Loving this content JD! My father was a Marine (RIP) who fought in Korea, I was a sailor so this battle hits both types and I also flew in helicopters off the USS Constellation. So we have are 3 area covered. I love the Pacific Theater, a tougher place to fight and vast distances make it real formidable. Both theaters had difficulties but I think the Pacific presented real problems. Thank you again for giving your unique take in this theater.
Dave Holland helped me a few years ago research my Dads company, 2/1 c company in this campaign. 50 cal machine gun. Records not clear where if they were on Florida or Tanamboko. But Dave placed on map within a short distance where he was shot on guadlecanal a few months later. This is a great series and having Dave's expertise is priceless.
Tulane is such a serene place to visit now. Over six visits I was privileged to spend thirteen weeks working on Guadalcanal and on our downtime visiting the sites in this video on Tulagi and the battlegrounds across Guadalcanal. Great video that brought back the emotion of walking those places.
I truly appreciate your channel. So much that we never learned in school about these battles and now you are bringing them to us. Hard to imagine how miserable it would have been whether it be the enemy in the caves or our brave Marines making their way into battle on that Island. I wish I could go back and talk to my great uncles about WW2. Yet, this is why I watch your channel as well.
The amount of trouble you go to is an inspiration. You are living your dreams and showing all of us these places which before your videos, we could never really see. Thank you so much and well done for chasing your dreams down. A life well lived.
I just spoke to a gentleman that is 102…. Served 3 years in the South Pacific Theatre…. I thanked him for his service, and said that i could not have imagined what you had to endure…. He looked at me with the saddest eyes…. He said….You couldn’t imagine.
Grandfather was a company commander in the Raiders during this campaign, eventually becoming the only reserve Marine officer to command an active duty battalion (3/25). Thank you for your efforts creating this content, it amazing to see the battlefields where Grandfather served.
Fantastic…I can do no better than agree with all the previous comments! Your video imagery is amazing! The history….well, your efforts are beyond amazing! Thanks, Andrew
Thank you JD for covering the Guadalcanal campaign. Though other history channels have covered the same campaign but they use animations or old WW2 footage and there’s nothing like actually going to the place and seeing it how it may have looked like to the soldiers back in WW2. Obviously there have been changes over the decades but the geography is still there.
Great video about 10 years ago i did a ton of research on this battle in and around the area but never seem to find to many current videos of how the land area looks today unlike the European battlefields were access is much easier.Look forward to your next video of the area
That was really interesting. Thank you. Fascinating place. Just listening to the cicadas takes me back to my youth in Southern Rhodesia. When the cicadas sang it was hot.
Fabulous fabulous JD and team. Fabulous effort, with NZ and Australia not far away, the threat very real, and a New Zealander myself, your effort is much appreciated.
JD what you do is incredible, you most definitely deserve to have the opportunity to visit these historic places. Every time i watch one of your videos it’s like watching a short movie, I love the shots of the pictures washed up on the beach it’s so epic, even the slideshow you put it at the start makes the video seem 10x more cool. Keep up the good work man, so cool to see how far you’ve come !
Dave Holland is so knowledgeable regarding the Guadalcanal campaign. Saw him a couple times on WW2 TV. The 2nd Marine Raiders were issued M1 Garands one of the few early adopters from the Marine Corps. Carlson was impressed by the firepower the semiautomatic M1’s could provide. Like most of the first line Marine units the 1st Marine Raiders were still using the 1903 Springfields of WW1 fame. Edson did not trust the new self loading Garands.
Great video on a landing that is often overlooked. Can’t understand the problem with Dave Hollands accent he is very easy to understand as well as very informative.
It always amazes me how Mother Nature brings these Island back to their beauty. To look at it now you would never know that this was a place of war. It’s just beautiful!! 💚🏝👍
Another viewer who loves this pacific war content. The videography, music and the editing are simply beautiful. Whoever picks the music needs a raise. It completely makes the video/s and content that more powerful. Well done.
Best WW2 content and information channel on TH-cam , together with Dr Felton you bring the best background information to the table. I am Dutch and due to my grandfather who fought the Germans when they invaded the Netherlands as a soldier I am very much interested in this war and all its facets from the pacific to the USSR and to the USA. And I am very grateful like Mr Churchill that AH was stupid enough to declare war on the US and made his own trap. Fantastic content and thank JD you’re best.
