Forrest, you're quickly becoming a national treasure with your hard work and dedication. Thank you for being a teacher.

@brycecrousore1985

2 жыл бұрын

Best channel on KZread, isn't it?! The history lessons included in Forrest's videos are wonderful! If you haven't, make sure you check out Forrest's James Dean as well as Buddy Holly videos! Two map stories with excellent history lessons included. I could listen to his voice narrate every history documentary on KZread.

@stevet8121

2 жыл бұрын

@@brycecrousore1985 Thank you Bryce. I couldn't agree more.

@forresthaggertychannel4301

2 жыл бұрын

You guys are SO kind. Thank you 🙏

@tyoung3455

9 ай бұрын

Absolutely one of the top 10 channels on KZread. Hes almost at 100K subscribers. I mean, this is better than NPR and PBS!

It’s always a good day when Forrest uploads.

@sameeknowsitall

2 жыл бұрын

👍

My grandpa was a snco and helped trained the crews. He was a flight engineer. Then he became an officer & retired as a LtCol after 30+ years of service. WW2, Korea & Vietnam. Thank you for making this video & as always love your content!

@forresthaggertychannel4301

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like your grandfather was a good man!

@brycecrousore1985

2 жыл бұрын

Your grandpa is a true American hero!

Something about your tone of voice that carries into the stories of these videos is really pleasant. It's very respectful and your google maps pinpoint version of breakdowns are unique and put you into a first person like perspective of the events. Appreciate your video with Dan Gryder, he is also a great speaker.

Good job as usual, Forrest. Note: Nagasaki story begins at: 3:40. It's my understanding that the Kokura mission was originally scheduled to leave on August 11. Note the implications of that, if true. Anyway.... Sweeney was lucky that the drop was successful, and that the crew made it to Okinawa. Lucky in the sense that Le May didn't discipline him for the near disaster of a truly historic nature.

@ShannonLH1108

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe a dumb question, but what are the implications had the mission occurred Aug 11 instead of Aug 9?

Honestly the two-day gap between bombings was ridiculous. I know hindsight is 20/20 but it's likely Japan would have surrendered without needing to bomb Nagasaki too. Just my 2c, great vid as always Forrest.

@l8tbraker

2 жыл бұрын

The date was moved up from August 11 due to poor weather predicted over the primary target, Kokura.

@martinlatvian5538

Жыл бұрын

Japan was allready considering surrender after Soviets joined the fight against them. I think They would surrender without atomic bombs dropped on them, but Americans didn't want to wait few more weeks or a month wasting more lives of their soldiers and the bombs were made and some people, just did want to drop the bombs out of pure curiosity and revenge. As well dropping the bombs in a way did keep away Soviets from gaining power in Japan. Which is good. The secobd bomb really was not necessary.

ANOTHER new video from you, Forrest?! (And a new JCS video?!) It must be Christmas! Thank you so much for the excellent content you always provide us. Best channel on KZread! That room is a history lesson of all history lessons ... the bombing ended the war. Had we needed to invade Japan, estimates are it would have cost us literally hundreds of thousands of U.S. heroes. What a piece of history you just shared. Godspeed, Richard.

@forresthaggertychannel4301

2 жыл бұрын

They were estimating 750,000 American casualties and about 2 million Japanese casualties.

@brycecrousore1985

2 жыл бұрын

@@forresthaggertychannel4301 They sure were. American combat casualties in the Pacific theater were 112,000 killed or missing, and 255,000 wounded. In comparison, Japanese losses were an estimated 1.7 million killed or missing, and 94,000 wounded. Those two bombs ending the insanity and inhumanity Japan started was/is a heroic deed (filled with solemnity) for all-time, and anyone who thinks otherwise is nuts and has no grasp on history.

@spiritmatter1553

2 жыл бұрын

@@brycecrousore1985 I hope people don’t pile up on you with that accurate response! The Japanese Emperor was considered a god and had advised civilians to sharpen bamboo poles in anticipation of an American invasion. There would have been no Japanese surrender without our bombs and their tragic aftermath.

