So many men were wounded,died or had their mind and soul damaged or destroyed. They gave so much so I could live my life. Please read Sgt Reckless, the total story read how the japanese worked koreans to death. Study the batan death march and the chines comfort women. America was not and is not perfect but we are trying. An American Indian

RIP

o7 o7 o7

After all he went through on Iwo Jima and afterwards, he went on to see the 2020s. What a tough man.

Thank you for leaving this comment. May his soul rest in peace.

Jennifer Suchan ....treasure!

Me to xusn

God bless Jennifer he payed. So I didn't have to

True USA don't make me cry

@Whatisthisplace Whatisthisplace God bless him and u both of them

God bless you, your father, and your family. What a man

Heaven has a place for you ❤😢

FTN

​@@user-wg8we4yz4j????

God bless your father's memory.

ME TOO. I THOUGHT NO ONE OTHET THAN ME, B CO 62ND TK BN

I love you! My grandpa Sgt. Paul Junior Stewart, USMC, Silver Star, Pacific & Chosin.

I totally did too 😂

Even recruiters back then were shady! Lol….must be part of their recruiting heritage. 😂

_'I wanna tell ya, _*_to this day_*_ , I'm looking for that recruiter.'_

My father and my uncle served in WWII. My father was in intelligence at the war dept. my uncle was navy in the Pacific. I can’t tell you what my uncle went thru. He never talked about it. He was catatonic for a short while. After that he’d never eat meat, eggs, or even wear leather. He lived his life solitary in the country side.

Iraq vet here. I lose my temper very easily and blow up on people who love me most.

@@user-gw2gv6eu6uany way to avoid that my dad was in Iraq up to about when they took down the udays villa. I’ve heard the stuff that happened, he’s technically a war criminal but he was ordered to by brass, gets angry and stays alone in his room 24/7 and smokes. I haven’t seen him in years and before that even longer. Hope one day he’ll stop being so angry and solitary.

My brother went to Viet Nam at 17. He was a wild and crazy guy, full of life and humor. All that changed after 2 tours in the Nam. He was still wild and crazy but not the same. He never told war stories but was proud of his service. The war haunted him until 6 years ago. That was when it killed him, he was on a chopper crew and did some work with agent orange to clear the jungle canopy the enemy hid under. He died from a cancer caused by exposure to this weed killer. He was a hero to me and I miss him very much. God bless all of our brave servicemen who put their lives on the line for the liberty so many Americans take for granted.

Both my grandfather's saw combat in WW2. Neither of them ever talked about it. They didn't want to relive that. It was brutal

I wholeheartedly agree. Sadly, most teenagers today have never even heard of Iwo Jima, or Guadalcanal, or Saipan, ect.

Big facts

This Young American still remembers, always will remember

Only Men....no need to include Women....otherwise if you are serious I know for sure your children have not been raised well.

Bob Nipko we need to respect all of those who serve our country.

Wow. Respect 🇺🇸

God bless this very brave man. What an outstanding career. Thanks to him. ❤🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Wow! Amazing story. God Bless his soul

This a very intelligent man as well as courageous.

Which islands was he on?

Just for your own personal edification.... We no longer probe with our knives. You use a stick. Lay your hand palm up. You lay the stick lengthwise along your hand so the end is hanging off your palm. You then close your thumb over the stick. This way when you probe, you won't set off magnetic triggers (which they didn't have back then) and when you do hit something, the stick slides out the back of your hand instead of possibly depressing the mines trigger. I tell you this for two reasons. First, to show how things change and second we had to navigate a 25 yard minefield for training. At the end of it, I was exhausted, nerves were shot and my utilities were soaked with sweat. This is TRAINING where there was no chance of me being hurt. I can't imagine it being life or death. Much respect.

Best wishes for your highly accomplished daughter, Sir

We fought the Chinese in WW2. A lot of people don't know about it. My grandfather said to me, that we should never get into a War with China. He said they're like sharks teeth, there's always another row waiting for you. Something similar to what you are saying. Also they were reproducing faster than they were killing them. MacArthur was correct, they should have listened to him.

Then I'd just like to thank him for his service. It was people from everyday walks of life who served their country, not always willingly, to help keep us later generations free from tyranny. It's because of brave people like him, including the ones who didn't get to see home again, and all vets, that I'm able to enjoy my life as a free individual, and it makes me very thankful for the things that I have in my life and that I didn't have to experience the horrors that they had to endure. Thank you sir.

