The man pictured is my Father, Robert Prescott Hunter USMC. Born and raised just outside of Boston. He was 23 when this was filmed. He is shown at the 1:16 mark and is the gunner at the bottom right. He is then shown again at the 2:56 mark, both were filmed during actual combat. I was fortunate to watch the original film with him when I was younger. He would have celebrated his 100th birthday April 2021. I feel very fortunate to have this film and watch it often. Love you Dad.

@myinfoisgone3868

3 жыл бұрын

Weird how in one shot he’s on a much more different gun than the other

@nelldavila3261

3 жыл бұрын

Everyone on KZread is related to someone in the war

@raghavbagdi1365

3 жыл бұрын

Love you dad too!

@johnhunter624

3 жыл бұрын

@Benjamin Raymundo-Ramirez I can assure you this was my Father. I know many people make false claims and people are always skeptical. I watched this film with him many times and can assure it is him.

@johnhunter624

3 жыл бұрын

@@myinfoisgone3868 This 3 1/2 minute clip was spliced together footage taken over several days from a WW2 documentary. All gunners were trained on all guns. If you look closely it is the exact same gunner in both clips on different days. I realize people are very wary of claims but I watched the documentary with him many, many times. I do understand it is a very skeptical world out there, it is unfortunate for those that have true, proud stories to tell.

My dad's carrier, USS Chenango was in this battle. He was on deck when a Zero strafed the flight deck with machine guns which destroyed fuel lines and sent splinters of wood across the deck. He was not allowed to tell about the kamikaze attacks in his letters to home. "All is Well" His last days alive some 60 years later were spent telling of his service on that ship. r.i.p.

@brendanstaff269

5 жыл бұрын

USB Chenego was shit

@PANZERFAUST90

5 жыл бұрын

@@brendanstaff269 lol "USB"

@osamabinladen824

5 жыл бұрын

@@brendanstaff269 USB-Type C 😂

@ogmiossoimgo696

5 жыл бұрын

my father was in Europe and he could never stop talking about the war

@H43339

5 жыл бұрын

Why couldn't he talk about the kamikaze in letters sent home ? They didn't want America to know how radical the Japanese were ?

Much respect for the generation that fought this war, 🇺🇸

@coltsfan79

5 жыл бұрын

Amen

@hardcorehunter9155

5 жыл бұрын

All the technology of today just makes it that much more gruesome, if this were to happen today.

@shawnsimmons1308

5 жыл бұрын

Man, you ain't lying!! My grandfather and my great uncle were part of the Normandy Beach invasion. My great uncle, James, was killed on D-Day +3. Much respect.

@Inkkari9

5 жыл бұрын

Almost skipped it

@hallnoats4ever

5 жыл бұрын

The feeling of having an enemy on your tail, getting hit, knowing you are going down, knowing this is the end of your life.

This looked terrifying to be part of. The amount of ships and planes and bullets going all over the place. Mad chaos.

@BatMan-xr8gg

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, and the amount of people around today that still believe war is full of Glory.

@cheesekimbap7777

3 жыл бұрын

Oh Boy! I'm watching your gameplay before, when r.o.s was popular.

@dimitriosdesmos4699

3 жыл бұрын

absolutely, ever played COD....i get scared in COD, imagine real life.

@obeyobay9146

3 жыл бұрын

Tbh I find it awesome

@BatMan-xr8gg

3 жыл бұрын

@@obeyobay9146 Then join up and go to war, and see what you think then.

that good looking gunner firing away while chewing gum is the most iconic image of the American fighting men.

@mrdiplomat9018

5 жыл бұрын

M M - NO soy boys there, eh ⁉️😂😂🎯🍺🍺

@barthill9578

5 жыл бұрын

Chewing gum like a little kid

@mannyfernandez7028

5 жыл бұрын

@@barthill9578 i guess by that time American superiority in everything was pretty evident .

@barthill9578

5 жыл бұрын

What superiority? As far as the little kid remark North Americans are still immature.

@kstreet7438

5 жыл бұрын

bart hill air, sea , armor and literally everything else the Japanese don’t have

Thanks from Philippines 🇵🇭 to America 🇺🇸

My father in law served in the Navy during WWII. Enlisted on 12/8/41 at 16 years of age, served as a torpedo man in the DE Navy, made 38 passages of the Panama Canal and saw Naval combat in both the Atlantic & Pacific. Never heard him talk of this battle but eventually he opened up to me about his experiences. The stories made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. We can never thank these people who served enough, but must always honor their sacrifice. Brownie you WILL ALWAYS BE MY HERO!