@@FlorentinoRebuildingCo.5644 I was in the Phillippines working as a military advisor with US Embassy and it is a beautiful place. Have friends still there. Been to a few Islands, Cebu and Pataway. Also, outer areas. There are some very desolate places still there.
Tulagi was actually the British Government Headquarters for the Solomons prior to the Guadalcanal invasion. After the war they relocated the Government HQ facilities to Honiara on the Canal for obvious infrastructure reasons. I believe there were PT Boat facilities on Tulagi. Great point, the long road back began with the Tulagi campaign. No LVT's yet to get over the coral, all Higgins Boats. First meeting of the U.S. Marines and the Japanese Marines, the Rikusentai. Amazing drone work! So glad to hear you are going to Gavutu & Tanambogo. You once were able to go from one islet to the other via a causeway, I'm betting it's washed out these days. Another great job!
@thehistoryunderground Thank you for this series. Its indirectly led me to additional Pacific theatre content related to my family and the MIS 169th language detachment, 6th infantry division
9:53 that marines tattoo is so cool. Very interesting that he was evidently in iceland when he got it. Great video as always JD! Loving this series and cant wait to see more!
Thanks JD for your efforts. Walking the ground virtually with you really gave me the appreciation of just how difficult the terrain and climate was for the Marines. Having Dave Holland along was a true force multiplier for the viewers due to his almost encyclopedic knowledge of the battles you are covering.
@@TheHistoryUndergroundif you do I recommend looking into the battle of Chipyong-Ni. First successful hold and defend fight against the Chinese in early ‘51. 4000 from 23rd INF Regt held a 1 mile defensive perimeter against 25-30k Chinese for 72hrs and it’s in an area still accessible being south of the DMZ. Doesn’t hurt I had the opportunity for a couple Iraq deployments many years ago with 2/23 INF. Keep up the good work.
@@TheHistoryUnderground that’s awesome I can’t wait for some Korea content my Grandfather also fought in Korea 1950-1952 he was in the 2nd Infantry Division!! What outfit was your Grandfather in? Grandpa is a huge reason why I’ve become the Military historian I am today.
@@TheHistoryUnderground I really appreciate how you put everything in perspective. We can get a glimpse of what it would have been like for those that fought there.
Not to take away from this amazing video, but I've watched the other gentleman's videos before, and I've really struggled nailing down his accent... It's like part "Hoi Toider" Ocracoke Brogue from the Outer Banks of North Carolina... mixed with part Hill Country (ala Eastern Kentucky/Middle Tennessee/Northern Alabama), with occasional touches of Australian Outback... Idk why, but it just sorta captivated me... You can really hear the Brogue when he says words like "South", which comes out as "Soith" or "Southeast" that comes out "Soythesed". His narration really holds you attention and is extremely detailed as to the events of the battle...
Your Guadalcanal content is right up my alley. Must have been amazing to be there in person. This is the first modern day footage of the area that I've ever seen so it makes it that much more interesting. Thanks for sharing!
After recently finding out that my step grandfather was stationed on Tulagi in WWII on a supply line, I was excited to watch your video. Thank you for sharing so beautifully a place that helped form him into the wonderful man, father, and grandfather he was!
I am glad that you are showing and discussing the different parts of the Guadalcanal battlefield. I never was taught that there were different parts of the battlefield. Thank you for the education
Thanks for that informative presentation! I had the pleasure of 3 extended work trips to Tulagi in recent years as an Australian army medical corps scientific officer conducting malaria control and research activities with the local health people. It is indeed a beautiful island and lovely people. Visited hill 281 and snorkelled at blue beach: the coral there is fantastic and it must have made for an interesting and challenging amphibious landing! There were rumours of japanese gold still hidden in the tunnels on the hill and people actually looking for it at that time. We got into the military history of course (and at Guadalcanal too of course) but I wish i had your video too at the time! Thanks!
JD, thank you, thank you! My dad was with the 5 th Marines 5 th raider battalion. He wasn't on this operation, but he was in Bougainville. Seeing the kinds of places he fought is outstanding for me.
