Do 335

Audie Murphy

Battle of Osan.

Patton

Or Desmond Doss the full story because some crazy things people don’t know

Mad i didmt think of that

A sitting ovation you mean

He also has 2 legs up.

Big oof [insert whole theater face palming]

​@SteveInLava that was the joke...

Im so mad i didmt say this lol

Best comment, bar none.

That's that crab bucket mentality at play.

That comment is SO GOOD. Hahaha thank you!

Thank you! 😂

So great. 😂

One of my favorites was from the '70s, a British airline pilot going into Frankfurt. Frankfurt controllers were known to be stern and impatient. Once on the ground the pilot asked for directions to his gate, and the controller snapped "Have you never been to Frankfurt before?" Pilot: "Well yes, but that was in 1944, and I didn't land, I just dropped something off."

I had heard the line as part of a joke. That version had a Norwegian telling the story about the Fokkers.

"You're never going to walk again." Nu'uh!

"You're never gonna walk again" "You and what army?"

They told me that same thing when I broke my back and it took me two years and more than 90 surgeries before I could start to walk again! 😊

That's incredible. I can't help but smile at this, so thank you. I just hope others can take inspiration from this and conquer their own adversities just as you have. 👍

Wow!

Dear god Doug 😂😂😂

That’s amazing

incredible 😂

Thats so fucking brutal holy shit!

British humor at it's best.

Im really glad you enjoyed the video! I cant believe they called a psych for you.

why is it always people being offended on others behalf? humor has always been a human coping mechanism and dark humor one of the funnier forms. glad you were able to make light of your situation and apparently handled it better then the people sent to take care of you.

Had a buddy lose his legs in a car crash. He showed up to the next christmas party wearing a shirt that had a gingerbread man with snapped off legs on it. Love that guy

You are now my favorite LMF. Keep kicking ass....or whatever.

Did you tell them they walked off without ya?

I've heard the joke about fuckers and Messerschmitts before. I didn't know it was an actual quote. That makes it even funnier. Thanks for the laugh, Sir Bader.

Why is it called a blue streak?

What’s the joke, Sir?

​@@ElGreco15 A blue streak, is a sentence with a lot of swearing in it. Blue jokes are jokes with lots of swearing and / or sexual references.

​@@ElGreco15Probably because it's about talking non-stop without catching your breath until your face turns blue.

That's even busier that a one legged man in an ass kicking contest.

Two people or people with two legs? Oh wait That’s the joke 😂 I’m a tad bit slow

@@jlit316017 people with 2 legs each

Imma check it out thanks man

They literally had a guy on either side to help Bader leg it to the planes.

Thank you for sharing!

It was not uncommon for Irishman to fight with the British in WW2 (Excluding northern Irish cause well of course it was common) Many Irishman felt like Ireland standing by doing nothing while Hitler committed great evil was something they could not sit idly by so many joined the Northern Irish Regiments , RAF or the navy . The sad part is how they were treated by the Irish when they returned They had land taken from them Abandoned by families (Most out of fear of retaliation) So they either stayed and suffered until Ireland wiped there records (Too late most of there lives were ruined) Or go to the UK where they were treated as heroes by the so called enemy

@@mkgaming5823 I call bullshit

That was truly a golden moment!

Fokkers.....😂

@@grahampovey8073 lmao google says that Fokkers means “breeders” I mean they aren’t wro-

@@Fanboy_of_everything haha...it would. Fokkers were WW1 biplanes and WW11 fighters, as in 'Fokker Dri.'

How dare you make me read that with my own eyes 😂

supreme master if you dont mind

That’s Sir Master Bader to you

@@LBdreamin if he learned German and Italian he could also be a cunning linguist.

​@@amacfarlane001Nobody makes me read with my own eyes!

Tbf no countries history lessons will teach you about individual, pilots, soldiers or seamen unless they have a greater effect So its nothing to do with our education system Topics like these are more of a deep dive topic.

@@mkgaming5823 TFH u have a point, g;ad i never learnt in history otherwise never would have enjoyed the vid so much

Really? We were taught about him in Junior school as an inspirational figure.

I was born in the mid 50s, and grew up watching the 1956 B&W film "Reach for The Sky" many, many times. There were so many war films and programmes on the TV, kids knew all about WW2. We read war comics and built plastic kits of Spitfires and tanks. Then Star Wars happened and everything changed.