My Dad was in BB 60 U.S.S. Alabama All of Our Dads Will Always Be Heroes!! Miss You Dad 🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷

@mr.worldwide1934

5 жыл бұрын

John-Paul Nagel wrong flag mate 🇺🇸

@john-paulnagel2732

5 жыл бұрын

World Wide Productions I used this one On Purpose Bicentennial 76

@mr.worldwide1934

5 жыл бұрын

John-Paul Nagel oh gotcha, cool!

@bernardfitzgerald7865

4 жыл бұрын

Your dad fought for Liberia?

@sam21462

4 жыл бұрын

The Alabama now sits in the bay of Mobile, AL, my hometown, and is open for visitors daily. I cannot tell you how many hours I spent, as a kid, exploring her decks, laughing and playing amid the ghosts of a bygone era. I am happy that you take pride in your dad's service and if you have never toured The Alabama I urge you to do so. Also, don't miss the fried shrimp and gumbo while your in Mobile!

The Japanese zero became outmoded, their veteran pilots were dead and the replacements had little or no combat experience and little training. The results speak for themselves.

@honest._.hangman1269

3 жыл бұрын

True, the battle of midway cost them a lot of experienced pilots

@Chase-ts7gu

3 жыл бұрын

The zero was a rather good aircraft when it first debuted, but it quickly started becoming outclassed and allied engineers learned of it’s flaws, which helped them combat it later in the war.

@bigbo1764

3 жыл бұрын

Even if the veterans were flying, the zero was just a terrible aircraft. If you have a Japanese pilot a German, British, or American plane, they would be almost unstoppable.

@dimieneyitemi1721

3 жыл бұрын

@@bigbo1764 makes absolutely no sense at all the zero was an amazing plane it’s just that the Americans had enough resources to continue to change and modify their planes

@pauljohnson3340

3 жыл бұрын

The Zero tended to stall out in high G maneuvering. It also couldn't turn right in a dive. They discovered these things after finding and testing what became known as the Akutan Zero. The armor was another issue. P-38 pilots could hit one from the side and with the cannon in the nose literally cut a Zero in half.

A few reasons why the Japanese believe they had an advantage. *Sea planes of the time needed a headwind to take off, which meant the Americans had to sail in the opposite direction for their planes to get airborne than turn around. *The Japanese planes had superior range and thus would be able to strike the Americans while staying out of American range. *The Japanese had islands under their control from which they could launch attacks, giving their aircraft carriers much needed assistance in launching and recovering planes. So how did they lose? First by this stage of the war Japan had lost its elite, veteran pilots. New pilots where trained as fast as possible to replace losses, making their overall effectiveness poor and limited. Second, while in the beginning of the war the Japanese Zero fighter gave the Americans a run for their money, by this time it had become obsolete and its weaknesses glaring. The Japanese failed to make improvements to their airplanes which meant the Americans caught up and surpassed the advantages the lighter more nimble Japanese planes had. Third, the American forces where now using what at the time was a top secret anti aircraft proximity fuze which made American gunners about 5 times more deadly compared to regular rounds. This meant that you did not necessarily need to hit your target, as long as the round flew close enough, it would detonate, sending shrapnel in all directions. Finally, while the beginning stages of the war was a costly one due to obsolete American tactics, old designs etc, by 1944 the American Navy was second to none. New planes, new ships, and tactics meant the American naval fleet was unmatched. This battle was a turning point, never again where the Japanese able to launch a major naval attack on American forces and where relegated to defensive measures, reacting to American moves in the Pacific.

@MercenaryZack

4 жыл бұрын

Pretty much on point, been reading books about it as well. They wanted a limited war, but the Americans did not falter and fall in a state of despair after pearl harbour. Instead they wanted revenge and justice.

@archiecunningham3734

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you brother for the your info

@MyAngelReimu

4 жыл бұрын

Well the Japanese pretty much lost naval superiority after having more than half of their carrier task force wiped out at Midway.

@TeaParty1776

4 жыл бұрын

@@MyAngelReimu Yamamoto predicted a six-month “run” for Japan after Pearl Harbor. Midway was, in fact, six months after Pearl Harbor.