@TheHistoryUnderground What we don't see is that during the war, all these islands were heavy dense jungles. Dad told me they had to cut their way through in extremely high heat and humidity. The Japanese knew where they were and when they were moving because as hard as they tried to remain quiet, they sounded like a herd of elephant. In the past, I could only imagine what these islands looked, thanks to you, I can acupuncture see them. Again, I thank you and look forward to more content.
Found your channel yesterday. I haven’t been this interested in wwii in 20 years Your channel is awesome I’ve probably watched 10hrs in the last 24. You’ve answered so many questions I’ve had for so long and really bring into perspective especially for today. Thank you.
The Makin raid was a successful fiasco. A lot of lessons were learned from that raid. The Marines that were accidentally left behind were beheaded by the Japanese.
I've only been learning about this part of WW2 during the last few years but the scale never really sank in. Given how many ships were fighting in the battles around Savo island I imagined the space between it and Guadalcanal a lot larger.
Well Iam sure that 2 of the 3 things have been done so far, but I am sure the bumped head is coming. Glad you survive the boat ride the content has been first rate!
@@TheHistoryUnderground A brief history: Defoe shipbuilding used to build Adam's class destroyers here in Bay City and the people here wanted to get of of those to display. There were none available so the Edson was and they ended up bringing her here.
@04:28 The road cut through volcanic rock is impressive. @08:33 What is the large metal object behind the men? The picture looks like the deck of a submarine, but if the object were a submarine deck gun, it would be way oversized. @18:21 Your group seems to have picked up a 4-legged friend 😝 This is a very cool series. I visited Rabaul Harbor on New Britain Is. back in 1985 and went to many of the old Japanese WW2 locations and one of the most interesting was the concrete HQ blockhouse of the 8th Army which was a very large cylindrical shape with viewing ports located all the way around it. The interesting feature was that the Japanese had marked the floor with compass degrees so that any attack on the Island could be spotted for directing artillery fire and inform defending troops as to which direction any enemy advance was coming from. There was a very large volcanic eruption in 1994 that destroyed the city of Rabaul and buried the location under many feet of ash and I don't think anyone will ever be able to visit that specific location again or at least until it is excavated.
Very excellent episode! The school was so epic…the story about The Cut, I’d never heard that that one. Gonna see if I can find some first hand accounts of it. Interesting
I know my Dad (USMC 36-66) was a lite machine gunner. As such he waa in the 3rd wave of the invasion of Guacanal, 5 minutes behind the 1st. He said the Alligator Creek was rough. He also spoke of engaging the Japanese on Tulagi. He and his friend Jessie climed to the roof of a building. Dads hillbilly instinct kicked in and Dad shot a Japanese soldier that climbed after them. Dad was put in for a Silver Star so there's likely more to this. He was 1st 5th Marines. He never spoke of being a raider.
For every Marine killed on Guadalcanal, 5 sailors were lost in the surrounding waters. Not to diminish what the Marines endured. Just a reminder that many forget or are unare of the significant Naval loses in winning that island.
My uncle was on Canal and Saipan. His main stories was that they would roll lit 55 gal drums of aviation fuel into the caves. Imagine my reaction when you talked about The Cut. He wasn’t a Marine, he was Army.
Absolutely great episode but I must take issue with your comments that this was the first time Allies stepped on Axis held territory. I hope that I misheard. The North African Campaign stated in June of 1940 with attacks on Italian held positions in Libya. Nevertheless this is, as always an incredible piece of work. As an aside, last week I found my first Stumbling Stones in the town of Valkenburg in the Netherlands. Thank you for introducing me to this project.
@@andrewvanveen1804 - I might have said “Allies” when I meant to say “Americans”. A lot of people take issue with an America-centric view of the war so I always try and say “Allies” to include everyone involved. I may have just misspoke there.
