I think you need to correct Jimmy Stewart info. He flew B-17's while instructor pilot. For combat he flew B-24 liberators with 445th and 453rd bombardment groups.
My father Army Major JD Botkin 1st Infantry Combat of Civil Engineers South Pacific. They went to "uninhabited" islands, cleared jungles, built airstrips & barracks so the rest of the army could come in & fight. He said they never knew if they'd find hostile natives, wild animals, dug in Japanese, or mosquitos the size of B52s when they landed on shore. He walked off college campus straight to enlisted Pearl Harbor Day & 10 weeks later was in Manila. Served two tours & was in Army Reserves all together 34 years plus a grade 18 civil servant for the Treasury Department for 34 years before retirement. It wasn't until my mom passed & I went to live & care for him his last 9 years that he ever spoke of his WW ll experience. Finally s lot made sense... PTSD. They had no name for it, he never complained but went on to serve the country he loved so much in many ways & was a great man and Father. I miss him so much & I dreamed about him just last night. It was so real, I could almost touch him & it was one of those technicolored dreams, very 3 dimensional & I heard his kind voice telling me, "Baby, you are just heart high!" He was 6'3" ,& I am 4'10" & standing on his feet I was heart high.
I believe they recently put a new USS Basilone in the water think it's an AEGIS destroyer, what a fitting tribute with the firepower those have. FLY NAVY!!!
Look, I’m not a big military buff or anything, but I look at John Basilone almost winning 2 Medal of Honors in that short a period of time-my jaw drops in awe.
My grandpa served with Sgt Basilone on Guadalcanal at 20 years old. And never spoke of the Fighting itself but did once tell me about Basilone and how he was 1 of only 3 that were still alive after wave after wave of Japanese troops attacked the machine gun emplacements protecting Henderson Field . My grandpa was already evacuated earlier that day having recieved 2 bullet wounds to his left shoulder and upper arm from small arms fire and multiple wounds to both legs and elsewhere from shrapnel of a Japanese grenade during a earlier attack. My grandpa's left arm was amputated on a ship and 4 decades later both his legs were amputated in the mid 80s because of circulation problems associated with the scarring of the wounds and surgeries he recieved after combat. The doctors took 1 leg above the knee and the other below the knee. He passed away in 1994 at just 72 due to complications associated with the wounds he received 52 years earlier. He never complained and always worked until he lost his legs and had to retire. That generation was just Tough. RIP Pop
If you know the entire story of Jay Zeamer, B-17 pilot, then I don't see how he missed being in the top 10. His crew was the most highly decorated crew in WW II with two medals of honor earned on one mission one of whom was Jay Zeamer and the other was the Bombardier who was the only crew member killed. Zeamer was so badly wounded that when the ground crew were getting the wounded off the B-17. The medic told the crew to take Zeamer last because he was already dead. However, despite his severe wounds, Zeamer had continued to fly his B-17 and landing it before collapsing in his seat. Zeamer lived and died in 2007. That mission was essentially a one way suicide mission for which every crew member volunteered. Zeamer earned the Medal of Honor, two Silver Stars, Two Distinguished Flying Crosses, the Purple Hear and two Air Medals. Bad Ass.
Lemme share w/you something I'd learned while living in Hawaii. Became friends w/an old man who was a pearl diver in his youth. He was in the water that fateful day w/other pearl divers when the Japanese planes flew overhead. Being a scuba diver in my own youth, asked him why, every Dec 7th local TV would pan the audience of widows/their children, vets and inevitable Hawaiians standing near the Arizona - with scowls/distain on their faces, standing shoulder to shoulder watching [what I later learned locals refer to as "the dog and pony act" of tossing wreaths of leis of flowers over the sunk Arizona. When asking him WHY the locals had such looks on their faces, he got up in my face, his eyes squinted to slits, then said "Do you really wanna know?" My retort was a growling "I would not have asked if I didn't WANT to!" He told me that the Arizona was sunk in only 40 ft; surprisingly now on my guard as 40 ft is the depth that any sport scuba diver is tested at (to get certification/air card (tanks) whereby the instructor pulls off your mask, turns your air off, loosens your weight belt and pulls off a flipper. And you have to retrieve (air nozzle turned back on as 1st priority) and so on. I had a sinking feeling, as I knew Pearl Harbor was a deep water port, yet in spots shallow. He then told me (as carnage bombing was going on) the pearl divers watched the Arizona sink right at its dock. Thus began a vigil of divers communicating via morse code to tap on the hull realizing there were survivors! The base commander had been warned for over a year by all kinds of Oahu locals (Hawaiian, Filipino, Samoan, Fijian, and even Japanese) that Pearl was gonna be attacked by the Japanese (they just didn't know when). My friend reinacted (for me) that while he/his fellow pearl divers clutched the pilings, screaming into the wind demanding to be given metal cutting equipment to cut a hole thru' the hull to free trapped crew as survivors could free ascend and not have to decompress. I was given a visual body gestures reinactment of the CO's wannabe "MacArthur-esque" swaggering [legs spread eagle, fists on hips] stance [minus a pipe] - from the dock's still floating wrecked dock where the Arizona had sunk, bellowing: "Those men are dead! We have a war to fight! Get out of our way!" For 9 days, the pearl divers maintained 24/ 7 vigils in the water, trying to keep spirits via morse code, hopeful. But the base commander denied them any equipment to save the Arizona's survivors. By the 10th day, the tapping had stopped as the last of the crew died horrible deaths of asphixiation. And THAT is why there is such contempt for "the show" put on for visiting family/friends who lost a loved one ~ all for the battle cry "Remember the Arizona!" B4 15 ft high chain link fencing w/5 ft of curled wire above it was installed around access to the lava cliffs obscuring the attack, I'd spent the night at the top of those sheer vertical 500 ft high lava cliffs over which Japanese planes 'undetected' flew over. In a setting sun, B4 wrapping my legs around a small tree (to keep from rolling off the narrow goat's width path) at the ridge's top to fall to death far below, now realized w/horror we'd been LIED TO re: a "surprize" attack ... as Pearl was sacrificed instead! Ask yourself this: If the one/only blind spot to view the entire Pacific Ocean were cliffs smack up against a deep water port w/ALL amphib vehicles, battleships, subs and ammo as sitting ducks ... WOULD YOU NOT have GUARDS 24/7 atop that blind spot ridge w/walkie-talkies AND RADAR TOO - so what the fuk conclusion was there to make except a scapegoat to unite a divided America (re: Hitler) FOR WAR IN EUROPE only now in 2 theaters, one being the Pacific. Oh, and HOW all this orchestration began was a US prez had a financial expert come up w/a plan to force Japan to attack us "safely away from a CA coastline target" and to use our base in Hawaii as a sitting duck to now embroil US rage for war. Perhaps if the "stories" of military heroism didn't glorify WAR so much and "the stories" THAT DIDN'T were told more ~ Americans wouldn't be such pansey-assed WARMONGER suckers for the TET Offensive trickery ploy to access Uranium 235 in the mountains of N./S. Vietnam, perhaps a 21-yr war to 'police' poppy fields for opium in Afghanistan would not have made the "guns-for-drugs" cartels so lucrative, & perhaps a present prez and his spawn would not steal taxpayer money to fund war to make hundreds of millions personally by two presidents (US and Ukraine using THE VATICAN's funds to launder the insane war profiteering), and perhaps sikfuk ISRAEL would not have "in their back pockets" biblethumpers BELIEF Israel was actually GODS CHOSEN (but for ?WHAT) ... no one has ever said! Yet turn a deaf ear/blind eye to GENOCIDING the Palestinian People as there will not be enough of them left for a next INTIFADA for daring to "get in the way" of those huge pockets of natural gas found off the coastline of the GAZA STRIP? And so I have nothing but contempt for this BEST GENERATION disavowel as to HOW ALL are pawns in "BIG BUSINESS" rather than a true BEST GEN yet to be - being finally those people who "GET IT" there is NO GLORY IN WAR, and ONLY THE UBER-ELITE PROFIT by forcing humanity to die on their behalf, so they can steal the natural resources of other nations. P.S.? Another justification of ISRAEL to genocide Palestine? A recent DNA genetic analysis of Palestinians is 80% JEWISH compared to almost nonexistant in ISRAELI BLOOD. How can this be? asks USA christian bewilderment (those ignorant of ISRAEL's Khazarian "jews" (who are not jewish at all) but 'political opportunistic refugees' with no original jewish blood left. So ?what ~ are the PALESTINIAN PEOPLE "THE LOST TRIBE" OF ISRAEL? Backing the wrong horse, US christians? Perhaps the prophesy WHEN WAR COMES, ITS SYMBOL WILL BE THE CROSS WRAPPED IN AMERICA'S FLAG, as christianity "comes front and center" when war raises its ugly head. Parroting scripture, we are denying the REAL TRUTH of our nation's history: if not too busy communicating with emojis, suggest share (WITH WORDS) what can be learned from a book: GOVERNMENT BY CONSENT by John Darash, publ 2021 (894 pg) + invest in a ref text needed to understand what the reader learns - a copy of: BLACKS LAW DICTIONARY 4th (NOT 5th) Edition as supreme court judges removed a lot of the COMMON LAW in 'our' Constitution to make their criminality rulings easier in courtrooms nationwide. Being an activist for 43 yrs now, am convinced those who BELIEVE "WAR IS a necessary EVIL" are to blame (along with unfathomable GREED) for perpetuating both be put on pedestals to glorify their mutual means to an end, only now the weaponry can do so for us and to us.
