This was a great react. Thank you

@OriginalHuman

24 күн бұрын

You’re a legend. Keep up the great work brother! 💪🫡

@the_fat_electrician

24 күн бұрын

@@OriginalHumani wanna see ur reaction to all my longer hero videos. But i think youll really like the percy hobart one

@OriginalHuman

24 күн бұрын

@@the_fat_electrician I’ll get it done!

@Wickit96

24 күн бұрын

​@@OriginalHuman I'm a truck driver thru graveyard shift and watching his videos, And your reactions to them honestly help me get through the night so please, do all of the long form videos as well 🫡

@MyHandsRCold

24 күн бұрын

@@the_fat_electricianMY FAVOURITE ONE

"They brought an army to a Roy Benavidez fight"

@omishimuzu

24 күн бұрын

Roy wasnt trapped in the jungle with the viet cong, the viet cong were trapped in a jungle with roy

@Metal_Auditor

19 күн бұрын

@@omishimuzuit wasn’t even the VC. It was the NVA.

@omishimuzu

19 күн бұрын

@@Metal_Auditor shit youre right.......i always forget that 🤣 maybe if they had taught me about ol roy i would have paid more attention to the korean/viet nam era, too much politics involved during those times and i hate politics, but thank you for correcting me

"Fort Benavidez" definitely something that should happen! Excellent reaction!

@maingate7672

20 күн бұрын

Affirmative!

@NoneYaBidness762

17 күн бұрын

Pretty sure it has happened.

@Heiryuu

16 күн бұрын

There was some talk about renaming Fort Hood to Fort Benevidez but I don’t think anything came of it.

@NoneYaBidness762

14 күн бұрын

@@HeiryuuWell dang. That’s about the only change I’d have actually liked.

@jannjordan3787

9 күн бұрын

I still think they shouldn't have changed the name of Fort Bragg to Fort Liberty but Fort Benavidez would have been a more suitable replacement.

Ronald Regan presented him with the Medal of Honor and said that if the events of Roy's life were made into a movie, nobody would believe it.

@ClericOfPholtus

10 күн бұрын

Just like Murphy 😂 Had to nerd the story to make the movie believable

@CivilizedWarrior

3 күн бұрын

I’ve never understood why nobody ever made a story about Roy Benavides or Carlos Hathcock. Their real life stories are better than any fictional book or movie I’ve ever read/seen.

@persephonebonner5733

2 күн бұрын

@@CivilizedWarrior 100%

Growing up in Southeast Texas and with a father that served alongside SF in Vietnam, I was definitely taught about Roy Benavidez (and Audie Murphy.) I have absolute, undying respect for both of those men.

@vampiro4236

24 күн бұрын

@OriginalHuman If you ever want to read about what SOG was up to, look up the books by John Stryker Myer (former SOG.) The stuff these men did and survived will blow your mind.

Ive seens a lot of videos of Roy Benavidez but fat electricians video is 100% the best out of all them, not going to lie I cried at the end never seen someone so proud to be an American and makes me proud as well

I work for the Department of Veterans Affairs and this past Veterans day they sent out emails highlighting some of the greatest Veterans throughout US history and Roy's story was one that was shared. After reading his story for about 30 min I had tears in my eyes and made me really appreciate the work I do for our nation's veterans.

@tenofprime

24 күн бұрын

A serous thanks to all of you in the VA that help vets navigate the system to get the benefits and assistance they need, I know from experience with my dad that it can be a very, shall we say government bureaucratic nightmare without help from those who know it well.

@SODTAOE

24 күн бұрын

@tenofprime yes absolutely. Always "fun" to deal with the Federal government but I am truly blessed to make a small difference for our nation's Vets.

I am proud to say that Roy Benavidez pinned my jump wings on me when I graduated Jump School.

Regarding Audie Murphy, something that TFE didn't mention was that he's almost singlehandedly responsible for PTSD being taken seriously as an actual disease. After the war, he was open about his struggles with the disease and it's not exactly easy to call the most decorated soldier in US history somebody who is just weak and couldn't handle the realities of war which was the prevailing thought at the time.

You never heard of Audie L Murphy? He's only the most decorated American soldier in World War 2. He was rejected by the Corp for being too short. He was one hell of a soldier, may he Rest in Peace.

