The wreck of the Sammy B was discovered around 22 June 2022, at a depth of 6,895 meters (22,621 ft), making it the current record holder of deepest wreckage site. For addition context, that's just shy of about double the depth of the RMS Titanic.
it's a harrowing story, and i won't lie and say i didn't have watery eyes when the friendly call-response was "who won the world series last year?" im no die-hard baseball fan, but i dare say there's nothing more classically american than a ball game, and the american public certainly believed that during the war. i was recently reminded of the US's efforts to keep america's game going during the war and all the good, bad and ugly that came of that, so that quote hit hard this week. i love your videos on both channels for the [as much as anything can be] unbiased, straightforward historical accounts of these important moments in history. i do however appreciate these more human stories from time to time. well done, sir
Love to see Pacific War content! Would be great to see you do more of it! I'd suggest the Battle of the Bismark Sea and the the story of the attacks on the enemy lifeboats afterwards, that's a tale that's strangely unknown, and a terrifying reminder of how easily we accept circular logic to excuse atrocities that we'd rightfully condemn from our enemies.
My great grandfather had his ship go down in the Pacific. This is a pretty close description to what he told my father and mother of his experience and trying to keep everyone sane and alive while awaiting rescue. It was one of the worse things he went through in the war. The sharks. The fuel oil in the water. The risk of fire from it. The risk of getting captured. The very real likelihood that no one was coming to rescue you as the paltry rations disappeared and dehydration in the tropical heat set in over a few days. It's just a brutal experience to go through after having survived a naval battle, only to go through that and know for days that you may not make it, but you need to stay alive as long as possible because rescue could happen at any time and even a few minutes longer of life could save you.
- Those days and nights of long distant thunder and light, memories and stories of battles lost and won, we stare long into the starry nights, horizons far and remember them, shed a tear and weep for those that live. Will never forget you. -
You see, this is a great Hollywood movie right there. Courage in the face of certain death. Why make up stories when the real thing is so much better? Now I gotta read the book.
0:10 In the Philippines, we don't pronounce Samar as "sa-MAR". It's the other way around. The stress of the pronunciation as "SA-mar". Also, can you do more Intel Report and Operation Room videos on battles in the Philippines during WW2? Like the fall of Bataan, the infamous Death March from Bataan to Tarlac, liberation of Philippines, the landing on Leyte, and maybe, life in the Philippines as a guerilla soldier fighting against the Japanese occupation?
Cool to see Hornfischer featured. His most memorable book to me was Ship of Ghosts which is about the captured crew of USS Houston and their survival on the Burma Railway.
I was asking your sister channel when you were going to put something else out just last week and this one LOL I very much enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up
Sounds like Moore (sp?) was a real leader. Leaders take care of all their people and teammates. Non leaders, no matter their rank, take care of themselves doing things like hoarding rations and refusing to help those who need aid to avoid any risk and difficulties themselves. Leadership doesn't come naturally to most, it requires you to care more about others than yourself.
Reason why in the Marines, were taught the whole "Captian goes down with the ship" is a dated Hollywood/romanticize idea that doesn't help anyone. You need leaders and control in these situation, not anarchy.
i had initially thought this was about the USS. Indianapolis, and had a few moments of confusion as i tried to think of where at Samar and how it was carrying nuclear prototypes that it was sunk. either sinking is a truly harrowing tale. I'm surprised that 1/4 of the sammy b's crew made it. eta: i would love to see a video on Indie's sinking, I'm going to check his channel for one now, ill link it below if i find one second edit: he has not made one as of writing this.
@@blitzy3244 And it's a bad way of describing it and needs to be changed. "Infested" makes it sound like the animals are invading an area where they don't naturally belong, which is completely false for sharks.
@@Skorppa03 "A bad storm is approaching..." Is that a "bad way" of describing a completely natural event? It's a normal way of expressing ones own point of view.
shark-infested is only and always used with a hyphen connecting the words. It is a compound adjective. Otherwise no faults found much praise to your channel.
These days we have crooked cowards living luxurious lives and the people in charge are all villains. Thank you for helping us remember that good people did their best and often died while doing so.
Yeah no shit…. as they plan their next World War. Gleeful of the thought of millions of people killing each other for what reason? I couldn’t begin to tell you.