The damage to the Arizona was from bombs that went through the deck into at least one of the powder storage lockers. When the bombs detonated they inturn caused the powder in that lockers to detonate. The only survivors from the Arizona were those sailors that were topside or in the compartments that were the most distant from midship. The sailors that were heard knocking were trapped in the Oklahoma which capsized from torpedo strikes. The knovking was heard for seversl days but rescue efforts were hampered because of the concerns of cutting into the powder lockers which would have caused a massive explosion killing more people. I know this because of questions asked about the rescue efforts of one of the men that was there doing some of the rescue work. That whole event was predicted by General William Mitchel many years before, and his stance on the need to develop an air defence system was what got him Court Martialed. Mistakes were made and hopefuly we learn from those mistakes. The "real truth" about any event will never be known because the tellers of "the truth" will only be able to tell what they did or observed and nothing else...anything added to that is opinion.
Reply to @candy: PRIDE. Why not prove RESPECT to be the far superior emote; read the book (suggested below) altho any 'defense' reply to FACTS provided does prove a point made. Try to LEARN from history, not juz what pride via (personal gratification) wants TO know.
@@rogermckamey8299 Hello, Roger. Re: your response; I think those Hawaiians were well aware of the diff between a sub and any other 'ship.' A hint of TRUST in anything "military" comes across as authorative so must assume you too, were or are still in the military? Considering how many THOUSANDS of vets are SILENT re: painful memories; unfortunately, this SILENCE serves the military well.
@@jeanneserrano3397 i never mentioned a sub...the Oklahoma was the Battleship that capsized. The sailors that were trapped inside were the ones that were below deck when the ship started to roll over. I had the honor of knowing a few of the sailors that survived and a few of the civilians that were part of the rescue teams. Each one told basicly the ssme story. I agree there is a cloud of "doubt" about any information being provided by any goverment agency. Those men that shared their stories of that event thought that something was "fishy" about the official information about it. Like many events in history we may never know what realy happened. Hopefuly we learn from history...both from succeses and from failures. And yes i am a vet. that one reason i developed the attitude of DTA...(don't trust anybody, in case you didn't know)
Chuck Yeager had the best eyesight in the airforce. He could spot a plane 3-5 miles away and he never wore sunglasses or goggles. He said it impaired his vision in a dogfight.
That's so cool. That's why some were so great. They had some lucky genes, along with their own tons of guts. I always want to remember those too who didn't make it because of accidents in training, drowing, shot on D-day before getting in the fight, and the tragic friendly fire. RIP all of you brave ones!!! 🙏 💜 🌿
Yeah, my ex wife had 20-10 vision… It’s freaky how far she could see way farther than 20-20 vision. Super human! I could read a sign on the side of the road- she could read the next one (maybe) 1/8-1/4 miles further.
Gen. Yeager said Bud Anderson was the best fighter pilot that ever lived. And he said it several times and even once to me personally. I had 20-10 vision and even in my 50s can still read road signs well beyond what others can . I can't see well up close though now though. Words in a book just a foot away might as well just be squiggly lines. Even a open books edges have no clear outline . I'm already relying on 3.00 reading glasses and am just 52. But I can see fantastic still starting just 5 -6 ft away with it only improving from there to a distance well beyond what should be expected or believed.
It is called the greatest generation for a reason. I think all WWII vets are deserving of our respect and admiration. I served over 30 years in the USAF but my service pales in comparison to their service and sacrifice!
Remember too since people forget they also all went through the Depression and so many then died young in the war. Yes may be the greatest American generation for what they had to deal with - certainly better than all these snitched out fools today!
6:05. I love your videos. But who cares that Dorie was Black? Yes... Black, not African American. He was a badass American soldier who happened to be Black. Why do people always bring race into things?
They didn't give us that Freedom we see under attack today . They protected and preserved that freedom and if they were all still with us and young today they would absolutely be disgusted and embarrassed by what our nation has become today. Our freedoms and rights are under attack by those who constantly insist they are trying to preserve Democracy in the US. And there are too many Americans who ignorantly believe that they are and 2nd that the United States is a Democracy. We are not a Democracy when the true definition of Democracy is learned. We are a Constitutional Republic which is a type of Government that is based upon individual Rights and Freedoms that are supposed to be preserved and defended by the Adherence of Government to the instructions and rules of Government written and included in the Constitution of The United States and its Amendments . The Democratic Party and its members both elected and appointed have been ignoring , defying and even attacking the Constitution and its Amendments for decades. It's become so unbelievably obvious that they are attempting to destroy our form of government and replace it with a form of Government based upon a Comminist Ideology of sorts. And one has to be a damn fool to keep buying their BS after seeing what direction they've taken this country in just the last 3 .5 years. It's unbelievable seeing people still believing anything they say . We are in danger and it's never been greater
Thank you for keeping the memory of these men, scratch that, heros. My father was a waist gunner on a b24 assigned to the "Carpetbaggers " flying out of Harrington England. Among his medals was the distinguished with medal and 3 bronze and one silver leaf. My understanding, Jimmy Stewart, flew 24s in your video you state he flew 17s, but obviously, I can be mistaken. My father brought home all his gear (throat mic, goggles, gloves, even the piece of his 24 that burst from AA fire that tore into his leg)with the exception of his 45 which he tossed into a creek in the uk when he was told he could be reprimanded if caught with it. All his gear I have and display it proudly in my home. Sorry for the long-winded comment. Keep up the great work.
@@stellar1620 As a Brigadier General (one star). He finally retired from the Air Force on May 31, 1968 after 27 years of service and was subsequently promoted to Major General (two star general).
I agree 100% with number 1. He didn't just do his job exceptionally well, he implemented machine gun tactics that he came up with under fire. He was the epitome of adapt and overcome
Yeah but his family did his wife dirty treated her with such disrespect. Then I don't understand why he didn't get his insurance set up so she could be taken care of She loved him so much and though she had a career in the military thank goodness she had a career because he left her not a dime, didn't do the insurance. If you get married In the military please make sure you have insurance for your spouse and or your family so they will have a little something to get started again with. I always feel sorry for her I know she was okay but it would have been so nice if he had left her that little bit so she could have got a house of her own.
Excellent... EXCELLENT video!! My heart ACHES praying that today's young people are watching ALL of his videos! I'm 70...no military service. But I've reverenced these mortal sacrifices since I was 12. These videos are helping to keep alive the memories and sacred honor of the MILLIONS that gave all! THANK YOU!
Good Lord, how I love this channel and the videos that bring tears to my eyes. This was a good list; however, I strongly believe that it's only the tip of the iceberg. When I think about what our service men and women had to deal with in WWII, they are all heroes. Am proud to be an American and even more proud of these men and women who put their lives on the line for our freedom. With so many paying the ultimate price. May our Father continue to provide and protect our military families and those who are fighting for freedom and humanity throughout the world.
Marine Platoon Sergeant Mitchell Paige. When two Japanese regiments broke through a weak spot in American lines and killed or disabled his machine gun platoon, he singlehandedly held off 2,500 Japanese troops all night long. A Newsweek cover photo of him holding a machine gun, with belts of ammo over his shoulders, was the inspiration for the action figure G.I. Joe.
I have a copy of my grandfather’s “Lucky Bastard Certificate” for flying more than 50 missions (in B’17s, he was the pilot) for the 8th Army Air Force. (There was no Air Force in WWII, it was part of the Army) I’ll have to tell my birth mom that he out-badassed Jimmy Stewart.
I am also a USAF Vet who served during Viet Nam. Also the grandson of a WW1 Army vet, son of a WW2 Navy vet and nephew of nine veteran uncles, cousin of six veterans of various branches. Pride of country and service kind of runs in my veins. Any vet on active duty or is Honorably Discharged has my undying gratitude and respect.
I know of most of them on this list, but had the great pleasure of meeting one General Yeager. Only briefly got to talk to him but seemed like a great guy. My personal heroes from WWII are my father in law USN, and my brothers father in law USMC. My father in law joined the Navy on 12/8/41 and was a torpedo man in the destroyer escort fleet doing convoy duty in the North Atlantic in early 1942. He made 37 trips through the canal seeing Naval combat in both the Atlantic & Pacific theaters. My brothers father in law was on Tarawa & Saipan, and I feel truly fortunate to have heard both of their stories first hand. I like to call them card carrying members of that GREATEST GENERATION, we miss you Brownie & Norm. FLY NAVY!!!
My uncle, Robert Grapen was USMC, and was killed on Saipan. He was 20 years old. I wish I could have known him or someone who did. He was very brave. Knew he was going to die on that mission, and bravely went. Semper Fi Uncle Bob!
@@clarecampbell6801 My brothers father in law didn't think he was going to survive any of the operations he was in. Fortunately both he and my father in law did. They were both in the Pacific and waiting for Operation downfall to start but it never did after the atomic bombings. It's hard to say if they would have made it back otherwise, but they both felt very lucky to make it back home. FLY NAVY!!!
The most Wonderful Treasure ever given to Our Country from The Almighty, Our Many Brave Military Heros. May their names never be forgotten or the memories of their incredible heroic feats. God Bless them and their families.
