument could be if one could list all the names of people subjugated by Japan throughout the Asian Area. How luck the Japanese people were to be Conquered by the United States of America. Thank you.
Definitely.
My dad, Howard Alexander, was in the 23rd Division of the Seabees on Guam.
Your videos are GREAT, I felt like I was there with you, thank you
What's amazing so far with these locations is the high ground, I mean commanding high ground the Japanese had. Wow, the grit to take that ground is unimaginable imo.
I know. I never realized how commanding their positions were until I actually walked the ground.
Great video... Sad though we on Guam still don't have full U.S. citizenship.. my Father served in the Navy in the war but at the time could only be a cook being from Guam... my mother 15 years by end of the WWII... today Many family serve our great American Nation with Pride and Honor....still we are second class citizens.. Sad seeing how people on the mainland don't appreciate America or the true sacrifices .
I just got done watching your video thank you for making this video my great uncle was Leonard F Mason one of the medal of honor recipients for the battle of Guam. It was nice to be able to see his name on the wall towards the end. Maybe someday I'll make it to guam to visit the battle field.
Just saw your latest video on 11/2/23 and was about to ask you if you hade ever done a video on Guam. My father was stationed there after we took it back and was an aircraft mechanic. He did the same thing in Belgium where he came up with and designed a better way for bombs to be released from B-17's and not get stuck as much which they started using. Thank you for doing Guam.
P.S. : I know you love guns from the era. When my father was stationed in Belgium, where these guns were originally make. He bought in Belgium a Browning B5 Auto Shotgun 12 Gauge there and shipped it home. I still have it and used it as my favorite shotgun in my early years. Just store it now. Browning has not built guns there for a long time. When you have a piece of history you never want to let it go.
JD - when I was an enlisted soldier at Fort Carson, CO from 1982 - 1984, my Squad Leader - Staff Sergeant (SSG) David Ada, a Guamanian Chamorro, told me that he was born on the day that the US invaded Guam in 1944. He was a great NCO. If he's alive today, he'd be close to 80.
Wow!
I was in the 1st. and 3rd Marine Divisions during my time in the Corps. These men were our hero's.
Tom Boyte
GySgt. USMC, retired
Vietnam 1965-66-1970-71
0331- Infantry, Machine Guns
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Great stuff! My uncle was at Guam. Also, the search for Wilson continues.
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That's my home town guam thank you for your great content
Have you heard about the Japanese soldier that was hiding in a underground compound that he built and was found in like the 70s he thought the war was still going on after 30 years later and was just in hiding crazy story
Gonna talk about him a bit in a future episode.
@@TheHistoryUnderground looking forward to it love all your videos thank you
😢I can’t imagine just going about my day and then some crazy people who think they are going to be allowed to take over the world come onto my home and take it over. Thank God the US didn’t let that happen.
What these civilians endured was horrible. The fact that they survived is a testament to human strength and endurance.
Thank you again for this amazing and sobering video. 👍😢
Glad to share the experience.
Thank you JD!
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