This is the most detailed and comprehensive account of the battle of Saipan I have ever watched. My uncle Ralph Lewis was one of the Seabees who came ashore. As a young man, I was a able to hear him recount some of his experiences, such as seeing a Kamikaze Zero fly into the open bow of an LST, or tasting metal in his mouth after a 500 pound bomb detonated near his foxhole. He showed me the sword he took from a dead Japanese officer, as well as his pistol.He also showed me pictures you would never have seen in LIFE magazine. In 1976-77, I was able to visit Saipan twice, as I was stationed on Guam. It was an unforgettable experience to walk on an island of which literally the whole island was battlefield. It was also amazing to walk the beaches and hills where my uncle walked.
My father was in the 6th Marines scout-sniper platoon. He said the tank attack on the second night was a very scary event, but American anti-tank weapons were more than adequate to handle the Japanese armor. As usual, the Japanese infantry was a real bother. His platoon leader took out a Japanese tank himself with a bazooka.
Christopher Tipton your father was a hero as were all those other marines who fought in those battles, my uncle Alexander Peña fought in that battle, 3rd battalion, 6th marine regiment, 2nd marine division, Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan and Tinian, He was wounded on the 17th of June on Saipan and soon after was KIA on the 30th of July on Tinian, I've done alot of research on those battles and found alot of his marine info on the website Together We Served, alot of those marines who survived Tarawa were either KIA or WIA on Saipan,The Greatest Generation of all Time..God Bless America!!
@@paulloya5 My dad's platoon leader fought on Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, and Tinian. He was a pre-WWII Marine and was a sergeant on the 'Canal and was a battlefield promotion to lieutenant.. Many of his platoon mates were also Tarawa vets, a couple of whom were KIA, including my dad's squad leader. My dad got a Bronze Star for rescuing him under heavy machine gun fire, unfortunately he died while my dad was trying to do first aid.
@@briancooper2112 Lee Marvin was a regular grunt, not a scout-sniper. He was in the 4th MarDiv while my dad was in the 2d MarDiv. Never met to my knowledge. My father did know Leon Uris the author of "Battle Cry."
Netflix has 2 great WW2 documentaries, 1st from 2019 & the 2nd 2021. Each has 10 episodes. The documentary of 2021 has an episode dedicated to the air battle over the Philippin Sea. Best one I've seen. Great detail.
My daddy roscoe aldridge was on LST 272. His ship’s picture is in several you tube videos including this one. You get a glimpse of LST 272 is at the 839 point. Daddy told me that the marines would give him any thing of value that they had like money or watches because they did not expect to live long after they left the ship. I don’t know what wave LST 272 went in on Saipan but daddy said that on Peleiu they took the second wave in.
The front door was left wide open for the Japanese to come in and blow up a bunch of out dated ships and planes kill a bunch of people and leave was a let it happen syop as 63 year old retired taxpaying American I am sick and tired of war that so called sleeping giant was actually a wide awake monster fishing for war WW2 was a colossal waste of skill flesh and finance the Afghanistan was is proof that the American government military and media is a fraud and 9/11 was inside job war is not a sport and health care is not a game of keep away stop this crap
Alexander Peña, 3rd Battalion 6th Marine Regiment 2nd Marine Division, Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan and Tinian, He was WIA June 17th on Saipan and soon after was KIA July 30th 1944 on Tinian, the island was declared secured Aug 1st, He almost made it home, R.I.P Uncle Alex, The Greatest Generation of All Time, God Bless America!!
@8:50 - important to note that the 27th division artillery units were not landed on Saipan until MUCH later. Despite being repeatedly requested by the 27th commander.
Beautiful film of a Jake floatplane, showing 2 great advantage how nicely Aichi executed Heinkel technology; this bird is even better-looking that I had previously thot 💜. Nice film of Devastators also.
My father was one of the SBD pilots from the USS Lexington's Bombing 16 squadron that engaged the Japanese fleet during the Battle of the Philippine Sea. With the exception of round from a Zero going through his windscreen and being cut from shattered plexiglass, he was able to make it back to the Lexington and landed without incident. The story of Bombing 16's mission was documented in the book "Mission Beyond Darkness" by LCdr. Joe Bryant and Phillip Reed. (It's a great read that's hard to put down.) My father had conserved his fuel during the mission knowing it was going to be very close getting back especially for a night landing. He allowed some other planes to land before he did knowing how critically low they would be on fuel. He was awarded the Navy Cross for this battle.
Anytime I see footage of Marines on beach heads I find it frustrating there was no air cover/ground support in the plan. Iwo Jima was a travesty in lacking air cover for those Marines.
@@justindurante1740 Just because you overlooked Marines were pinned down and killed when they hit the beach is no reason to be a little shthead about it.
