In most militaries, an officer is there to motivate the troops to fight. In the Marine Corps, an officer is there, to keep the Marines from committing war crimes.

@angusmcawesome7921

Ай бұрын

It ain't a war crime the first time, and the Marines are good at being the first at trying new and interesting ways to unalive the enemies of the United States.

@Dannyedelman4231

Ай бұрын

Same as with the army at least ever since Vietnam

@biggusdickus1234

Ай бұрын

same with pretty much every branch of the US Military that fights on the ground. When the babysitter is away, the boys get to play.

@tateranus4365

Ай бұрын

you say that like its a bad thing!

@silverstar4289

Ай бұрын

Watch the movie Patriot where Mel Gibson’s character is lectured about the hazards of targeting officers.

Former US Marine Infantry here. They *hammer* these legends into your grape in bootcamp. Deservingly so. I was wia in afghan but, fortunately, in wounded warrior battalion they choose to send me and some others to Normandy, Omaha, and Utah Beach, Pointe du Hoc, and of course, Belleau Wood. Shit gives me goosebumps just thinking about it. The trenches and fighting holes are still there. Then there’s the rows and rows and rows of crosses and some stars of David (edit).You truly feel insignificant in the presence of such greater men. Semper Fi

@RGRundeRGRound

Ай бұрын

SEMPER FI. I'm a proud Marine Dad, my Sonny-Boi was found Deceased on MEMORIAL DAY 2024 and I'm watching these inspirational videos as therapy. I was a recipient of the so called Peace Dividend and all my predecessors and those following me are VETS. I feel like I was short changed because I had 'academic possibilities" as my high school counselor put it. He was a good man, hoping for the best, but as Ronald Reagan said it, we are only a single generation from darkness....

@fraeyr

Ай бұрын

When you join the Marines, you're being inducted in a cult and god damnit do we venerate our heroes. Dan Daly, Smedley Butler, Gunny Basilone, all of them. They are our heroes and their blood runs in our veins.

@crowttubebot3075

Ай бұрын

Yeah, boot camp was what gavve me a love of history. In school, history was merely memorizing names and dates for a test. to get a grade on a piece of paper. Boot camp classtime gave the Marines of our past a story, and a reason for our traditions. I have been a fan of learning about history ever since.

@semihazah0352

Ай бұрын

03, 1/6 wpns co, 06-09 here. Went to Ramadi and Garmsir, rah brother.

@WookieWoman

Ай бұрын

I still have friends from my time in (2003-2011) that haven't retired yet that just participated in the Belleau Wood ceremony last month. Their pictures are so amazing.

At the Marine Corps musium in Verginia they have a lot of information including snippets from journals. One Marine wrote that he couldn't believe Dan Daly was his 1st Sgt, he thought that was a made up character like Uncle Sam because these stories seemed just as impossible back then.

@cameronsnyder1246

Ай бұрын

That fucking rules! I gotta make a trip through Virginia and check that out!

@MechanicalMafioso

Ай бұрын

Good to know, additionally almost had a stroke reading musium and Verginia…

@Davyayyay

Ай бұрын

@@MechanicalMafioso well, it was 3 am and I'm a Marine so... you know... Spelling lol

@matthewzimmerman5064

Ай бұрын

@@Davyayyaytoo many of those red crans will mess with you. You should eat more of the blue ones. I’m 20 years retired chairforce so I will stick with lobster and steak and let you bad@$$es go in on the ground and clean house.

@atheist101

Ай бұрын

​@@Davyayyay best explanation ever!

"Do you want to live forever?" Actually that quote, the full quote while i am at it, is part of the lyrics of Sabaton's "Devil Dogs"

@Echowhiskeyone

Ай бұрын

Also from "Conan the Barbarian" 1982 movie.

@spacetiger5076

Ай бұрын

Also “Starship Troopers” the movie.

@andyloy7809

Ай бұрын

Yes?

@briandix4633

Ай бұрын

​@@spacetiger5076except in Starship Troopers it was "come on you apes, you wanna live forever?)