In my family there were Rosy the Riveters two second cousins still aboard the Arizona, to a D-Day radioman who owed his life to his radio, which took the bullet meant for him. That's why I know the story of nearly all of these folks, without which I probably wouldn't exist. Certainly my wife and children wouldn't be here if my father in law had stormed onto Japan as he did on D-Day!
Another amazing video. There are a lot of heroes. Jimmy Stewart is my no. 1 .. oh no he's not. The Iwo Jima guys are no.1.. oh no they are not. ALL are heroes
Great list. Glad Stewart made it - Basilone was a righteous choice. My uncle Howard was at Guadalcanal and remembered him. Howard was and is in death - as always- a US Marine. He was 6'2" and weighed 170 when he enlisted. When he came home he weighed 140.
I realize that this list is for WW2 combatants but speaking of badasses, Army Colonel David Hackworth was a Korea and Vietnam veteran who acquired 2 DSC's, 10 Silver Stars, 4 Legion of Merits, 8 Bronze Stars (with 'V'), 34 Air Medals (with 'V'), 4 Army Commendations (with 'V'), and 8 Purple Hearts. He was most proud of his Purple Hearts. Read his book 'About Face'. It's a hell of a read and his life is worth producing a video on.
Thank you, Nick. I never miss your uploads. It grieves my heart that the newer generations do not know how these men, through their bravery, made this country safe and great . You keep their memories alive. Thank you.
The branding of being a bad ass in the rural Midwest wasn't quite the same as the way it is used today. So I sort of cringe when I hear it used for our American heros of WW2. But then again, I realize what you truly mean with tour usage. It is so gard to list then in a tio ten, because we all know that rhere were manyacts of unselfish heroism that happened in the war that wasn't either seen or reported. I just wish all of them could of been put on a podium and given the appreciation they deserved. But there again, they would not accept praise willingly. I remember the statement I heard from many of them when I tried to praise them for rheir service. "I am not a hero. The real heros didn't come home"! I guess they all were "Badass "!
. I see Louis Millet didn't make the cut today. I thought he and Matt Urban were near twins when I saw both of their profiles on "This Day". Both are modeled in courage. Thanks for the FINE work. FP.
In the early 2000s I was a neighbor of Gen. Yeager here in Northern California . I got to know him a little sharing several conversations over a couple year period. He almost never spoke of his personal exploits but did speak about Aviation and pilots he had flown with during his career. Had I not mentioned something Aviation related there would have been a different subject without question. We talked about my career as a employee of a Defense Contractor. And also my having grown up in Oroville Ca. Where he had attended training at the Oroville Army Airfield and his meeting his wife Glennis in Oroville where she was from. The man was a amazing encyclopedia of Aviation and Aircraft. He told me about his "Ace in a Day" dogfights and said he only actually shot down 4 German fighters that day. But had intimidated a 5th so badly that day that he flew into the ground attempting to avoid being shot down himself. He was credited with that one as well and rightly so considering he would have fallen prey to Yeager had he not flown himself into the ground trying to escape. A truly remarkable pilot, fantastic American and Undoubtedly a True American Legend. He wasn't a very big man but even in his 80s he had the handshake grip of a 200 lb 30 year old me. I of course didn't grip his hand as such but my God he sure gripped mine that way everytime we shook hands. If you ever get a chance and want to read a story of a legend read his life story. The best part is its not exaggerated and if anything it reads downplayed to some degree when comparing his version of things to the versions told by those who witnessed them. He often struck me as unbelievably confident and occasionally even arrogant . But in the very same conversation demonstrated a humility that was in such contrast to his personna that it made clear he was as skilled as has been told but admitted to being as lucky as they come without really saying it. Just a fantastic American and a unbelievably daring , skilled and lucky Man who truly was as good as has been said to be. RIP Gen. Yeager, RIP
Nick, keep up the strong work! Our military heroes need this exposure but who needs to learn about these leaders is the American public. Sadly, too many young people are clueless about such history. Great channel. I am spreading the word!
Cannot argue any on the list, but honestly I rank those in the 8th AF that flew over europe to be the bad ass hero’s of WWII. Flight crews were the true meaning of cannon fodder and they knew it every time they went to the sky. My father in law was a waist gunner in a B-17 that was shot down over France and spent the rest of the war in a POW camp. If any of your subscribers visit Duxford AFB in the UK, there is a IWM museum dedicated to the US airman. On the walkway to the entrance there are glass panels with B-17 planes etched that represent losses…..it brings you to tears.
It makes you think how many heroic acts that took place that is not known and will never be known..The greatest generation..Im 51 years old and feel privileged to have known people from that generation when they were still able-bodied.. the generations today will never know them In that way..
@@ThisDate thank you.Its really something to think about.That generation is nearly gone and todays generation can careless for the most part..They dont know what struggling for the greater good of not only your country but to save the world from a takeover..Their struggles today revolve around pronouns..And their right to choose their gender..They dont know what its like to stand in a bread line or to have to be self reliant , or to care about your neighbors and your community..
Thanks for speaking up for Dorie Miller! So many examples of Black fighting men as well as Japanese Americans who faught in Europe have been mostly left out until now. However it is sad how we know more about fiction heroes than Richard Bong,Tommy McGuire, and I have met soldiers who knew nothing about Audie Murphy!
Good list. My nominee: Commander Ernest J. Evans. A destroyer captain, told his men they were on a fighting ship; anyone who did not like it could get off. At the Battle of Samar, ignored orders to run away and charged his 'David' tin can in into the 'Goliath' Japanese fleet, mortality wounding a heavy cruiser, giving Taffy 3 time to escape and mount a counter attack. Even with a hand blown off, he ordered his ship to mount a charge at squadron of enemy destroyers that were closing to launch a torpedo attack against the carriers, disrupting their aim. He was lost at sea after his ship succumbed to numerous hits, including 18" shells.
Excellent tribute to some of the most heroic men in U.S. history. Total respect for how you laid out this list and from my standpoint, hard to offer an argument as to the order. And in the end, they've all done so many incredibly brave services to their country that I totally respect different points of view. 👊💪🇺🇸
6:48 I met Chuck Yeager at the 2001 EAA Flyin at Arlington Washington, I was there with my pop, and I flew a high altitude barrel roll in my RAF 1000 Gyro (it was an accidental roll) but Chuck Yeager came over to tell me to never attempt that again, as they are incredibly dangerous, and that a long life of a pilot doing safe maneuvers are more impressive than dumb ones. As I explained to him, I caught a bad updraft that sent me over on a bank, and I managed to recover instead of crashing. He shook my hand, and credited me for not crashing at an EAA event.
WOW!! Sir…This Video was Outstanding & We Salute Ya!! ❤ Keep these HEROES Alive for the Kids…They Need to Hear These Fabulous Stories ;] GOD BLESS All Those Who Served to Fight Against Evil & Oppression 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 🇫🇷
I meet Matt Urban in 1991 at the Arlington Airshow. We talked for over an hour after Matt gave a brief history of his service after the airshow was complete for the day. Matt was a very humble man from my brief interaction with him. I bought his book & he signed it for me. RIP Matt.
Another great video! I knew about some of these badasses and now I know about more. Dick Winters was truly one of the best, a leader that truly led from the front! Thank you for bringing attention to these heroes!
I am a veteran also. I admire those that gave their lives for ours.. And those that did incredibly heroic things and were never recognized for it... Which happens more than people realize.. Prayers to the family and friends of those brave souls, and those who gave everything for our freedom.
Great video. Quick point of order; James Stewart started in the B-17, but was moved to the B-24 prior to going to Europe. He flew 20 combat missions before his Wing Commander pulled him out. I don't know about his Korean service, but he did fly an Arc light mission in Vietnam. Side Bar, one of his enlisted Airmen asked his opinion on pursuing a career in Hollywood. Jimmy told him to do it. That crewman was Walter Matthau. While I agree with you about the heroics of Manila John Basilone, but unfortunately he would never be submitted for a 2nd MOH. Only one MOH can be awarded to a person. Instead he was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions on Iwo.
Just found your channel, Just fantastic. Your dignified demeanor and delivery are impeccable. Thanks so much for remembering these men who gambled it all to keep us free
Well i have watched all of the clips and am so proud of your research in bringing all these true AMERICAN HEROS TO LIGHT.Your research is Amazing!!!ps AUDIE IS MY #1Hero!!!but they all are!!
What a list and I agree, the list could go on forever. I've seen "To Hell And Back", "Hacksaw Ridge" and the "Band of Brothers" mini series. It's a sad thing that that we fast losing that generation. Keep making videos like these.
I know it had to be whittled down, but my dad, John P. Bryant was a bad ass. Army, fought in the Pacific. He was a bad ass until he died at 59 years old.
Having a real hero in our family makes this real. Check out Bruce Avery Van Voorhis in the medal of honor list. Some extra things not included are; He was the squadron commander who volunteered for the mission, likely to not return, and his crew were 100% volunteer. He was the type of commander that the men would jump over each other to get onto his crew, no assignments. Legend has it in the family that he after being shot up, most of the crew wounded, and still having enough plane under him to make it out, took a pole of the remaining crew to decide if leaving or continuing the attack it was unanimous to keep attacking leading to the loss of all on board. A brother ended up with a silver cross and a navy casualty also awarded posthumously. Rick, a vet whose Dad is a WW2 and Korean war vet.
What class & bravery. To these you selected and to every single military person who served and serves. Thank you. No words could convey what I & every American owe to those who give the ultimate sacrifice. Appreciate this channel.