@tommypetraglia4688

4 жыл бұрын

The Hellcat was heavily armored. It was basically a flying tank

Never seen a smoke ring like that from an explosion...looked perfect

@etanusmaskianus1916

4 жыл бұрын

Iain Botham yeah man they faked an explosion in world war 2 for show

@combativeThinker

4 жыл бұрын

God's angels speeding their souls to heaven...

@THEgenART

4 жыл бұрын

I’m almost certain it’s caused by a large amount of smoke coming up through the funnel (funnel=smoke stack, chimney). I’ve seen it on another clip when a ship’s magazine got penetrated.

@swaldron5558

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe out of funnel?

@MrMAC8964

3 жыл бұрын

it won that year in the single pump category of the world s-ring competition.

Chumming gum was part of the process to keep your ears "popped" and prevent strobing which caused nausea I've heard.

@armandowar88

4 жыл бұрын

Very good

@scottinsd1

3 жыл бұрын

You are correct sir

@Cayden1988

3 жыл бұрын

Not sure if it was also applied for this reason at the time. But chewing gum also helps you focus and concentrate.

*The ocean bed became a mass graveyard.* Both my grandfathers were decorated veterans of that war. They survived and came home... but they lost many friends. They still lived the rest of their lives being strong family providers and helpful in our community. Never wanted anything from anyone, that they didn't earn. I look back now... and i truly realize how hard that must've been... what they did and what they saw. I'm very proud of them. And EVERYONE who served in any form.

Always touches a chord to see ww2 footage. Lost both grandpas in that war. One in pearl, one at battle of the bulge. 🇺🇸🏅🏅

There's a bit of colour bleeding, but it's amazing footage!

@theopenmindedtruthseeker9747

5 жыл бұрын

01DOGG01+ What’s that?

@marcoAKAjoe

4 жыл бұрын

@@theopenmindedtruthseeker9747 exactly.

@SnowTopHusky

4 жыл бұрын

@@marcoAKAjoe color bleeding is just a namee for a type of effect that can happen to videos or photos. It basically effects the coloration to a certain extent

@Maplelust

4 жыл бұрын

color *

@01DOGG01

4 жыл бұрын

@@theopenmindedtruthseeker9747 When the colours go over the edges. They tend to blend.

U.S.A. 1942-1945 WWII: “We got this” U.S.A. 2020 Covid 19: “Let’s riot”

@copee2960

3 жыл бұрын

Never a truer word.

@williamkeith8944

3 жыл бұрын

No comparison here, move along. One is a war, the other an insurrection led by a constitutional traitor.

@crispinjulius5032

3 жыл бұрын

There has been a lot of soy consumed in those 80+ intervening years.

@mikkodoria4778

3 жыл бұрын

Oh it's just the start, can't wait until Conflict between China and USA starts.

@Mad-rg9sz

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe the newer generations dont just blindly follow their governments every word?

Forget Superman, those pilots were men of steel.

@davidreinhart2508

4 жыл бұрын

Men of aluminum.

@Maplelust

4 жыл бұрын

forget Superman? done. actually that was done years ago.

It’s humbling watching WW2 battle footage. I absolutely am enthralled by it for the right reasons. Pride in the Allies, remembering and never forgetting the bravest generation, one of honor and courage. My enteral gratitude and respect.

So many intelligent young men, lost. What a brutal war.

@TermiteUSA

5 жыл бұрын

Brutal and necessary

@electrowolf6260

4 жыл бұрын

pyropulse I think he meant potential, something like soldiers who could’ve been an artist, singer, writing, doctor, etc. you know

@paulaporter778

4 жыл бұрын

@pyropulse bet they had more courage and bravery than you will ever have

@buster117

4 жыл бұрын

Actually the really intelligent men were prevented from being sent to the Frontlines.

@blitzy3244

4 жыл бұрын

Capt Termite boomer

Sharks ate rather well during WW2.

@mrgreen2570

5 жыл бұрын

Yes they did

@BarManFesteiro

5 жыл бұрын

Some say human flesh tastes bad

@raphalfonso

5 жыл бұрын

@Jebus foxe How about japanese meat?