Those guys totally brave just like the song say “from the halls of motozoma to the shores of Tripoli “

Steve Arkie Montezuma

Fist true seal correct if wrong .

Tremendous

No social cohesion in the countries anymore I'm not getting shot for my country

another group like them is now fighting overwhelming odds in Ukraine; a salute to them as well.

@@retniretep9477 Ukraine is a bankers wars globally we're all going to suffer for it

war is a racket

yup that generation is cut from a diffrent cloth so much class and respect, disapline something my generation and younger dont have... i try my best to look up to people like this and other vets .. i was born in 97 im 25 made ALOT of mistakes but learned so much from them

#TRUMP2020

How you repay this man and his friends? Stand up for your freedom, because some of his friends cannot anymore

Patrick Ancona You Americans really live in a fantasy cocoon.

Patrick Ancona that’s an eloquent synopsis of the God honest truth my friend! Well said! Semper fi

@Patrick Ancona 👏👏👏

Welcome home! Thanks for your service.

Welcome home , although it's very late in being said , you are a HERO in my eyes , just as much as everyone who has worn a military uniform and has defended our great Nation.

God bless.

then... Thank you for your service. You guys were true heroes, trying to save the Vietnamese people from Communism. South Vietnam would be like South Korea if we had won. Serriously thank you for your service. IF there is ever a war against North Korea or China I would be ready to fight and if need be lay down my life.

I don't. Or Vietnam. Read Miles Mathis.

Austin Dean fantastic. Truly the Greatest Generation.

Very cool, mr. Dean! Talk about sacrifice and service! Proud your family must be!

Great story, Thank you. My Grandfather had 5 nephews from two families that all served in WWII. One was shot down in Europe three times, two were there on D-day, one was bayonetted and all came home !

I’m sure your grandfather and uncles were great man I can’t imagine what one of them witnessed and lived through no matter Area of operation, and their individual assignments, your grandfather and uncle soon so I want to live in their days. let alone all of them. Their generation makes yeah average person nowadays life seems so small. Thanks and gratitude to your family.

They all survived?!? Then your family and your great-grandparents were luckier than many families. My grandmother's entire graduating class of six boys in 1940 from her small town on the Canadian Prairies were all killed in the Dieppe Raid in 1942. She couldn't talk about it 60 years later without tearing up. One woman from the town lost three sons in the war. She would wander the roads in a state of shock. "I can't believe I'm never going to see them again", she would say over and over.

hpygolkyone he went AT 17, he fought the battles at 18 and 19.

Ok, same thing. He still lived more of a life time before the age of 20 than most ppl today. No need for particulars

My great uncle Don

I am from South Korea. We will never forget the brave heroes who fought against imperialism.

Our greatest generation

There is nothing that can compare to the battles that these you brave men went through. I am a former soldier with the US Army who never saw combat but was made very aware of all of the battles that these men went through. These are my brothers and I salute them every day of my life.

High Kudos 👍 B - 2 9

Same with my Grandfather. He would be coking my Grandmother in his sleep talking about Japs. Lost him in 2020. He was 16 when he Joined and had his first purple heart before 18. He had a Grenade wound him in a fox hole on Iwo Jima.

Semper Fi Marine. I graduated basic training at Parris Island in October of 1983, for many years it was my greatest accomplishment.

Thank you for your service gentlemen.

Don't know if u is still active but I would never be on the US armed forces these days! Those dudes at Iwo were genuinely fighting evil ass fascism. Now the US is really a semi fascist police/corporate state. Many say the Germans/Japanese really won war in a way cause US is so fascist now ourselves. You're representing corporate interests now - no comparison to those guys on Iwo or my own father on Okinawa!!

God bless you leathernecks and thank you for your service.

@@woodrowpreacely7521 close. These older folks represented the same interests unfortunately.

The propaganda then is nothing like the propaganda of today in 2022. It seems half the country will believe anything

No. They fought Hitler, which was wrong and stupid.

They truly were!!!

yet that generation fought for civil rights remember the services were segregated

@@prltqdf9 WHAAAA!??! Hitler killed 6 million Jews.

Reading your comment from Guam, USA! Been here since 1989 as a teacher. Now I'm retired.