My father in law was part of the Fourth Marine Division and survived with 4 battle stars. Depending on which records you review their loses were 75-80% killed or wounded. He got out without a scratch extremely lucky. One my uncles was in the Army as tripple a gunner starting Far southwest pacific. His stories which he only told to other vets in the family would curl your hair. He lived until he was 95.
My Grandfather fidged his age to join the Navy after Pearl Harbor. He was tge greatest man Ive ever known. He waant 12 like Calvin,but he waa a stick thin poor hillbilly from West Virginia with a 5th grade education who had been working since 10 years old. Hearing about Calvin got my eyes watery because these boys were men, men before their time for the greater good. Thank you to all those men who did these things
Thank you for your Podcast of Heros. I grew up listening about those brave women and men. My Family goes back to Rev. War having served in each generational war. We appreciate you highlighting our heros. God. Has Blessed America.
Check out a Soldier by the name.....of Pascal Cleatus Poolaw....a Full-Blood Kiowa Indian....Fought in 3 Wars.....Earned 42 Citations / Medals....Pascal Cleatus Poolaw Sr. His Son Pascal Cleatus Poolaw Jr. Lost an arm in Vietnam....They fought together.... Pascal sr. Was very Proud that he served his country.....GREAT HERO'S BOTH.....!!!!
Hope you read this... My cousin, Philip Clarkin Jr. Joined the USMC at the age of 16. Landed on Iwo Jima at that age also... He was originally from Warwick, R.I. and tall for his age. I joined the USMC in 1964 at 17yrs. when we would get together he never spoke about his time in battle. You could see the strain on his face,you knew instantly that noting good happened over there. When he came home ,still in the Marines he became a Drill Sgt at Parris Island. He was the first D I to have an all black platoon. He was very proud of that accomplishment. Semper FI... 🇺🇲
One man that is overlooked is a flying ace with 40 confirmed kills and a Medal of Honor. Major Dick Bong was killed in a crash as a test pilot at only 25 years old.
I had the opportunity to meet Matt Urban and hear him tell his war stories. I also had the opportunity to shake his hand and thank him for his service. Definitely one bad ass warfighter.
@@ThisDate Friendly great guy you would never know he was a war hero unless you knew who he was or you heard his stories. He also wore a flight jacket he got from one of his Air Force buddies that was being rotated back to the states. He said I loved that jacket but it put a target on my back because I was the only one out there wearing one. lol
I've seen this one. In your response to my comment on this vid you sent the link on "American Exceptionalism". So thanks once more. Keep 'em coming, I'll be watching! 😊😊😊
All topped by the british badass Douglas Bader, this guy lost both legs in a flying accident in the 1930's but still flys as a fighter pilot in WW2 rising to the rank of Wing Commander before being captured and made a POW but he still kept on trying to escape, ending up in Colditz
While I would personally put Audie Murphy at number one and John Basilone at number two, I can’t argue with your points, and either way you have a great list. Really good video.
One Soldier who you should have covered was Col. Robert Howard. He received the Medal of Honor but was recommended for it three times within a thirteen month period for different actions. He served in MACV-SOG as a Special Forces Noncom, and in the 2nd Ranger Battalion as a Company Commander before being assigned to the US Army Ranger mountain training camp as Commander.
You should cover Footsie Britt. He was the first to receive the MOH, DSC, and the Silver Star in a single war. He was a rookie for the Detroit Lions when the war started. He joined and served in the 3rd ID. He was Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas under Winthrop Rockefeller.
Truly the greatest generation We were blessed to have these men and women keeping our country free. They were next level. Thank you sirs for your heroic bravery and valiant service to our country 🇺🇸 Kids and adults today should take a page from these great Americans
My father was a US Army medic assigned to the UK during most of the war. He mentioned that most of the casualties he treated were crew members of the 8th Air Force. Fortunately, Jimmy Stewart was not one of them !
You’re right! You should of included Richard Bong, Tom McGuire, Neel Kirby, Mush Morton… Matt Urban became the highest decorated US soldier over Audie Murphy when he received his final awards as you mentioned.
Sir, I forget the man's name...American GI in Europe, became German POW....escaped....got to Russian lines, joined up with Ruskies....earned awards with them....got back to American lines...went back into combat! That is bad ass!
Greg Boyington was remarkable. Speaking with a reporter while he was in hospital with cancer, the reporter referred to Boyington as a "hero" to which he replied "show me a hero and I'll show you a bum"...His biography is a good read.
Wow....great video! You're right, these kids nowadays have no idea who any of these guys were including Audie L. Murphy. I ask every "kid" that comes into our company if the know some things and they do not. The first person I found who knew who he was was a young designer - another girl to boot! - who knew and she knew more than any younger person there. Hell, even middle aged people there. NONE of the older girls even knew....except me of course....From 12/7/41 to 8/2/43 to 9/11/2021 they only knew the 9/11 day.....damned shame these people know NO history.....Thank you for being a reminder for them as none of these people shoule EVER be forgotten!
Good choice on naming John Basilone number one!! My uncle fought with him on Guadalcanal and for years talked about him. When I saw the Pacific it all came home to me. I too am from Jersey and am also a paisan....The ultimate hero!!!!
Thank you! God bless your father always! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼♥️♥️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Amen. Check out our video on John Basilone, you'll enjoy it: th-cam.com/video/7b_ldT0RbSg/w-d-xo.html
That is a tough call to name 10 out of so many incredible people. I felt that it I should recognize previous wars. Here is mine, based on all-time war time service with some influence of work outside of armed conflict, some, not all. 1.Audie Murphy 2. Theodore Roosevelt 3. Joe Foss 4. Richard Bong 4. John Basilone 5. Desmond Doss 6. Eddie Rickenbacker 7. Bradley Kasal 8. Chuck Yeager 9. Lafayette G. Pool 10. Ftr Vincent Capodanno
Tell us your list of American Badasses from WWII!
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I think you need to correct Jimmy Stewart info. He flew B-17's while instructor pilot. For combat he flew B-24 liberators with 445th and 453rd bombardment groups.
My dad,1st Marines, Okinawa/Frozen Chosin.With Chesty,at Chosin.
How does one have all their baby teeth at twelve?
That's never happened to anyone I know.
My father Army Major JD Botkin 1st Infantry Combat of Civil Engineers South Pacific. They went to "uninhabited" islands, cleared jungles, built airstrips & barracks so the rest of the army could come in & fight. He said they never knew if they'd find hostile natives, wild animals, dug in Japanese, or mosquitos the size of B52s when they landed on shore. He walked off college campus straight to enlisted Pearl Harbor Day & 10 weeks later was in Manila. Served two tours & was in Army Reserves all together 34 years plus a grade 18 civil servant for the Treasury Department for 34 years before retirement. It wasn't until my mom passed & I went to live & care for him his last 9 years that he ever spoke of his WW ll experience. Finally s lot made sense... PTSD. They had no name for it, he never complained but went on to serve the country he loved so much in many ways & was a great man and Father. I miss him so much & I dreamed about him just last night. It was so real, I could almost touch him & it was one of those technicolored dreams, very 3 dimensional & I heard his kind voice telling me, "Baby, you are just heart high!" He was 6'3" ,& I am 4'10" & standing on his feet I was heart high.
To this day, GySgt John Basilone is remembered and revered by the USMC. Semper Fidelis
Amen!
He's certainly one!
I believe they recently put a new USS Basilone in the water think it's an AEGIS destroyer, what a fitting tribute with the firepower those have. FLY NAVY!!!
Look, I’m not a big military buff or anything, but I look at John Basilone almost winning 2 Medal of Honors in that short a period of time-my jaw drops in awe.
My grandpa served with Sgt Basilone on Guadalcanal at 20 years old. And never spoke of the Fighting itself but did once tell me about Basilone and how he was 1 of only 3 that were still alive after wave after wave of Japanese troops attacked the machine gun emplacements protecting Henderson Field . My grandpa was already evacuated earlier that day having recieved 2 bullet wounds to his left shoulder and upper arm from small arms fire and multiple wounds to both legs and elsewhere from shrapnel of a Japanese grenade during a earlier attack. My grandpa's left arm was amputated on a ship and 4 decades later both his legs were amputated in the mid 80s because of circulation problems associated with the scarring of the wounds and surgeries he recieved after combat. The doctors took 1 leg above the knee and the other below the knee. He passed away in 1994 at just 72 due to complications associated with the wounds he received 52 years earlier. He never complained and always worked until he lost his legs and had to retire. That generation was just Tough. RIP Pop
If you know the entire story of Jay Zeamer, B-17 pilot, then I don't see how he missed being in the top 10. His crew was the most highly decorated crew in WW II with two medals of honor earned on one mission one of whom was Jay Zeamer and the other was the Bombardier who was the only crew member killed. Zeamer was so badly wounded that when the ground crew were getting the wounded off the B-17. The medic told the crew to take Zeamer last because he was already dead. However, despite his severe wounds, Zeamer had continued to fly his B-17 and landing it before collapsing in his seat. Zeamer lived and died in 2007. That mission was essentially a one way suicide mission for which every crew member volunteered.
Zeamer earned the Medal of Honor, two Silver Stars, Two Distinguished Flying Crosses, the Purple Hear and two Air Medals. Bad Ass.
We did a video on Jay and the Eager Beavers! And we called him an honorable mention!
My father was a Pearl Harbor survivor. I'm so proud of him and this country.