@devontaenash1409

5 жыл бұрын

@Jack the Gestapo yeah a bunch of ryno sharks ate those sailors...... or was it different kind 🤔

@crazy4cockapoos

5 жыл бұрын

endless sushi buffet

As a Navy veteran that served on the USS ENTERPRISE CVN 65 I endorse this. Great video.

That was my Uncle Bob Hunter and he was a gum chewer from way back !! I loved him and had many happy memories of him !!

@Kiido11

3 жыл бұрын

Cindi, another commenter named John Hunter (who I'm guessing is your cousin) mentioned above that Robert Hunter was his dad. See if you can find the comment! I think it's pretty cool that multiple members of your family were reached by this video.

that's a lot of lead in the air! dad was in the south pacific from 42 to 45. he'd be 99 today - garnered the bronze star.

Just watched "The Pacific" Amazing series

My father was on Guadalcanal and Bougainville USMC.

2:56 just chewing gum while shooting weebs out of the sky

@joemunoz1476

5 жыл бұрын

I wonder if it was tobacco

@budgetgam1ng457

5 жыл бұрын

I wonder if it's buritto

@simmo2745

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe sushi?

@mala7794

5 жыл бұрын

@@joemunoz1476 i tought u said tobasco XD

@benjaminsiamubi5285

5 жыл бұрын

@@simmo2745 I see what you did there....lol..

The greatest generation

@alexvaas9549

4 жыл бұрын

Nothing great about wars dude

@oliviaguyong1875

9 ай бұрын

​@@alexvaas9549Their bravery is what them make great dude

The men fighting in this battle had courage that was off the charts. Eternal thanks for their sacrifices and heroism.

@spikespa5208

7 ай бұрын

Considering you could get killed by stray friendly fire from some other ship, especially when an enemy plane flies between two ships. Wear the helmet, hope for the best.

"The Japanese have found them!" Yeah, the mouse has found the cat.

@newdefsys

5 жыл бұрын

They have us surrounded, those poor bastards

@lckoolg622

5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@jerryallen1768

5 жыл бұрын

They woke up the sleeping giant

@kladewilson598

4 жыл бұрын

Timothy McCaskey it’s more legend than fact. We shouldn’t let truth get in the way of a good story though. It’s from the film Tora! Tora! Tora! Interesting that an American film would be sympathetic towards a great enemy.

@unfortunately_fortunate2000

4 жыл бұрын

America’s dominance over the Japanese empire wasn’t as obvious as it may have seemed to be looking back at it 70 years later. For a very long time, nobody was quite sure how the pacific theatre was going to turn out. Make no mistakes about it, the Americans were just as incompetent as the Japanese were, too.

For the Imperial Japanese Navy, this engagement was a double disaster. The video talks about the high losses Japan incurred with aircraft, aviators. For the IJN this was a disaster because during the time of Midway in early-mid 1942, through the long campaign of Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands of 1942-1943, they lost most of their veteran, elite aviators from the pre-war and early war years. It took Japan a year to recover and get enough trained naval aviators to fly off their Carriers again. But the issue was that the training, experience of the old pilots were gone as they were almost all dead. These inexperienced pilots were sent against fully trained American Carrier aviators as well as ample time flying in actual military campaigns. Of course the new Japanese pilots got shredded. And to make it all worse, during this battle, American Submarines found the Japanese fleet and attacked. Fleet Carriers Shokaku and Taiho were sunk by their torpedoes. Shokaku was a pre-war Carrier, her and Zuikaku were the last of the original 6 IJN Carriers that attacked Pearl Harbor. Taiho was brand new, had only commissioned few months before this battle. She was unique for the IJN because she was an armored Carrier. These 2 disasters combined in this one battle to completely break the back of what was left of the once powerful Carrier forces of the IJN. For the remainder of the war IJN Carriers had zero power. When Zuikaku, the last operational Fleet Carrier of Japan at the time (others were being finalized, the Unryu-class) was sent off in the epic Battle of Leyte Gulf towards the end of 1944, she was merely a decoy and had only a few planes assigned to her. When Unryu-class Carriers were completed, Japan had no more naval aviators left to put on them.

@brytsyd11

4 жыл бұрын

This.. 👌

@rejuvinatez347

Жыл бұрын

It lasted 3 days.