I first learned and read about Baader when I was 10 years old. I was exposed to a lot of things then that children today are not ever exposed to. I heard the stories of two world wars from the men who lived them.

Shit even got me to buy a box haha. my unit gonna be stealing these from me I know it

Hell yes he does. It’s incredible.

Can you imagine the fainting at woke corporate America!

Dude, i paused it when i had to walk away. Didn't even think twice about it haha

@@rcstl8815Why do we need to bring woke-ness into a video about a British ace from World War 2.

So the German peoples are united in an urge to engineer.

I would agree with that opinion. Additionally, Adolf Galland was known for having respect towards the enemy and for not supporting Hitler/Nazi leadership. He fought for the German people, not his leaders. He was a more traditional pilot, in that he cared for the opposition’s pilots. I 100% believe he wanted to show his respect to Bader during this because, as they say, game spots game. Very cool story :)

@@carter2671The idea of being a pilot who sees the enemy as somebody worthy of respect is kind of how the story of Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler happened. He saw an unarmed, defenceless aircraft as he would somebody in a parachute.

@@airplanemaniacgaming7877 Certainly! Adolf Galland and Franz Stigler served together during WW2, specifically in North Africa and the final defense of Germany. Exactly the same principle was shared by both men.

Of german descent, huge german family, german german german. Can confirm 100% Nothing will bring a tear to a german's eye faster than someone fighting through a wound or hardship and achieving victory while struggling and suffering. Hitler tried to convince the world that the aryans were the superior state of humanity. OGs (original germans) believe that the real super-race is people who do the right thing and persevere no matter how difficult the battle they face becomes. For some people it's physical, for some people it's psychological, some spiritual. But a person who does "able shit" while "not able" is a german superhero, plain and simple. Sidebar: This is what made them so vulnerable to the propaganda the nazis used. All they had to do was tell the people that germany would survive and become stronger despite its wounds and the people fell for it immediately. I personally believe that the german obsession with engineering comes from a desire to see broken things work again, and so they take every effort to make things that work and work and keep working even with bullet holes in them. It is a character trait that can be easily abused, but can also be easily put to great use. My grandfather was a US veteran and farmer in North Dakota, and his farm fed thousands of people in and around his community. He died of cancer. Almost a full year after they said he'd be dead, and long after his 80th birthday. He's in heaven now, with the real superhero. But that man was proof that the closest thing a German believes in as far as a superhero isn't someone who can lift a train car with his bare hands, but someone who can stand back up after having one dropped on him.

As an electrician, I second this. ❤

As a not electrician I third this

As a marine electrician; the question has been moved and seconded; I call the question. All in favor, say 'Aye.'

@@lairdcummings9092aye

​@@lairdcummings9092 as a Plumber I have to say Naye 🤣

Honestly, I would blame him if he pulled a "Do you know who I am?!?" Because at this point, COME ON.

​@@EthalaRideI do love some of those "do you know who I am stories". Reminds me of a few other stories like one where a former special forces veteran was forced to take a basic firearms test because they didn't beleive he knew how to operate a firearm, or another story where some young men tried picking a fight with Jack Dempsey (former world heavy weight boxing champion), or a similar story (not to his face) where people questioned why Cus Dimato (sp?) knowledge of boxing (trained Tyson and impressed Ali repeatedly), or that time an idiot told Stephen King he didn't know about literature and should read a book because he didn't recognize him

I was also confused watching The Chieftain's (Nicolas Moran) channel. He's a US Army armour officer with an Irish accent. He held dual US and Irish citizenship for a while.

Unless you actively gave up your British citizenship, you’re still British as well as American. Which would make two of us. :)

Once a Brit always a Brit

I knew a cool ass British American guy when I was in the service who you remind me of. Glad to have you over here sir. He was in the British version of the Army, then he joined our Army and got his citizenship. Coolest freakin dude ever.

Now that's a naturalized citizen 🗽🇺🇲🦅🤠🏈🇻🇮🎖️🧑‍🚀🎆🎇⛽🪖🥩⚾🏞️🌁🌃🎸🥧🫰💵💣🏀🍺🏗️🍔🎥✈️

Yes, yes, yes, and YES!

