I was to men a hero that is left out in this series. His name is Jacob Vouza. Jacob was a constable in the British Solomons. He volunteered to scout for the Marines, who gave him a small American flag that he carried with him wherever he went. On one scouting mission he was captured by the Japanese. They tied him to a tree and tortured him to get information about the Americans but he kept silent. After several hours the Japanese used Jacob for bayonet practice, stabbling him in the face, neck, arms, groin, and torso. They then left him for dead. Vouza managed to free himself, walked 3 miles to where the Marines were stationed and warned them of the location where the Japanese would concentrate their attack. Within the hour the attack came precisely where Jacob had warned. Because of his information the Marines were ready and casualties were kept to a minimum. Jacob eventually recovered from his wounds and went back to scouting for the Marines, still carrying a new American flag. He was awarded the Silver Star by the US and a medal from the British Government. In 1968 he was brought to the US by the Marines as there honored guest. There is a statue of Jacob Vouza in the Solomon Islands honoring his heroism. Truly a great man.😊❤

@CrustyRetiredMarine

2 ай бұрын

More correctly, Sgt Maj Vouza. Great man.

@amylorraine3776

2 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you for sharing his story. What a warrior.

Shaking hands has a lot more meaning for a man. Dads hug you all the time when you are growing up but that moment when you leave the house and go off to do your own thing is a totally different thing. It's like a gesture of acceptance that you are your own man now and no longer under his wing. I remember when I left home to join the Marines less than a month after I graduated high school. My dad shook my hand and it meant everything to me then.

A WWII Cruiser (like the "Northampton", which was sunk in that battle) had a total crew compliment around 700.

"Is this going to have a love story in it? I love war love stories." Oh you sweet summer child...

@StealthDiablo

Ай бұрын

Never knew a winter in their lives.

Amy you might be interested to know that there was a sailor, Seaman First Class Calvin Graham that participated in 2 of the naval battles off Guadalcanal. Stay with me, this is interesting. He was assigned to a 40 mm anti-aircraft gun on the battleship USS South Dakota. He participated in the Battle of Santa Cruz off Guadacanal (October 1942) and the Naval Battle of Guadacanal (November 1942). In the second battle he was wounded by shrapnel but still participated in rescuing his crew mates. For his actions he received a purple heart and a bronze star. We would all agree that he was a courageous man but he wasn't a man. He was born April 3, 1942 which made him a 12 year old boy, the youngest person to serve in combat.

@amylorraine3776

Ай бұрын

Wow, he was just a young boy, but he held it together like a man.

@mikealvarez2322

Ай бұрын

I'm meant to say "He was born April 3, 1930 not 1942." In 1942 he was 12.

The aftermath of the Tenaru/Alligator Creek battle set the stage for the rest of the Pacific war. Instead of offering surrender and rendering aid to wounded enemy, you just shot them again to make sure they were really dead. Imagine what that did to the pysches of the mostly teenaged US marines.

7:34 Joseph Mazzello played Tim in Jurrasic Park

@facubeitches1144

2 ай бұрын

And Hoosier was Cooper in Eurotrip.

@andreraymond6860

2 ай бұрын

Also was in Bohemian Rhapsody as John Deacon of Queen, alongside Rami Malek.

ahhhh these gotta be watched with the intro's!!!! just like band of brothers

@RmsTitanicagaming1912

2 ай бұрын

If I remember reading correctly the hbo max versions don’t have the intro’s included. The intro’s where only available on dvd if I remember correctly.

@amylorraine3776

2 ай бұрын

I tried to find what you were talking about, I can't seem to find a version that has a different intro 🤔

@amylorraine3776

2 ай бұрын

​@@RmsTitanicagaming1912 That's a shame.

