There was virtually no information on Chuuk before, this is the best video I've seen about these islands so far.

In the fall of 1964 my US Navy ship moored on the west side of Moen Island, Chuuk. I began my visit with a walk along the western shoreline with a young boy as my guide. After returning to the village my shipmates and I enjoyed a dance by locals and purchased some souvenirs. I met an American women who worked as a teacher on Moen Is. Her house was just below the entrance to a tunnel that passed through the mountain top to a gun emplacement overlooking the lagoon. I'm pretty sure it's the gun showed in the opening of this video. I had a very enjoyable visit there. Navigating in and out of Chuuk is somewhat treacherous as numerous Japanese shipwrecks remain from the US attack on the islands during WWII.

I work at an Asian market in Arizona and I have about 25 co-workers from Chuuk. Nicest people I know

@stevenobitea5843

4 жыл бұрын

I'm marshallese and I live here too I with work with chuukese people at design mail nice people.we Islanders are very chill💯

@richerich9238

3 жыл бұрын

Til the Christmas party!!! LoL jk

@TM686K

3 жыл бұрын

@@richerich9238 "eeeeeeyy bra remember that time you reported me to management for forging my timesheets? **starts stabbing** " lol jks

@famejay7318

3 жыл бұрын

I am nicer get to know me

@REVBomB1

2 жыл бұрын

What market?

I'm from Western Samoa them Europeans was aggressively invaded our country..but to God be the Glory ..yes they touched our shores but our HeartLands never conquered..We became Independent State..not included American Samoa they're still under United States.. know as Territory) We own our own lands and rights to all our freedom from God..I love my Country so dearly to us Westerners all over the the world...We migrated all over in different corners of the globe and pay money to stay in 🏠 n extras in foreign country know in our ❤️ it's alright for just a short terms because we're always go back to our Homeland ...where our ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ Belongs.. So Don't ever forget who you are n where you from....Also we hold on to our language..Stay strong young generations of Micronesia don't loose hope..✍️🙏

@djokawari1

3 жыл бұрын

The German Empire governed the western part of the Samoan archipelago from 1900 to 1914. From the end of World War I until 1962, New Zealand controlled Western Samoa. And you guys all converted to Christianity. lmao

@weyrez4u

3 жыл бұрын

Very well said. Malo pwipwi 🙏🏽❤️

@Wowvod

2 жыл бұрын

I love our islanders from the north to the south pacific , stay strong brothers and sisters.🇫🇲💯

@user-oi3br6dl9n

2 жыл бұрын

I am from Iraq .. Does micronesia have asylum and work and I can live in it and my destination is coming .. or is it a weak country in terms of an economy and cannot be living in?

@lrn_news9171

Жыл бұрын

They also brought you christianity which you seem to adhere to

I love your work. Thank you for helping to spread more knowledge and situational awareness of my country Chuuk. I am a SGT in the U.S Army. I am proud to be serving and proud of my homeland. Again thank you so much. The video was amazing and all the information you portrayed are 100% correct. I would hug and kiss you if I could.

@lamanchamediatube

6 жыл бұрын

Wow really? Haha thank you for your kind words sergeant!

the love-stick is one of the coolest traditions I have ever heard of!

@michaeldavis9190

3 жыл бұрын

It sounds horribly impractical lol

@kylorhys7966

2 жыл бұрын

Instablaster.

@vonoiteuo

9 күн бұрын

It went from love stick to HAMMAH😂😂

I love Chuuk! I have been there a few times with the USCG.

This series is a fantastic recording for these islands, well done and thank you!

Had roommates in college from all around Micronesia; Truk (Chuuk), The Marshalls, Palau, Pohnpei. Got to go to all the islands...Back in the 70's. Spent about a month in Chuuk. Also spent about a year in Saipan. Didn't get to Yap and Palau, but had roommates in Saipan from there. I miss the slow pace of life there. My spelling is bad but, "keech menasin sala...Mortlockese...All of us, let's go"!!

@greyone308

3 жыл бұрын

lovin life on saipan for 3 years now.

@j.pkeperz2317

3 жыл бұрын

Haha..thats awesome and its getting better your chuukese

@m1y4h41

Жыл бұрын

ehehe.. your pronunciation is close, not bad. But it's actually pronounced "kish monson salo"

I can’t believe people would want to leave this place. It’s literally heaven on earth.. I would do anything to visit or even live life like them.