Those Dive Bombers and Torpedo Planes/Level Bombers that Mitcher sent to go orbit East of Saipan? They launched them armed and the pilots go bored. They teamed up with a bunch of US Army P-47 Thunderbolts that had been being ferried on the deck of 2 of the Escort Carriers. When the Japanese Planes were spotted those carriers needed to clear their decks to bring up their own planes. So the P-47's were launched. They could take off from the Carrier, but not land on one. So they took off not knowing if they would have a place to land. After helping out the bombers in taking out all of the enemy airfields on Guam Tinian and Rota they proceeded to land at Aslito field pretty much just as the Marines got full control and the Army Engineers managed to get the debris off the runway. ANd one of the rather pointed lessons of the Pacific War was once US Marines took an airfield, they never ever gave it back.
@@FromtheBattlefields That would help. Place names are important. Everyone who knows anything about the Pacific War know the name Iwo Jima and to hear it mispronounced is disruptive. For the most part, the narration is okay but I would much rather hear a human voice, since we're dealing with human history here. Thanks.
This was happening at same time a STORM hit the D Day in France. NAVY MARINES Army in Pacific had many "D" days and during the celebrations the EUROPEAN D Day was very important but this battle literally CHANGED HISTORY by taking Japanese AIRFIELDS and replacing them as AMERICAN Airfields. The sacrifice of the 2 and 4 marines, the 3 UDT the Pilots literally started flying from the captured airfields in Saipan and then Tinian. The CB's under fire in that JUNE build an American BASE and the Leading Admiral (Yamamoto's BOSS) was kept on SAIPAIN and killed. NO small achievement.
Computer voice... gets really annoying. I'm giving up on these videos. Great content but I can't deal with that voice and that awful grammar. Plenty of other videos out there with human narration.
This is just a Fraud from Croatia, albeit with Drach's robo voice. Unsubbed. I recommend Jon Parshall, Vincent O'Hara, the late great James Hornfischer, Ian Toll and Armoured Carriers if you want the real deal?
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This is the most detailed and comprehensive account of the battle of Saipan I have ever watched. My uncle Ralph Lewis was one of the Seabees who came ashore. As a young man, I was a able to hear him recount some of his experiences, such as seeing a Kamikaze Zero fly into the open bow of an LST, or tasting metal in his mouth after a 500 pound bomb detonated near his foxhole.
He showed me the sword he took from a dead Japanese officer, as well as his pistol.He also showed me pictures you would never have seen in LIFE magazine.
In 1976-77, I was able to visit Saipan twice, as I was stationed on Guam. It was an unforgettable experience to walk on an island of which literally the whole island was battlefield.
It was also amazing to walk the beaches and hills where my uncle walked.
Thank you!
Thank you for writing this. God bless you and your Uncle Ralph Lewis. Rip
Spruance was 100% correct in his actions. The landings were secure. Japan’s naval air striking power was eliminated.
My father was in the 6th Marines scout-sniper platoon. He said the tank attack on the second night was a very scary event, but American anti-tank weapons were more than adequate to handle the Japanese armor. As usual, the Japanese infantry was a real bother. His platoon leader took out a Japanese tank himself with a bazooka.
Christopher Tipton your father was a hero as were all those other marines who fought in those battles, my uncle Alexander Peña fought in that battle, 3rd battalion, 6th marine regiment, 2nd marine division, Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan and Tinian, He was wounded on the 17th of June on Saipan and soon after was KIA on the 30th of July on Tinian, I've done alot of research on those battles and found alot of his marine info on the website Together We Served, alot of those marines who survived Tarawa were either KIA or WIA on Saipan,The Greatest Generation of all Time..God Bless America!!
@@paulloya5 My dad's platoon leader fought on Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, and Tinian. He was a pre-WWII Marine and was a sergeant on the 'Canal and was a battlefield promotion to lieutenant.. Many of his platoon mates were also Tarawa vets, a couple of whom were KIA, including my dad's squad leader. My dad got a Bronze Star for rescuing him under heavy machine gun fire, unfortunately he died while my dad was trying to do first aid.
Did he know Lee Marvin, scout sniper wounded on Saipan.
@@briancooper2112 Lee Marvin was a regular grunt, not a scout-sniper. He was in the 4th MarDiv while my dad was in the 2d MarDiv. Never met to my knowledge. My father did know Leon Uris the author of "Battle Cry."
Netflix has 2 great WW2 documentaries, 1st from 2019 & the 2nd 2021. Each has 10 episodes. The documentary of 2021 has an episode dedicated to the air battle over the Philippin Sea. Best one I've seen. Great detail.
Can you tell us the name of the two documentaries?
They just say WW2. Then they're divided into 8-10 episodes.
My daddy roscoe aldridge was on LST 272. His ship’s picture is in several you tube videos including this one. You get a glimpse of LST 272 is at the 839 point. Daddy told me that the marines would give him any thing of value that they had like money or watches because they did not expect to live long after they left the ship. I don’t know what wave LST 272 went in on Saipan but daddy said that on Peleiu they took the second wave in.