I'm always learning something from your videos, especially when you go somewhere I'm not familiar with. Other than what I picked up watching The Pacific and a few movies that took place there, I don't know a lot about the Pacific campaign. You're proving a lot of good background detail that you don't get watching a character based story. The cinematography is amazing as well 👍
When I crossed IBS it was in a twin engine 35' craft. That was an insane trip for you. When I was there 21 yrs ago I found a fork stamped "USMC" on top of Hill 280 and it sits downstairs along with other legal artifacts I've gathered from over the years. The cave below the hill was hard for a 6'2" frame to get into. Great video! Thanks again JD for bringing back great memories.
Legendary... I'm a bit on the larger side as well and the caves on the Southern end of Okinawa were the same. Very small openings and just a bit claustrophobic.
Thank you so much for doing this series on the pacific theater and what the US Marines and Navy dealt with!
Dave Holland is a jewel.
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Thank you. And yes, Dave is the man.
Thank you for taking us. I n addition to the history, it is beautiful scenery.
Loving this content JD! My father was a Marine (RIP) who fought in Korea, I was a sailor so this battle hits both types and I also flew in helicopters off the USS Constellation. So we have are 3 area covered. I love the Pacific Theater, a tougher place to fight and vast distances make it real formidable. Both theaters had difficulties but I think the Pacific presented real problems. Thank you again for giving your unique take in this theater.
Thanks! Glad to share the experiences.
Upmost respect, I'm friends with those who fought in USMC in Korea but as children remember the horror of WWII
Dave Holland helped me a few years ago research my Dads company, 2/1 c company in this campaign. 50 cal machine gun. Records not clear where if they were on Florida or Tanamboko. But Dave placed on map within a short distance where he was shot on guadlecanal a few months later.
This is a great series and having Dave's expertise is priceless.
Awesome as always JD...... thanks for producing this content for all of us 🤝
JD
Your video quality just gets better and better. Thanks for taking me in a sense to places that I would never see in my lifetime
@@dennis82468 - Thank you. I really do appreciate that.
Thanks so much for your hard work and tremendous information. Awesome to see what I have read about. Great joy
Tulane is such a serene place to visit now. Over six visits I was privileged to spend thirteen weeks working on Guadalcanal and on our downtime visiting the sites in this video on Tulagi and the battlegrounds across Guadalcanal. Great video that brought back the emotion of walking those places.
I truly appreciate your channel. So much that we never learned in school about these battles and now you are bringing them to us. Hard to imagine how miserable it would have been whether it be the enemy in the caves or our brave Marines making their way into battle on that Island. I wish I could go back and talk to my great uncles about WW2. Yet, this is why I watch your channel as well.
The amount of trouble you go to is an inspiration. You are living your dreams and showing all of us these places which before your videos, we could never really see. Thank you so much and well done for chasing your dreams down. A life well lived.
I just spoke to a gentleman that is 102…. Served 3 years in the South Pacific Theatre…. I thanked him for his service, and said that i could not have imagined what you had to endure….
He looked at me with the saddest eyes…. He said….You couldn’t imagine.
Grandfather was a company commander in the Raiders during this campaign, eventually becoming the only reserve Marine officer to command an active duty battalion (3/25). Thank you for your efforts creating this content, it amazing to see the battlefields where Grandfather served.
Thanks pretty cool. What’s his name? I have info on all the battalions company commanders.
@ appreciate the thought, not a fan of naming names here
Fantastic…I can do no better than agree with all the previous comments! Your video imagery is amazing! The history….well, your efforts are beyond amazing! Thanks, Andrew
Thank you!
Thank you JD for covering the Guadalcanal campaign. Though other history channels have covered the same campaign but they use animations or old WW2 footage and there’s nothing like actually going to the place and seeing it how it may have looked like to the soldiers back in WW2. Obviously there have been changes over the decades but the geography is still there.
Thanks!
Thank you!!!
Great video about 10 years ago i did a ton of research on this battle in and around the area but never seem to find to many current videos of how the land area looks today unlike the European battlefields were access is much easier.Look forward to your next video of the area
Thanks! Very few videos on TH-cam from this campaign. Dave’s channel is a good source.
That was really interesting. Thank you. Fascinating place. Just listening to the cicadas takes me back to my youth in Southern Rhodesia. When the cicadas sang it was hot.
It was plenty hot, for sure.
What an amazing place to explore
Pretty wild.