This was also the first large naval engagement that included the use of the proximity fuse. Its believed to have played a pivotal role. (If I'm remembering correctly)

@oceanhome2023

5 жыл бұрын

What blows me away is that we were able to incorporate a small radar into the top of a 5 inch shell with out transistors only fragile tube technology

@pirobot668beta

4 жыл бұрын

The proximity fuse was such a top-secret device, the only place it was authorized for use was over water. Duds and other failures would sink beneath the waves, not to be found by the enemy. Late in the European theater, the fuse started to be used in Germany, but very sparingly. They would be authorized against certain targets but never over a city! They though that firing them over a wooded area could reduce the chance of duds being discovered. Turns out tree-tops made good radar-targets...the shells would burst in the trees and the shrapnel rained down on the troops. Can't hide from over-head fire in a fox-hole!

And now I play PS4 on my Sony television and sing along to turning Japanese in the car, funny how life changes.

My father was a navy pilot in this conflict he’s passed now

@plusbonus1165

4 жыл бұрын

Salute .

@daltonmann4916

4 жыл бұрын

Salute!

@ManishSharma-lm3wg

4 жыл бұрын

Salute

@NewtonRBEP

4 жыл бұрын

I don't really care tbh

@plusbonus1165

4 жыл бұрын

@@NewtonRBEP keep playing rainbow 6 while real men and women of the armed services protect you and your family. Priceless!

The courage and sacrifice of our pilots was amazing, most were just young men barely out of high school. 🇺🇸❤️

I know a guy at my VFW hall who was at the battle of Iwogema. At Walmart the greeter I worked with was on Normandy Beach and took 3 positions under heavy gun fire

@mattzeimys945

4 жыл бұрын

Jeffrey Schneider it’s spelled iwojima I am a marine - iwojima warrior

@jeffreyschneider2824

4 жыл бұрын

Matt Zeimys it's hard to spell

@canadiandeplorable2087

4 жыл бұрын

Worlds toughest Walmart greeter 👍

@e-curb

4 жыл бұрын

@@mattzeimys945 No, it is spelled Iwo Jima.

@TeaParty1776

4 жыл бұрын

@@mattzeimys945 Iwo Jima. But the spelling is not important.

Enduring friendship 🇺🇸🇵🇭

I wonder how often friendly fire occurred in all that chaos

@ryanp5790

4 жыл бұрын

The thick flak was not only murderous for the Japanese But also for the Americans. In the battle of Guadalcanal, there is an account of a wildcat pilot Who had chased down three dive bombers into friendly flak and actually had a hole shot through his left wing

@giovannibrandizzi4396

4 жыл бұрын

Ryan Patton YOU GOT A HOLE IN YOUR LEFT WING

@leeponzu

4 жыл бұрын

A lot.

@foreverkid2930

4 жыл бұрын

50% losses on land troops of ww2 were friendly fire read it in a research Maybe it was the first war though dont remember But still gives you an idea of war

@thomasfoss9963

4 жыл бұрын

They tried to space the ships enough to minimize friendly fire but it happened in all the mayham......

Much respect! Thank you for your service!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

I knew the Leo Zeola a Fighter pilot on the U.S. Gambier Bay. He is mentioned in the book. The Gambier bay was one of the U.S. flat decks that was sunk during the battle of Leyte Gulf off of the Philippines. I am so happy I got to know him when I was little before he died.

Incredible footage. Thank you!

Nice footage. i simply love the design of the Corsairs. Greetings from Germany

Much respect from Australia to the USA forces who stopped the Japanese from invading us.

@letsgoforward3220

5 жыл бұрын

But you invading and stolen australia from aborigin, what a hypocrite !!

@paytonburns1759

5 жыл бұрын

Let's Go Forward i mean... it would’ve happened eventually.... too many people and not enough land... don’t get mad at history dawg cuz it either could’ve happened back then or a few decades later so chill

@gortnewton4765

5 жыл бұрын

​@@letsgoforward3220 Nope. In fact the first wave of Aborigines who arrived, got wiped out by the second wave, the second wave was almost wiped out by the third. So who owns it? How about the Africans who now arrive, or the Indians, Chinese, Russians, Europeans? Who.

@littlemang69

4 жыл бұрын

@@letsgoforward3220 lol in that case America is also stolen land you septic Tank!

@Mr.Obongo

4 жыл бұрын

Let's Go Forward aborigines stole the land from megalania so your point?