INDEED

Agreed

F yeah! This needs to be made...

I’ve never heard of him, but I know I’m gonna love the man

You’re aware that you can get your vehicle modified with hand-controls for the brake and gas pedal right?! And get a legal spinner knob for the steering wheel 🤦🏼‍♂️ no need to be unsafe/nervous behind the wheel, geez! I’m a paraplegic, no use of legs (wheelchair 🦽 user) and my SUV is modified with those, it’s only 2500$ or so…

@@jessehachey2732 yep. dont need it tho. new prosthetics since i posted.

If you can't tell a story that grabs kids' attention, you have no business teaching history. Both of my parents were teachers, so I knew whose class to take.

That’s fucking incredible. I had no Idea Japan occupied Alaska islands

Got my vote

I do wish the video covered a bit more about exactly what the kegs looked like and how they functioned etc

I read that too. He was touched by it, the work they put into the repair, the leather straps replaced, the craftsmanship.

if thats true, what about the whole story with the air dropped leg? this comment kinda puts much of the video's authenticity in question.

​​@@ez_company9325this comment only said a leg, it's possible that his other leg was damaged and fell off during his capture and they repaired it, it's also possible that their repairs weren't 100% correct or that despite the repairs it still wasn't in good enough shape for long term usage, or the recovered and repaired leg was the air dropped one, or this is false. I don't know the answer, but there was at least a recreation of the letter shown in the video. Edit: that letter is around the 20:00 minute mark

@@ez_company9325 That part of the story is true, but there's more detail to it. The spot where the leg was bent never really worked right, so he asked the Germans if they could check on getting another. The Germans graciously offered to let a single British plane overfly the area and drop the leg, but not wanting the Germans to get any humanitarian ammo out of such a gesture, the RAF decided to include the leg in a regular bombing run. Worked like a charm.

Definitely a main character

Yes few people know thank you for bringing it up.

You gotta be pretty gangsta to be a civillian that gets bumped straight to General for what you've done. Didn't know this, now, on to a Google rabbit hole I go! 😅 P.S. Appropriate last name is appropriate.

Absolutely

Amen! Hope brought laughter to generations of our warriors in the darkest times.

That would be so right! I really hope to see that video here; I know it would be excellent. General Bob Hope was on tour in Vietnam while my ship was in the Tonkin Gulf directing aircraft in and out of the fight. We never knew about that at the time though. I'd never heard about his "promotion." What a deserved acknowledgment! 👍

Literally walked it off.

Uh oh... what dishwasher filter??? Seriously? There's a filter?

Just a heads up some cars do not have a cabin air filter so refer to your owner's manual for the location or even if you have one

As a plumber I've never worn gloves or kneepads. PSA never work with a plumber who uses gloves or kneepads 🤣

@@johngillespie3409 I’m not a plumber so, yeah… I’ll be donning gloves.

@@johngillespie3409look I’m no plumber. But I imagine y’all spend just as much time on your knees as I do putting in floors. I’m a young man but skateboarding as a younger man and only a few knee pad-less days of work, anymore and id never walk again

I still have the book in my bookcase. As a child, it was a read that I never forgot.

@@peterrollinson-lorimer I used to buy hardback copies (when I could find one in very good condition that I could afford) and give them out to Rehab centers. Both for the staff to read and for loans to a patient(s) and/or their family(ies)

Yep. Kids today strut around saying that they're badasses. If you have to tell people you're a badass then you're not.

I understand if you may not want to repeat it, but I'm curious as to what anyone could say about the Seabees that was negative or what exactly people say to ridicule or criticize them? I just couldn't really fathom what that could be? Thank you in advance, and it is fine if you don't want to repeat whatever someone said, but maybe a general idea of what people could possibly say or what they come up with to criticize or be disrespectful towards the Seabees or any similar groups?

As a Bee, we all wish we were as badass as the old ones, even just a quarter as badass.

They say if you treat your subordinates like your own loving children then they'll follow you into the deepest valley.

@@aztumtheknightofwumbo7060 Pretty true, you rely on them to keep you alive, and they rely on you to keep them alive.

It's like judging people on how they treat the waiter. People show their true character when they have authority over someone.

Disappointing how this mentality becomes rarer and rarer the higher the position someone has.