Fabulous fabulous JD and team. Fabulous effort, with NZ and Australia not far away, the threat very real, and a New Zealander myself, your effort is much appreciated.
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Great job JD, keep up the good work. Love the videos.
Production quality…immaculate 👌🏻
Many thanks.
JD what you do is incredible, you most definitely deserve to have the opportunity to visit these historic places. Every time i watch one of your videos it’s like watching a short movie, I love the shots of the pictures washed up on the beach it’s so epic, even the slideshow you put it at the start makes the video seem 10x more cool. Keep up the good work man, so cool to see how far you’ve come !
JD great video. Having Dave Holland along brings the story to life. I like the new intro. The 'cut' is quite a feat! Thx! Safe travels my friend
Thanks! Dave is the man.
Dave Holland is so knowledgeable regarding the Guadalcanal campaign. Saw him a couple times on WW2 TV. The 2nd Marine Raiders were issued M1 Garands one of the few early adopters from the Marine Corps. Carlson was impressed by the firepower the semiautomatic M1’s could provide. Like most of the first line Marine units the 1st Marine Raiders were still using the 1903 Springfields of WW1 fame. Edson did not trust the new self loading Garands.
Really enjoy your videos JD!
Glad you like them! Thanks watching.
Great video on a landing that is often overlooked. Can’t understand the problem with Dave Hollands accent he is very easy to understand as well as very informative.
Thanks. And yeah, Dave probably has the coolest accent of anyone that I know.
Happy New Year JD and all your followers.
Thanks!
It always amazes me how Mother Nature brings these Island back to their beauty. To look at it now you would never know that this was a place of war. It’s just beautiful!! 💚🏝👍
Absolutely.
Another viewer who loves this pacific war content. The videography, music and the editing are simply beautiful. Whoever picks the music needs a raise. It completely makes the video/s and content that more powerful. Well done.
Thanks! I'll be sure to give myself a raise. :)
@@TheHistoryUnderground Just recognize the average annual raise is in the US is 3%, so don't overdue it! 😂
Best WW2 content and information channel on TH-cam , together with Dr Felton you bring the best background information to the table.
I am Dutch and due to my grandfather who fought the Germans when they invaded the Netherlands as a soldier I am very much interested in this war and all its facets from the pacific to the USSR and to the USA.
And I am very grateful like Mr Churchill that AH was stupid enough to declare war on the US and made his own trap.
Fantastic content and thank JD you’re best.
Thank you. That really does mean a lot.
Been dreaming of going to Guadalcanal since I was a kid.
Your video was as if I was already there.
Excellent.
@@FlorentinoRebuildingCo.5644 - Thanks! Much more to come.
@@FlorentinoRebuildingCo.5644 I was in the Phillippines working as a military advisor with US Embassy and it is a beautiful place. Have friends still there. Been to a few Islands, Cebu and Pataway. Also, outer areas. There are some very desolate places still there.
Thank you JD on the continued documentary on Guadalcanal. Great video! 💯👍 Have a great 2025 🎉 Happy New Year 🎆
Thank you. Happy New Year to you too!
This is great content JD, you always do a good job with this stuff.
Much appreciated. Thank you.
Great video! Back in '85 I went to Corregidor in the Philippines. Rode an outrigger type boat to the island. That was a crazy ride.
Tulagi was actually the British Government Headquarters for the Solomons prior to the Guadalcanal invasion. After the war they relocated the Government HQ facilities to Honiara on the Canal for obvious infrastructure reasons. I believe there were PT Boat facilities on Tulagi. Great point, the long road back began with the Tulagi campaign. No LVT's yet to get over the coral, all Higgins Boats. First meeting of the U.S. Marines and the Japanese Marines, the Rikusentai. Amazing drone work! So glad to hear you are going to Gavutu & Tanambogo. You once were able to go from one islet to the other via a causeway, I'm betting it's washed out these days. Another great job!
Any vid w/Dave Holland is must watch. Good on you both, J.D. and Dave.
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@thehistoryunderground Thank you for this series. Its indirectly led me to additional Pacific theatre content related to my family and the MIS 169th language detachment, 6th infantry division
Another wonderful video !! Thank you very much.
Thanks!
Another amazing history lesson. ❤ur work. Happy New Year to you and yours.