@ninjabearpress2574

Ай бұрын

It's on the page before the story begins in the book Starship Troopers.

You've got to go on the Unsubscribe podcast someday. I don't think they ever talked to anyone in the Royal Marines yet. (correct me if I'm wrong.)

@TheRagratus

Ай бұрын

They have had a former SAS member, Christian Craighead, aka "Obi Wan Nairobi".

@vampiro4236

Ай бұрын

For sure!

@KaoretheHalfDemon

Ай бұрын

@@TheRagratus i know that guy!

@daltonv5206

Ай бұрын

He's a boss! ​@@TheRagratus

@ThatofMusic

Ай бұрын

Word

You're an American citizen and know (and care) more about American history than 70% or more than the rest of the American population. I appreciate that you did something with yourself at a young age. I spent 28 years in the military and have issues as well. Sometimes you don't have options. Love to you my friend.

The reason there is no movie..... No one would believe it. You have to remember- the truth is sometimes stranger than fiction. The Marines have had Daley, Chesty Puller and John Basilone. The Army has Sgt York, Audie Murphy, and Roy Benavidez. Some get movies, some don't.

@dj11o9er

Ай бұрын

They had to scale down Desmond Doss' deeds in Hacksaw Ridge

@andrewwebb3248

Ай бұрын

They didn't put all of Audie's heroics in his movie because it wouldn't be believed by audiences.

@nerofl89

Ай бұрын

The army has the 77th from WWII, that was a crazy good group of "Old Bastards." Their accomplishments were so good that the Marines would call them the 77th Marines.

@user-te9pk6sf2f

Ай бұрын

"55 Days at Peking", Charles Heston fights Boxers.

@cameronsnyder1246

Ай бұрын

​@@andrewwebb3248Crazy af considering He was doing the acting for the films.😂

I actually served in one of the units that served in Belleau Wood. The Marines of those few units still wear the French Fourragere today in honor of that battle. I've long since hung up my dress blues uniform, but it still hangs in my closet wearing the French Fourragere.

@1rotzy

Ай бұрын

Thank you for your service.

@jordanashen3811

Ай бұрын

Same here 2/4

@Suprentus

Ай бұрын

@@jordanashen3811 Ooh rah, brother. 2/6 here.

@jordanashen3811

Ай бұрын

@@Suprentus hell yea

@ImprovmanZero

Ай бұрын

I hope your service was uneventful

Most time that the Medal of Honor is awarded, the winner is dead. So surviving to win two is a miracle.

@jsp7410

Ай бұрын

He should have been awarded a 3rd.

@ronnysmith4117

29 күн бұрын

general custers brother collected 2 spanning 2 days

I’m an old Marine SSGT and feel EXACTLY the same way you do about Nick and his stories. I could (and have) watched his videos for hours at a time! Getting to reach out to a former Royal Marine even on KZread makes today a good day!

spanish american war= they touched the boats...

@itz_bktouray

Ай бұрын

One thing I learned from watching The Fat Electrician's videos is DON'T fuck with USA's boats lmaoo

@Duskraven67

Ай бұрын

War of 1812: they touched the boats and stole our sailors. Barbery wars: they touched the boats and tried to extort us Spanish-American War: they touched the boats WW1: they touched a civilian cruise linner. (Aka a boat) WW2: they touched the boats, and Germany can get some too. Vietnam: they touched the boats Operation praying mantis: They touched the boats with oil on them.

@frankfedison5203

Ай бұрын

​​@@itz_bktouray Don't forget korea...they touched the boats too. USS Pueblu is still on active commission, despite being a NoKo museum. [Edit] USS Pueblo (sp).

@jacoblongbrake8230

Ай бұрын

Yes, don't touch your boats, but in that incident, we touched our own boats to go to war. Proven factual of a conspiracy theory. It was just a land grab because the united states was still trying to expand when ran out of room on the west coast, we wanted to our own little empire.

@captain-commander8138

Ай бұрын

Ya don't touch the boats and don't blow up a bunch of civilians in short don't test the FAFO scale.

