Rare Peleliu Landings Films

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Ай бұрын

Historic Films from the National Archives of the opening moments of the Peleliu landings September 15, 1944. The Battle of Peleliu, Operation Stalemate II, September 15, 1944. US Marines in LVTs attack the shoreline of Peleliu - Amphibious tractor (LVT) waves approaching "White" and "Orange" landing beaches on the southwest side of Peleliu #usmc #usnavy #Peleliu #worldwar2 #history #military #sfrproductions #historyadventures

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@srf2112 Ай бұрын

My father was there but not on the initial wave. He fought the Japanese from 1942 through to the end of the war starting as a 17 year old. He made other landings, saw stuff and did stuff but never spoke of it except for the few stories I could get out of him. It's unfathomable to me that a 17 year old could survive that and remain a decent, compassionate cheerful man but he did. RIP dad.

@SFRProductions Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and making a comment. 17 years old incredible, I wish you had more stories. What other islands was he on, I will be visiting a few this fall. I will be on Peleliu for the 80th September 15, 2024, I will be posting a video of my trip once I return. Again thanks for watching and I hope you had a chance to watch some of our other videos.

@srf2112 Ай бұрын

@@SFRProductions He went all through the Solomons. The only name I recall is Vella LaVella.

@SFRProductions Ай бұрын

@@srf2112 Visited Guadalcanal and Gizo in 2022 and will be going back this November. Vella Lavella is just a boat ride from Gizo and was the home of the Black Sheep for a time

@srf2112 Ай бұрын

@@SFRProductions My father worked on an anti aircraft battery there. He was the range finder as I understand it. They not only used the gun on Japanese aircraft but on small assault boats that would try and sneak in. Good luck on your trip. I would give anything to see where my father fought before I pass.

@sliderule5891 Ай бұрын

My father was there too. First division (Ray Davis), First Regiment (Chesty Puller). wounded on D+4 but survived the battle. Puller’s Regiment were shot to pieces in one week but they took The Point. My father Never talked to us kids about the combat either. Thanks for you comments.. RIP Marines.

@steveg4334 Ай бұрын

The irony being they could have bypassed this island, it wasn't strategic as Iwo, and was hardly used after the battle. Those poor souls suffered the worse conditions for the longest period in the war, in my opinion. Maybe it's just because it finally got the recognition it deserved, and has now been well documented. We are so fortunate, and most don't know it.

@Howard2006 Ай бұрын

I have read the same evaluation for the need to take Peleliu. I have also read that the Japanese kept most of their army in China and Southeast Asia. These islands were lightly defended but the last Japanese. Fortunately the Japanese could have had more doomed troops on these islands.

@Grandizer8989 Ай бұрын

It’s crazy how far America got in 3 years when it went from an aging Navy and the Springfield rifle, to being able to pull off a massive invasion in the Pacific, while simultaneously launching the biggest airborne drop in history in Arnhem.

@hamiltonwalker8760 Ай бұрын

In God we trust

@JorgeLuiz-qd6ry 29 күн бұрын

Se a Inglaterra tivesse sido derrotada em 1940 pela Luftwaffe duvido que os americanos lutassem contra a Alemanha !

@edwardhoppe4294 Ай бұрын

Eugene Sledge is in one of those boats down there.

@SFRProductions Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and making a comment. I am friends with Eugene's son and we talk on the phone about the battle. I will be on Peleliu for the 80th September 15, 2024 and walking the island using K/3/5 path. I will be posting a video of my trip once I return. Again thanks for watching and I hope you had a chance to watch some of our other videos.

@grocnrollgrocnroll5465 Ай бұрын

My Dad is driving one of e LCVP’s. He came in on White Beach 2. I stood in that very place at 8:30am September 15, 2019 (the 75th anniversary). I’ve never seen any place like it.

@SFRProductions Ай бұрын

@@grocnrollgrocnroll5465 I think I saw a video of that tour with Andy Giles on the 75th. I will be there for the 80th. His stories must be incredible.

@kevinrichards1539 Ай бұрын

I thought the same thing.

@PAS_2020 Ай бұрын

@@SFRProductions let that family know that the MARINES ARE BACK on Peleliu 2024 In full readiness! 🫡

@TruthSetsUfree100 Ай бұрын

My dad was 18 years old during that very landing, 1st Marines.

@SFRProductions Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and making a comment. I bet his stories of the landings and battle are incredible, the GREATEST GENERATION. I will be on Peleliu for the 80th September 15, 2024 , I will be posting a video of my trip once I return. Again thanks for watching and I hope you had a chance to watch some of our other videos.

@A1FAHx Ай бұрын

@@SFRProductionsGood luck on your trip. I look forward to seeing your footage of the island. I can't even begin to imagine the terrors those young men faced on a daily basis in combat - I thank each and every one of them. 🙏

@scottdicker7051 Ай бұрын

As was my father

@michaelanthony1797 29 күн бұрын

My dad was there at 19-20 years old, he never talked about it. I always look for him in war films. He died in 2015 at 90.