@omishimuzu

24 күн бұрын

He wasnt just short, he weighed 110 soaking wet lol if i memeber correctly with full gear he topped at 150lbs haha he was so little, but gods damn he was a beast of a soldier, much respect

@hobblobber3914

24 күн бұрын

@@omishimuzu They show his picture, he looked like a 12-year-old dressed up as a Lieutenant. He was an amazing human, just tiny.

@marine5480

23 күн бұрын

It’s ok to be baffled by Americans that haven’t heard of him, but there’s really not much reason for some random British guy to know about him.

@zaqzilla1

23 күн бұрын

And he played himself in the movie about him.

@arthurmoore9488

19 күн бұрын

@@marine5480 Umm... I guess you dont know OriginalHuman spent like a decade in the US and became an American citizen.

Audie Murphy will forever be known as a legend among the airboard community. For how bad a** and fearless this man was. He literally fought an entire German battalion by himself off the back of a flaming m10 tank destroyer and won.

@hunterweaver7736

24 күн бұрын

Airborne

@TheRagratus

24 күн бұрын

@@hunterweaver7736 Audie Murphy wasn't airborne, he was straight leg infantry. 3rd ID.

Roy Benavides is the definition of baddest badass on EARTH. He was basically a Berserker. He is an example to all humanity. I just ordered the book, too!!!

@Yuki_Ika7

22 күн бұрын

He is like the definition of that "the indomitable human spirit" meme online

One of the greatest war heros and badasses I have ever heard of! Fort Benavides sounds like perfect liberty for me!!! Love from germany! 💪

@christopherlane5238

24 күн бұрын

Cheers from Texas!

@libertybell8852

24 күн бұрын

Love from Oklahoma! ❤️

@mike28003

21 күн бұрын

I second that

Audie Murphy was something else. He was rejected from the marines because of his height and weight (which was also used as a reference to the captain America comics). Saw you did a bit of Sabaton reactions back then, you should give "To Hell and back" a listen on their history channel it gives a brief story on Audie's life. Audie is also one of my role models and is one of the people that inspired me join, currently in the enlistment process. The other person was my Grandfather's brother who died in the Defense of Philippines and was a member of the Philippine Scouts.

I had the honor of meeting Sgt. Benavidez when I was a kid in ROTC in high school. My Asst. SAI served with him in Vietnam with the 5th Special Forces. He was the guest speaker at our military ball. He was a humble and soft spoken man. It made me proud that a man of Hispanic heritage was featured so prominately. RIP MSgt. Benavidez.

I personal prefer the longer form videos sir! Cheers brother!

He was a different type of man than the Rambo character. He was a highly disciplined soldier.

I had the honor of meeting Benavidez about 6 months before he passed. He did a LOT of motivational speech touring in his later years, and he happened to come down to Panama for the final rotation of the Jungle Ops course before we gave the land back to the Panamanians, and my unit was the last unit to go through. He was the most charismatic man I think I've ever met. And yeah, a solid handful of US military bases that had previously been named after people in the Confederacy in the US Civil War were renamed a couple of years ago. No more Ft. Bragg and Ft. Benning.

How in the F have they not renamed Ft. Bragg, to Ft. Benavidez? It boggles the mind. Great reaction to one of the greatest YTubers out there. TFE is the best at military storytelling.

@Sir_Engel_038

16 күн бұрын

Libralism

Roy Benavidez, the one true Captain America. Kudos to Nick for a great video, And to you, great reaction as usual.

Wait til he discovers wendigoon

@MikeF_44

24 күн бұрын

Wendigoon and The Fat Electrician were on the "Unsubscribe Podcast" together.

@Foobits

24 күн бұрын

Nic's nephew? That's gonna be fun

@Isaacsbased

24 күн бұрын

@@MikeF_44am aware

@chugachuga9242

24 күн бұрын

Brandon’s little brother

@Foobits

24 күн бұрын

@@chugachuga9242 son

Absolute hero. It's amazing that he doesn't have a base named after him, it's absolutely ridiculous

I'm proud to say that I was 101st ABN INF. for 3 years, and a Green Beret for the remained of my career (17 1/2 years) till I was so injured that I couldn't continue. On discharge they found out I had broken my back and neck, but still kept going. It was a shattered Tib/Fib that put me out medically.