@famejay7318

3 жыл бұрын

It gets boring because you do want to interact with people plus you wanna do many things which can’t be done in a tiny place. But yes from distance it looks incredible

@bw2442

Ай бұрын

You have to drink deeply of the modern world to give up the fantasy’s of how great it will be and realize that what you had on that tiny island was all I’d ever need, beautiful water, cool breezes, fresh fruit, coconuts, fish, gardens, family, Look what the modern world brought here in 1944. Bombs, bullets, wreckage, killing. Sure go to the modern world and learn about being taxed and controlled , you have to live in the pit for awhile to appreciate the pinnacle.

WELL documented.. thank you very much for sharing your journey

This was an excellent video! To be sincere, I never knew about these islands. Well done guys!!!

Beautiful video..thanks for sharing

Man, I miss Chuuk! I attended Xavier High School (Class of 1998). Thank you for the mini documentary and especially for including XHS in it. Without the school, I would have probably never experienced the Chuukese culture and its amazing people! And nope, lost my love stick a long time ago. Wakakak!

@lamanchamediatube

5 жыл бұрын

This is great. Thanks for your comments. XHS was the highlight of my entire trip to all the compacts!

I really appreciate the way , the Taxi driver's speaking he had a fluent english !

@lamanchamediatube

6 жыл бұрын

He was not a taxi driver. He worked with the government office of media affairs. How I wish I could have published all the stories he told us, but simply not enough time. He was excellent.

In Hawaii there are many homeless Micronesians. They are heavily discriminated against by the native Hawaiians. It’s so bad the ACLU got involved.

@solomontrump

Жыл бұрын

Whaaaaaaaaaaa-

@lrn_news9171

Жыл бұрын

Must be white peoples fault

Great video, thank you for sharing.

💗💗 I truly miss my home. I hope that more people know about my island. And that it exists! I want people to see my island and appreciate it as much as I do. For 691!! 🤞🏽🇫🇲

@mohammeddakeek6810

6 жыл бұрын

Joyjoy Osawa I'm coming soon to visit ur place there... Can I have any contact with u.. Number or something

@joypdx1668

6 жыл бұрын

I’m not at my island at the moment I got to school in the states. But feel free to ask me anything about the island. Email me @joyjoyosawa13@gmail.com

@vatoerlet3158

6 жыл бұрын

Joyjoy Osawa same. i want people to know it better.:'(

@memyselfimemyselfi4788

6 жыл бұрын

Joyjoy Osawa Hello iam chamarro and italian born in nyc moved back as a small child ,my dad was in the navy ,and left to be raised in nyc . Iam now fifty two and seen guam in my early twenties to see my mom ....i so miss guam and my mom and her family ....God bless you

@Ok-xr2yu

6 жыл бұрын

I grew up here but left when I was 4 😭

Beautiful video thanks for sharing

As a retired merchant seaman I love chuck island I spent 2 months on the island

I've loved that you've made these videos of home. Thank you -Betty Aten

@vitasos1

6 жыл бұрын

Good video

@meluk6991

5 жыл бұрын

Betty is that you?

I love chuuk. Thanks for sharing this great video.

Great video makes me miss my island . Thank you for sharing .

My micro friends loved to party in college . Eastern Oregon State College. They were raised using knives but not threatening to us. But sometimes with each other. Great athletes too, good peeps..

Waioooooh brings tears to my eyes to see home..... i wanna go back...😭😭😭

@deborajames5663

6 жыл бұрын

Fancy Nika me too. Waiooooooo

@stevenobitea5843

4 жыл бұрын

Stay strong my brother we marshallese wanna go back home too🇲🇭🇪🇺

I got a say.... I really thank u for sharing such wonderful video... I my self don't know anything about my own history... But I appreciate the fact that there r others who would actually leave their home land or country just to go and learn such unique traditions.... I my self will just ignore the drama that was on the road... Kinda weird knowing how scary that scene is... But what can I say... Its life... But people pls.. Just pls.. No comment besides thank u again for sharing...

Chuukese , home sweet home, Thank you very much for sharing❤

Well done! Thank you! I came from there & I’m way over here😘

My home sweet home Thanks for the video

Congratlulations for your national holiday/independence Day on 3rd November Micronesia from your friends in Germany

love your video thanks

Love it..great job:-)

Great video, you mentioned that your father was a Corsair pilot in the marines, my grandfather was a pilot with VMF214 I have a picture of him sitting on the wing his Corsair in what I think is chuuk.

@lamanchamediatube

5 жыл бұрын

Very cool. Many great pics like that in the little adhoc museum there.

Wow it's amazing to know more about chuuk

Great video

La Mancha Media; Thanks for the videos,very historicals ,History of war in the Pacific and the value of those islands to preserve peace on those islands.

@lamanchamediatube

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Their history is fascinating. Glad to document small part in this decade of our earth. Thank u!