@brycecrousore1985

2 жыл бұрын

@@spiritmatter1553 People can pile all they want, with the exception of one thing: they can't pile on with facts. Those lunatics about whom you write, the Emperor and associated cowards hiding in their palaces, sat back and watched as soldiers did their dirty work. They also convinced their own people that Americans would r*pe and then eat them, and had them so hoodwinked that citizens such as those of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, jumped off a cliff to avoid Americans. In actuality, what were Americans doing? Saving them - and the world - from the fools in the palace. BTW, unfortunately Hirohito, or Fool Shōwa, lived a lavish and comfortable life until 1989.

Excellent as always! You present your videos with no bias narrative. You give just the facts and allow the viewers to come to their own conclusions.

As a geography lover, I really appreciate your channel always showing where history was made. For some reason, I find the locations just as fascinating as the history. Great video.

Your channel is brilliant.. Your attention to detail is unmatched. Thank you for the videos, keep them coming!

Damn this is awesome. Good job Forrest

My dad who is alive and well turned 96 this month, was in the 2nd Marine Division. War was hell for him and to this day, doesn't talk about it. Thank you for creating this video.

@alexandercianfrance4470

2 жыл бұрын

He doesn't talk about it because I'm sure he's disgusted with himself and humanity at large.

Love your Pacific theater videos over the years! Thank you for the content Forrest!

Saw you uploaded and immediately clicked we all appreciate the time and effort you put in all your videos. Thanks man

I’m always anxiously awaiting each new episode. Thank you so much for your work. Excellent.

@forresthaggertychannel4301

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’m hoping to retire early because I would like to get one out a week, at least. Two would be better.

My Granddad would be 100 today. He didn’t fly in the Enola Gay; but he was stationed in Iwo Jima and did about 17-21 missions over Japan until the day they dropped the bomb. He was a ball gunner. I have all his medals and flag. As well as his log book, written in pencil, of his missions. He was as surprised as anyone else the day the bomb was dropped. He was already ready for his “next” fly over. I miss him very much. Lost him in January 2020 before Coronavirus thank the lord. Thank you for this as always Mr. Haggerty!! Bless ALL the veterans that keep our country safe with their lives. They deserve much much more credit.

@forresthaggertychannel4301

2 жыл бұрын

I would love to have met your grandfather. They don’t make them like that anymore! My good Friend Bill Harrison would have been 100 today! I wrote his book “Six Days on a Raft”. We lost him August 7, 2018.

@GodWearsGucci

2 жыл бұрын

@@forresthaggertychannel4301 so sorry. Wow, literally born days apart. I did get to ask a lot of questions and have a ton of answers….but never enough.

Love the frequent uploads! Thanks Forrest!

Forrest, your voice and historical insight is always soothing.

Great content as always Forrest. The differences between this event and Hiroshima are vast. Thank you for this video.

@lawrencet83

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, great content. But how are the differences vast? I don't every detail of both drops. Please enlighten me.

@andrewgelston6073

2 жыл бұрын

@@lawrencet83 I would suggest watching Forrest’s video on Hiroshima. To really sum it up, Hiroshima went according to plan whereas Nagasaki did not.

@lawrencet83

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewgelston6073 Cool, thanks!

I was in Hiroshima on the day after the anniversary of that bombing, and unfortunately the museum was closed because of covid. Still was amazing to think that where I stood at that time could have been ground zero.

I follow a lot of people on KZread and you are my absolute favorite. Thank you for all your content. It is so fascinating and uniquely presented.

@forresthaggertychannel4301

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your support Shannon.

Brilliant as always Forrest Haggerty

Awesome stuff!!!!! Glad I found your channel and look forward to the future works you put out.

I love how you go and visit all these places, Love all your videos so much info and so relaxing

Thank you for going into this historical event. A detailed and excellent account. I wish my father was alive to enjoy it. He participated in WWII in Europe and the Pacific.

Always excellent and informative. Many thanks.

Fascinating video-thank you!

Great job Forrest! An incredible part of history!

Nice work Forrest, Merry Christmas!

Well done as always by Mr. Haggerty. But surely I can't be the only one here to understand both the nukings of Japan, not to mention the fire bombing of Tokyo earlier in the year, were war crimes.

I couldn’t get here fast enough when my alert went off…always an interesting video!

I love the videos because you actually go to locations it’s so surreal!!!!