Lemme share w/you something I'd learned while living in Hawaii. Became friends w/an old man who was a pearl diver in his youth. He was in the water that fateful day w/other pearl divers when the Japanese planes flew overhead. Being a scuba diver in my own youth, asked him why, every Dec 7th local TV would pan the audience of widows/their children, vets and inevitable Hawaiians standing near the Arizona - with scowls/distain on their faces, standing shoulder to shoulder watching [what I later learned locals refer to as "the dog and pony act" of tossing wreaths of leis of flowers over the sunk Arizona. When asking him WHY the locals had such looks on their faces, he got up in my face, his eyes squinted to slits, then said "Do you really wanna know?" My retort was a growling "I would not have asked if I didn't WANT to!" He told me that the Arizona was sunk in only 40 ft; surprisingly now on my guard as 40 ft is the depth that any sport scuba diver is tested at (to get certification/air card (tanks) whereby the instructor pulls off your mask, turns your air off, loosens your weight belt and pulls off a flipper. And you have to retrieve (air nozzle turned back on as 1st priority) and so on. I had a sinking feeling, as I knew Pearl Harbor was a deep water port, yet in spots shallow. He then told me (as carnage bombing was going on) the pearl divers watched the Arizona sink right at its dock. Thus began a vigil of divers communicating via morse code to tap on the hull realizing there were survivors! The base commander had been warned for over a year by all kinds of Oahu locals (Hawaiian, Filipino, Samoan, Fijian, and even Japanese) that Pearl was gonna be attacked by the Japanese (they just didn't know when). My friend reinacted (for me) that while he/his fellow pearl divers clutched the pilings, screaming into the wind demanding to be given metal cutting equipment to cut a hole thru' the hull to free trapped crew as survivors could free ascend and not have to decompress. I was given a visual body gestures reinactment of the CO's wannabe "MacArthur-esque" swaggering [legs spread eagle, fists on hips] stance [minus a pipe] - from the dock's still floating wrecked dock where the Arizona had sunk, bellowing: "Those men are dead! We have a war to fight! Get out of our way!" For 9 days, the pearl divers maintained 24/ 7 vigils in the water, trying to keep spirits via morse code, hopeful. But the base commander denied them any equipment to save the Arizona's survivors. By the 10th day, the tapping had stopped as the last of the crew died horrible deaths of asphixiation. And THAT is why there is such contempt for "the show" put on for visiting family/friends who lost a loved one ~ all for the battle cry "Remember the Arizona!" B4 15 ft high chain link fencing w/5 ft of curled wire above it was installed around access to the lava cliffs obscuring the attack, I'd spent the night at the top of those sheer vertical 500 ft high lava cliffs over which Japanese planes 'undetected' flew over. In a setting sun, B4 wrapping my legs around a small tree (to keep from rolling off the narrow goat's width path) at the ridge's top to fall to death far below, now realized w/horror we'd been LIED TO re: a "surprize" attack ... as Pearl was sacrificed instead! Ask yourself this: If the one/only blind spot to view the entire Pacific Ocean were cliffs smack up against a deep water port w/ALL amphib vehicles, battleships, subs and ammo as sitting ducks ... WOULD YOU NOT have GUARDS 24/7 atop that blind spot ridge w/walkie-talkies AND RADAR TOO - so what the fuk conclusion was there to make except a scapegoat to unite a divided America (re: Hitler) FOR WAR IN EUROPE only now in 2 theaters, one being the Pacific. Oh, and HOW all this orchestration began was a US prez had a financial expert come up w/a plan to force Japan to attack us "safely away from a CA coastline target" and to use our base in Hawaii as a sitting duck to now embroil US rage for war. Perhaps if the "stories" of military heroism didn't glorify WAR so much and "the stories" THAT DIDN'T were told more ~ Americans wouldn't be such pansey-assed WARMONGER suckers for the TET Offensive trickery ploy to access Uranium 235 in the mountains of N./S. Vietnam, perhaps a 21-yr war to 'police' poppy fields for opium in Afghanistan would not have made the "guns-for-drugs" cartels so lucrative, & perhaps a present prez and his spawn would not steal taxpayer money to fund war to make hundreds of millions personally by two presidents (US and Ukraine using THE VATICAN's funds to launder the insane war profiteering), and perhaps sikfuk ISRAEL would not have "in their back pockets" biblethumpers BELIEF Israel was actually GODS CHOSEN (but for ?WHAT) ... no one has ever said! Yet turn a deaf ear/blind eye to GENOCIDING the Palestinian People as there will not be enough of them left for a next INTIFADA for daring to "get in the way" of those huge pockets of natural gas found off the coastline of the GAZA STRIP? And so I have nothing but contempt for this BEST GENERATION disavowel as to HOW ALL are pawns in "BIG BUSINESS" rather than a true BEST GEN yet to be - being finally those people who "GET IT" there is NO GLORY IN WAR, and ONLY THE UBER-ELITE PROFIT by forcing humanity to die on their behalf, so they can steal the natural resources of other nations. P.S.? Another justification of ISRAEL to genocide Palestine? A recent DNA genetic analysis of Palestinians is 80% JEWISH compared to almost nonexistant in ISRAELI BLOOD. How can this be? asks USA christian bewilderment (those ignorant of ISRAEL's Khazarian "jews" (who are not jewish at all) but 'political opportunistic refugees' with no original jewish blood left. So ?what ~ are the PALESTINIAN PEOPLE "THE LOST TRIBE" OF ISRAEL? Backing the wrong horse, US christians? Perhaps the prophesy WHEN WAR COMES, ITS SYMBOL WILL BE THE CROSS WRAPPED IN AMERICA'S FLAG, as christianity "comes front and center" when war raises its ugly head. Parroting scripture, we are denying the REAL TRUTH of our nation's history: if not too busy communicating with emojis, suggest share (WITH WORDS) what can be learned from a book: GOVERNMENT BY CONSENT by John Darash, publ 2021 (894 pg) + invest in a ref text needed to understand what the reader learns - a copy of: BLACKS LAW DICTIONARY 4th (NOT 5th) Edition as supreme court judges removed a lot of the COMMON LAW in 'our' Constitution to make their criminality rulings easier in courtrooms nationwide. Being an activist for 43 yrs now, am convinced those who BELIEVE "WAR IS a necessary EVIL" are to blame (along with unfathomable GREED) for perpetuating both be put on pedestals to glorify their mutual means to an end, only now the weaponry can do so for us and to us.
The damage to the Arizona was from bombs that went through the deck into at least one of the powder storage lockers. When the bombs detonated they inturn caused the powder in that lockers to detonate. The only survivors from the Arizona were those sailors that were topside or in the compartments that were the most distant from midship.
The sailors that were heard knocking were trapped in the Oklahoma which capsized from torpedo strikes. The knovking was heard for seversl days but rescue efforts were hampered because of the concerns of cutting into the powder lockers which would have caused a massive explosion killing more people. I know this because of questions asked about the rescue efforts of one of the men that was there doing some of the rescue work. That whole event was predicted by General William Mitchel many years before, and his stance on the need to develop an air defence system was what got him Court Martialed.
Mistakes were made and hopefuly we learn from those mistakes. The "real truth" about any event will never be known because the tellers of "the truth" will only be able to tell what they did or observed and nothing else...anything added to that is opinion.
Reply to @candy: PRIDE. Why not prove RESPECT to be the far superior emote; read the book (suggested below) altho any 'defense' reply to FACTS provided does prove a point made. Try to LEARN from history, not juz what pride via (personal gratification) wants TO know.
@@rogermckamey8299 Hello, Roger. Re: your response; I think those Hawaiians were well aware of the diff between a sub and any other 'ship.' A hint of TRUST in anything "military" comes across as authorative so must assume you too, were or are still in the military? Considering how many THOUSANDS of vets are SILENT re: painful memories; unfortunately, this SILENCE serves the military well.
@@jeanneserrano3397 i never mentioned a sub...the Oklahoma was the Battleship that capsized. The sailors that were trapped inside were the ones that were below deck when the ship started to roll over. I had the honor of knowing a few of the sailors that survived and a few of the civilians that were part of the rescue teams. Each one told basicly the ssme story. I agree there is a cloud of "doubt" about any information being provided by any goverment agency. Those men that shared their stories of that event thought that something was "fishy" about the official information about it. Like many events in history we may never know what realy happened. Hopefuly we learn from history...both from succeses and from failures. And yes i am a vet. that one reason i developed the attitude of DTA...(don't trust anybody, in case you didn't know)
Chuck Yeager had the best eyesight in the airforce. He could spot a plane 3-5 miles away and he never wore sunglasses or goggles. He said it impaired his vision in a dogfight.
Wow!!!!
That's so cool.
That's why some were so great. They had some lucky genes, along with their own tons of guts.
I always want to remember those too who didn't make it because of accidents in training, drowing, shot on D-day before getting in the fight, and the tragic friendly fire.
RIP all of you brave ones!!!
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Bud Anderson was pretty good too. He's still alive at over 100 now!
Yeah, my ex wife had 20-10 vision…
It’s freaky how far she could see way farther than 20-20 vision.
Super human!
I could read a sign on the side of the road- she could read the next one (maybe) 1/8-1/4 miles further.