Thanks you bro thanks for shearing my island

@lamanchamediatube

5 жыл бұрын

Your welcome!

I get to search this island by just looking small islands in the map and got curious. Beautiful 😍

This is an awesome video. Thanks for sharing 🇫🇲🇫🇲🇫🇲🇫🇲🇫🇲

@lamanchamediatube

5 жыл бұрын

Very nice. Thanks!

One of the best video,I want to sail by sailboat to this islands.many thanks for the video.

@lamanchamediatube

5 жыл бұрын

hope you can visit one day. thanks very much

@rimasmeleshyus6545

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I hoping to see this one of the most beautiful islands. Take a look my Facebook page ,many beautiful pictures and many videos sailing around the world.Take care my Dear friend.

@Wowvod

2 жыл бұрын

You could try but I suggest you shouldn’t cause there’s like 50 foot waves out there and a shit ton of storms out in the ocean near chuuk.

@vonoiteuo

9 күн бұрын

​@Wowvod and it don't even bother our navigators🤙

I HAVE A CHUUKESE NEIGHBOR I'M CARVING MY LOVE STICK.

@palmtrees6228

4 жыл бұрын

You a fool 😂

@udozap8026

4 жыл бұрын

Nice òmwo Uwa pizekini efoj TONG STICK

Missed my island of Uman and our reefs islands..

Now days folks send pics of their love sticks ;) Boy I wish it was like the old days you all had on Chuuk.. so much more romantic. Greetings from lake Erie, Michigan.. ohh I think it would be cool, to have an old fashion pen pale from Chuuk.. let me know and we can write each other.. write.. not text ;)

@lamanchamediatube

6 жыл бұрын

Good luck! I bet you find someone!

@faanengaaw7357

5 жыл бұрын

lol @send pics of their love sticks! 😂😂😂

Nice content ❤️❤️❤️❤️

They actually caught a fight on camera 😂

Hey thats Chonfan..! Fan represent..

I'm chuukese and I love my island i dont want anyone to hate that

I wonder what drawn you to Chuuk and did this Documentary? Great job very Well documented btw!!

@lamanchamediatube

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! No real reason other than trying to see the world a little at a time

@finkuchu

3 жыл бұрын

@@lamanchamediatube Good for you!! I always wanted to do this too while some people like you actually doing it.👏CONGRATS..

yeah here in the state too much bills alot off stuff we had to deal with and its kinda hard to save up..

The naked guy running 😂😂

When I was on Oneop island back in 1991 or 92 I remember they use to tie the drunks to the coconut trees till they are sober lol 😂

@lamanchamediatube

5 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't doubt it!

@faanengaaw7357

5 жыл бұрын

im frm Uman island. every villages would set up a meeting hall(Uut) just for drunkards who goes out of hand. they are tied to a pole until they are ready to go home...

@udozap8026

4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 so true in my village they tied drunk people to them trees

@crazy691ify

4 жыл бұрын

I'm from oneop too

@Wowvod

2 жыл бұрын

Bro dont the cops do that there, I heard they tie up the trunks they just throw them in the back of their trucks😂😂😂,and sometimes tie them up on a coconut tree

A lot of micronesian in pxd, that's what brought me to this video. Thank you

@brandonmoses2657

2 жыл бұрын

Yes pdx oregon, right?

Chuuk is my lovely home

Just a note for Edition. Douglas' last name is "Marar" not "Moror" the Executive Director of the Visitors Bureau. Please correct that. Thank you

Please I need to know about chuuk hospital there how is life there and how is work how is life and education for kids

Beautiful island.. if i could I would defenaetly want to live there.. buy a small land and a home i'd be set for life.

You have not even touched the reality of what is happening in Chuuk go to the islands, the ones without electricity and spend about a week and experience what it’s like to have drunk people roam freely with no police on those islands. There are selfish high up people that control Chuuk and allow certain areas to have police but some other areas left to rot.

@lamanchamediatube

6 жыл бұрын

I can imagine. Thanks for your comment. There are many social ills there I know. Sobriety would help tremendously I'm sure. In fact I was asked by an important resident of Chuuk to take out the fight scene. I left it in because I'm trying to portray the reality. In fact I took out other stories that were worse including high rates of suicide.

@bcubed72

6 жыл бұрын

_"experience what it’s like to have drunk people roam freely with no police on those islands. "_ Lots of drunks, No cops, Beaches? SPRING BREAK 2019!!!

@sadbullets

6 жыл бұрын

Supremegamer408 1

@nileshnath541

5 жыл бұрын

Definitely placed too much emphasis and time on Xavier High.

@infernal..

5 жыл бұрын

I think Chuuk isn't getting better because of the higher ups. They're not addressing the issues they should be. Instead they're focusing on their own selfish needs.