My grandfather was in the 3rd armored division during Korea God bless them men for their service

These guys paved the way & gave people the right to be Weak, wear manbuns, choose if you wanna be a boy or girl, disrespect Everyone & expect Everything! Sad

@billyclub56 I agree, and it's a damn shame. Weak men bring hard times, and these sissies and weirdos in our society will be thinned out one day, hopefully.

A little gangrene .... a little bit of Iwo Jima coming out of me....I feel like a million dollars. Thank you...

@@iconiaman DICKHEAD.

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@@garyschultz7768 no

What beautiful and sincere words Andy!

@@larrysnyder1038 Yes🦅🇺🇲

Thank you for your service.. my dad was in the Navy for 26 years but four years were active from 1965 to 1969 and then he was reserves 1969 until 1992,he worked for the veterans administration for 30 years after that and retired in ,2000. Daddy loved the Navy and he would have stayed in for life if it wouldn't have been for my mom not wanting to leave the city she grew up in.. I did and mom even said I was brave because I married a marine and we were active duty for 10 years.. he was anyway because I didn't get married until he was in the Marine corps for 2 years. I liked the active duty life but we were at peacetime then even though we we were in twentynine palms during the Gulf war and let me tell you that entire base out in the desert was cleared out and it looked like a ghost town when all our Marines got sent over to the Gulf war around December 1990 and from January 1991 and they didn't come back forever it seemed until like around July or August of 1991. God bless you and thank you for your service. So many navy corpsman assisted me when I was in the hospital having my daughter. I had to see section and thankfully there were about two Navy corpsman who were already good friends of mine that I knew from working at the PX. The Navy corpsman were awesome and I respect you all.

My dad was also in 3rd marine div 3rd wave on Iwo

So the 3rd marines did fight on Iwo?

@@marchitson5757 my dad as well.

My great grandpa died in iwo jima during the ww2

Thank you, Domo Arrigato, to all the people of Japan!

I'm glad that your ancestors surrendered to the U.S., if it had been Russia, you might look like North Korea. I'm glad you're free. My fellow countrymen in the U.S. are squandering their hard earned freedom, please hang on to yours!

@@Dee-nonamnamrson8718 sending prayers and love to you and your family and all of Russia that are in suffering 🙏🏽❤️

@@KangazRooBoyz Thank you! We can use all the prayers we can get. I pray all is well in Japan, and that happiness makes itself readily available to you and your loved ones.

It is possible he’s reliving some parts of his experience. I’ve had *my* experiences come back to haunt me - the sights, sounds and especially, the smells. I *still* have reactions in hospitals fifty plus years later, and hospital disinfectant is the worst. I’ve smelled *ether* (early sixties anesthetic) when describing what it was like. Only dealing with Mengele himself would have been much worse, and that was for that portion - being treated like an object, an experiment…. There was more, much more. These people endured worse, though.

Not really, people can have shrapnel and bullets in them for years and years.

England had their own WAACs?

@@roderickstockdale1678 WAAF if WW2, 1939 to 1949. WRAF 1949 to 1994.

@@MuckSpreader99 women’s army air force?

@@roderickstockdale1678 womans auxiliary air force.

Lee Marvin the actor survived Iwo Jima, also a Marine my generation knew as Captain Kangaroo!

@@dogpatch5220 Captain Kangaroo never left the continental united states, didn't land on Iwo, and didn't serve with Lee Marvin. "Keeshan was born in Lynbrook, New York.[3] After an early graduation from Forest Hills High School in Queens, New York, in 1945, during World War II, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserve, but was still in the United States when Japan surrendered. He attended Fordham University on the GI Bill. He received his Bachelor's in Education in 1951.[4] An urban legend claims that actor Lee Marvin said on The Tonight Show that he had fought alongside Keeshan at the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. However, Marvin never said this, not having served on Iwo Jima,[5] and Keeshan himself never saw combat, having enlisted too late to serve overseas.[6]"

Ty Lockton [4].He did say it but it was a joke, and then it turned into a myth. [5].Marvin was never in fact on Iwo, having previously been wounded on Saipan.

The Forrest Gump sequence talking about Lt. Dan’s heritage just ran through my mind, haha

@@Naltddesha I was visualizing it as well

What an Impressive Blood Line ! Great Heritage!

96*

This is my husband's uncle. I have heard many of his stories and all are extremely intriguing. We are all so very proud and grateful to him and so many other for their uncommon valor and bravery. He is alive and well and as sharp as ever! My son is in the Army mostly due to his admiration and respect for Uncle Don.