It was the F6F Hellcat that made the difference in that Battle. The Japanese were used of Air Superiority of the Zero against the F4F Wildcat. But as soon as the F6F was introduced...it was a different ballgame

No other war in history compares to WW2. The massive scale, the sheer numbers, the firepower, the new technology, the dramatic battles, the lives lost, the evils and the heroics. But mostly the scale. Look at the size of that fleet! To quote Saving Private Ryan, “Quite a sight.”

@spikespa5208

7 ай бұрын

Put the previous "War to end all wars" to shame in almost all respects. (Terrifying to consider what the next one will be like.)

When I was in high school, we watched a documentary about the search for two particular naval vessels. One Japanese the other American. A couple of guests were aboard the research vessel... American and Japanese naval veterans from the sunk ships being sought. Too see these old men, who so vehemently hated each other in there youth, hug and put into the sea, wreaths for there fallen comrades, brought some tears to my eyes.

@clownman9404

4 жыл бұрын

What's the title of that documentary pls?

@jackdundon2261

Жыл бұрын

Look up "ye old pub" the b17 and the fw190...

The Greatest Generation, everyone lived that era.

@gasupplisson

4 жыл бұрын

Exept those who were bombed

@Maplelust

4 жыл бұрын

they did what?

I wish there were film crews that captured this war on tape from beginning to end. The most important and most interesting topic in history!

Absolutely amazing footage

My grandfather was in the navy for WW2. His main ship was the USS Quick a destroyer later made a minesweeper. Later in the war he was transferred to a cruiser but before she set sail he got a bad case of pneumonia and had to be hospitalized. The ship was the USS Indianapolis. If you know you know.

@gld5129

8 ай бұрын

And YOU know the rest of the story, My Dad in US Navy between WW2 and Korea, Sea going tug, he had finished his enlistment and got off in San Diego, USS Sarsi was sent to Korea and during that time she was in Typhoon Karen in 1952 and struck a floating mine and sank, that was the same year I was born. If Dad had stayed for another enlistment I might not be here.

What a awesome sight u.s naval power in the Pacific

Thanks! Watching from the Philippines.

I wonder how many war planes are still sitting at the bottom of the ocean

@bobbybooshay8641

4 жыл бұрын

All of them?

@JohnDacles

4 жыл бұрын

All of them.

Balls of steel! God bless all these brave men!

My grand dads brother Clark Lyde was shot down in the Leyte Gulf. His mates said he didnt feel anything and never got out of the plane. My grandfather was always hurt and bothered by this fact. He said, "Clark wanted action, well, he got it..." I stare at their pictures when I place Home Sweet Home on the piano. No words can describe when the portraits start to move. God bless our armed forces.

@SpiritMover314

4 жыл бұрын

That's deep. My condolences.

@treylyde999

4 жыл бұрын

@@SpiritMover314 Thank you for your comment. I hope that feeling we are all getting is the same. I'm so honored when I think of the sacrifice, honor, courage, and fear. These men and their women's must of felt. Recently a black neighbor (95 yrs old)of my grandfather's complimented my grandfathers ways and my up keep on house he left me. He said, "We had our time, now is your time" That really made me take stock. I got my Chaplain License and PhD in Pastoral Care and Counseling. I help lots of clients per year. Forgive, grow and reinvent. Best of luck to you, Sir.

@SpiritMover314

4 жыл бұрын

@@treylyde999 thanks man, I needed that. My Grandfather fought in the Pacific Theatre (Solomon Islands and New Guinea). He was deceased before I was born. Would've loved to know more about him and the war...😢😢😢

Excellent footage.

These actual footage videos are awesome

Imagine being in the middle of all that just recording footage

Hats off to the soldiers that have fought for the future generations..and brought peace

Nice clip!

My father, Frank Fitch Ltjg was on the LST26..he left when I was only one week old. Dad returned when I was four years old..we never could connect..too many years . He was a truly great man. As I grew, I watched him, he was always looking off in the sky..he was back on Leyte..it never left him..ever..USCG..

these guys had the BALLS OF IRON..--doublemint

I can’t imagine fighting for your life in the middle of the ocean. If you lose there’s no walking away even if you survive.

@FuShengAlex

4 жыл бұрын

Interesting to note, 2 former presidents Kennedy and Bush that served in WW2 were briefly stranded in the Pacific ocean themselves. Bush was in a raft for I think 3 or 4 hours after his plane was hit and he bailed out.