😣😣😣my island miss so much

Do one on Kosrae

I just saw my older brother on that wall of scholars. 👍

I am from India. My City Is Kolkata. I Love Your Channel

I love you taxi driver.

Nowadays, the girls look at the pics of the love sticks in their cellphones and then choose which love stick they like the most.

@tiparoch619

3 жыл бұрын

The one with the head?

@j.r.freeman9420

Жыл бұрын

😂🤣😂

The one in white is my dad 😭 he got deported back to Chuuk

Is Maria Moreno teacher of Spanish in Xavier High School ?

@themanagement69

4 жыл бұрын

she teaches science

wow chuuk so beautiful

Pernah transit di pulau ini 👍👍👍👍👍

Haven't been home for a while. Going back next year in Jan for my grandparents anniversary. For those wondering which part of chuuk I'm from, it's in the name I have. 😁

@udozap8026

4 жыл бұрын

Rananim ngonuk pwipwi POLLE non ei fanzoun lockdown Quarantine

I'm surprised , the pig pen is still there at Xavier H.School.

Im from chuuk too

Wheres part 4 of yap?

These islands were under German rule and after Germany lost the WW I, the League of Nations awarded the islands to Japan. In case you are wondering why Japan, in a short time, was able to heavily fortified these islands, don't. They had between I and II.

@faanengaaw7357

5 жыл бұрын

sdimas73 they were handed over to Germany frm Spain.

Pwi pwi 😁

Lol when my mom saw the lady fighting she was swearing in chuukese

@lamanchamediatube

6 жыл бұрын

Classic! Thanks

Woow i never been to chuuk but my dad said my grandma was there but sadly died i never gpt to meet her😭😭😭😭😭

The gun emplacement was where my wife and I had one of our first dates.

hey. thats my cousin jonfan. wussup bro. lol

Just one to bring back the world best way to ride

That dude at the 5 minute mark was speaking very good facts

proud to be chuukese

I'm glad that you love our Island

@lamanchamediatube

6 жыл бұрын

Terrance Francis yes I do. Very unique place!

Hi there my name is zack, and I’m Chuukese. I just wanted to ask you if I can use your video for my class presentation

Say hello From Indonesia ( Mollucas/Ambon ) 👍👍👍

Very educational for my son!

@lamanchamediatube

6 жыл бұрын

My favorite part is the school there. So much hope there

I want to live there.

My father and uncle went to cousin went this this school too

Big problem of the government, many students got government scholarships and never come home, so we won't get any change or development. I also got a government scholarship and came back, I was surprised I became one of the schalorship board. And last year we granted 261 students with schalorship, hope they will come home. Sad story 😂 😂 😂

' Waiooo , i fuccn miss chuuk so fuucin much !!😭😭

Anne Frank Diary?? for what?? Nice video!!

I'm at chuuk right now or I can say I live at chuuk

Another reason why chuuk dont really have that much buldings is because everytime they try to built things it gets destroyed, thats why chuukese people have a saying,( tirow lang, tirow puun, tirow saat) because we respect the land, but most of the contruction workers are people from the military, and also filipino's, so they dont really know the history of our people and what they did. There was a story, in chuuk this Man, i think he was in the construction company but yeah when they were cutting down the trees to built, they cut down this huge cotton tree, and rumors say that he died.😳

@bravepacifican691

2 жыл бұрын

true shit bro. not just any tree. it was an ( AAWW) tree. tree of the death... this happened back in 2010 or 2011 during the PII construction days on chuuk. the Man that cut down the tree was a foreigner to chuuk not a native. and simply by that its disrespectful to the (AWWW) tree. you dont mess with that tree. my grandmother warn me about that tree to always avoid it. not to go near it. it really is a curse tree. you wont find it anywhere else in the world. it grows only on chuuk islands. especially Weno the chuuk main Island. True Facts!

7:28 Daz Errday life down hea in the guttah! 😩Chuuk...😞

COOL : I

he aint no taxi driver. he works for the department of tourist relation.

@lamanchamediatube

5 жыл бұрын

You are correct. As I pointed out to another commentator. Thanks

WE COMING BACK !!!!!

Class of 1980

@2:32 Master Roshi's island

@udozap8026

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

Ironically those ancient ships will become reefs alive with coral and fish.

@kira2hot4you37

4 жыл бұрын

They are a ticking time bomb! One of these days oils frm those ships will be released into our ocean & ruin the ecosystem.

@ 7:57 that's my man cave... that's where I smoked my herbs 👌👌👌👌

Wow..just learn bout the love stick..i only know bout the love water..😂😂