@ferengiprofiteer9145

12 сағат бұрын

Thank you for your service. 👊

What an absolute LEGEND! Roy "I AIN'T HEAR NO BELL" Benavidez

Roy was one exceptional solder and one hell of a fighter. In my neck of the woods we have Spc. Daniel D Fernandez, a young kid who didn't get to see too much in Vietnam, saved his patrol by diving on a live frag that popped off from a booby trap. Oh yeah Arizona has anger issues, Texas wants security, and New Mexico is so god damnd poor we just borrow or steal from one another.

@ryantannar5301

24 күн бұрын

hey it's not our fault we're angry, we live on the surface of the sun over here and it makes us a bit grumpy

I'm happy you said Mr. Ballen, He was the other one I thought of as well. I love his content and story telling.

Imagine having him as one of the members of your company. That would be so intimidating and comforting.

I’ve watched that video 3 times now and I get choked up every time.

Audie is from north Texas and is the most decorated soldier in US history. Our families knew each other, being sharecroppers from Hunt County. My uncle, who served in the ETO commanding a tank as a SSgt, said Audie ‘short & scrawny.’ The one thing they (& my brother and I) did was grow up hunting, to put food on the table. I KNOW that’s where Audie learned to be so deadly with a rifle. That said, did he have special dungarees made to hold his GIANT BALLS? He was a great patriot who sadly suffered from PTSD, after the war which led to him becoming an alcoholic. 🇺🇸 I am proud that Benavides and Murphy are Texans!!

A new book just came out either last month or this month called The Ballad of Roy Benavidez: The Life and Times of America’s Most Famous Hispanic War Hero by William Sturkey, too. We just bought it for my library.

Roy Benavides is one of my favorite war heros

I love the fact that the period from when Roy stepped on the landmine to when he snapped out of his state, the video was on grey tones to really accent how it muat have felt for him, everything is fuzzy, and empty until he can pull himself out of it. Really justshows how good of a story teller TFE is

Roy Benavidez is also known as the Lazarus soldier because of how unkillable he was.

I wanna see you react to his McNasty video. That being said, I've never been big on react videos. But you and 1 other British guy I've been watching are really pretty good. I enjoy your banter bouncing off of others banter. Keep it up Marine Oh and it'd be cool to see you react to the video Wendigoon did on Garbo the Spy

More than Legendary! Absolutely Awesome! there aren't enough words to convey the amount of respect for Master Sgt. Benavidez!!

Roy Benavidez was simply built different

At the end you said you feel like youre getting emotional. Haha yeah this story got me hella emotional. This man is a fucking legend big time!

Exactly the kind of man we desperately need more of.

Ive heard a british dude say "grab a cuppa tea or coffee" i can die happy. Also, these longer videos are perfect me to listen ti at work, however, you do whatever works for yoy broski!

Tango Mike Mike. That Mean Mexican, might be the greatest callsign of all time.

I really love to see The Fat Electrician supporting the people who react to his content. And I really love how Original Human really reacts and give credit where it’s due. Y’all are 2 great channels that are pros at your content.

Roy's full speech is on KZread. It's fantastic 👍 TFE did a fantastic job with this!! Don't be put off by his long videos. Those are some of his best!

First of all, your reaction videos are the best ones I’ve ever seen. Secondly, The Fat Electrician is a legend for allowing you to do this, and like you’ve said in other videos, his storytelling is untouchable.

Great video. I agree, the Fat Electrician tells a story like no other. You can tell that he is emotionally invested and that just draws you in even more.

I was honored to meet Tango Mike Mike in 1990 after being injured in Panama. He is a true legend and was a genuine and humble man.

If you are interested in MacVSog there is great podcast that is hosted by the veteran of MacVSog from Vietnam war he is called John Stryker Meyer he has a podcast called Sogcast where he interviews his MacVSog buddies and other SF badasses

@jamalmckenzie3822

24 күн бұрын

Yeah John Stryker is a legend.

As a veteran myself this brings tears to my eyes. What an incredible individual. The protected really will never understand.

The speech at the end sends a chill down my spine. God bless the warriors who guve it their all

Nick has a video on Audie Murphy and if you want to see crazy stories basically any MoH recipient is a good place to start Col. Bob Howard, LT Mike Thornton and LT Tom Norris are just a few examples from vietnam. PS not sure if you caught it or not the way he described it in this video but Audie Murphy played himself in his own autobiography movie To Hell and Back because he was just that much of a badass.

So happy this war hero is getting the recognition he deserves. Even if he was a humble man.

If you haven’t seen it already I suggest watching one of his older vids about Joe Medicine Crow: The Last War Chief. Another legend that’s relatively unknown for those who aren’t true Natives to NA.