The British "wrapped" term is mirrored in the US Army by the term "going internal". That moment when you are dirty, tired, hungry, its raining, and you look at someone and they are just sitting expressionless looking at nothing. They have gone internal lmao

@TheKiLl3rPiG

Ай бұрын

I commented a tad early. When Daly said "I would rather be an outstanding Sergeant than just another officer" he was being EXTREMLY respectful. He was downplaying his own achievements by saying they are outstanding for an NCO, but just the average things an officer does.

@RobinBarton-fh1ts

17 күн бұрын

The American term, or any rate the other one, is "the thousand yard stare" as I recall......

@TheKiLl3rPiG

17 күн бұрын

@RobinBarton-fh1ts That is a term referring to the look in an individuals eyes who has seen war. There is a stark difference between a training exercise in bad weather and time spent in combat. The idea of looking off into middle space expressionless is really the only thing connecting the two.

@Animo2006

6 күн бұрын

We called it "embracing the suck" when I was in the Corps lol

He was actually nominated FOUR times for the MoH, by all his men and his chain of command, just like with the 3rd nomination. I read a comprehensive biography of this Devil Dog. Very inspiring, theres a lot in the biography that's not covered in the YT videos

DAN FUCKING DALY BABY LETS GO

Interesting fact. After the battle, the French renamed the wood Bois de la Brigade de Marine ('Wood of the Marine Brigade') in honor of the Marines' tenacity.

The quote of "do you want to live forever," inspired me to shout to my UASF troops the following inspiring order, "organize those chairs you bastards, do you want to stand forever." I get tears in my eyes to this day when I remember how quick they got the job done. I was submitted for the highest UASF award, The Order of the Chair, but it wasn't approved.

@RobinBarton-fh1ts

17 күн бұрын

The "United Air States Force " ,if you had typed it once, I would probably cut you a break.. But..cmon..I was USAF !! Get it Right or pay the Price Airman !!!!!°

if you like that line "come on you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever" and dan daily's story in general, listen to sabatons "Devil Dogs". it hits hard

So many tubers make coin on other people's videos. I think you are the most sincere in pushing your followers to the orginators. No wonder they are pleased to 'loan' their content. You are top tier.

@ericjorgensen3911

Ай бұрын

He blabs too much, ruined it for me. Went to a different guy who talked 1/2 as much

@jennifergreen1567

21 күн бұрын

@@ericjorgensen3911you’re ridiculous! That’s literally his job. Adios!

That "Do you want to live forever" line was used in the movie "Starship Troopers" .

@OfficerCharon

Ай бұрын

It was quoted in the novel, and tossed into the movie.

@generaljesus9825

Ай бұрын

Also in a metal song about the Battle of Bellou Wood.

@consoleviking7775

Ай бұрын

Devil dogs by sabaton​@@generaljesus9825

@bandit6272

Ай бұрын

Also in Conan the Barbarian. Valeria says it when her (ghost?) appears to give him some help in his last fight with the Harley Davidson looking miniboss guy near the end.

@jimmyford4509

22 күн бұрын

The "Do you want to live forever?" quote was also used in one of the Conan movies. Valeria (I think her name was) shouted it out to Conan and companion just before engaging their opposition.

The Battle of Bellau Woods was much more brutal than guns. People were killing each other with shovels and whatever else they could find.

As a veteran of the U.S. Navy, I didn’t realize that it doesn’t matter (relatively) what military you are a part of you all have the same sense of humor… until I heard you laughing at all the problems you have because of joining😂😂😂

As an American mother of two grown sons, I am proud of Daly and our history but glad my sons couldn’t join the military until they were at least 18. I’m relieved they were too young to be in the wars pre and post 9/11/01. In my paternal family history a male relative has fought in every US war from the revolutionary war up until my dad fought in Vietnam as an army intelligence officer. It allowed our family to live in Germany and visit much of Europe afterwards and the army paid for him to go to law school and be a JAG officer. The traveling army posts gave my parents and my siblings and I a more worldly knowledge. I can’t go in to everything my dad did in his career but he accomplished amazing things. Thank you for your service sir and my sympathy to you and your family who must have been worried sick. As our allies know Americans recognize the sacrifices and bravery of our allies!