I care more ablit what my platoon thinks than what the co and 1sg think. May be why I dont make e8, but it is what it is

I was about to post the same, except it was the mid 70's. Honestly though, it was a little bit of a waste, I would have loved to have sat down and talked to the man when I was a teenager, heck now would be great.

He didn't stand for it literally

What was the name of the movie where they go to Russia and steal a spy plane? It would be awesome to get the real story! 😊

As a firefighter I would love that story being told, wasn't the Big Burn the biggest loss of life for firefighters until Storm King?

@@deanfirnatine7814 As I am just beginning my firefighting history journey, I am not currently aware of Storm King, although I will be sure to check it out when I have time. As to the death toll, I am also shamefully ignorant, but I’ll fix that. Thank you for all you do as a firefighter, I hope to become one myself someday.

Pure gold, thank you!

Reminds me of Gotz of the Ironhand

@@arkhaan7066I was just thinking of that guy! Renascence-Era Prosthetic with a spring-locked grip, was actually able to both fence with swords and pole arms up to zweihandler with it…rumoured to have cold cocked someone in the jaw his literal iron fist a few times, but even more in line with Sir Douglas Bader, would be the attitude and anti-hero status…the absolute irreverence for authority and social mores at the time. Dude told the goddamn Pope off multiple times, sided both with and against peasant uprisings depending on what he felt like that day, and was willing to throw hands (er…hand) with anyone who said he couldn’t fight on the frontlines anymore. Also, the first verifiable source for a well known “colourful metaphor” that made it’s way not just into Deutsch, but also English, French, and many other languages: “Lich meine arsch!” indeed!

When you say "secret pocket" are you referring to the anus?

Didn't they try to build a glider in order to fly out?

@@hccarder yep they created a false wall in an attic and built a workshop in the dead space. The glider was created out of bed boards and mattress covers and anything else they could steal\scrounge. The launching system was going to be a catapult system based around a bathtub full of concrete, descending at speed down the old clock tower shutes.

I wonder if it was Charles Upham.

Yeah same here. I've read that book a few times now. I also try to shove a copy into the hands of everyone I know.

I didnt even realize lol

That whole part had me on the floor 😂

You said it, Bader himself was a very brave man, a skilled pilot and obviously a beloved leader, but some of his theories on air defense, taken up by Lee Mallory cost alot of people their lives. And caused havoc for the two men who actually won the battle of britian, Sir's Dowding and Park. I respect the man, doesnt mean i have to like him.

@@shaunpatterson9148 "Their strategies cost a lot of men their lives" Like what strategies has ever prevented death of the combatants on a mission? I'll wait. While I'm waiting, how many pilots died in the small formation groups. Was that strategy better?

@@rcstl8815 i never said men, i said people. Significant portions of the east side were heavily bombed when 11 group were fully engaged and called on 12 group who faffed about forming up the big wing. That or they didnt follow orders and went off on their own, allowing 11 group airfeilds to get smashed, like hornchurch on the 12th of September

@@rcstl8815 As i said, i think he is a very brave man, and i do definitely respect the man. but that doesnt mean i have to like him. I dont have to like his politics.

The fact is that if Britain put a lot of planes in the sky at the start they would have possibly had more losses than they could replace.

Dogma, Jealousy, and Bureacracy. The biggest issues with war.

I was told, about two hours ago, that overcoming adversity and achieving something difficult, is only anecdotal to my own life. I replied that I am not the only one who thinks and acts that way, these people called MEN do it and perhaps the commenter should try being one.

"Why you mad, it only [ --game-- ] war?"

@@SweatyFatGuy amen

Weather you think you can...or cant....you are correct.

@@heathb4319 I don't remember who said that before but it's absolutely right!! That's a quote to live by. 👍

Don’t forget, when you’re flying a tailwheel airplane, which is almost ALL airplanes in those days, you really have to know how to use the rudder pedals with your feet to keep the airplane going straight. It’s a little like driving a car backwards at 70 mph when you are landing or taking off. The CG is behind the main landing gear so the airplane is in an unstable equilibrium on the ground, and thus it wants to turn. This guy was a fuckin god just to keep his Spit from ground looping!

It's on youtube. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l6eDZZOi2MnTiZ8.htmlsi=apuTUB259G06EhRB