@@The_ZeroLineyeah the guy who is the only president in history to lose money during the 4 yrs in office, while also donating his salary to places like the department of veterans affairs, and others.. the same guy that is actually going to attempt to put and end to the war in Europe? Crooked as a snake and evil as the devil .. foolish
It's a bit of a pet peeve of mine when people say "shark infested waters", rather than "shark rich waters" or something of the kind. That's a bit like saying "human infested cities". Like, I get what you're trying to say, but sharks are supposed to be out in the middle of the ocean. Humans are not.
The desperation one must feel to put their fate in the hands of mythology. Before you holy nitwits start in, I've been there and I felt no need for it. But do go on and on and on and on.
You must ask yourself at some point, why does it bother you so much that we believe? It obviously irks you…. perhaps you should talk to God about that.
The wreck of the Sammy B was discovered around 22 June 2022, at a depth of 6,895 meters (22,621 ft), making it the current record holder of deepest wreckage site. For addition context, that's just shy of about double the depth of the RMS Titanic.
"...rapidly degraded their ability to resist death."
I work in an ER. I'm using that one at some point.
it's a harrowing story, and i won't lie and say i didn't have watery eyes when the friendly call-response was "who won the world series last year?" im no die-hard baseball fan, but i dare say there's nothing more classically american than a ball game, and the american public certainly believed that during the war. i was recently reminded of the US's efforts to keep america's game going during the war and all the good, bad and ugly that came of that, so that quote hit hard this week. i love your videos on both channels for the [as much as anything can be] unbiased, straightforward historical accounts of these important moments in history. i do however appreciate these more human stories from time to time. well done, sir
Love to see Pacific War content! Would be great to see you do more of it! I'd suggest the Battle of the Bismark Sea and the the story of the attacks on the enemy lifeboats afterwards, that's a tale that's strangely unknown, and a terrifying reminder of how easily we accept circular logic to excuse atrocities that we'd rightfully condemn from our enemies.
“…the Avenger pilot radioed the wrong location…”
Imagine living with that.
Stupid people always have a clean consciousness
I love narratively connected videos like this, continuing the story of the Samuel B Roberts
My great grandfather had his ship go down in the Pacific. This is a pretty close description to what he told my father and mother of his experience and trying to keep everyone sane and alive while awaiting rescue. It was one of the worse things he went through in the war. The sharks. The fuel oil in the water. The risk of fire from it. The risk of getting captured. The very real likelihood that no one was coming to rescue you as the paltry rations disappeared and dehydration in the tropical heat set in over a few days. It's just a brutal experience to go through after having survived a naval battle, only to go through that and know for days that you may not make it, but you need to stay alive as long as possible because rescue could happen at any time and even a few minutes longer of life could save you.
- Those days and nights of long distant thunder and light, memories and stories of battles lost and won, we stare long into the starry nights, horizons far and remember them, shed a tear and weep for those that live. Will never forget you. -
You see, this is a great Hollywood movie right there. Courage in the face of certain death. Why make up stories when the real thing is so much better?
Now I gotta read the book.
I thought of the very same thing! Nothing too complicated and no need for a movie of 150 minutes, just make it 90!
Boring movie
@@chiapets2594 Captain Edgelord over here
The real question is, do you do the naval battle, start with the ship sinking, or right after it's gone under, then take it from there?
@@RCAvhstape I guess they skipped that part of dramatic writing where man vs. nature and man vs. insanity are classic topics that always do well.
This was a hard one…thank you for posting
I love how the sailor was weeping over the ship and not his mates. That man LOVED his ship. I would have really wanted him taking care of my ship.
Creepy autistic white guy
20 years in the USN and falling overbroad was the only thing I never wanted to happen.
First time hearing these accounts…. truly heartbreaking but fascinating. Great video.
Great work as always!
43 being the oldest man on board hit me hard. I’m nearly that old now.
Geez, I wonder how old was the captain?
@@distalradius8146 According to wikipedia, Copeland was born in September 1910. The battle off Samar was in October 1944.
Thank you. I enjoy the way you tell the story.
Love your channel keep up the great work 👍
To finally die just as you get rescued is the most cruel reminder of how much reality does suck.
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In the Philippines, we don't pronounce Samar as "sa-MAR". It's the other way around. The stress of the pronunciation as "SA-mar".