Something worth mentioning, machine guns at the time aren't what they are now. Operating one of those things by yourself is remarkable. Between reloading, keeping the barrel cool and repositioning, it was easily a 3-4 man job, all while being engaged at that.

I want to thank you for not just mentioning his name, but also putting the video link in description and it’s not buried in the bottom, RIGHT AT THE TOP! Props to you sir

Guy waffling on in the corner, don't feel bad. There has been so much US involvement militarily that most Americans aren't that familiar with many of them either.

@brigidtheirish

Ай бұрын

The vast majority can be summarized as "someone touched the boats, we took that personally."

@libertybell8852

20 күн бұрын

​@brigidtheirish or in the last 70 years or so.. they raised gas prices. 🤣 OR found oil that we decided we wanted.. 🤷‍♀️ Just saying it like it is. I love my country, but damn!

@brigidtheirish

19 күн бұрын

@@libertybell8852 Eh, not really. Our involvement with the Indochina Wars had to do with combating communism. Same thing with the Lebanon crisis. And the Dominican Civil War. And pretty much everything else up to the '80s. Then there were several retaliatory strikes. The Tanker War, for instance, was started because Iraq and Iran were attacking merchant vessels. The *only* war with oil as a major reason was the Gulf War.

Funny story. In raiders of the lost ark, there was supposed to be an epic fight scene, but Harrison Ford had food poisoning that day, so he did that instead. Edit: I was referring to the scene where Harrison Ford's character shot his opponent instead of a longer, more drawn out fight.

@qs4177

Ай бұрын

By that he means Fords character took out a gun and shot his opponent instead.

Tbf, America has to play world police much more than the UK does (props for showing up with us) and we have many more marines. Kind of increases your chances. I watch all of FE’s videos when they come out but they are just as good to rewatch with you. Thanks 👍

Ok, he missed on a few things. Dan Daly was I believe 25 when he joined. He didn't fight alone in the boxer rebellion. He was the gunner, but gunners have 2 man crews. There were 2 machine gun crews to fight the boxers. Daly's assistant gunner did die. The other gunner died, and the other assistant gunner helped Dan Daly. He fully deserved the medal of honor for his duty. Daly deserved 4 medals of honor. Also the Fat Electrician was slightly wrong about 1 medal of honor as well. You got clusters for each medal of honor over 1.

@rmartinson19

Ай бұрын

Also, he wasn't just diving into the river at night in Haiti to find the machine gun, he was doing it while there was an active firefight going on around him, and also while dodging enemy patrols. He actually had to personally and silently kill three enemy scouts in hand-to-hand combat to keep them from revealing his position while he retrieved the gun.

@nicholasmangialardi1618

Ай бұрын

I commented on the 4 MoH nominations also, before I saw your comment. Yes, a lot was left out in the videos. A comprehensive biography is always very interesting and has so many more details. They don't make movies about these guys because nobody would believe it lol. Hollywood actually has to dial it back because of this lol

@mcmillanndu

Ай бұрын

Also, it wasn't just the U.S. Marines trying to rescue the foreigners. It was a 20,000-man international force (of whom half actually made it to Beijing) commanded by an general from the British Indian Army. And Daly wasn't left alone to defend the entire compound, just a critical section of the wall. Which doesn't make what he did any less amazing.

@rebel11201991

Ай бұрын

I read that there were two guys on the wall but it came down to either both go get reinforcements which would be a loss of territory neither go then there would be no warning or only one goes. It just so happened Daly stayed behind. I didn't see about getting the machine gun but that there was an overnight battle. I also saw in that same engagement he dug a tunnel to rescue prisoners of war. I did my further reading on defense.gov they have a section for news and run stories on medal of honor recipients. I felt that article made him even more impressive.