@nczioox1116

4 жыл бұрын

@@FuShengAlex bush was lucky as he was able to be rescued by a submarine

@martdeleon5918

2 жыл бұрын

Ah yeah, those mariners whose ships were sunk experienced shark attacks in the Leyte gulf

What a wonderful video and words... thanks so much for share this my friend...

This footage is better than any movie or series. I feel it.

Rest in peace to all soldiers who lost their lives🇯🇵

That smoke ring... How did it happen?

@danielomingomingsr9203

5 жыл бұрын

I think open tube explosion.

@bradley9856

5 жыл бұрын

someone vaped

@hardcorehunter9155

5 жыл бұрын

Wondered the same. Had to be a quick death at least

@limescaleonetwo3131

5 жыл бұрын

carefully

@randycheow4268

5 жыл бұрын

Someone must have smoked weed

Gives me goosebumps...

Wow..stunning detail isnt just clickbait for once! This looks as if it were part of a directed movie..

He'll ya I love my country

@Username-or9nr

4 жыл бұрын

He shall ya I love my country He will ya I love my country

My dad was there on the USS Cabot a cruiser converted into a small aircraft carrier. He suffered after the war with PSTD which was not identified as such at the time. I remember him waking up screaming at night saying he could smell the men burning on the deck. The Cabot was in almost all of the pacific wars major naval battles including this one although he would not talk about it and refused to watch way movies of any kind.

@outthere9370

7 ай бұрын

Yes, these young men saw the "horrors" of war. Imagine the pressure. Surrounded by death & destruction. It's no wonder they never wanted to talk about it. Having to "relive" thier trauma would be just "too" much to bear!

Really good footage

really beautiful color

*Fascinating footage!*

When men were men and honor meant somthing!

@GiDD504

3 жыл бұрын

You know men are still men right?

@skabucks1

3 жыл бұрын

Shame that the American race don't feel the same nowadays.

@GiDD504

3 жыл бұрын

Priv h you know we still do right? We have evolved to favor different characteristics...

@domenigo97

3 жыл бұрын

What honor?

@davidmiatke6758

3 жыл бұрын

@@GiDD504 Few and Far between.

Nice footage

Props to the person that filmed this

14 carriers and almost a thousand planes combined from both sides were involved in the Battle of the Philippine Sea.

And not a single political leader died for their own battle this day.

@Maplelust

4 жыл бұрын

on this particular day sure.

@aaroncabatingan5238

2 жыл бұрын

Tojo would be executed after the war. Not sure who else got hanged.

@redacted5035

2 жыл бұрын

so edgy

This footage is beyond incredible.

Awesome

Ty Americans for protecting my Country during WW2

@caydenthompson126

5 жыл бұрын

which one?

@patricklenigan4309

5 жыл бұрын

Which country?

@Thenotfunnyperson

5 жыл бұрын

All of them.

@harrycooper8065

4 жыл бұрын

1234 Have you ever watched a WAr mOViE? Because then you will know how great the American soldiers were

@brutal_chud

4 жыл бұрын

@@harrycooper8065 Have you seen anything in your young life besides Hollywood garbage that gets worse every decade?

The alarm sound played at 0:25 is incorrect.... ... that is a civil airraid alarm and was never used on USN ships....

@104thDIVTimberwolf

5 жыл бұрын

That's not a shipboard siren. It's a "siren of Jericho" that most dive bombers of the era carried.

@emilrydstrm3944

5 жыл бұрын

Most dive bombers of that era carried? Only the german Ju87 Stuka had sirens

@garliconionshallot

5 жыл бұрын

@@104thDIVTimberwolf u just wrong

@104thDIVTimberwolf

5 жыл бұрын

Yep. After listening again, I agree. I was wrong.

@emilrydstrm3944

5 жыл бұрын

@@104thDIVTimberwolf But i understand if you get confused, because they ad siren sounds to clips of crashing planes to make them more dramatic

These guys were brave heroes! Thank you for your service!!🇺🇸

This is just crazy. Wow. Semper fi.

Wow that Halo of Boom 💥 , amazing and sad at the same time.

Dead... dead... him too... got that one... dead... and i just sit on the toilet and watch. Wow hardest days of these mens lives and end of an easy day for me.