@dunny_420

2 ай бұрын

ahhh it is what it is, i just thought it would def help getting a full grasp of all that is going on, i love that they are narrated by tom hanks, im not sure what version they are on anymore lol, def not on the hbo max versions i just checked, thats pretty wack IMO that shit should be on all versions right?? lol

@RmsTitanicagaming1912

2 ай бұрын

@@amylorraine3776 I’m not sure if the Netflix versions have the intro’s or not. There was a collector’s edition that came out that had the intro’s. It was only available I think in the us.

A WW2 "Light Cruiser' could be carrying anywhere from 500 to 1200, according to Google.

@dioghaltasfoirneartach7258

2 ай бұрын

Usually around 700-800

@dedcowbowee

2 ай бұрын

@@dioghaltasfoirneartach7258 👍

It would have been very difficult for the Allies to win WW2 without the US. The US supplied 2/3 of all equipment and much of the food used by the Allies. It is a fact that the German army suffered 80% of its casualties on the Eastern Front fight the USSR but the USSR would have had it difficult to defeat the Germans without the 400,000 trucks and Jeeps we sent them. In the Asian theater we suppoed the Chinese with the weapons to fight the Japanese invaders. We also carried the load in the Pacific.

@joeywheelerii9136

Ай бұрын

We also supplied the Soviets with half their aviation fuel and 90% of their train engines. Plus much of the high quality chemical stuff that is needed to make explosives and other stuff.

Yes! Missed you since B.O.B.!😍

@amylorraine3776

2 ай бұрын

🥰😁

I'm a marine corps veteran. When in a defensive position your senses become super human. You can smell a man from the slightest wind. You learn how the normal sound of bugs are. Just imagine something that makes everything silent, then when the wind is just right you smell the armpit of someone you don't know. You can smell the difference between people when you have been around em long enough

The Guadalcanal landing was the first amphibious invasion undertaken by the US military in WW2, and it was the Japanese military's first experience on the receiving end of an island invasion. It happened a month before the US & British landings in North Africa (Operation Torch) where resistance on the beaches was also minimal. The Normandy landings were almost 2 years later. The Japanese did not anticipate the Guadalcanal landings. As you'll see watching the series this was the last time the Japanese were not prepared for U.S landings.

Yes, the Pacific is going to be more gory than BAND OF BROTHERS and there is a reason for it. The Japanese did not adhere to the Geneva Conventions of 1899 and 1929 or the Hague of 1907. The committed numerous battlefield war crimes some of which you will see in the series: 1. Targeting medics and killing medical personnel. 2. Killing wounded soldiers that posed no threat. 3. Poisoning water or food. 4. Using civilians as shields or forcing them to participate in combat. 5. Killing helpless crews that had bailed out of planes In other words, unlike the Western Front in Europe, there were no rules of war that the Japanese followed. Now it is true that some Germans as well as some Americans / British soldiers committed war crimes, they didn't do it as a matter of policy like the Japanese.

@dioghaltasfoirneartach7258

2 ай бұрын

To fully understand the cruelty of the Japanese 'soldiers' read about the 'Death March of Bataan' and the 'Rape of Nanjing'... A word of caution ⚠️ , however regarding 'The Rape of Nanjing'... There are horrible photos, especially of murdered babies, because the Japanese enjoyed murdering babies and they took photos of their own atrocities. There were 'rivalries' between Japanese soldiers who murdered the most babies, raped the most women, and other atrocities. The Japanese newspapers 📰 'kept score' of the 'competition' and the Japanese public was very excited and supportive. Again, ⚠️ about awful imagery, that could be difficult to 'shake off' ...😬

@mikealvarez2322

2 ай бұрын

​@@dioghaltasfoirneartach7258 The more things change, the more they stay the same. That cruel barbaric mentality exists today in the Middle East. We saw it clearly demonstrated on October 7, 2024. The only difference is that in the 30s no one in the US would dare celebrate such barbarity and today we have a segment of our population and even some members of Congress willing to support and even ally with it. I'm 77 and for a number of reasons no longer recognize my country.😢