@brettwillard8892

Ай бұрын

@@rebel11201991 Thank you. It is very hard to get fact from fiction on some of this, as nobody actually can read the actual MOH award, because its a general one. Most are the actual events now days. I will check out your site.

I've watched FE for about 6mths now and have learned a ton about US History of all types. He's actually received messages from Mom's thanking him for getting their children instead in history and school in general... He's a special talent.

Another Marine was awarded 2 MOH, Smedley Butler, but before the MOH, officers could only receive a brevet award it is the same as recieving the MOH, but for officers only. It is exactly like the MOH only its a red ribbon of white stars instead of the blue ribbon of white stars, but, the design format is the same, So Smedley really had 3 such awards

hey bro! semper fi fellow marine.

So that's where Starship Troopers gets it. "COME ON, YOU APES! YOU WANNA LIVE FOREVER?!"

The medal of honor is an exceptionally rare award considering that the US has given out 3,536 medals of honor since 1863 and the US has been involved in an unconfirmed and debated number of conflicts since 1863 but, it is well into the hundreds since it is currently embroiled in between 15 and 112 armed conflicts depending on who defines "conflict" and "involved". The victoria cross came around in 1856 and since then, the medal has been awarded 1,358 times while England has been involved in less than 100 conflicts since the Crimean war which is what the vc was created for. England has only given out 15 vcs since ww2 and 4 were given to Australians hence that 11 number. The medal per conflict ratio is quite a bit less for the medal of honor. Murica has just been doing a hell of a lot more war the last 90 years than Inglerland. Currently 230k thousand US Soldiers stationed across 159 or 178 countries depending on who defines "country" we are huge on the whole countries that other countries don't recognize thing so thats a lot of opportunity for exceptional and terrible things to happen.

check out sabatons's "Devli Dogs" they quote Dan Daily in the song

"I should probably know more about these small wars since I'm a US Citizen" No.... most native US citizens don't know anything about these conflicts much less the big ones. The only reason I know as much as I do is because I'm married to a history teacher and I watch Fat Electrician's videos.

@geraldgrenier8132

Ай бұрын

The Spanish-Amercian War if the origin of the term "Yellow Journalism"

@lindalightfoot9837

Ай бұрын

I know a fair amount of military history as a 35+ year librarian and the proud daughter of a US Marine, WWII vet. He encouraged my interest in military history. My mother, also a librarian, encouraged my love of history in general. If I don't know about a battle or war, I can usually find out

Nick is an incredible story teller

I love how ur just going down the rabbithole of youtube gun community and exploring every creator, that is exactly what i did when i first found out about this.

It's the same here in the Marine Corps. The Army, Navy, and Air Force hand out medals like candy at Halloween. My buddy, who lived across the street, joined the Air Force in 1979. He got married in 1980 and wanted me to be his best man. Át the time I'd been in 4 years and was a Sergeant. He was an Airman first class with 1 year in. He had a stack of 4 ribbons to my one.

@Anthony-zp4dm

Ай бұрын

Hahaha, so true brother, a work mate was in the air force,4 years he had 5 rows to my 1!, I asked him what country he conquered!, sempre fi devil dog

@kenle2

Ай бұрын

Most of the "fruit salad" is more career achievements (a lot of them rote) than "medals" as they are understood. The Valor awards- Purple Heart, Bronze and Silver Stars, Lifesaving Medal, DSC or DFC, and "The Button" - Medal of Honor, are the only ones that count beyond "you put in the time, and you didn't screw up completely". Combat Infantryman's Badge is also one I'd pay attention to.

you should watch his video about the creation of the us navy, it also kind of mentions whats basically the origin of the Green Berets. video title: "America Dismantles Pirate Nations For Touching Their Boats". and his video about the most decorated air crew in history: 2x Medals of honor with seven other members of the crew being awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the Nation's second highest honor.

Check out his video on Percy "Hobo" Hobart he's a fellow UKer

Your appreciation for the infamous electrician motivated me to subscribe, your lord of the rings reference granted you my respect and following! Lol The Fat Electrician is nice, your reaction to him is likewise, you gained a fan and follower!

