WWII Veteran and Pearl Harbor Survivor Tells About His Many Close Calls

This is an interview with WWII veteran and Pearl Harbor survivor talking about his experiences under enemy fire that day!
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  • @RememberWW2
    @RememberWW23 жыл бұрын

    Please subscribe for more WWII veteran interviews!

  • @jimmyconway7554

    @jimmyconway7554

    3 жыл бұрын

    good to see how a real man should be.... i dont feel like a real man as u guys are even tho i over came so call smart folks... lolol i beat them... but you guys kill me..... lolol goood men you are!!!

  • @mikeferguson6100

    @mikeferguson6100

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jimmyconway7554 p

  • @steel5886

    @steel5886

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank You for these incredible interviews of American heroes .Your organization should set up a zoom call with congress in session ,and make them watch these American heroes interviews maybe they will WAKE UP and get back to being our government instead of this radical craziness .

  • @garymckee8857
    @garymckee88573 жыл бұрын

    It's sad when I see that some lowlife gives these videos a thumbs down. This man has a excellent memory.

  • @stewchipoo1631
    @stewchipoo16313 жыл бұрын

    I drove Ed to a memorial a couple months back. And it was just me and him talking about the pilot that almost killed him. Glad to see you again Ed

  • @justme8108

    @justme8108

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for driving Ed!

  • @MichaelOnRockyTop

    @MichaelOnRockyTop

    3 жыл бұрын

    How old is he now if you don't mind me asking?

  • @gitanoespana7694
    @gitanoespana76943 жыл бұрын

    When my Grandfather heard of the Pearl Harbour attack he enlisted in the 3rd New Zealand Army Division. He served with Americans up through the Island hopping campaign. He always had good things to say about US Servicemen and had much respect for them. He credited the US with saving Australia and New Zealand from a Japanese invasion.

  • @paulstan9828
    @paulstan98283 жыл бұрын

    Amazing hearing his memories of that day. Reading about Pearl Harbor in a history book is one thing but hearing a first hand experience is amazing.

  • @cmeyers3231
    @cmeyers32313 жыл бұрын

    I fly our flag everyday for guys like this, no matter what is going on politically, these men will always be our hero's and the best, thank you for your service!

  • @AndrewV-tm7ys
    @AndrewV-tm7ys3 жыл бұрын

    I retired out of Ft Shafter in 2019 and everytime I set foot on Hickam or Pearl I would try to imagine the faces of my brothers before me. Seeing your face and hearing your story is an honor. Love you brother.

  • @Evergreen1400

    @Evergreen1400

    3 жыл бұрын

    I grew up on Oahu in the late 80’s-early 2000’s. I went to school in Pearl city, my grandfather was alive and on the island when it was attacked he later went on to join the army during the war so I’ve spent many days daydreaming and wondering how it was back then.

  • @xvsj-s2x
    @xvsj-s2x3 жыл бұрын

    I salute you Sir for your service, sacrifice and courage for freedom and your story 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @m1herrmann160
    @m1herrmann1603 жыл бұрын

    If you don't document this now these story's will be lost to history. Bless them all, love the videos.

  • @thomasrobinette3227

    @thomasrobinette3227

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's literally what these videos are for

  • @howardcunningham3050
    @howardcunningham30503 жыл бұрын

    his memory is so clear.. thank you for sharing sir. from 🇨🇦

  • @johnanderson3475
    @johnanderson34753 жыл бұрын

    wow, he beat my grandads near misses by one. my uncle was kia that day. took alot of grit to not gas out and make it out alive. another genuine badass.

  • @Ben-pz7wo
    @Ben-pz7wo3 жыл бұрын

    I’m In love with this channel. I could listen to a podcast, or I could listen to true stories told by real life heroes. May we never forget their sacrifice.

  • @robertmccarty9951
    @robertmccarty99513 жыл бұрын

    This hero is an awesome story teller. Thank you sir!

  • @COACHWARBLE
    @COACHWARBLE3 жыл бұрын

    This man is actually a different type of soldier than we are used to hearing from. He was not a citizen soldier that has become popular in the last 20 years. He was in the military prior to WW2. Higher caliber of soldier. Stricter requirements and most of all a volunteer. Most of these men rotated out by the time the war ended 5 years later. Amazing you could actually find a prior service veteran. Great work. Thank you so much for this history!!

  • @troublemakingpups5787
    @troublemakingpups57873 жыл бұрын

    My grandfather's brother was stationed at Pearl Harbor. His hobby was photography. He took pictures during the attack getting shrapnel for his efforts. Some years later, led to his demise.

  • @stevendeitrich6933
    @stevendeitrich69333 жыл бұрын

    More people should hear these accounts . Those events were so awful to go thru . Those memories never go away . Thank You Sir from a fellow veteran.