Gen. Yeager said Bud Anderson was the best fighter pilot that ever lived. And he said it several times and even once to me personally. I had 20-10 vision and even in my 50s can still read road signs well beyond what others can . I can't see well up close though now though. Words in a book just a foot away might as well just be squiggly lines. Even a open books edges have no clear outline . I'm already relying on 3.00 reading glasses and am just 52. But I can see fantastic still starting just 5 -6 ft away with it only improving from there to a distance well beyond what should be expected or believed.
It is called the greatest generation for a reason. I think all WWII vets are deserving of our respect and admiration. I served over 30 years in the USAF but my service pales in comparison to their service and sacrifice!
God bless you!
Remember too since people forget they also all went through the Depression and so many then died young in the war. Yes may be the greatest American generation for what they had to deal with - certainly better than all these snitched out fools today!
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YES SIR N my FATHER WAS A MARINE in WW2 N A BAD ASS ALL HIS LIFE ❤️ don’t make ‘em like that anymore 🇺🇸😉
6:05. I love your videos. But who cares that Dorie was Black? Yes... Black, not African American. He was a badass American soldier who happened to be Black. Why do people always bring race into things?
I always imagine the courageous and heroic things people did, but none of the witnesses survived to tell. Leaving the stories untold for eternity.
Amazing to ponder.
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Yes. I wish I could know ALL the stories.
They are our heroes. They gave us the freedom we still have today.
Well said!
And we must vote Blue this November to maintain that freedom
They didn't give us that Freedom we see under attack today . They protected and preserved that freedom and if they were all still with us and young today they would absolutely be disgusted and embarrassed by what our nation has become today. Our freedoms and rights are under attack by those who constantly insist they are trying to preserve Democracy in the US. And there are too many Americans who ignorantly believe that they are and 2nd that the United States is a Democracy. We are not a Democracy when the true definition of Democracy is learned. We are a Constitutional Republic which is a type of Government that is based upon individual Rights and Freedoms that are supposed to be preserved and defended by the Adherence of Government to the instructions and rules of Government written and included in the Constitution of The United States and its Amendments . The Democratic Party and its members both elected and appointed have been ignoring , defying and even attacking the Constitution and its Amendments for decades. It's become so unbelievably obvious that they are attempting to destroy our form of government and replace it with a form of Government based upon a Comminist Ideology of sorts. And one has to be a damn fool to keep buying their BS after seeing what direction they've taken this country in just the last 3 .5 years. It's unbelievable seeing people still believing anything they say . We are in danger and it's never been greater
Thank you for keeping the memory of these men, scratch that, heros. My father was a waist gunner on a b24 assigned to the "Carpetbaggers " flying out of Harrington England. Among his medals was the distinguished with medal and 3 bronze and one silver leaf. My understanding, Jimmy Stewart, flew 24s in your video you state he flew 17s, but obviously, I can be mistaken. My father brought home all his gear (throat mic, goggles, gloves, even the piece of his 24 that burst from AA fire that tore into his leg)with the exception of his 45 which he tossed into a creek in the uk when he was told he could be reprimanded if caught with it. All his gear I have and display it proudly in my home. Sorry for the long-winded comment. Keep up the great work.
God bless your father. We did a longer video on Jimmy: th-cam.com/video/FVZ4n42hh-g/w-d-xo.html
Yes! Bless your dad!!!
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Your not mistaken at was b-24's, He flew his last combat mission in 1966 in a b-52 over North Vietnam.
@@stellar1620 As a Brigadier General (one star). He finally retired from the Air Force on May 31, 1968 after 27 years of service and was subsequently promoted to Major General (two star general).
I can imagine at least 2 actors today being badasses, Drew Carrey(US Marine vet) and Adam Driver (another US Marine, gulf war vet)
Good call!
OOH RAH!!!
I'm glad you made John basilone your #1. And rightly so. I am Italian also. He is one of the reasons that I joined the Marines in the 1980's🇱🇷
God bless you!
I agree 100% with number 1. He didn't just do his job exceptionally well, he implemented machine gun tactics that he came up with under fire. He was the epitome of adapt and overcome
Nice!
Yeah but his family did his wife dirty treated her with such disrespect. Then I don't understand why he didn't get his insurance set up so she could be taken care of She loved him so much and though she had a career in the military thank goodness she had a career because he left her not a dime, didn't do the insurance. If you get married In the military please make sure you have insurance for your spouse and or your family so they will have a little something to get started again with. I always feel sorry for her I know she was okay but it would have been so nice if he had left her that little bit so she could have got a house of her own.
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Excellent... EXCELLENT video!! My heart ACHES praying that today's young people are watching ALL of his videos! I'm 70...no military service. But I've reverenced these mortal sacrifices since I was 12. These videos are helping to keep alive the memories and sacred honor of the MILLIONS that gave all! THANK YOU!
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I've watched this Top 10 list more than once and have saved it. How can we as Americans never have known so much of this? Thank you ALL! ❤
Awesome thank you♥️♥️♥️♥️Check out our longer video on this amazing Marine: th-cam.com/video/7b_ldT0RbSg/w-d-xo.html
Good Lord, how I love this channel and the videos that bring tears to my eyes. This was a good list; however, I strongly believe that it's only the tip of the iceberg. When I think about what our service men and women had to deal with in WWII, they are all heroes. Am proud to be an American and even more proud of these men and women who put their lives on the line for our freedom. With so many paying the ultimate price. May our Father continue to provide and protect our military families and those who are fighting for freedom and humanity throughout the world.
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Amen beautiful words
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Nick thank you for these videos God bless all these brave men 🙏 my dad was wounded in Korea on pork chop hill rest in peace dad
God bless your Dad!
Marine Platoon Sergeant Mitchell Paige. When two Japanese regiments broke through a weak spot in American lines and killed or disabled his machine gun platoon, he singlehandedly held off 2,500 Japanese troops all night long. A Newsweek cover photo of him holding a machine gun, with belts of ammo over his shoulders, was the inspiration for the action figure G.I. Joe.
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have a copy of my grandfather’s “Lucky Bastard Certificate” for flying more than 50 missions (in B’17s, he was the pilot) for the 8th Army Air Force. (There was no Air Force in WWII, it was part of the Army) I’ll have to tell my birth mom that he out-badassed Jimmy Stewart.
Wow! Wow!!!!
The Air Force was created by the Separation Act of 1947.
Doris Miller is having a Ford Aircraft Carrier named in his honor.
Yup!
Yaaaaay!
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Destroyer not a carrier
If you look at the next few carriers under construction, you'll see CVN 81 USS Doris Miller.
Well, there's a reason why they're calling "THE GREATEST GENERATION" 💪🇺🇸💪
Absolutely!
I'm a USAF VET. 🇺🇸 Daughter of a late WWII vet. My father was a medic in the 77th Evacuation hospital out of West Michigan. U. S. Army. 🙏
God bless you and your dad!
God Bless all of our military vets!
Thank you for your service.
I am also a USAF Vet who served during Viet Nam. Also the grandson of a WW1 Army vet, son of a WW2 Navy vet and nephew of nine veteran uncles, cousin of six veterans of various branches. Pride of country and service kind of runs in my veins. Any vet on active duty or is Honorably Discharged has my undying gratitude and respect.
I know of most of them on this list, but had the great pleasure of meeting one General Yeager. Only briefly got to talk to him but seemed like a great guy. My personal heroes from WWII are my father in law USN, and my brothers father in law USMC. My father in law joined the Navy on 12/8/41 and was a torpedo man in the destroyer escort fleet doing convoy duty in the North Atlantic in early 1942. He made 37 trips through the canal seeing Naval combat in both the Atlantic & Pacific theaters. My brothers father in law was on Tarawa & Saipan, and I feel truly fortunate to have heard both of their stories first hand. I like to call them card carrying members of that GREATEST GENERATION, we miss you Brownie & Norm. FLY NAVY!!!
My uncle, Robert Grapen was USMC, and was killed on Saipan. He was 20 years old. I wish I could have known him or someone who did. He was very brave. Knew he was going to die on that mission, and bravely went. Semper Fi Uncle Bob!
@@clarecampbell6801 My brothers father in law didn't think he was going to survive any of the operations he was in. Fortunately both he and my father in law did. They were both in the Pacific and waiting for Operation downfall to start but it never did after the atomic bombings. It's hard to say if they would have made it back otherwise, but they both felt very lucky to make it back home. FLY NAVY!!!
The most Wonderful Treasure ever given to Our Country from The Almighty, Our Many Brave Military Heros.
May their names never be forgotten or the memories of their incredible heroic feats.
God Bless them and their families.
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In my family there were Rosy the Riveters two second cousins still aboard the Arizona, to a D-Day radioman who owed his life to his radio, which took the bullet meant for him. That's why I know the story of nearly all of these folks, without which I probably wouldn't exist. Certainly my wife and children wouldn't be here if my father in law had stormed onto Japan as he did on D-Day!
God bless you family!
Another amazing video. There are a lot of heroes. Jimmy Stewart is my no. 1 .. oh no he's not. The Iwo Jima guys are no.1.. oh no they are not. ALL are heroes
Thanks! We did a longer video on Jimmy: th-cam.com/video/FVZ4n42hh-g/w-d-xo.html
Great list. Glad Stewart made it - Basilone was a righteous choice. My uncle Howard was at Guadalcanal and remembered him. Howard was and is in death - as always- a US Marine. He was 6'2" and weighed 170 when he enlisted. When he came home he weighed 140.
God bless your uncle!