Yeah...when a double-CMOH winner says, "No, seriously, this dude's a badass"... that means something.

The line "come on you apes, you wanna live forever?" was used a few times in the movie Starship Troopers. Clearly an homage to Dan Daly.

True story here. I worked long term care for about 40 years. I took care of a Spanish American war veteran. It was long time ago, he was 105 years old when I took care of him and he lied about his age to join the military. I love to tell that true story... I had very interesting people and I loved to hear their stories.

I heard two movie quotes and I guess they came from this man. Starship Troopers and Battle: Los Angeles

@Just_A_Dude

Ай бұрын

Yup. Hollywood writers know a good quote when they steal one.

So apparently, anytime Hollywood gets the story of someone who earned a Medal of Honor, they have to make it less impressive because no one would believe it otherwise. Dan Daly got that medal twice.

I love his channel. It's not just that I am an American that loves these historical stories, it's the way he tells them. I remember when he was just starting out on TikTok with the 3 minute videos of "The Most Angry Battleship in History" and it always made me laugh. I was glad to see him do more longform videos on KZread... always entertaining.

Great job,that is a great video, good job on using it on podcast.

My Marine son. And when he visits, he seems very nice and polite. I think it is because he knows what he is protecting.

A Colt 1911 is a semi-aotomatic pistol, it only holds 7 rounds plus one in the pipe

@liamrichardson6830

Ай бұрын

Bestowed upon us by Gun Jesus himself, John Moses Browning.

Man, back then hearing "do you want to live forever" from an absolute legend of a marine....Yeah.... BRING THE BOYS!

The only issue this video has is saying in 1915 Daly was 5'6" 135lbs. He was that height and weight at 16 years old in 1899. He probably grew a bit more and gained a bunch of weight

@qs4177

Ай бұрын

In 1899 Dan would have been 26 if he was born in 1873.

Welcome to the guntube community. Your commentary is great and compliments the videos well.

Thank you for having actual reactions

On the sneezing part, I feel you. But mine's *way worse* ; I sneeze one after another continuously like a rapid fire artillery everytime I have this nasty runny nose

As a native US citizen... almost none of us know anything about these conflicts. Don't feel bad. I do appreciate your interest in finding out more, though. I've been trying to do the same. And agreed, TFE is one of the best storytellers on the internet

Really enjoyed seeing your reaction to this TFE vid, my friend! Don't feel too bad about not knowing some of your American military history, though. TFE has illuminated my understanding, and I'm a native born Texan. Love his content, though! He is an amazing storyteller. He's even done some rather interesting vids on some of the badasses from across the Pond. Much respect for all who've served. Thank all of you for your service!

There have actually been 7 two time recipients of the Medal of Honor from the USMC, but 5 were awarded both the Army and the Navy versions for the same act of valor. Butler and Daly are the only two to be awarded two Medals of Honor for different acts...

Spainish americian war started because they touched our boats. EDIT: This is a guess but statistically speaking, probably correct.

@Hakar17

Ай бұрын

Possibly the USS Maine blew up in Havana harbor,but it's not known for sure. Whether it was the Spanish who did it or a malfunction of the ships boiler.

@anhfjdzbxjxisk1929

Ай бұрын

@@Hakar17 figured some touched a boat.

What's even more crazy is that in many battles, when a side suffers even say 10-20% K/W, you look at those numbers and a lot of people would retreat or wait for backup. At Belleau Wood, the US Army and Marines suffered somewhere around 60% losses combined. It was an extremely costly victory.

@Just_A_Dude

Ай бұрын

Motivation. It's a hell of a drug.