173 years ago i was born, who am i?

Donald A Mates passed away 6/1/23 - I am his granddaughter

@@marywoodruff2650 He’s in heaven guarding the gates I’m sure. May he rest in peace.

Reading this from Guam, USA. Blessings to your dad. I'm a retired teacher not in the military.

Shut up and make your own life interesting you dirtbag

The whole point of the war was to establish Israel as a nation. It's no coincidence that hitlers personal seal is also the family seal of the Roths childs.

About killing people?...

rob baxter not just any random people. They were killing the people who made the concentration camps.

preludeF20Bking dudes a what they call troll, every comment made is a ignorant remark towards the servicemen. I just noticed your comment as I was listening to other vets speak ❤️🇺🇸

Imjusttoo Dissgusted No: The guys who fought in Viet Nam without the support of their own country were the greatest.

Joel Gehrke anyone who fought for their country is the greatest

I like to think if we needed to step up for something like this again we could find great Americans to serve. But thanks to the men and women of that generation, hopefully we will never have to find out.

But I would hope some would still answer the call if it came to it

@@jsgehrke but these guys fought a greater war…mostly voluntarily after surviving the Great Depression so the title is bestowed upon them in honor of everything they went through;enduring the worst economic crisis in this country’s history then going off to fight the greatest war ever! The Vietnam boys grew up easier…they were the suburban generation! They had diners and skates and rock and roll! These guys grew up poor in farm towns and slums.

he just passed away yesterday. i am his granddaughter. 6/1/23

⁠@@marywoodruff2650sorry for your loss and thank you to your grandfather for his service.

Your grandfather was a great man! I thought I’d better say that before I tell you you can’t have 150% percent casualties lol so if there was 100 men after the battle were they on minus 50 men!!! 100% casualties is everyone!!!

@@simonostinelli493 actually they did, almost everyone from their original division got wounded or killed, my grandfather was wounded several times but never left the line, plus all the reinforcements that joined them on the island to replace their loses, resulting in 150% meaning of ALL the additional reinforcements they got at least half where also wounded or killed.

Azsouth OfLotro your wrong sorry a casualty of war by definition is killed in action,injures sustained that mean your out of the fight disabled by physiological trauma deserted missing or captured not someone who’s been injured and can carry on fighting! Just google military casualty!!!

Azsouth OfLotro you’re grandfather was a great man though sorry not trying to be a prick! I’m just correcting you for future reference

@@simonostinelli493 Just to clarify, I know I'm not wrong, I'v studied this my entire life, I have my grandfathers books from the time which corroborate the major stuff he has said, including casualty counts. Just to leave you with a story I grew up on: I'm sure after the grenade went off, killed one in his foxhole, blinded him from the concussion (blood coming out of every hole), and messed up the other guys hands so he couldn't fire the machine-gun, he would have taken a day off, unfortunately the front line fell back a decent distance (I can't remember how far exactly) and he was cut off as a result of the banzai charge, the only reason why one of the scouts in front of his gun and he and his foxhole buddy survived was because as the grenade landed in his foxhole someone had thrown a phosphorous grenade in front of their hole and as a result the Japanese charge split around them like water hitting a massive rock. When they somewhat recovered my grandfather who's arms and hands still worked fired the machine-gun while the other marine still alive who was not blind spotted for him, in the morning after he regained his sight he counted over 50 dead Japanese soldiers in front of his foxhole. When they had figured out what happened the survivors decided to get back to their lines. they met another squad on the way back that had been caught behind enemy lines then had to maneuver around Japanese soldiers who did not charge to their deaths and a sniper that was covering the only pass back to their lines, they lost two people to that sniper and when they made it back to the lines at the medical area, the scout from in front of his hole just sat down and quit the war, my grandfather went to the head of a mortar group and told them where he saw some enemy soldiers firing at him, he ended by saying the mortar team put in the measurements, fired right on the spot he said to, and he said he saw a Japanese body go flying and broke apart in the air from the explosions, he told the head of that group "I guess you got'em".

@Charles McCarron "A favorite was just throwing them off the ships while sailing back to their bases (and worse)" Who are you referring too?