Thank You Forrest wonderful History I like History too. Merry Xmas 🎄

Completely Awesome Forrest

Another fantastic video Forrest

@forresthaggertychannel4301

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words! I’m happy to see your channel growing!

Excellent outline of the Nagasaki mission and great tribute to Richard (R.I.P). Thanks Forrest. 👍👍

@IlMerluz

2 жыл бұрын

Honest question, please don't get mad at me, why is the hero who killed tens of thousands of innocent people a hero?

@Brett33

2 жыл бұрын

@@IlMerluz The crews that flew the missions were given a job to do and they did their job. They stopped countless other American soldiers from losing their lives by bringing an end to the war .

Meanwhile the people on the USS Indianapolis were experiencing a royal government SNAFU, as they lay in the ocean waiting for rescue, unnoticed.

Thanks for that.

Great content!! I'm sharing it with my colleagues!:))

@forresthaggertychannel4301

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Vianey! I hope they enjoy it!

Videos are awesome man, keep it up!

Excellent as always

@forresthaggertychannel4301

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comment!

keep up the great work!

Videos are still no one Forrest love the style and effort you put into them.

So interesting and well researched, thanks

Really cool video Forrest!

@forresthaggertychannel4301

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Your channel is so underrated! Amazing video

@forresthaggertychannel4301

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comment.

Love your videos

Your work is great. Really interesting. I'm a history and map guy so your videos are right where I'm at. Thanks for all your interesting and hard work. PS: I love how they named the bombers in WWII.

Made my day with a new post!!!!!!!!!

@forresthaggertychannel4301

2 жыл бұрын

Good for me to know! Thank you 🙏

hi Forrest i like all ur videos about history and things keep up the good work

@forresthaggertychannel4301

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Amazing video

This is a excellent Chanel 👌from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 in the uk

Cheers!

Thank you great history lesson.

My Dad was on Le Shima where the Fifth Air Force was based , they flew B-24's. Bockscar would have flown right over them on that return trip.

Excellent

Always great content and educational! You should do the Marshall Plane Crash one day.

Nothing to celabrate....

@buzaldrin8086

Жыл бұрын

* celEbrate

Still the best content on YT

"Richard H. Nelson died on February 1, 2003 at 3:00 a.m., which was three hours before the astronauts on the Space Shuttle Columbia were killed on reentry to the Earth's atmosphere. In her interview, Nancy(wife) remembered that at Dick's memorial service, Forrest Haggerty, a friend and author of the book on said that the astronauts "wanted some very nice man to greet them at the Pearly Gates, and that was Dick Nelson." "

@forresthaggertychannel4301

2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Thank you for reminding me! I forgot about that! A huge THANK YOU! 🙏

@mariec.2776

2 жыл бұрын

Nice man ? 😂😂 he killed innocent people

I've never heard the details and story behind this bombing. That seems kind of crazy now that I think about it. Thanks so much for this!

@jamieriedmiller

2 жыл бұрын

This is a very detailed account from a cre member

Again, well done Forrest. I think the WW2 videos are my favorite. It would be interesting to see some of Easy company missions from google earth. hint hint haha.

@forresthaggertychannel4301

2 жыл бұрын

I have some in mind and I’m holding out so I can visit these locations and include the visit in the video. If I don’t think I can make it there then I will do it on Google Earth:))))

very interesting vid !!!!!

Thank you to the person who shared their family’s heirlooms for mr Nelson

Love your content, love this video, although you sounds more energic than before. Idk maybe you're stressed now maybe you were just depressed before but your videos used to be more calm. I feel like the videos are faster, more cuts. This isn't necessarily a bad thing though, brings me back to my childhood when my stressed father helped me study history class, telling nerdy details, for hours. im lazzy ass french man writting this from clermont-ferrand at 2am and Im high, I think this shows your videos are quite universal.

@forresthaggertychannel4301

Жыл бұрын

I was just trying to cram a lot of information without going too long:)))

Good video

Thank You So Much for This Video and Narration! I am morbidly interested in the Nuclear Bombings and the Raw Power of these Apocalyptic Machines of death.. and thankful for any information in any form of view... Thanks Forrest...

@forresthaggertychannel4301

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your support and comment!

I love your videos like u loved that ash tray.