I understand you were featuring individuals,but maybe a honorable mention for the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
Absolutely. They were legendary!!!!
I realize that this list is for WW2 combatants but speaking of badasses, Army Colonel David Hackworth was a Korea and Vietnam veteran who acquired 2 DSC's, 10 Silver Stars, 4 Legion of Merits, 8 Bronze Stars (with 'V'), 34 Air Medals (with 'V'), 4 Army Commendations (with 'V'), and 8 Purple Hearts. He was most proud of his Purple Hearts. Read his book 'About Face'. It's a hell of a read and his life is worth producing a video on.
Great book indeed. Will likely do a video.
Thank you, Nick. I never miss your uploads. It grieves my heart that the newer generations do not know how these men, through their bravery, made this country safe and great . You keep their memories alive. Thank you.
Thank you♥️♥️♥️♥️ More great vids to come. Have you seen our longer video on John Basilone: th-cam.com/video/7b_ldT0RbSg/w-d-xo.html
The branding of being a bad ass in the rural Midwest wasn't quite the same as the way it is used today. So I sort of cringe when I hear it used for our American heros of WW2. But then again, I realize what you truly mean with tour usage. It is so gard to list then in a tio ten, because we all know that rhere were manyacts of unselfish heroism that happened in the war that wasn't either seen or reported. I just wish all of them could of been put on a podium and given the appreciation they deserved. But there again, they would not accept praise willingly. I remember the statement I heard from many of them when I tried to praise them for rheir service. "I am not a hero. The real heros didn't come home"!
I guess they all were "Badass "!
They all were!
. I see Louis Millet didn't make the cut today. I thought he and Matt Urban were near twins when I saw both of their profiles on "This Day". Both are modeled in courage. Thanks for the FINE work. FP.
They naming a modern aircraft carrier after Dorie Miller - quite impressive!
Deserves it! What did you think of my list?
In the early 2000s I was a neighbor of Gen. Yeager here in Northern California . I got to know him a little sharing several conversations over a couple year period. He almost never spoke of his personal exploits but did speak about Aviation and pilots he had flown with during his career. Had I not mentioned something Aviation related there would have been a different subject without question. We talked about my career as a employee of a Defense Contractor. And also my having grown up in Oroville Ca. Where he had attended training at the Oroville Army Airfield and his meeting his wife Glennis in Oroville where she was from. The man was a amazing encyclopedia of Aviation and Aircraft. He told me about his "Ace in a Day" dogfights and said he only actually shot down 4 German fighters that day. But had intimidated a 5th so badly that day that he flew into the ground attempting to avoid being shot down himself. He was credited with that one as well and rightly so considering he would have fallen prey to Yeager had he not flown himself into the ground trying to escape. A truly remarkable pilot, fantastic American and Undoubtedly a True American Legend. He wasn't a very big man but even in his 80s he had the handshake grip of a 200 lb 30 year old me. I of course didn't grip his hand as such but my God he sure gripped mine that way everytime we shook hands. If you ever get a chance and want to read a story of a legend read his life story. The best part is its not exaggerated and if anything it reads downplayed to some degree when comparing his version of things to the versions told by those who witnessed them. He often struck me as unbelievably confident and occasionally even arrogant . But in the very same conversation demonstrated a humility that was in such contrast to his personna that it made clear he was as skilled as has been told but admitted to being as lucky as they come without really saying it. Just a fantastic American and a unbelievably daring , skilled and lucky Man who truly was as good as has been said to be. RIP Gen. Yeager, RIP
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Great compilation, thank you very much for yet another wonderful and enlightening video 😊
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Nick, keep up the strong work! Our military heroes need this exposure but who needs to learn about these leaders is the American public. Sadly, too many young people are clueless about such history. Great channel. I am spreading the word!
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Cannot argue any on the list, but honestly I rank those in the 8th AF that flew over europe to be the bad ass hero’s of WWII. Flight crews were the true meaning of cannon fodder and they knew it every time they went to the sky. My father in law was a waist gunner in a B-17 that was shot down over France and spent the rest of the war in a POW camp. If any of your subscribers visit Duxford AFB in the UK, there is a IWM museum dedicated to the US airman. On the walkway to the entrance there are glass panels with B-17 planes etched that represent losses…..it brings you to tears.
Great point. Thanks.
I believe you have it correct Sir,God Bless each and everyone who served ,what a Mighty God we serve?
Amazing! Thanks!
The Top Two are definitely interchangeable! Amazing!
I agree!
It makes you think how many heroic acts that took place that is not known and will never be known..The greatest generation..Im 51 years old and feel privileged to have known people from that generation when they were still able-bodied.. the generations today will never know them In that way..
Beautifully said!
@@ThisDate thank you.Its really something to think about.That generation is nearly gone and todays generation can careless for the most part..They dont know what struggling for the greater good of not only your country but to save the world from a takeover..Their struggles today revolve around pronouns..And their right to choose their gender..They dont know what its like to stand in a bread line or to have to be self reliant , or to care about your neighbors and your community..
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Nick, thank you so much for this video. Most I knew of but others are new to me. To me, they are all number ones!
Thanks!
From one NJ pisano to another.
Love it!
Thanks for speaking up for Dorie Miller! So many examples of Black fighting men as well as Japanese Americans who faught in Europe have been mostly left out until now. However it is sad how we know more about fiction heroes than Richard Bong,Tommy McGuire, and I have met soldiers who knew nothing about Audie Murphy!
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This is an awesome video, thanks for pointing me to it.
Thanks!
Good list. My nominee: Commander Ernest J. Evans. A destroyer captain, told his men they were on a fighting ship; anyone who did not like it could get off. At the Battle of Samar, ignored orders to run away and charged his 'David' tin can in into the 'Goliath' Japanese fleet, mortality wounding a heavy cruiser, giving Taffy 3 time to escape and mount a counter attack. Even with a hand blown off, he ordered his ship to mount a charge at squadron of enemy destroyers that were closing to launch a torpedo attack against the carriers, disrupting their aim. He was lost at sea after his ship succumbed to numerous hits, including 18" shells.
Wow nice!!!!!
Wasn't Jimmy Stewart a B-24 Liberatator pilot?
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Excellent tribute to some of the most heroic men in U.S. history. Total respect for how you laid out this list and from my standpoint, hard to offer an argument as to the order. And in the end, they've all done so many incredibly brave services to their country that I totally respect different points of view. 👊💪🇺🇸
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I would have included Merritt Edson, 1st Marine Division, Battle of Edson's Ridge aka Battle of Bloody Ridge! Guadalcanal.
Good call!
6:48 I met Chuck Yeager at the 2001 EAA Flyin at Arlington Washington, I was there with my pop, and I flew a high altitude barrel roll in my RAF 1000 Gyro (it was an accidental roll) but Chuck Yeager came over to tell me to never attempt that again, as they are incredibly dangerous, and that a long life of a pilot doing safe maneuvers are more impressive than dumb ones. As I explained to him, I caught a bad updraft that sent me over on a bank, and I managed to recover instead of crashing. He shook my hand, and credited me for not crashing at an EAA event.
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WOW!! Sir…This Video was Outstanding & We Salute Ya!! ❤ Keep these HEROES Alive for the Kids…They Need to Hear These Fabulous Stories ;] GOD BLESS All Those Who Served to Fight Against Evil & Oppression 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 🇫🇷
Well said!
My dad!❤
Love it!
Most who served In ww2 were heroes in one way or another. I heard alot of stories growing up. My Dad and uncles. Unbelievably stories.
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Betty White thank you for your service during the War. God bless you. RIP dear lady, with your loving Alan. Together once again.
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I meet Matt Urban in 1991 at the Arlington Airshow. We talked for over an hour after Matt gave a brief history of his service after the airshow was complete for the day. Matt was a very humble man from my brief interaction with him. I bought his book & he signed it for me. RIP Matt.
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Another great video! I knew about some of these badasses and now I know about more. Dick Winters was truly one of the best, a leader that truly led from the front! Thank you for bringing attention to these heroes!
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Good selections of very brave American heroes
Thanks! Any you would include?
I am a veteran also. I admire those that gave their lives for ours.. And those that did incredibly heroic things and were never recognized for it... Which happens more than people realize.. Prayers to the family and friends of those brave souls, and those who gave everything for our freedom.
Thank you for your service!
Great video. Quick point of order; James Stewart started in the B-17, but was moved to the B-24 prior to going to Europe. He flew 20 combat missions before his Wing Commander pulled him out. I don't know about his Korean service, but he did fly an Arc light mission in Vietnam. Side Bar, one of his enlisted Airmen asked his opinion on pursuing a career in Hollywood. Jimmy told him to do it. That crewman was Walter Matthau. While I agree with you about the heroics of Manila John Basilone, but unfortunately he would never be submitted for a 2nd MOH. Only one MOH can be awarded to a person. Instead he was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions on Iwo.
Great feedback. Correct on Jimmy. We did a longer video on Jimmy: th-cam.com/video/FVZ4n42hh-g/w-d-xo.html
I watched that one. You do good work and I enjoy your content
Just found your channel, Just fantastic. Your dignified demeanor and delivery are impeccable. Thanks so much for remembering these men who gambled it all to keep us free
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I watched this earlier, but apparently forgot to comment... rectified! For the algorithm! 🤣
Ha thanks!!!!!
Well i have watched all of the clips and am so proud of your research in bringing all these true AMERICAN HEROS TO LIGHT.Your research is Amazing!!!ps AUDIE IS MY #1Hero!!!but they all are!!