The front door was left wide open for the Japanese to come in and blow up a bunch of out dated ships and planes kill a bunch of people and leave was a let it happen syop as 63 year old retired taxpaying American I am sick and tired of war that so called sleeping giant was actually a wide awake monster fishing for war WW2 was a colossal waste of skill flesh and finance the Afghanistan was is proof that the American government military and media is a fraud and 9/11 was inside job war is not a sport and health care is not a game of keep away stop this crap
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Alexander Peña, 3rd Battalion 6th Marine Regiment 2nd Marine Division, Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan and Tinian, He was WIA June 17th on Saipan and soon after was KIA July 30th 1944 on Tinian, the island was declared secured Aug 1st, He almost made it home, R.I.P Uncle Alex, The Greatest Generation of All Time, God Bless America!!
@8:50 - important to note that the 27th division artillery units were not landed on Saipan until MUCH later. Despite being repeatedly requested by the 27th commander.
narrated by hal 9000 just before dave turns off all its functions
My great uncle was one of the Hellcat pilots that did not return from his mission. He is still MIA.😢
Beautiful film of a Jake floatplane, showing 2 great advantage how nicely Aichi executed Heinkel technology; this bird is even better-looking that I had previously thot 💜.
Nice film of Devastators also.
Many thanks!
My father was one of the SBD pilots from the USS Lexington's Bombing 16 squadron that engaged the Japanese fleet during the Battle of the Philippine Sea. With the exception of round from a Zero going through his windscreen and being cut from shattered plexiglass, he was able to make it back to the Lexington and landed without incident. The story of Bombing 16's mission was documented in the book "Mission Beyond Darkness" by LCdr. Joe Bryant and Phillip Reed. (It's a great read that's hard to put down.) My father had conserved his fuel during the mission knowing it was going to be very close getting back especially for a night landing. He allowed some other planes to land before he did knowing how critically low they would be on fuel. He was awarded the Navy Cross for this battle.
Hellcat fighters were awesome!
Thank you…
Thank you too!
Ads while the doc is playing has got to stop. Is TH-cam sharing the ad money with the people who post the videos?
Anytime I see footage of Marines on beach heads I find it frustrating there was no air cover/ground support in the plan. Iwo Jima was a travesty in lacking air cover for those Marines.
U high they shelled it 4 a week b4 marines landed
@@justindurante1740 Just because you overlooked Marines were pinned down and killed when they hit the beach is no reason to be a little shthead about it.
What is the name of the Narrator?
Very nice!
Are you kidding? It's a computer-=generated voice and it's awful.
Those Dive Bombers and Torpedo Planes/Level Bombers that Mitcher sent to go orbit East of Saipan? They launched them armed and the pilots go bored. They teamed up with a bunch of US Army P-47 Thunderbolts that had been being ferried on the deck of 2 of the Escort Carriers. When the Japanese Planes were spotted those carriers needed to clear their decks to bring up their own planes. So the P-47's were launched. They could take off from the Carrier, but not land on one. So they took off not knowing if they would have a place to land. After helping out the bombers in taking out all of the enemy airfields on Guam Tinian and Rota they proceeded to land at Aslito field pretty much just as the Marines got full control and the Army Engineers managed to get the debris off the runway. ANd one of the rather pointed lessons of the Pacific War was once US Marines took an airfield, they never ever gave it back.
This documentary is fascinating. However, the narration by a robot (?) would put you to sleep.
Would love to watch but the robotic narration is horrible 😢
Is it really so hard?
@@FromtheBattlefields
It's fine. The content is what matters, the voice is not bad at all.
@@FromtheBattlefields It really is. Eye-Woe Jima? C'mon.
@@banburyjammer Thanks for the comment. Then I'll skip the video about that battle until the robot learns how to pronounce Iwo Jima correctly.
@@FromtheBattlefields That would help. Place names are important. Everyone who knows anything about the Pacific War know the name Iwo Jima and to hear it mispronounced is disruptive. For the most part, the narration is okay but I would much rather hear a human voice, since we're dealing with human history here. Thanks.
Love this channel, but you guys need to come up with a better narrator bot.
Thanks! I'm currently exploring all available alternatives.
@@FromtheBattlefields
Still great episodes. 👍
It is ewo Jima Not Iwo jima.
This was happening at same time a STORM hit the D Day in France. NAVY MARINES Army in Pacific had many "D" days and during the celebrations the EUROPEAN D Day was very important but this battle literally CHANGED HISTORY by taking Japanese AIRFIELDS and replacing them as AMERICAN Airfields. The sacrifice of the 2 and 4 marines, the 3 UDT the Pilots literally started flying from the captured airfields in Saipan and then Tinian. The CB's under fire in that JUNE build an American BASE and the Leading Admiral (Yamamoto's BOSS) was kept on SAIPAIN and killed. NO small achievement.
This narrator has some very unusual pronunciations . . .
Computer voice... gets really annoying. I'm giving up on these videos. Great content but I can't deal with that voice and that awful grammar. Plenty of other videos out there with human narration.
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Who’s ruining our country?
The worst murdering occurred during your pronunciations of some of these locations.🤫
AI doesn't do well with place names
All bots must die. Hire humans. Unwatchable
Congratulations, you're hired
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This is just a Fraud from Croatia, albeit with Drach's robo voice. Unsubbed. I recommend Jon Parshall, Vincent O'Hara, the late great James Hornfischer, Ian Toll and Armoured Carriers if you want the real deal?