It amazes me what is considered stunning detail

This is the battle where the one that spotted the other first did not confer any advantage

@kairopalmer5109

3 жыл бұрын

Only the British had better radar than the Americans. Allies could see anyone coming for miles.

@RonaldReaganRocks1

3 жыл бұрын

@@kairopalmer5109 But America had a better atomic bomb than Britain.....or anyone.

Watching that ship burn under a Halo of smoke was chilling.

good job

Greatest cameraman in history. He's flying all over the place.

Was the first war that had cameras everywhere. All fighters had cameras that filmed the guns firing to count all the aircraft shot down.

The battle theater the United States won without any help from russia.

@nikitakazovski9619

5 жыл бұрын

The japanese surrendered in part because they feared that the USSR would invade them after germany had surrendered.

@datrevmeister

5 жыл бұрын

@@nikitakazovski9619 well at least the Americans fielded several million men in Europe to boost the Bolsheviks unlike "wouldve" scenarios by the bolsheviks

@LS1007

5 жыл бұрын

nikita kazovski Maybe, but more likely because they didn’t want any more atom bombs dropped on them.

@PANZERFAUST90

5 жыл бұрын

lol The USSR won the European front with OUR help.

@LS1007

5 жыл бұрын

Dave Klonpenberg The Soviets didn’t attack Manchuria until after the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. True, the Japanese were facing an invasion from the Soviets from the north, but it was after the second bomb was dropped that they surrendered to the U.S. After seeing what those bombs did they didn’t want to be annihilated. If they hadn’t surrendered when they did they wouldn’t have had the chance to fight the Soviets because we would have dropped more bombs and destroyed them.

Incredible and intense

The absolute weirdest, yet awesome naval Battle of all time. All love and respect to the fallen of both sides.

Because I buy and sell WWII military items I have talked to lots of WWII vets. In my experience most that fought the Germans didn’t have anything against them personally Very different story with those that fought in the South Pacific....most hated the Japanese and many still do! I had them give me grief for driving a Toyota The Japanese during the war commuted atrocities down to the soldier in the field level I once bought a Japanese Skull from the vet that brought it back from the war, was signed by his friends. I asked him what he thought about the Japanese He thought a minute and said they sort of looked human but after what he saw he didn’t think they were.

@clacicle

5 жыл бұрын

Deadhorse1 it’s easier to dehumanize people when they don’t look like you. The Germans committed horrific crimes all over Europe. Against soldiers and civilians.

@deadhorse1391

5 жыл бұрын

One example in Europe US medics painted large Red Crosses inside a White circle on their helmets to identify them as medical corpsmen so they wouldn’t be shot and the Germans was very good about this. In the pacific this was quickly stopped because it had the exact opposite affect...the Japanese were targeting the medics

@clacicle

5 жыл бұрын

Deadhorse1 True, but thousands of wounded and captures Germans and Allied soldiers were also executed by soldiers on the other side. Medics were shot. More so in the Pacific than in Europe, but it happened everywhere. War is hell.

@abvmoose87

5 жыл бұрын

clacicle actually that is just old war propaganda. The germans were probably the most humane and honorable fighting side in the war. The worst atrocities were commited by the communists. It's too bad usa decided to ally themself with the communist red army and hinder Germany from freeing europe from the red terror. We could have had a very different world today.

@clacicle

5 жыл бұрын

abvmoose87 Did you just crawl out of Hitler’s bunker?

the disturbing thing is that inside those planes are actual human being like us.

@maheshm5463

5 жыл бұрын

Ghazie Arsalan as also on the ground in Hiroshima Nagasaki

@bondys-video-kucing

5 жыл бұрын

It's more like zombies than humans imho. The japanese military command knew how to brainwash their troops

@ot1402

5 жыл бұрын

Mahesh M we had to end the war. They started the war, we finished it. We gave japan several warnings. Did they respond?? Nope 💥🔥🔥. We told and warned them to surrender. No response.💥🔥🔥. Then they surrender.

@dimieneyitemi1721

3 жыл бұрын

@@bondys-video-kucing Nah bro humans doesn’t matter what way you put it they had families lives and homes like the rest of us

Beautiful

Seeing the amount of firepower these ships had especially against the Kamikaze just how much ammunition did the battleships carry and did they reload their own ammunition

The famous Pacific battle was captured in stunning detail It was a complete route 😄