@PAS_2020 Ай бұрын

Hey everybody. Just got a bunch of photos THIS WEEK from Peleliu! Historic and emotional! My cousin is part of a group of Marine combat engineers that just reactivated that Peleliu airstrip THIS WEEK June 24, 2024 - 80 YEARS LATER!! A Marine KC130J Hercules just put wheels down on that airstrip reconstructed by Marines to establish a USA presence in the Asian theater… ramping up. All thanks to these guys 80 years ago you guys in this combat footage!! 🫡

@jimmylieb5225 Ай бұрын

I heard we are also renewing the airfields on Tinian!!

@PAS_2020 29 күн бұрын

@@jimmylieb5225YES!! And if you Google search for the rebuilding of Tinian, you will find it online in the past week as well. The honor and respect mainstrem media and of the young US military to these epic battles is next level. I never thought I would see the day! 🇺🇸

@jimmylieb5225 Ай бұрын

Pelilieu. Tarawa. Iwo Jima. Bougainville. Guadalcanal. Okinawa. Leyte. Tinian. my salute to every brave American that fought on these islands!!

@724bigal Ай бұрын

I’ve heard 120 degrees on this particular DDay. And looking at those smoke columns indicates zero wind either.

@SFRProductions Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and making a comment. Yes the heat was a major factor in the battle. I will be on Peleliu for the 80th September 15, 2024 and after talking with some of the locals they said be ready it will be hot. I will be posting a video of my trip once I return. Again thanks for watching and I hope you had a chance to watch some of our other videos.

@KikiRevenge Ай бұрын

I didn't know the invasion was named Stalemate II. Kind of foreshadowing, considering how the battle played out.

@timrossiter5065 Ай бұрын

With The Old Breed Eugene Sledge Salute These Fine Soldiers What a waste Peleliu didn't need to be taken Respect

@SFRProductions Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and making a comment. i am friends with Eugene's son and we talk on the phone about the battle. I will be on Peleliu for the 80th September 15, 2024. I will be posting a video of my trip once I return. Again thanks for watching and I hope you had a chance to watch some of our other videos.

@johnberry2877 Ай бұрын

My father was there in the 1st marine. His words exactly… A total waste of lives !

@timrossiter5065 Ай бұрын

@@SFRProductions September 15 2024 I will also try and be there ! Thanks for the response

@henrymorgan3982 Ай бұрын

The Greatest Generation.

@SFRProductions Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and making a comment. I real enjoy sitting down with the veterans to hear their stories, I have had the opportunity to speak with a few hundred of them for the past 25 years. I will be on Peleliu for the 80th September 15, 2024. I will be posting a video of my trip once I return. Again thanks for watching and I hope you had a chance to watch some of our other videos.

@niclasjohansson4333 Ай бұрын

Yes, Japanese men back then were tough as hell compared to the soyboys of today !

@markcrunkleton664 29 күн бұрын

Thanks for posting. My dad was zero wave. 1st Marines amphibious tank driver

@SFRProductions 27 күн бұрын

@VincentNajger1 24 күн бұрын

he was in one of those boats/tanks.

@user-uj9ey9yu7f Ай бұрын

Amazing footage. So many D Days in the Pacific. Give these men the credit they are due.

@SFRProductions Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and making a comment. I will be on Peleliu for the 80th September 15, 2024. I will be posting a video of my trip once I return. I have already visited Tarawa and Guadalcanal and posted videos from those trips on my page. Again thanks for watching and I hope you had a chance to watch some of our other videos.

@shanbadg697 Ай бұрын

This is incredible! I have never seen this before. Thank you. To the men who lost their lives trying to take this away from the Japanese, thank you for your service and sacrifice. To the men and women, today, thank you for your service.

@SFRProductions Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and making a comment. I will be on Peleliu for the 80th September 15, 2024. I will be posting a video of my trip once I return. Again thanks for watching and I hope you had a chance to watch some of our other videos.

@johnparkman8150 Ай бұрын

Awesome video...thanks for posting this...I subscribed just to hear about your trip there in September...looking forward to hearing about it!!

@SFRProductions Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, making a comment and following the page. If possible I might try a live broadcast from Peleliu, not sure how good the service is at the place I am staying but we will give it a try.

@rockymountainlifeprospecti4423 27 күн бұрын

My grandfather was a gunner on a landing craft ship, he once said about the look on some of the kids waiting to load and go to the beachs, he talked a bit about the kamikaze, and how he would need to hold the gun on the plane until it would hit the water, as some tried to trick being out of control and come right in at low altitude. The weather was an enemy as well. 42' to 46' Then came home to working 3 jobs raising a family...in awe of that generation, and its selflessness..Lest we forget 🇺🇸🎗

@July41776DedicatedtoTheProposi 16 күн бұрын

I hope you won’t vote for the guy who calls our dead soldiers suckers and losers.