A few Lucky Strikes snuffed out in that ash tray I bet. Very interesting.

@forresthaggertychannel4301

2 жыл бұрын

He was a smoker. That’s what took him so early. He was only 77.

Forrest upload day! Should be a good one!

For some reason Hiroshima gets most of the media and public attention, probably from our frequent desire to ignore second fiddles. The strange fact that both main cameras malfunctioned during each nuclear drop and detonation is highly suspicious.

When the war criminals praise and cheer each other.

i thought you were gunna say something else when you got above the blast point and said "straight up" made me laugh thinkin about it

If it weren't for the missions of the Enola Gay & Bock's Car, I might never have known my father or any of my uncles! - Marc Smith, born August 16, 1943.

1:13 How times have changed. Today, everyone seeing that in Hollywood would expect to hear, "This was Whitney Houston's coke mirror."

9:34 that was Depression-era thinking. Just like my grandma would say. "Never waste a bomb." You might need it later.

I had the pleasure of meeting Dutch Van Kirk at a trade show I was working. Brave crew. They don't make them like those guys anymore.

@forresthaggertychannel4301

2 жыл бұрын

That’s true! An Old Breed we may never see again. I also was fortunate enough to spend a large amount of time with Dutch. He would frequently visit Richard Nelson and I got to hangout with both of them at the same time.

That's it? No word for the 80,000 civilians dead!? Show some respect!

@mariec.2776

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly they don't mention them as innocent victims . And give medals to the one who killed them

Good day to you Forrest. I think a fitting follow up video would be about the USS Indianappollis that delivered the 2 atomic bombs to Tinian, and the terrible tragedy that awaited her on her return voyage. I think it is the worst naval tragedy in history as far as loss of life. please look into it. Warmest regards from Dean Harrop in Queensland Australia. (your mate !!)

@rayross997

2 жыл бұрын

Great suggestion!

@l8tbraker

2 жыл бұрын

* Indianapolis You can read about the delivery of the bomb parts to Tinian here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Alberta Worst naval disaster? That was the wartime sinking of the German Wilhelm Gustloff in January 1945 in World War II by a Soviet Navy submarine, with an estimated loss of about 9,400 people.

@Salty_Balls

2 жыл бұрын

I would beg to differ, as only 3 survived out of 1500 on HMS Hood. HMS Invincible at Jutland had 6 survivors, Queen Mary had 18, and Indefatigable had only 3. All had larger crews as well. And of course the german Wilhelm Gustloff with 9,000 souls lost when torpedoed by a Soviet submarine is the actual highest loss of life from a single ship sinking.

Great job Forrest. I was thinking they could have saved themselves the trouble and just dropped on the first target. I mean it is a nuclear bomb for crying out loud you don’t need pinpoint accuracy. ;)

@forresthaggertychannel4301

2 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing, but they were following orders, which shows how loyal and respectful they were to their leaders.

Lets go!

"I ALWAYS SALIVATE IN ANTISAPATION FOR MR HAGGERTY'S VIDEOS."

I am so much interested in your video of geography on google earth about the Second Atomic Bomb dropped.

The actual navigation chart for the Enola Gay's bombing mission sold at an auction in 2005 for 70 grand. They kept all sorts of stuff from their mission right as soon as they landed. Hence the ash tray. It's pretty doubtful that the Bockscar navigation chart for the mission was saved. Might be worth checking the National Air Force Museum in Dayton to see if that might be around someplace. It's really rare finding any charts from WW2 that were kept.

@W1se0ldg33zer

2 жыл бұрын

In a side note -- one time I was looking around for something and stumbled across an actual chart from the bombing run on the Ploesti oil fields. And another one of a Stuka raid on Stalingrad. That's usually how you find stuff like that -- stumble on it by chance.

This is gold 🤠

@l8tbraker

2 жыл бұрын

Plutonium is worth ten times more than gold.

As disturbing as the survivors stories are, we needed to close that tragic chapter of history.

Thanks Forrest, please consider the escape route of John Wilkes Booth and his capture for a future video?

I remember reading that for some reason Tibbit's came close to officially reprimanding Sweeny for somehow botching the Kokura/Nagasaki mission. It sounds to me like Sweeny ran into a host of problems; none of his own doing, pressed on anyway and successfully hit their target, and still barely got back alive.

