Hi! I am from Palau 🇵🇼 main island, Pelleliu is tiny island, one of the 16 states in Palau. One of heaviest battle fight between Japanese and American soldiers on this tiny island of Pelleliu, lots of Japanese and American life's lost.. Thanks to all Veterans for your service..❤

@Dpowell28

4 күн бұрын

Hello from America. Thank you for your comment. I am sorry that our nations were at odds with each other. Your country is full of great warriors that fought with honor. Many good men, brave men on both sides were lost in this endeavor. We do not hate you and respect the commitment of your people to defend your country and your way of life.

I am grateful every day for the courage that those guys had. If the U.S. forces were coming you had better get your affairs in order. Thanks to Wild Bill and all those that served with him.

What a wonderful human being. Thank you Captain Wild Bill. The way you explained your experiences was nothing short of great. Thank you for talking to me.

We are listening to one of the most badass individuals in human history.

Wow, an awesome project. My Dad, who would be turning 99 this year if he were still with us, was also at Peleliu and Okinawa. He was in the Amphibeous Tank Corps and along with his cohorts were the first to hit the beach at Peleliu. After lending fire support to the infantry till the airfield was captured, he was taken out of his lightweight tank to fight the rest of the campaign as an infantryman in the Umurbrogal. The stories he told were harrowing to say the least. I am most fortunate to have ever been born. Semper FI.

@livespotpresents3382

5 ай бұрын

My Dad was in the 456th Amphibious Truck Company attached to the 1st Marines.

Sir, thank you endlessly for your service and may God bless you always!!!! ✝️🇺🇸✝️

I am so pleased that this hero gave testament to his experience. They are living history - it is so important to document all that we can while we still can ... Thank you for this production ... And much gratitude to this Captain and all of his men.

God Bless Mr. Cumba.

God Bless you Sir for your service!!

I bet he rarely gets a chance to tell this amazing story. Thanks, Bill for my freedom. I hope we can keep it.

0:30. LOVE how Bill plays the piano softly, while reminiscing

My father was there. B company, 1 battalion, 1 regiment ( Puller). He was wounded on D+4 but survived. Thank you all marines.

Thank you for your service 🤍

God bless you and your conrades Wild Bill.

Thank you Almighty God for using this brave and courageous man and men to endure all, until defeating such severe and savage enemies.

This was amazing...told my wife and kids to watch this...need to hear this generations story...my grandfather was one...lest we forget ...why we live free

Respect.

Wild Bill doesn't remember yesterday's dinner...but he remembers his war days... I've talked with a bunch of them through the years..they almost all gone now...my pop was on the USS Fayette..attack troop ship...he did away boats at peleliu..I miss my war hero...I've still more to ask him..

Thank you for sharing your story, offering your life, and for having the courage to relive horrors so others might learn from them. Every blessing and prayer for you.

Thank you for your service

Semper Fi MARINE !!

Thx for your story. Great to hear directly from vets.

Thank you old breed.

These men never fail to surprise me at how much they recall from those terrible days they lived and fought through! Shows how traumatic it was that you can’t forget what happened!

Great men much I thanks

I offer you a heartfelt thank you for service and for the story it's enthralling to hear about the experience from someone that saw it with their very eyes!

They don't call these guys the "Greatest Generation" for nothing.

@stanleystempinski235

7 ай бұрын

This country really went down hill as they became fewer. Great people.

Thanks for recording this great interview! Please, please turn DOWN the background "noise".

My grandfather was a CWO2 in the Pacific theater. I still have the picture he took of the anola gay! God bless the old breed!

Other pacific islands got more attention but Peleliu was one of the worst. The Marines thought the island could be taken just in a few days but not so. The enemy was really dug in. I wasn’t there but I’ve seen several documentaries on Peleliu. In terms of manpower it was a costly battle.

George Head, USMC, Peleliu. George ran a printing shop in Catonsville, Maryland. I was a newly minted 2 LT neighbor. Not sure if we met before or after Vietnam? He treated me with such respect when in reality it was he who deserved mine.

", but when you're attacked like we was at Pearl Harbor, you have to do something."

That’s why they followed because u led first and they knew u would sacrifice myself first even though u were an officer. Salute and thank u

Thankyou For Your service

Makes you understand that however terrible the results of dropping the atomic bombs, the Japan mainland invasion alternative would have been worse

@Denozo88

7 ай бұрын

Ultimately most ww2 historians and military historians agree with you. 1 mill casualties wasn't even going to be near correct in the end.

God bless good luck and thanks

There's a video of 2 US vets and 2 japeneses vets visiting the island they fought on but I can't find it.

@scottydog62

7 ай бұрын

Watched that as well,that was compelling

Héroe!

I would have never gotten out of the Marine Corps if he was my Lt or if we had a Platoon Sgt even half his weight in leadership...

There was a video made of this man returning to Peleliu with a fellow marine veteran and a former Japanese soldier. I can’t seem to find a link to it right now, but it’s worth looking for if you’re interested. It was titled something along the lines of “Former Enemies return to Peleliu” Edit: Found it kzread.info/dash/bejne/fI5kx8uRlbzaZMY.htmlsi=AlAHUYREzh9BYOru

Floom

Now then if you get the nickname wild Bill in the Pacific theatre of operations in World War II I rest my case😐Least we forget least we forget

SHOULD HAVE I-VIEWED THE MARINE 30 YRS AGO. This gotta be torture @ that stage. Forcing to relive the past trauma @ ~ 95. Lord have mercy. Marines just don t evvuhhh give up ....just like us finns ... Welcome to NATO Semper fiNN 🇫🇮

racist blacks disrespect this man when they take a knee

Today’s generation couldn’t do what these men and women did. Thank goodness we don’t face any axis leaders of that time today.

Why aren't the blk soldiers/ marines,story ever told like white ones? It's still evident not to tell their story and experience and their heroism.look how many decades it took to give many blk service men their medals.our stories are nevered told like the white ones.just completely erased out of history fighting for this country and never getting credit for it.we fought in all of this country wars and kicked ass, but ignored by history.there we're blk soldiers on pelelui ,but not seen in footage or interviewed.

@simonpierre8283

11 ай бұрын

True

@everythingoutdoors4079

8 ай бұрын

Only 11% of the 8 million people who served during ww2 were African American. Just stating facts, not inciting a riot here. I see your point, but that fact may have a bit to do with your argument.

@frankdodgee

8 ай бұрын

Heard many stories of black veterans. I actually know one. On Iwo Jima a couple of men were sent to shore for more ammunition. It was loaded in the back of a Jeep with a black driver. They came under fire and the black driver jumped out and hid under the jeep refusing to come out. One of the Marines put his rifle against the driver’s head and ordered him to get up and start driving or he was gonna blow his head off.

@charlesjones472

8 ай бұрын

@@frankdodgee you mean like the white boys crying in each other's arms in the documentary pelelui.where they show him sucking his thumb like a little bitch

@Denozo88

7 ай бұрын

Their just weren't many if at all any who were combat soldiers or are even willing to tell their soldiers. Thats the sad reality of it all.

He was a platoon commander with Fox co, 2/7. This is the first account from 2/7 that I've heard about action on Peleliu. I served with WPNS PLT F/2/7 from 04-08. Very cool to hear about the individual histories of the unit I served with myself. F co also gained some fame in the battle of Chosin Reservoir at Tak Tong Pass.