Appreciate that!
9:53 that marines tattoo is so cool. Very interesting that he was evidently in iceland when he got it. Great video as always JD! Loving this series and cant wait to see more!
Yeah, I thought that was pretty cool.
@@TheHistoryUnderground Marines in Iceland...another video?
It's all in the details and this channel does a commendable job. Keep up the excellent coverage.
Thank you!
Thanks JD for your efforts. Walking the ground virtually with you really gave me the appreciation of just how difficult the terrain and climate was for the Marines. Having Dave Holland along was a true force multiplier for the viewers due to his almost encyclopedic knowledge of the battles you are covering.
Dave is amazing. I’d highly recommend subscribing to his channel (linked in the description).
@@TheHistoryUnderground I am subscribed already and love his work for sure.
I'm super pumped for a ton of Chesty Puller knowledge for the Pacific vids you have. Will you also do Korea? That'd be an awesome series too.
Would love to get to Korea at some point being that my grandpa served there. Got some Chesty content on the way too.
I have a couple of Puller videos on my channel. One where he wounded. The other is where he earned his 3rd Navy Cross.
@@TheHistoryUndergroundif you do I recommend looking into the battle of Chipyong-Ni. First successful hold and defend fight against the Chinese in early ‘51. 4000 from 23rd INF Regt held a 1 mile defensive perimeter against 25-30k Chinese for 72hrs and it’s in an area still accessible being south of the DMZ. Doesn’t hurt I had the opportunity for a couple Iraq deployments many years ago with 2/23 INF. Keep up the good work.
@@TheHistoryUnderground that’s awesome I can’t wait for some Korea content my Grandfather also fought in Korea 1950-1952 he was in the 2nd Infantry Division!! What outfit was your Grandfather in? Grandpa is a huge reason why I’ve become the Military historian I am today.
Wow I never heard of this battle. Thanks for shedding light on this. Cant wait for the next video!
Glad you liked it! There’s a lot more to come.
@@TheHistoryUnderground I really appreciate how you put everything in perspective. We can get a glimpse of what it would have been like for those that fought there.
Tom Clifford, the late Tom, Clifford, president of the University of North Dakota. He was a US Marine Raider on these raids. Hero 1st class.
Dang. I’d have loved to have spent an afternoon talking to him.
Thank you, JD. Awesome, as always.
Thanks!
Great stuff! Very revealing about a little known or appreciated part of the Pacific campaign. Thank you for your efforts and commentary.
@@reginaldlarsen274 - Much appreciated!
Not to take away from this amazing video, but I've watched the other gentleman's videos before, and I've really struggled nailing down his accent...
It's like part "Hoi Toider" Ocracoke Brogue from the Outer Banks of North Carolina... mixed with part Hill Country (ala Eastern Kentucky/Middle Tennessee/Northern Alabama), with occasional touches of Australian Outback...
Idk why, but it just sorta captivated me...
You can really hear the Brogue when he says words like "South", which comes out as "Soith" or "Southeast" that comes out "Soythesed".
His narration really holds you attention and is extremely detailed as to the events of the battle...
Thanks. That’s me. Thirty years of Australian mixed with 28 years of north Alabama mountain country. A very hybrid combo!
It's a one of a kind accent.
Your Guadalcanal content is right up my alley. Must have been amazing to be there in person. This is the first modern day footage of the area that I've ever seen so it makes it that much more interesting. Thanks for sharing!
After recently finding out that my step grandfather was stationed on Tulagi in WWII on a supply line, I was excited to watch your video. Thank you for sharing so beautifully a place that helped form him into the wonderful man, father, and grandfather he was!
Glad to share it. Thanks for watching.
I am glad that you are showing and discussing the different parts of the Guadalcanal battlefield. I never was taught that there were different parts of the battlefield. Thank you for the education
Our pleasure! More to come on this channel and much more on Dave’s channel (linked in the description).
Fascinating stuff. Thank you for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks, JD!
Appreciate you watching!
Excellent video sir!
Outstanding video. This channel teaches us so much. Thanks!
Glad to hear it!