  • @wtfRyantater
    @wtfRyantater3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for recording this important piece history ✌🏻

  • @RememberWW2

    @RememberWW2

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching , please subscribe!

  • @africanchild7366
    @africanchild73663 жыл бұрын

    I know it's been said but thank you very much for getting these men to share these stories that are such a huge part of history.

  • @briantrudell8248
    @briantrudell82483 жыл бұрын

    God bless this man and all others who fought for our freedom's. Many people now day's can't hold a candle to courage and backbone this man had an has still to this day 🇺🇸

  • @thomasjensen7526
    @thomasjensen75263 жыл бұрын

    He is a true hero

  • @stevecrippen7472
    @stevecrippen74723 жыл бұрын

    a very touching story,,never to be forgotten,,thanx for all services

  • @mymomsboyfriend5672
    @mymomsboyfriend56723 жыл бұрын

    In Hawaii rn and I always see the memorial on Pearl Harbor/Hickam. Thank you for your sacrifice sir, hero’s like you made me join

  • @thelastjohnwayne
    @thelastjohnwayne3 жыл бұрын

    An absolute hero

  • @jackyandell2489
    @jackyandell24893 жыл бұрын

    I worked for a Union Electrical Cont.back in the early 70's. Anthony Mark was his name. He was at Pearl Harbour on Dec.7th. He was assigned as a gunner aboard a PBY. He talked to me about that day several times. Great guy to work for. RIP Tony..

  • @kelvinjolley6264
    @kelvinjolley62643 жыл бұрын

    A very good memory from a long time ago.

  • @benyoung552
    @benyoung5523 жыл бұрын

    These men are so awesome! Thankful to be able to hear his story... I appreciate all involved in getting this recorded and saved in time for history...

  • @antonamirkhanian6586
    @antonamirkhanian65863 жыл бұрын

    These interviews are incredible. Great to see first hand accounts from all these veterans. Keep up the amazing work and I look forward to more interviews.

  • @FUBARguy107
    @FUBARguy1073 жыл бұрын

    I never knew about the USS Arizona that it cannot and never will be decommissioned. I live in Arizona state and for some reason that part really got me. I had to pause for moment to collect myself. Rest in peace to those 1,177 and to every other servicemen, nurse, pilot and civilian lost that day and through every day of WW2.

  • @d.g.n9392
    @d.g.n93923 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your service and all sacrifices of the veterans. Thank you for sharing these stories.

  • @wackswax8423
    @wackswax84233 жыл бұрын

    Glad to know this is recorded history. The times changed, but these stories remain the same. There is no today or tomorrow for that matter without their sacrifice. It’s shameful how thankless their stories are in modern times.

  • @dominiclanza7131
    @dominiclanza71313 жыл бұрын

    Another brave American tells the story

  • @paulseale8409
    @paulseale84093 жыл бұрын

    My dad survived D day because he remembered his training. Mr. Hall you had to have remembered your training. Thank you and your home now. You know you can get counciling still if you want.

  • @aaroncole7736
    @aaroncole77363 жыл бұрын

    I don't want to experience this. Please learn from our history. It's so important.

  • @jjcoola998
    @jjcoola9983 жыл бұрын

    Y'all need to subscribe so dude can do more interviews..

  • @santaclaus6602
    @santaclaus66023 жыл бұрын

    “You’re havin a ball but you’re scaring the hell out of me!” 😂🤣

  • @thomasday8656
    @thomasday86563 жыл бұрын

    Thank You for your Service and sharing your memories!

  • @JoeJalopy
    @JoeJalopy3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for telling part of history.

  • @TheRunAndGun10
    @TheRunAndGun103 жыл бұрын

    Excellent. Very well done. Thank you very much.

  • @Cybermat47
    @Cybermat475 ай бұрын

    This man is a hero. Can’t imagine the mental and physical exhaustion he had when the work was finished. I’m going to have to find out if he’s spoken about any of his other experiences in WWII. Never forget the sacrifices made to end the evil of Japanese imperialism from 1937 to 1945.

  • @rikijett310
    @rikijett3102 жыл бұрын

    Sir, I don't even know what to say to respond to your experience. Thank you endlessly for your service!!! May God bless you always!!!! ✝️🇺🇸✝️

  • @waynegraham7611
    @waynegraham76113 жыл бұрын

    Wow that’s a brave man right there, not sure I could’ve handled going thru all that, thank you sir for your service 🙏

  • @eaglesnest2881
    @eaglesnest28813 жыл бұрын

    Thank You Sir For your service .I was there years later.

  • @matthewcronin4727
    @matthewcronin47273 жыл бұрын

    God Bless! What a man!