For some reason they removed the intros so i highly recommend watching on KZread, they are narrated by tom hanks and show the situation of each episode and of the war To explain the situation with leckie and his dad, his bother died when he was younger and his dad never seem to recover from that so when he left his dad was trying to shield himself from the pain from the idea of losing another son. And even then they had a strained relationship. The naval battle you are watching is called the “battle of the savo island” Its considered one of the worst USN naval defeats in history, out of 4 squadrons (consisting of one 1 cruiser 3-4 destroyers) 3 were wiped out with the last squadron escaping destruction by being too far away and withdrawing that night to open water. Now the show makes it out that the marines were abandoned and fought alone, this is not true with the airfield the marines captured the remaining marine and navy pilots patrolled the skies each day and sunk or harnessed the Japanese navy as best they could (they became know as the “cactus” air force) and the navy lost more men battling the Japanese in the waters around Guadalcanal that the surrounding sea became know as “iron bottom sound” due to the amount of ships both sides lost

Whoopee! Glad you got to The Pacific. The best reactor on KZread watching one 😅f my favorite mini series! Gonna be good!

@amylorraine3776

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for sticking around Xx

The main Japanese goal was to seize the resources (especially oil) in the East Indies and Southeast Asia. They needed those resource to continue their war in China. To protect the supply route they needed to take the Philippines, which would trigger a war with the US. To win that war they needed to cripple the American fleet right at the start, which was why they attacked Pearl Harbor. Japanese Admiral Yamamoto actually predicted that they could run wild for 6 months to a year but if the war lasted longer than that they would lose, which is why they attacked so many places at once at the beginning of the war; they needed to win as quickly as possible. Building an air base on Guadalcanal would give them the ability to attack American ships headed to Australia. Yamamoto turned out to be exactly right.

Oh snaps!!!! Its here 🎉

@amylorraine3776

2 ай бұрын

Yep!! 😁 ☺

Be prepared, the Pacific is harsher, the environment was an enemy itself and the Japanese soldiers had a different mentality than the Germans. Those guys had a wonderful Christmas I can guarantee, as an Italian, I can assure you that we always exaggerate at Christmas lunch. 😁

Their feeling towards the Japanese boiled down to one thing, the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.

Hey Amy ! Great to see you doing this one. Going to be rough, but worth it. Took me for ever to realize who played Eugene Sledge. The little annoying kid in Jurassic Park !

@amylorraine3776

2 ай бұрын

Hi Dave, thanks for starting this new journey with me. 😁 I've been preparing myself for the worst 😕YES!! "The little annoying kid" 😂

My grandfather went from a boy to warrior at 17 years old on Guadalcanal he stayed with the first marine division all the way till 1969 fighting in Korea and Nam but the pacific follows his first war he was never wounded even though he saw battle on the islands shown in this show. He wouldn’t be wounded till Inchon harbor in Korea years later.

The initial date is Christmas so the Japanese started Dec 7 and worked its way around in the two weeks. The Japanese Navy was large but not attack all that at once large.

The problem with mutilating prisoners and leaving them out like that is that rather than frightening the enemy, it might make them fight harder. Not only will they be angry, but they'll have an example of what will happen if the do surrender, so might as well fight hard and to the end. Likewise attacking and killing people trying to help you or take your surrender will make them more likely to shoot bodies on the ground and not bother taking surrenders. The Japanese navy had an early advantage in night fighting. Most other navies only did a like practice or none at all while the Japanese refined the art. They may even have had lower flash powder for their guns to reduce the massive signature of their firing, but I've read accounts for and against this. Once radar became more widely available, however, this advantage was lost. It is also interesting to note that several times the Japanese turned back right before a greater victory. This battle was a case in point. Had they pushed a little further or at least had sent destroyers on, they could have been on all those transports and set the Allied effort back by months and probably cost all those troops on the island.