@forresthaggertychannel4301

2 жыл бұрын

If he only waited 15 minutes over the rendezvous point instead of 45 fuel would not have been a problem going to Okinawa.

@buzaldrin8086

2 жыл бұрын

It was Kermit Beahan, the bombardier, who saved the mission. He only had one chance to get it right. (Not to diminish Sweeney's role in getting the plane over the target.)

@ltkreg

10 ай бұрын

@@forresthaggertychannel4301 I've done some more research and have a better understanding why Tibbets was angry at Sweeny. Apparently, the rear fuel bladder on Sweeny's aircraft "Boxcar" malfunctioned substantially decreasing how much fuel he had, as well as how much time he would have over target. So Tibbets ordered Sweeny to wait no more than 15 minutes for support aircraft to join up with him before proceeding to his primary target "Kokura". Instead; Sweeny waited 45 minutes because his Weapons Officer some how convinced him too stay an extra 30 minutes, even though he had to have known they would be critically short on fuel. Sure enough, Sweeny was short on fuel so he had to divert to his secondary target "Nagasaki" and his bombing run was off target, albeit he was still able to drop the bomb reasonably close to it. And, he was so short on fuel he barely, and I mean barely, was able to land at they're divert field on Okinawa. The specific reason Tibbits was angry was he believed Sweeny was a weak leader by allowing his Weapons Officer to talk him into loitering an extra 30 minutes jeopardizing not only the mission but his crew and aircraft.

Hi there, been a long time fan and wondering if there's any way you can do a similar video on the Halifax Explosion? I'd like to do one but not sure I can do it justice. it was quite an event during WW1

@forresthaggertychannel4301

2 жыл бұрын

I’ll look into it.

@4JustHOUND

2 жыл бұрын

@@forresthaggertychannel4301 I appreciate your saying so! I know it's not something you can drive to regularly like many of your videos but planning a trip there in a few weeks.

Not sure I would smoke on a plane transporting an atomic bomb...

If you haven't done one, can you put a video together about the USS Indianapolis mission? Thanks!

🎀 Thank you for the History!🎀 🕊#MsWarriorSaint✨✨

Never known that the planes where called that

Excellent video and thank you..correct me if i am wrong but i think the B-29 bockscar crew on this run were the crew from another B-29...straight flush.??????.

@buzaldrin8086

11 ай бұрын

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bockscar

Damm, I can’t believe they allowed inflight smoking. That stuff will kill you

Just remember this: You can nuke an entire city to absolute ash, and still go on to live a long, happy life. Sleep like a baby at night. Remember that next time you're torn up about something naughty you did

I saw “Oppenheimer” movie direct by Christoper Nolan.. its great..

Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki (Immaculate Conception Cathedral also St. Mary's Cathedral). Founded in 1877 and was completed in 1925 "was the largest Christian structure in the Asia-Pacific region. The atomic bomb that fell on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, detonated only 500 m (1640 ft) from the cathedral, completely destroying it. As the Feast of the Assumption of Mary (August 15) was near, Mass was held on the day and was well attended. The resultant collapse and heat-wave cindered and buried all those present in the cathedral. ..The new cathedral was finished by October 1959."

Forrest be ASMR AF 🤣

@forresthaggertychannel4301

2 жыл бұрын

What does that mean?

@aztronomy7457

2 жыл бұрын

@@forresthaggertychannel4301 ASMR (auto sensory something something) is a category of relaxing videos made with soft voices and sounds that relax you. Usually comes from deep voices and relaxing tone. If you're receptive to ASMR, videos like these makes it feel as if someone is massaging your brain.

Thanks for sharing. I really appreciate what you do and how much you respect history and veterans. It's really disheartening to see revisionist history spread its misinformation in the comments. Most people wouldn't dare utter the words "war crime" if they were actually able to understand the real history and could obtain the complete picture of what was going on in Japan and the Pacific Theater during World War II. Unfortunately that history lesson is not something you can quickly teach to people in a KZread comment. Not that it's likely they would be interested in hearing it anyways. Nobody has time to learn but they surely have the time to criticize and condemn others. The concepts associated with the use of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs will never be compatible with the political ideology of those that teach revisionist history.