  • @freedominion7369
    @freedominion7369 Жыл бұрын

    Incredible testimony and thanks for documenting history 🇺🇲

  • @jameslawlor1404
    @jameslawlor14043 жыл бұрын

    Thank you sir for your service to this Country

  • @lazzihd1155
    @lazzihd11552 жыл бұрын

    in every one of these videos at some point or another, they all adopt a "1000 yard stare" really goes to show how the events truly shook them and stuck with them.

  • @johngrogan7585
    @johngrogan75856 ай бұрын

    Thank you Sir

  • @bryanbosch
    @bryanbosch3 жыл бұрын

    Amazing story... Thanks for your bravery and service.God bless

  • @bobloblaw1149
    @bobloblaw11493 жыл бұрын

    Thank you sir for your service and sharing.

  • @RememberWW2

    @RememberWW2

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching Sir and please subscribe for other WW2 interviews...

  • @Will_i_am725
    @Will_i_am7253 жыл бұрын

    God Bless you sir and thank you for your service to our country and your fellow GIs. You certainly had your hands full.. You will never be forgotten ❤. Thank you so much for sharing your first hand stories with us and bringing this horrible time in our history to life.

  • @jgrand1570
    @jgrand15703 жыл бұрын

    History, real history!!

  • @RememberWW2

    @RememberWW2

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thats right! Thanks for watching. Please follow the channel for other interviews.

  • @localcrew
    @localcrew3 жыл бұрын

    I met a man in Vegas years ago who was a Pearl Harbor survivor. Can’t remember what ship he said he was on. He was a cattle rancher from Texas. And his last name? It was “Miracle”.

  • @tedh9211
    @tedh92113 жыл бұрын

    Amazing

  • @stephenasumendi714
    @stephenasumendi7142 жыл бұрын

    growing up with ed change my life made me see thing different for the better grandpa i will alway look up tp you thank you

  • @chrissmith1011
    @chrissmith10113 жыл бұрын

    God bless the men of WWII. A;; of them. We owe you so much.

  • @stevedrinkard2040
    @stevedrinkard20403 жыл бұрын

    Thank you SIR for your service ❤🇺🇸🇺🇸❤

  • @johnfranklin1955
    @johnfranklin19553 жыл бұрын

    He talks about shrapnel, which is the. biggest killer in all wars.

  • @Switchclackback
    @Switchclackback3 жыл бұрын

    This is great stuff, crazy how you only have 15k subs. Keep up the excellent work good sir!

  • @castronautmusic

    @castronautmusic

    3 жыл бұрын

    50k*

  • @Switchclackback

    @Switchclackback

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@castronautmusic it was only 15k when I commented. Good to see the channel is blowing up in such a short amount of time!

  • @andrewhill4986
    @andrewhill49863 жыл бұрын

    “cause Navy got it the worst.. they got it the worst.” Thank you sir.

  • @larryb982
    @larryb982 Жыл бұрын

    Pearl harbour anniversary almost here. God bless those men. A moment of silence for those brave men that served.

  • @stephenasumendi714
    @stephenasumendi7142 жыл бұрын

    thats my grandpa love you

  • @joanbradshaw333
    @joanbradshaw3333 жыл бұрын

    wonderful voice, sounds like Red Barber

  • @elisabattle8456
    @elisabattle84563 жыл бұрын

    God bless you for your service

  • @RememberWW2

    @RememberWW2

    3 жыл бұрын

    GOD BLESS ALL THE WW2 HEROES!

  • @roscoep.coltraine6344
    @roscoep.coltraine63443 жыл бұрын

    God bless you sir! I am so sorry that all of you folks had to bear witness to and experience such an atrocity! But I am even more GREATFUL that yas did! 🙏 GOD BLESS THE GREATEST GENERATION! My heros!

  • @RememberWW2

    @RememberWW2

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for watching this video Roscoe , if you haven't already please consider subscribing to the channel as it helps us reach a larger audience to share these amazing Heroes with! We are aiming to hit 50,000 followers this week and each one helps!

  • @hughjay33rd87
    @hughjay33rd873 жыл бұрын

    Salute 🇺🇸

  • @bjh3661
    @bjh36613 жыл бұрын

    K.Ps are the best guys in the world. I was one before I moved up. I still remember every K.P I ever worked with. Still in touch with some. Dependable. Human machines. Plus the waitresses confide in the K.Ps and then you know what happens next ...

  • @JuniorNel21

    @JuniorNel21

    3 жыл бұрын

    What does KP stand for?

  • @stanwolenski9541

    @stanwolenski9541

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@JuniorNel21 kitchen police. Police is a word used by the military to mean to clean.