Also, can you do more Intel Report and Operation Room videos on battles in the Philippines during WW2? Like the fall of Bataan, the infamous Death March from Bataan to Tarlac, liberation of Philippines, the landing on Leyte, and maybe, life in the Philippines as a guerilla soldier fighting against the Japanese occupation?
Thank you for doing such an excellent telling of this insane situation..🦈
Great video.I have never heard of this rescue before.😊😊😊
Excellent video 👍 Thank you 💜
Cool to see Hornfischer featured. His most memorable book to me was Ship of Ghosts which is about the captured crew of USS Houston and their survival on the Burma Railway.
Thank you for this video.
so good thank you.
I was asking your sister channel when you were going to put something else out just last week and this one LOL
I very much enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up
Sounds like Moore (sp?) was a real leader. Leaders take care of all their people and teammates. Non leaders, no matter their rank, take care of themselves doing things like hoarding rations and refusing to help those who need aid to avoid any risk and difficulties themselves. Leadership doesn't come naturally to most, it requires you to care more about others than yourself.
At 1:32, radioman Dick Road found a raft with ensign Jack More? Somebody get this man a calendar... it's not April Fool's yet.
It's a true story. Then they pulled Petty Officer Barry McCockiner out of the water.
What a horrific ordeal!
You know, this reminds me of the USS Indianapolis, her sinking, and the crews horrifying experience.
Reason why in the Marines, were taught the whole "Captian goes down with the ship" is a dated Hollywood/romanticize idea that doesn't help anyone. You need leaders and control in these situation, not anarchy.
i had initially thought this was about the USS. Indianapolis, and had a few moments of confusion as i tried to think of where at Samar and how it was carrying nuclear prototypes that it was sunk. either sinking is a truly harrowing tale. I'm surprised that 1/4 of the sammy b's crew made it.
eta: i would love to see a video on Indie's sinking, I'm going to check his channel for one now, ill link it below if i find one
second edit: he has not made one as of writing this.
The sea is never kind to anyone.
Heart rending.
I heard somewhere that if you're still hydrated, you can tolerate drinking a certain amount of sea water without it giving you delirium
Can you please put subtitles in your videos? Most historical channels do, thanks!
Just click the CC on the video…. they’ll come up. I have them on right now.
@@miamijules2149 The auto generated subtitles often have errors.
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Dick Rhode (sp?) is a hell of a name
human error cause a lot of casualty for USN
Gawr Gura ate well that day.
Reminds me of that scene in Jaws where the former crewman of USS Indianapolis is telling his tale of surviving the sharks.
wouldn't say it's "infested", it's where they live.
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It's just used to describe areas with high density of sharks
@@blitzy3244 And it's a bad way of describing it and needs to be changed. "Infested" makes it sound like the animals are invading an area where they don't naturally belong, which is completely false for sharks.
@@Skorppa03 "A bad storm is approaching..." Is that a "bad way" of describing a completely natural event?
It's a normal way of expressing ones own point of view.
I infested the ocean once. I miss my guys.
shark-infested is only and always used with a hyphen connecting the words. It is a compound adjective. Otherwise no faults found much praise to your channel.
These days we have crooked cowards living luxurious lives and the people in charge are all villains. Thank you for helping us remember that good people did their best and often died while doing so.
I would hear a little more.
They have always been living that life and nobody did nothing about it
Yeah no shit…. as they plan their next World War. Gleeful of the thought of millions of people killing each other for what reason? I couldn’t begin to tell you.
That existed then, but it’s especially now. The type of person you described was just elected president.
@@The_ZeroLineyeah the guy who is the only president in history to lose money during the 4 yrs in office, while also donating his salary to places like the department of veterans affairs, and others.. the same guy that is actually going to attempt to put and end to the war in Europe? Crooked as a snake and evil as the devil .. foolish
Black like a dolls eyes
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It's a bit of a pet peeve of mine when people say "shark infested waters", rather than "shark rich waters" or something of the kind. That's a bit like saying "human infested cities".
Like, I get what you're trying to say, but sharks are supposed to be out in the middle of the ocean. Humans are not.
Meh. Semantics.
The desperation one must feel to put their fate in the hands of mythology. Before you holy nitwits start in, I've been there and I felt no need for it. But do go on and on and on and on.
You must ask yourself at some point, why does it bother you so much that we believe? It obviously irks you…. perhaps you should talk to God about that.
@@miamijules2149 why do you feel the need to inflict your cult on the rest of us?
Oh, you're so edgy.