It's funny since Mr. Ballen and The Fat Electrician both were in the Military

Fun fact: Mr. Ballen ALSO did a video on Roy Benavides. It would be interesting to see you watch his version of the story. There’s a lot less background info so it’s a much shorter video.

I've seen this presentation several times, but between the Fat Electrician and you, it was really outstanding.

You sir made the best reaction video. Your emotions are real. The Fat Electrician created the best Roy Benavides video ever. Awesome story teller. Thank you for your genuine reaction and most of all, thank you for your service. 🇬🇧🇺🇸

Honestly i love videos with this format. Like the "historian reacts to oversimplified" you and the historian guy both add to it too. Its not just you staring at the screen for the entire hour.

Yeah, a few bases were renamed in due to being named for Confederate soldiers. They really screwed the pooch on Bragg because there was a list of 70+ Special Forces Operators and Paratroopers they were going to pick the new name from. MSG Benavidez was in both the 82nd ABN DIV and 5th SFG but apparently that wasn’t good enough to rename Ft Bragg after him. Sorry for being long winded but still a sore spot for me!

Even the best neurologists can't explain some of the things that go on with the brain. A singular smell can bring back a childhood memory long forgotten. A particular song can pull an elderly person from the depths of dementia for a short while. There was a woman who suffered a stroke that made her almost a vegetable mentally. Over years of therapy she recovered to be almost entirely normal and even wrote about the things she felt and how she perceived the world during that time. The brain is an incredibly resilient organ in some respects, but just as fragile in others.

Proly the best and most accurate telling of Roy Benavidez. And a good reaction to TFE. FYI The booby trap ammo project was "eldest son." AK and mortar (that I knew of) cases were dropped in places, supposedly likely for someone to have dropped or misplaced it. Rifle ammo propellant was replace with a high explosive like PETN. When it detonated, its faster and more powerful shock would rupture the chamber of the AK. Mortar rounds normally have two explosives. The first pushes the round out of the mortar tube. The second on impact or proximity to the target. The modified rounds had the two explosives connected, so they both exploded inside the mortar tube.

It is such a good book. I bought it right after Nic dropped the video originally and could not put it down. I finished it in a week reading it in every free second I had.

Love the long form content...u still have so many legendary stories of his to react to. Arthur Wermuth and The Ghost of Bataan are to other super heroes that keep fighting after they probably should have been dead from their injuries...legends

He was a legend at Bragg when I was there

So glad you are reacting to this

Having been to the Audie Murphy Board in the Army I cannot wait until you watch that video.

Pertaining to the land mine. My guess would be that the steel plate wasn't heat treated properly. Making it just a little more maleable instead of brittle enough to fragment.

“For those of us who have fought for it, life has a special flavor” This speaks to me on an existential level. You will never appreciate the gift of life greater than when it is almost taken from you. The same rule applies to freedom, you will never appreciate freedom enough until it is taken from you. People yearning for the old days, when things were better, when we all had more freedom. We didn’t know back then to appreciate what we had, and now here we are wishing we had it back. I wonder how many soldiers thought the same thing before they lost their lives in battle.

I wish they had a movie of this guy. Not counting Rambo

I loved this! This was a fantastic reaction to this video!

They didn't name a base after him, but the name a Navy ship in his honor

Look up : Gary Dockery. He was a cop in Tennessee who was shot in the head. He was in a coma for 7 1/2 years and then suddenly woke up. He was completely lucid. He recognized his family and remembered past events. Unfortunately, his recovery only lasted a few days.

This the best react to the best TFE video. Well done sir, I really enjoyed it.

Fort bragg was named for Braxton bragg, a confederate general from the American Civil war.

Count Dankula, Kentuky Ballistics, Garand Thumb, Demoranch, Administrative Results, lodge lore, fatelectrician, those are the main ones that will catch your interest in history and guns If you want have a laugh, I did a thing, super mega, cold ones, the boys and so on, is chaotic humor, super mega is the exception. Cheers, have a good one.

@Whiteknight-xg2pq

24 күн бұрын

Sadly I'll never give I did a thing after the stunt they pulled with Brandon.

@c4ns3r53

24 күн бұрын

@@Whiteknight-xg2pq I dont like some stands thet Count Dankula has with politics but he is one of my favorite creators. I dont like what idubbbz did to his life yet I still watch his videos. Hate man, sure, but am not for the man, am for the content.