  • @Evergreen1400
    @Evergreen14003 жыл бұрын

    I’m born in Arizona but I spent 15 years growing up in hawaii I went to school in Pearl city overlooking PH.

  • @YARROWS9
    @YARROWS93 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your service, in defending democracy from tyranny. Scotland UK.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

  • @robertcope9494
    @robertcope94943 жыл бұрын

    My step father was on the USS California which was berthed in front of the USS Arizona. When the alarms went off he run up to the deck and saw the torpedoes coming. He jumped overboard and swam to Ford island. His job for the next few day was to sit at a desk with the ships roster. As he received information he would mark a crew member alive or dead. I guess there had to be over 1,000 crew members.

  • @benjaminevans2422
    @benjaminevans24223 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your service. I'll have to watch your video tomorrow. Got to sleep for work.

  • @RememberWW2

    @RememberWW2

    3 жыл бұрын

    did you watch the interview? please follow for other WW2 interviews!

  • @wesinman2312
    @wesinman23123 жыл бұрын

    My ex's father was at Hickam Field that day, his name was Norman Doble, I do not know his rank. I never got a chance to meet him, died before I met my ex.

  • @richerich9238
    @richerich92383 жыл бұрын

    You should put the story of Gabe Vertucci on your channel it’s literally the best ww2 story I’ve ever heard, not to take from this hero one bit

  • @STB921
    @STB921 Жыл бұрын

    RIP Mr. Hall

  • @hammyhamster01
    @hammyhamster012 жыл бұрын

    Does this man have a mailing address? I would love to thank him for all he did that day.

  • @Mat-threw
    @Mat-threw3 жыл бұрын

    You shouldn’t have adds on these videos man...

  • @mariekatherine5238
    @mariekatherine52383 жыл бұрын

    Wow! They don’t make men like this anymore!

  • @fuckugplus
    @fuckugplus3 жыл бұрын

    the intervierer asperger is something else tho.......

  • @Pluvo2for1
    @Pluvo2for12 жыл бұрын

    So what is KP?

  • @jarod5901
    @jarod59013 жыл бұрын

    Id be so deep In trance listening to what he had to go through then all the SUDDEN AN AD COMES UP!! CMON!!

  • @jjcoola998

    @jjcoola998

    3 жыл бұрын

    If he makes some money he can afford to do more interviews and travel, plus get equipment and stuff for production value! But yeah I feel you, I get in the zone too lol

  • @yaboy205
    @yaboy2053 жыл бұрын

    Gotta love KP😅😅

  • @Will_i_am725
    @Will_i_am7253 жыл бұрын

    God bless that carpenter making cut outs of the 50 states marking where each GI was ftom.

  • @brandonm5926
    @brandonm59263 жыл бұрын

    Who put him in that pink shirt 🤣🤣🤣

  • @foxmoulder7724
    @foxmoulder77243 жыл бұрын

    Well all military guys know what KP is Me... Not a military guy : uhhh guess il need to keep a google tab open to search military abbreviations every time a military guy talks

  • @moistmike4150
    @moistmike41503 жыл бұрын

    7 WW2 Japanese navy pilots gave this video a thumbs down

  • @edfederoff2679
    @edfederoff26793 жыл бұрын

    I like what you do here - but with all due respect - I object to the way you press these vets to describe the carnage they experienced. You can see the painful reactions their recollections cause them. For them to recount that they witnessed death - is enough - IMHO.

  • @freethinker4048

    @freethinker4048

    3 жыл бұрын

    But their stories need to be told, as hard as it is for them to talk about it. If we don’t hear we don’t realize what a truly great generation they were!

  • @edfederoff2679

    @edfederoff2679

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@freethinker4048 I respectfully disagree, my friend. I don't object to them recounting their stories - which carry enough pathos in their living and retelling to convey and honor their author's greatness. It's the demand for forensic details that I feel diminish those qualities, along with visiting upon these heroes needless pain and sorrow. Let us who have imaginations, use them to good purpose.

  • @edfederoff2679

    @edfederoff2679

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm sorry - I meant no insult - but re-reading my comment, I see it could be construed as such. Let me re-phrase; We all have imaginations - lets use them to good purpose, and spare these men the remembering of graphic horrors they have spent most of their lives trying to forget.

  • @freethinker4048

    @freethinker4048

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@edfederoff2679 however these men have the option to decline. I think it just shows how much courage and bravery they have. How are we really going to know history if we don’t hear it from people that experienced it. I get your point but with everything going on in America now I think now more than ever we need to hear what true courage is!

  • @onlyjesuscansaveus9953
    @onlyjesuscansaveus99533 жыл бұрын

    John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. Amen. Repent and turn from sin!! Follow God's sacred 10 Commandments! Time is running out.