One of the main reasons for the Chinese people's anger at Western missionaries in particular was a result of the end of the Opium Wars. Britain and France had cooperated to defeat the Chinese and force concessions from them. While British concessions had mainly been focused on ending the trade imbalance caused by China's policy of only accepting silver as payment, the French focused on religious issues. Namely, they wanted to stop the persecution of Chinese Christians and of Catholic Missionaries by Chinese authorities. Their solution? They demanded that the Chinese Imperial government pass a law making Christians immune to criminal prosecution (i.e. they cannot be charged with a crime), and the Chinese government had no choice but to agree. The result was that practically overnight, every two-bit bandit, rapist and murderer "converted" to Christianity and immediately became above the law. This went on for years where you could get away with any crime, no matter how heinous, by simply wearing a crucifix around your neck and carrying some sort of documentation showing that you were a Christian. So to the average Chinese citizen who had no experience with Christianity otherwise, it looked a lot like Christianity was a religion of pure evil spreading chaos and malice everywhere it went. This is why Chinese rebels targeted missionaries and Chinese Christians with particular hatred. It is also why there is a deep distrust for Christianity to this very day in Chinese culture.

Now this is my jam right here. All of the AF and Navy videos. Time for one our Marine heroes! Semper Fi!

I joined the US Marines at 17, the earliest allowed, with both parents' permission - Finished my senior year of High School then quickly went to Bootcamp at 18 - 1986. My hugest respect for these true heroes, wow! - Semper Fi

You Brits have legends like this too. I just saw one. A one armed one eyed officer from WW1 and 2. Amazing guy.

Being originally from across the pond I’d say you need check out his video on Percy “Hobo” Hobart.

I've watched a bunch of the Fat Electrician's videos. I love them so much I now watch others watching them for the first-time because I love watching their reactions to the amazing storytelling of amazing people and events from the history of our military. My favorite so far has to be The Barbary Wars. If you hadn't reacted to it yet, you need to hear it. Our founding fathers were just as amazing, if not more, than were any other main characters he tells us about.

"I only stoped firing cause they stopped coming" is a fucking BAR tho lmao 😂

Yes, his oratory skills are peak, he can feed you with information without you losing interest.

When delivering his famous quote “come on you sons of b******, do you wanna live forever” He was referencing the fact that their actions would go down in history and they’d be immortalized.

Can i just say thank you - you are the way I got introduced to the "the chubby election guy" ( your reaction to the US getting "proportional") and I have now learned so much more military history and interesting side quests than in all my years in school and / or from my all male military family. He is truly the "fowl"-mouthed history teacher we all need! I love your reactions to his content ❤

Veterans Day/ Dan Daly's birthday- Nov. 11th ; Marine Corps' birthday- Nov. 10th. There's a party!!!

@superpro9c660

Ай бұрын

I was in Basic at Paris Island in 1981, the meal we had for our celebration was the best that I ate during training!!!

I love it when you react to his stories, you understand and get IT better than 99% of others who do his stuff. I really think you would get a kick out of either world war tree, grand theft uboat or the biggest logistic flex of all time which is a story of Americans and Brits working together.

"Tell it to the Marines" (1926) starring Lon Chaney is loosely based on Dan Daley. The Marines were so impressed with Cheney's portrayal of a Marine Corps Sergeant they made him a Marine. Yes, it is a silent, but it is still a truly great movie.

You are a pretty fly for a; nonhistoran marine? Great stories! God bless Daly. Big hugs from Sweden. ❤

Look up 55 Days at Peking. He makes it sound like only the US had troops there, but it was actually a small multinational force from, I believe, 8 or so nations including Brits, French, Germans, Russians, and others that defended the international legation. It's a pretty dramatic story.

You should see his video on old 666 should also be a movie

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One of my favorites. It's wild that it hasn't been done

Guessing you haven't seen Starship Troopers, since the drill Sgt in that movie uses that line, "(Come on you apes!) Do you want to live forever?" Which is always the first thing I think of whenever I hear that line.

I have a video suggestion. In my city, there was a special event on the eve of November 11 2018 in honor of Veterans. That was the Centennial of the end of WW I " November 11, 2018 WaterFire Salute to Veterans " THAT night was very special. This video show some of the highlights.

If you haven't seen it yet, you've got to see Fat Electrician's "America's Airborne Anti-hero - Jake "Mcnasty" Mcniece". He should have gotten the Medal of Honor several times, but he was quite a naughty anti-authority fella. I'm obsessed with him now. Lol

You're not alone everything I know about the Spanish American war and the boxer rebellion I learned from this guy

Surely that's not a real thing, right? Stand by........ Don't feel bad about not knowing about the various battles. 99% of America doesn't know about them either..