The US took on a dauting challenge right after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Japan attacked without a declaration of war, then Germany and Italy declared war. It meant the US now had to fight virtually all over the world, but it was decided that there would be a "Germany first" priority and that our allies, the UK and the USSR, would need urgent support in the European theater. By that time, the Japanese had largely overrun South East Asia, the Philippines and the Pacific Islands up to the Australian coast. But, in a practical sense, that remained the limit of Japanese expansion, since the UK/Indian forces had stopped them in Burma, and Australians were also stopping them in New Guinea. But in Europe, both Britain and the USSR were fighting a defensive war against Germany. So, for the US Army, the Pacific would wait. However, the Navy and Marines were fighting a very hot war in the Pacific, claiming islands through horrifying combat.

It took a long time for the US to mobilize and train adequate forces to fight WW2. The US Army was the 17th largest in the world when the war began. The Navy was in better shape but inexperience led to several defeats in the Solomon Islands in the opening phase of the campaign. But the Navy improved rapidly. The Battle of Midway and the victory of the Marine Corps and the Army on Guadalcanal were turning points. While many Japanese commanders dismissed the Americans as too soft and undisciplined to pose much of a threat, there were others like Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto who believed that "all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve." That resolve and the much superior American industrial capacity made the final victory inevitable. The goal was more than just revenge for Pearl Harbor. It was to degrade and destroy the Japanese military forces to such a level that another Pearl Harbor would not be possible.

Epic!

Good to See You again Amy ! Great Reaction

@amylorraine3776

2 ай бұрын

Thank you Xx 😊

You may want to consider a very accurate movie about the battle that made Guadacanal possible, the Battle of Midway. The movie is titled MIDWAY ( not the 1974 version). For Pearl Harbor the classic TORA, TORA, TORA can't be beat.

Please keep in mind that WWII was essentially a teenager’s war, especially in the Marine Corps. There were boys as young as 13 and 14 joining. Of course, that entails that some very young boys did an awful lot of the fighting and dying.

Amy wants a good love story. Those of us that know already have boxes of tissues ready.

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My uncle fought on Guam and Okinawa

Here we go. Gonna be rough.

Many men actually killed themselve after being declared unfit for service.

Great reaction, thanks! As for the difference in attitude, Band of Brothers attacked on D-Day, which was 2 years and 7 months after the Pearl Harbor. This battle on Guadalcanal occurred 9 months after Pearl Harbor. And while the soldiers in BoB saw the Germans as the enemy, these soldiers experienced the Japanese launch a horrific surprise attack on Pearl Harbor when the US was not at war, killing thousands. So emotions were much more raw at this time, with these soldiers, and this enemy

@amylorraine3776

2 ай бұрын

Yes, you're right, emotions were already running high. Pearl Harbor must have felt like a kick in the gut. Thank YOU for watching! ☺

The Japanese were caught by surprise. They didn't give up this little island for 6 months. The Navy fought several times and the US nearly lost.

You've seen "Eugene" as the young boy in "Jurassic Park" I'll wager.👍

@Macilmoyle

2 ай бұрын

He also played John Deacon in the Freddie Mercury biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody".

@dedcowbowee

2 ай бұрын

@@Macilmoyle I haven't seen it, thanks!

@amylorraine3776

2 ай бұрын

YES!! I see it as clear as day now that you've said it. 😊

@dedcowbowee

2 ай бұрын

@@amylorraine3776 When I fist saw this, it was the same feeling,"Where have i seen him?" lol.

I'm warning you now episode 9 is going to be the hardest episode for you to watch

yes, this shows more of the brutality of war. Germans would surrender, Japanese would not.

band of brothers is much better

Btw the US brought the og WW2 uniforms back🚫🧢💯 November 11, 2018 so you can actually go on a date with the same uniform or Grandpa's went on dates with back in the day (US Army only)

SAS Rogue Heros reaction next💯 would be amazing to see someone British review the series that gives the world the origin of the British Special Air Service