Thank you!
Excellent show here.. !!
Semper fi
GOD bless America...what's left of it
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What a list and I agree, the list could go on forever. I've seen "To Hell And Back", "Hacksaw Ridge" and the "Band of Brothers" mini series. It's a sad thing that that we fast losing that generation. Keep making videos like these.
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I know it had to be whittled down, but my dad, John P. Bryant was a bad ass. Army, fought in the Pacific. He was a bad ass until he died at 59 years old.
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Having a real hero in our family makes this real. Check out Bruce Avery Van Voorhis in the medal of honor list. Some extra things not included are; He was the squadron commander who volunteered for the mission, likely to not return, and his crew were 100% volunteer. He was the type of commander that the men would jump over each other to get onto his crew, no assignments. Legend has it in the family that he after being shot up, most of the crew wounded, and still having enough plane under him to make it out, took a pole of the remaining crew to decide if leaving or continuing the attack it was unanimous to keep attacking leading to the loss of all on board. A brother ended up with a silver cross and a navy casualty also awarded posthumously. Rick, a vet whose Dad is a WW2 and Korean war vet.
Wow! Thank you! Amazing!
# 1 badass alll those nameless guys who did heroic things nobody knew about and those that died doing their job.
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Hard to argue this.
What class & bravery. To these you selected and to every single military person who served and serves. Thank you. No words could convey what I & every American owe to those who give the ultimate sacrifice. Appreciate this channel.
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You have a fine list.⚓🇺🇸⚔️🦅
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My father in law was part of the Fourth Marine Division and survived with 4 battle stars. Depending on which records you review their loses were 75-80% killed or wounded. He got out without a scratch extremely lucky. One my uncles was in the Army as tripple a gunner starting Far southwest pacific. His stories which he only told to other vets in the family would curl your hair. He lived until he was 95.
My Grandfather fidged his age to join the Navy after Pearl Harbor. He was tge greatest man Ive ever known. He waant 12 like Calvin,but he waa a stick thin poor hillbilly from West Virginia with a 5th grade education who had been working since 10 years old. Hearing about Calvin got my eyes watery because these boys were men, men before their time for the greater good. Thank you to all those men who did these things
The movie Too Young The Hero is based on Calvin Graham.
Truth! We discuss in our longer video on Calvin: th-cam.com/video/v0nLDfjSq00/w-d-xo.html
Salute all American WWII Bad Asses! They are ALL #1!!!
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You got that right
Thank you for your Podcast of Heros. I grew up listening about those brave women and men. My Family goes back to Rev. War having served in each generational war. We appreciate you highlighting our heros. God. Has Blessed America.
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Check out a Soldier by the name.....of
Pascal Cleatus Poolaw....a Full-Blood Kiowa Indian....Fought in 3 Wars.....Earned
42 Citations / Medals....Pascal Cleatus Poolaw Sr. His Son Pascal Cleatus Poolaw Jr. Lost an arm in Vietnam....They fought together.... Pascal sr. Was very Proud that he served his country.....GREAT HERO'S BOTH.....!!!!
Will do.
Hope you read this...
My cousin, Philip Clarkin Jr. Joined the USMC at the age of 16.
Landed on Iwo Jima at that age also...
He was originally from Warwick, R.I. and tall for his age.
I joined the USMC in 1964 at 17yrs. when we would get together he never spoke about his time in battle. You could see the strain on his face,you knew instantly that noting good happened over there. When he came home ,still in the Marines he became a Drill Sgt at Parris Island. He was the first D I to have an all black platoon.
He was very proud of that accomplishment.
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Wow. Wow! God bless him and you! Thank you for sharing🙏🏼🙏🏼🇺🇸🇺🇸♥️♥️
Thank you for your history about these brave soldiers!
Thank you for watching!
Anyone who has been in combat is badass hero!
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One man that is overlooked is a flying ace with 40 confirmed kills and a Medal of Honor. Major Dick Bong was killed in a crash as a test pilot at only 25 years old.
Tough call between Bong, Foss and Pappy!
Thank you for sharing I will listen to the entire video.
Thanks!
I had the opportunity to meet Matt Urban and hear him tell his war stories. I also had the opportunity to shake his hand and thank him for his service. Definitely one bad ass warfighter.
Wow amazing! What was he like? We did a longer video on Urban, check it out!
@@ThisDate Friendly great guy you would never know he was a war hero unless you knew who he was or you heard his stories. He also wore a flight jacket he got from one of his Air Force buddies that was being rotated back to the states. He said I loved that jacket but it put a target on my back because I was the only one out there wearing one. lol
Wow! Thanks! Amazing!
I've seen this one. In your response to my comment on this vid you sent the link on "American Exceptionalism". So thanks once more. Keep 'em coming, I'll be watching! 😊😊😊
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TRULY ALL PART OF THE GREATEST GENERATION IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD .
Amen!
All topped by the british badass Douglas Bader, this guy lost both legs in a flying accident in the 1930's but still flys as a fighter pilot in WW2 rising to the rank of Wing Commander before being captured and made a POW but he still kept on trying to escape, ending up in Colditz
We did a video on Bader!
While I would personally put Audie Murphy at number one and John Basilone at number two, I can’t argue with your points, and either way you have a great list. Really good video.
Thank you! Both are worthy!
Gotta mention Charles Jackson French. Swam through shark infested waters pulling a raft full of his fellow sailors.
We did a video on him. He should have been an honorable mention!
@ThisDate oh awesome, I'll check it out! Love the videos, great work!
Thanks!
One Soldier who you should have covered was Col. Robert Howard. He received the Medal of Honor but was recommended for it three times within a thirteen month period for different actions. He served in MACV-SOG as a Special Forces Noncom, and in the 2nd Ranger Battalion as a Company Commander before being assigned to the US Army Ranger mountain training camp as Commander.
Wow amazing man!
What about Nevill Brand?
Working on a video of him. Coming soon!
@@ThisDate Very cool!
Another highly decorated soldier of WW2.
You should cover Footsie Britt. He was the first to receive the MOH, DSC, and the Silver Star in a single war. He was a rookie for the Detroit Lions when the war started. He joined and served in the 3rd ID. He was Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas under Winthrop Rockefeller.
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Truly the greatest generation
We were blessed to have these men and women keeping our country free. They were next level.
Thank you sirs for your heroic bravery and valiant service to our country
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Kids and adults today should take a page from these great Americans
Beautifully said!
A Great List of Great Men whose Uncommon Valor was a Common Virtue.
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My father was a US Army medic assigned to the UK during most of the war. He mentioned that most of the casualties he treated were crew members of the 8th Air Force. Fortunately, Jimmy Stewart was not one of them !
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You’re right! You should of included Richard Bong, Tom McGuire, Neel Kirby, Mush Morton…
Matt Urban became the highest decorated US soldier over Audie Murphy when he received his final awards as you mentioned.
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The sailor name was not Dorie it was Doris praise God there is now a ship named for him. RIP, sir.
An amazing man indeed!
Praise the humans!!!
Indeed
Doris! Absolutely deserves the CMO. He is the definition of BADASS
Yup!
Doss...Had EXTREMELY Strong Faith in God.....!!!!
He did!
Sir, I forget the man's name...American GI in Europe, became German POW....escaped....got to Russian lines, joined up with Ruskies....earned awards with them....got back to American lines...went back into combat! That is bad ass!
Wow need to look into that!
Greg Boyington was remarkable. Speaking with a reporter while he was in hospital with cancer, the reporter referred to Boyington as a "hero" to which he replied "show me a hero and I'll show you a bum"...His biography is a good read.
Sounds like Pappy!
Wow....great video! You're right, these kids nowadays have no idea who any of these guys were including Audie L. Murphy. I ask every "kid" that comes into our company if the know some things and they do not. The first person I found who knew who he was was a young designer - another girl to boot! - who knew and she knew more than any younger person there. Hell, even middle aged people there. NONE of the older girls even knew....except me of course....From 12/7/41 to 8/2/43 to 9/11/2021 they only knew the 9/11 day.....damned shame these people know NO history.....Thank you for being a reminder for them as none of these people shoule EVER be forgotten!
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Good choice on naming John Basilone number one!! My uncle fought with him on Guadalcanal and for years talked about him. When I saw the Pacific it all came home to me. I too am from Jersey and am also a paisan....The ultimate hero!!!!
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1st LT William Deane Hawkins USMC Medal Of Honor battle of Tarawa. Incredible story.
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“ YOU WANT CONFIRMATION??!!!
TAKE A LOOK!!!
THERES!! YOUR CONFIRMATION!!!”
Nevill Brands line in “Tora Tora Tora”.
Well done. Great stuff.
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America had men back then and you'd be really hard pressed to find any like these men around anymore
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WOW, this was the most educational video. About World War II thank you I will follow you my father World War II, Korea, and Vietnam
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That is a tough call to name 10 out of so many incredible people. I felt that it I should recognize previous wars. Here is mine, based on all-time war time service with some influence of work outside of armed conflict, some, not all. 1.Audie Murphy 2. Theodore Roosevelt 3. Joe Foss 4. Richard Bong 4. John Basilone 5. Desmond Doss 6. Eddie Rickenbacker 7. Bradley Kasal 8. Chuck Yeager 9. Lafayette G. Pool 10. Ftr Vincent Capodanno
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