Thanks for that informative presentation! I had the pleasure of 3 extended work trips to Tulagi in recent years as an Australian army medical corps scientific officer conducting malaria control and research activities with the local health people. It is indeed a beautiful island and lovely people. Visited hill 281 and snorkelled at blue beach: the coral there is fantastic and it must have made for an interesting and challenging amphibious landing! There were rumours of japanese gold still hidden in the tunnels on the hill and people actually looking for it at that time. We got into the military history of course (and at Guadalcanal too of course) but I wish i had your video too at the time! Thanks!
JD, thank you, thank you!
My dad was with the 5 th Marines 5 th raider battalion. He wasn't on this operation, but he was in Bougainville.
Seeing the kinds of places he fought is outstanding for me.
Oh man. That is amazing.
@TheHistoryUnderground What we don't see is that during the war, all these islands were heavy dense jungles. Dad told me they had to cut their way through in extremely high heat and humidity.
The Japanese knew where they were and when they were moving because as hard as they tried to remain quiet, they sounded like a herd of elephant.
In the past, I could only imagine what these islands looked, thanks to you, I can acupuncture see them.
Again, I thank you and look forward to more content.
Another great history lesson.
Tulagi was also a PT base where Kennedy was stationed.
Any chance of a future lesson?
Not on this trip, but I do want to go to Kennedy Island at some point.
Found your channel yesterday. I haven’t been this interested in wwii in 20 years Your channel is awesome I’ve probably watched 10hrs in the last 24. You’ve answered so many questions I’ve had for so long and really bring into perspective especially for today. Thank you.
Oh dang! Well thank you. I really appreciate that. Hope that you continue to enjoy the content!
My grandfather worked at Philadelphia naval yard with red Mike. Grandfather was a merchant marine during 4. Wars and was also a musician
The Makin raid was a successful fiasco. A lot of lessons were learned from that raid. The Marines that were accidentally left behind were beheaded by the Japanese.
Definitely want to try and get there at some point.
Awesome video, JD! I love the way you present your content. Always informative. 🎆🎇Happy New Year!
Great Episode ! Soundtrack was Perfect !
Thanks!
Thank you. Thank you to all American forces United States and Canadian.
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I've only been learning about this part of WW2 during the last few years but the scale never really sank in. Given how many ships were fighting in the battles around Savo island I imagined the space between it and Guadalcanal a lot larger.
It was a lot bigger than most people realize.
Great vid again JD
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Outstanding video what a beautiful place with such an interesting story
Glad you enjoyed it!
My dad was 101st Airborne in Europe and I lost an uncle in the Philippines in April of 1945 World War II is very important to me awesome videos
@@davewoodmancy5124 I was 82nd and 5th Group Airborne, 100% disabled service connected now. 101st are total heroes
My great uncle Arthur was killed in the Philippines (Luzon) in late March '45. Arthur's brother was killed in Germany six days later.
Well Iam sure that 2 of the 3 things have been done so far, but I am sure the bumped head is coming. Glad you survive the boat ride the content has been first rate!
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Another outstanding video J.D. 😅
Glad you enjoyed it
The USS Edson (a destroyer named after Mike Edson of Guadalcanal fame) is now moored in Bay City Michigan.
Nice! Didn’t know that.
@@TheHistoryUnderground A brief history: Defoe shipbuilding used to build Adam's class destroyers here in Bay City and the people here wanted to get of of those to display. There were none available so the Edson was and they ended up bringing her here.
The rifle range on Camp Pendleton for recruit training is named for Col. Edson as well.
Just another great vid of my Pops war , very touching , keeping them coming JD !
Much more on the way. 🙂
Amazing beauty there. Survival back then. Great video jd. Where's all the food stores? No shoprite?
Thank you JD, much appreciated!
Thanks!
Great perspective on the battle,looking forward to more.
Cool stuff! Thanks
You bet!
I love these. Not to far from where i'm living. (Philippines) There is a lot of little islands that have big impact on the war.
@04:28 The road cut through volcanic rock is impressive.
@08:33 What is the large metal object behind the men? The picture looks like the deck of a submarine, but if the object were a submarine deck gun, it would be way oversized.