Love your reactions man, cheers mate

You should definitely do some more long ones. Love watching them with ya.

When I was in high school my mother used to work for the VA and helped run the conference/convention for GI Forum, a Hispanic/Latino organization focused on Veterans. This was like in 79 or 80. Benavidez had not yet been awarded his Medal of Honor. The rejection of being awarded was a sore point. I had the opportunity to meet him. He was still a fighter, but also a very kind man.

I KNEW you were gonna say Mr. Ballen.

I appreciate your respect and shout out to the teo best story tellers on youtube. Your a real one sir. Thanks for the content and great reaction.

I was wondering if you would play the video to the end and catch Roy's speech. As Nic says, someone's been cutting onions.

I have met a lot of Generals and they were all great people. They were about their word and honored things 100%

I 100% agree with you on the best two story tellers nick an ballen are both awesome story tellers for sure give those guys a raise lmaoo

This needs to be a movie, I will do it myself... Roy deserves it.

I met Roy Benavides when I was young boy. My mon picked him up from the airport in Kansas City. He was giving a speech at a Latinos Unidos event. She brought him to our house and we had dinner together. I cooked. He was the greatest person I ever met. Even as a child, I knew this was the greatest honor in my life. He was a kind and wonderful man. El Gordo Tio. My grandfather died in Vietnam. He was also a boxer. Golden Gloves. He sang jazz at clubs and on the radio 📻 His parents came to Kansas City from Mexico, because my great-grandfather killed a man he wasn't supposed to. He used to ride with Pancho Villa, but Pancho put a hit on him. Anyway. He was kind and wonderful. I read his book back then, and he was everything I imagined.

I just realized, you did a review about Roy Benavidez about 3 years ago, "The Green Beret who went on a one man Rampage to save his Comrades". He must've made quite the impression on you, for you to forget.😳

Nice one mate Please do more long ones like this

Dont worry, a lot of us mean got emotional at Roy's message at the end. Keeps us human 🫡

My uncle was a gold medal wrestler in Canada fell off a 3 story roof and landed feet down between 2 posts and crushed his spine with the impact. He was told that he’d never recover and be able to walk again, he did. He’s walking head high to this day.

His speech that he showed at the end was great. More people should watch it. I think I watched it, but it's possible that I watched a different one that too was great. Like the full thing, and not just a few minute clip from it.

17:20 audi murphy got his own sabaton song To Hell and Back. Hes incredible

i think i asked in another video so sorry for putting it here again, but the fat electricians “war daddy” video is amazing and would be a great reaction

General Westmoreland who hooked Roy up with airborne training would later go to command all US forces in Vietnam and later become Chief of Staff of the Army

I've been waiting for this reaction

Mr Benavides is a hero down south here in Texas. Even more so from army vets. His story is legend too hard to beleive.

Because of that “intangible contempt”, “ tension” that exists along that border you mentioned earlier I don’t think we’ll ever see a film made about Roy Benavides, unfortunately.

@kathrynck

21 күн бұрын

Why not?

The NVA were able to move large amounts of troops and supplies through Laos on the “Ho Chi Minh trail” undetected on foot, truck, and bicycle paths, NVA engineers would climb the trees adjacent to the paths and weave the tree canopy’s together to camouflage trails and a multitude of other ways to hide troop and supply movements

thanks for the vid mate (thats my first time ever using the word mate lol im 100% american lol)

@sweetrolldealer

24 күн бұрын

"Mate" will rub off on us if we watch Aussies or Brits a lot lol. I've caught myself using "Innit" a lot

@chrisvibz4753

24 күн бұрын

@@sweetrolldealer LMAO im a southern guy so we say isnt it kinda close to “innit” already. we say “idinit” pronounced “id-en-it” said fast

As for Audie Murphy, you might consider watching (and reacting) to his bio-pic movie named "To Hell And Back" starring... Audie Murphy. It does a really good job of depicting his War time actions, though it ends before his struggle with PTSD. Excellent starting point for digging into his life story.

Haircut is on point, still lookin good in the beret too mate!!

Mad love for the royal marines, yall are secret nuts like us marines 😅. Cross trained with royal marines in Bridgeport California in 2009. And my favorite experience with yall was partying in the laundry room 🤘 next level lmao. Love your channel brother 🤘

I've been waiting for this since you discovered the chubby electron guy