Mind blowing! Now THAT is what American bravery looks like! LEGEND!

"Surely they would just gun them all down, so long as they don't close the distance." It is obvious that this man has never really familiarized himself with Pre ww1 machine guns. They were not like modern ones where you can just hold the trigger down until either your ammo can runs dry or the barrel melts (Which happens far more quickly than many would think. As a Marine, he should be well aware of how quickly you can heat a barrel up to the point that it begins to melt causing the slug to jam in the barrel and the gun to explode. Machine guns have quick releases and spare barrels for this very reason.) These early machine guns were very prone to jamming and assorted failures without the heat issue. They always worked in pairs or more or at minimum had many riflemen with them. That way they could maintain fire even in the rather likely event of a weapon jam. 200 Dudes would be dicey with a modern gun. With a early gun, well I would place much on those odds.

Dan Dalley makes the ENTIRE of the rest of us Marines look like Army troops! And we Marines are so much more aggressive and fucking mean than anyone in the Army! That dude is one of the most Marines that the Marine Corps has ever known! We ALL attempt to level up!

Great react to one of my favorite TFE videos. Well done sir

Just wait till you get to his newest videos, they are longer. But some how even better, the one about the 77th ID is crazy.

I had known of Dan Daly, but not how the Boxer Rebellion started.

I was US Marine and, in training, we used to hear the similar: "They can kill you, but they can't eat you."

there is a great old Charlton Heston/ David Nivens film about the boxer rebellion called 55 days in Peking.. lottsa great actors like the previously mentioned and Ava Gardner, but its not the Dan Daly part of the rebellion.. edit: also ww2 marines would refer to the oldest of serving marines as "china marines" because the 4th Marine Regiment were stationed in Shanghai from 1927 to 1941 to protect American citizens in the international quarter, and they were kinda a continuation of the thing going on in the boxer rebellion until the Sino- Japanese War leading into WW2.. in fact i think US gunboats in china were among the first US casualties from the Japanese prior to and in WW2, like USS Panay which was sunk by Japanese aircraft in 1937

Daly was the first bio to which we were exposed in Boot Camp. He is the real Devil Dog. Just imagine the absolute compliment to Marine officers he gave by saying that if he, an outstanding NCO, would accept a commission he would be, "just another officer."

At 2:12 .... Right! He Nails the info game!!!

Fat Electrician is really awesome, I love his channel. You have a great channel as well. Wow, you finish high school at 16, that's awesome.

Dan Daly with the Optimus Prime level of speech to get you hyped up for a war. 😂

You should listen to him tell more stories! He's got so many good ones! The Eager Beavers one is fantastic

Also, that line is so fucking metal, but also shockingly poetic for someone who probably didn't get nearly as much schooling as he probably should have. Because obviously you can't live forever physically, but by making such a valiant effort to quash the German advance, their names would be recorded in history and they would live forever in the memory of those who came after them. He's just so fucking cool.

When I was a young Marine (1970-1973), nearly done with boot camp (Hollywood Marine), young, dumb and fulla come, I, like most other 19-year-old Marines, was a smoker. In boot camp, we were allowed 3 cigarettes a day. Each time, the platoon fell in, standing the butts, at parade rest. We were required to recite the following, as loudly as possible: "Sir! Cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health! But we don't give a shit. Marines don't live long, anyway!"

Don't feel too bad even those of us who grow up in the American education system learning all of these things don't really know much about them if anything. That's why people like the fire electrician are so popular.

Good vid! I've wanted you to watch this!

Much respect. In US you graduate high school at 18, as I'm sure you know. I joined the Air Force as a Junior in high school, so 17, though it was in the delayed entry program, which takes time off the required 8 years that all US males are "entitled" to. I'm sure most are unaware of this.

Oh yeah, he's an amazing story teller. He makes history fun. 😂