@18:21 Your group seems to have picked up a 4-legged friend 😝
This is a very cool series. I visited Rabaul Harbor on New Britain Is. back in 1985 and went to many of the old Japanese WW2 locations and one of the most interesting was the concrete HQ blockhouse of the 8th Army which was a very large cylindrical shape with viewing ports located all the way around it. The interesting feature was that the Japanese had marked the floor with compass degrees so that any attack on the Island could be spotted for directing artillery fire and inform defending troops as to which direction any enemy advance was coming from. There was a very large volcanic eruption in 1994 that destroyed the city of Rabaul and buried the location under many feet of ash and I don't think anyone will ever be able to visit that specific location again or at least until it is excavated.
Fascinating.
My father's older brother was in A company. Was KIA on Aug 7 1942
Very excellent episode! The school was so epic…the story about The Cut, I’d never heard that that one. Gonna see if I can find some first hand accounts of it. Interesting
@9:53 What an awesome tat! 👍
Excellent work again can’t wait for the next one!,
Appreciate that! 👍
I know my Dad (USMC 36-66) was a lite machine gunner. As such he waa in the 3rd wave of the invasion of Guacanal, 5 minutes behind the 1st.
He said the Alligator Creek was rough.
He also spoke of engaging the Japanese on Tulagi. He and his friend Jessie climed to the roof of a building. Dads hillbilly instinct kicked in and Dad shot a Japanese soldier that climbed after them.
Dad was put in for a Silver Star so there's likely more to this.
He was 1st 5th Marines. He never spoke of being a raider.
For every Marine killed on Guadalcanal, 5 sailors were lost in the surrounding waters. Not to diminish what the Marines endured. Just a reminder that many forget or are unare of the significant Naval loses in winning that island.
We talked a bit about that in the last episode.
My uncle was on Canal and Saipan. His main stories was that they would roll lit 55 gal drums of aviation fuel into the caves. Imagine my reaction when you talked about The Cut. He wasn’t a Marine, he was Army.
Neptune's Inferno covers the Naval campaign of Guadalcanal.
Absolutely great episode but I must take issue with your comments that this was the first time Allies stepped on Axis held territory. I hope that I misheard. The North African Campaign stated in June of 1940 with attacks on Italian held positions in Libya.
Nevertheless this is, as always an incredible piece of work. As an aside, last week I found my first Stumbling Stones in the town of Valkenburg in the Netherlands. Thank you for introducing me to this project.
@@andrewvanveen1804 - I might have said “Allies” when I meant to say “Americans”. A lot of people take issue with an America-centric view of the war so I always try and say “Allies” to include everyone involved. I may have just misspoke there.
Thanks for showing this. My uncle was on Tulagi with the Navy CB's. Cool to see where he was.
That’s awesome! Glad that we could show it.
Excellent
Which camera do you use to film?
Way cool! Thanks for sharing. I appreciate what you do.
Thanks for watching!
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Holy Cow! Thank you so much, my legs will never take me there, thank you!
I'm always learning something from your videos, especially when you go somewhere I'm not familiar with. Other than what I picked up watching The Pacific and a few movies that took place there, I don't know a lot about the Pacific campaign. You're proving a lot of good background detail that you don't get watching a character based story. The cinematography is amazing as well 👍
Appreciate it! I did some looking myself prior to the trip and outside of Dave’s channel, there’s almost nothing on Guadalcanal.
My uncle was there, severe head wound, suffered till he died
Awful.
I really appreciate the maps/drawings interspersed throughout the video. Very helpful.
Thanks. Glad they helped!
That's wonderful to know that after the storms of war, a peaceful school opened up.
Grew up around marine recon now a movie that shows 2nd Raider Battalion is Gung Ho the operation where the XO was killed in action
When I crossed IBS it was in a twin engine 35' craft. That was an insane trip for you.
When I was there 21 yrs ago I found a fork stamped "USMC" on top of Hill 280 and it sits downstairs along with other legal artifacts I've gathered from over the years.
The cave below the hill was hard for a 6'2" frame to get into.
Great video! Thanks again JD for bringing back great memories.
Yeah, it was pretty wild. 😅
Legendary... I'm a bit on the larger side as well and the caves on the Southern end of Okinawa were the same. Very small openings and just a bit claustrophobic.