@Charles McCarron That's what I thought, but I wanted to be certain. I began studying military history when I retired from the US Marine Corps in 1996, and I am quite certain that Japanese POW's were never thrown off of American ships by US Marines. I actually heard the same story from a leftist history professor several years ago, and i set out to document it, but was unable to find a single documented account of it ever taking place. Allied troops did commit atrocities during the war, there is no denying that, but it was rare. Japanese atrocities, on the other hand, were commonplace, and well documented. You just can not compare the two. Look, I know that it is "cool" right now to bash America and American troops, but if you are going to do that, you should at least be truthful and cite an event that actually happened. I suggest that you do some actual research so that your next story is believable. As for the rest of your comment, it is too absurd to comment on. Semper Fi.

I completely understand your grandfather's hatred towards the Japanese, they were extremely cruel, particularly towards the Chinese and African American Marines.

@@wendellbeverly6060 Lol. I like how he admits alot of marines had experiences similar to your granddads experience then immediately proceeds to bash the marines instead of the Japanese. To top it all off he suggests that world war 2 was pre planned by the government and could of been avoided

@Charles McCarron Quit typing boy, you've been exposed. And for God's sake, quit lying so much!!!!!!!!

My dad was a World War II vet, Us navy, South pacific. He was assigned to a destroyer that was blown out from under them in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. The name of the ship escapes Me. He was then assigned to a ship called the Norton Sound where they saw action off Iwo Jima and then Okinawa. He said Okinawa was the absolute vision of hell with the kamikazes. His ship's mission was to pick up downed US pilots and to kill any Japanese in the water because they would throw grenades on board the ships or fire any weapons that they had to try to kill the Americans. Dad used to wake up screaming in the night about the incoming kamikazes. I miss him everyday. He was my true hero and another humble example of the greatest generation.

My great grandfather served in the 1st infantry division on the storming of Omaha beach he went on to serve in all 4 branches during his more than 20 years of service and heroism before becoming a drill instructor during Korea and retiring to work with his hands for the next 65 years total badass and all around great guy I was happy to know for much of my early childhood of which I can remember well thanks to your family as well for service and valor 🤝🤝🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

We didn’t live during a world war lol, jackass

@@folland34 you are a jack's ass.. this generation is not fit to fight any wars anyway..😂

Most kids nowadays complain about taking out the trash! This Great American did more in 1 year of his life than any kid nowadays will do in 5 lifetimes! God bless him and Semper Fi Devil Dog!

@@folland34 just take out the garbage please. Don’t worry Mommy will pay you to do it!

Everybody complains about the kids these days. Well who is raising them? Do your damn job & show them the way rather then complain about them.

Yeah, i remember being in afghanistan, during one of the elections, and for whatever reason they decided to hit us with dozens and dozens of mortars and rockets instead of the average 2-3. Even then, after 30-45 mins of puckered butt holes, i vividly remember thinking how this probably wouldn't have interupted their meal. Thinking about bastogne (which funny enough was the name of task force i was attached to), and having to essentially sit in the open because the ground is frozen solid and you cant dig a decent fox hole, all while going through barrages of every kind of artillery the germans had, and all fired by a highly trained battle hardened enemy, mind you. With no where to run, no cover, no qrf, no air support. All while feezing w no warm clothes. There was no comparison.

Hand to hand? ...Bullshit!!!

rob baxter read Eugene Sledge's book. Titled: "With the old breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa. His company K35 has more than 40 men throughout the war and he said only 2 of them luckily didn't had the chance to kill a Japanese by hand. The rest of them did more than twice. Imagine that.

@@jimfontaine9788 you need to have some respect for your elders if this man said they did something over there they did it a lot of men didn't come back they have no reason for Stolen Valor this is the greatest generation to ever walk this Earth and can never be replaced you need to do a little research before you call bulshit

rob baxter Were you there?

@@patricksmith5282 Were you?

I’m also an Eagle Scout! That’s amazing and many people don’t recognize the accomplishment. I used to get made fun of all the time back in high school for being in the Scouts.

Tremendous

You learn different things from different sources though. This man has a hell of a lot of life experience, but you don't go to university for that. You go to university for technical skills which you definitely wouldn't learn from this video. We don't need to belittle one source of information to highlight the importance of another. They are just different.

You mean all of the bullshit hero stories?LOL

@@jimfontaine9788 i've only heard maybe two guys brag and overtly bend the truth. Very few of these vets speak of heroics and valor, especially not this guy.

Which regiment?