@mrkitty1367 Ай бұрын

thanks for posting !

@SFRProductions Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and making a comment. I am going to be posting a few more films in the next few weeks. Again thanks for watching and I hope you had a chance to watch some of our other videos.

@blauskie Ай бұрын

Amazing footage. Thanks for posting.

@savage3960 Ай бұрын

Damn never seen any of this 😮

@SFRProductions Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and making a comment. I have a few more videos on Peleliu that I will be posting in the next few weeks. Again thanks for watching

@josephmajewski9241 Ай бұрын

Right

@Grandizer8989 Ай бұрын

Been to Peleliu 2x and Scuba Dived where the Navy ships were. Best diving ever… If they only knew…

@SFRProductions Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and making a comment. I will be on Peleliu for the 80th September 15, 2024, I will be posting a video of my trip once I return. Again thanks for watching and I hope you had a chance to watch some of our other videos.

@Grandizer8989 Ай бұрын

@@SFRProductionsI recommend a Sea Kayak tour from Sam’s Dive Shop. You’ll see things on the neighboring islands that few people get to visit. And check out the AA batteries behind the Caroline’s hotel. My channel has tons of Peleliu videos from 12 years ago.

@seanprizeman3602 Ай бұрын

Great post of rare content 👌

@chrisstrand500 Ай бұрын

Peleliu was hell on earth.

@SFRProductions Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and making a comment. Yes a very bad place, I have been to Tarawa and Guadalcanal the Pacific battlefields are just so unbelievable . I will be on Peleliu for the 80th September 15, 2024, I will be posting a video of my trip once I return. Again thanks for watching and I hope you had a chance to watch some of our other videos.

@chrisstrand500 Ай бұрын

@@SFRProductions I’ll look forward to video.

@fluffycat087 Ай бұрын

Hard to think that there are thousands of guys in those shots doing their jobs, living and dying. Hard to put it in perspective.

@rodneyringler3745 Ай бұрын

Amazing display of determination. It must of been terrifying to see that coming at you!

@SFRProductions Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and making a comment. I will be on Peleliu for the 80th September 15, 2024 to honor the men that fought there. I will be posting a video of my trip once I return. Again thanks for watching and I hope you had a chance to watch some of our other videos.

@deepwaterescue4u Ай бұрын

Great video..

@SFRProductions Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and making a comment. I have a few more videos on Peleliu that I will be posting in the next few weeks. I will be on Peleliu for the 80th September 15, 2024. I will be posting a video of my trip once I return. Again thanks for watching and I hope you had a chance to watch some of our other videos.

@Swansong-recorders Ай бұрын

My grand father and my great uncle's were in world war2 and my dad was in the Korean conflict, when i joined the Army at 20 year's of age my father was still in the military, it's something that i am proud of, because my father said people in the military are showing love for their nation and its a noble, selfless act to serve, i feel honored to have served ten years injured in Iraq, now i am a service connected veteran but i wouldnt change a thing even if i could

@bcask61 Ай бұрын

Peleliu may have been the most horrific battle of the Pacific War. With temperatures over 100deg, no water, and the rocky coral ground making burying the dead impossible. How in Gods name did they do it?

@USNveteran Ай бұрын

I read Dr Eugene Sledge's book with the old breed before watching the series the Pacific, absolutely riveting. But I was also fortunate enough to hear first hand some of my brothers father in law's stories as he was a Marine and had been on Tarawa & Saipan. Really puts it in a different perspective hearing it from someone who was there. RIP Dr. Sledge & Norm. FLY NAVY!!!

@butchbinion1560 Ай бұрын

Thanks. ✌🏻👊🏼

@cambium0 Ай бұрын

Peleliu and Tarawa probably could have just skipped over and saved a lot of lives--on both sides. Halsey, who famously screwed up in the largest naval battle in history, argued, I think correctly, for this but Nimitz apparently refused to abandon the assault.

@dougcastleman9518 Ай бұрын

Nimitz was a fantastic admiral, but Peleliu was his only big mistake. Tarawa is debatable…very costly, of course, but at least much was learned from it.

@daffyd5867 Ай бұрын

Nimitz wanted to bypass it but Macarthur on his return to the Philippines, wanted it taken...was concerned about his flank...even though peleliu is miles away...Macarthur got his way....blame him for the casualties...but, ok for us to judge with hindsight

@pfrstreetgang7511 Ай бұрын

Looking forward to your 80-year commemorative video.

@SFRProductions Ай бұрын

Thank you, I might try a live video if the wifi at the place I am stay at on the island is good enough

@mikes7639 Ай бұрын

Hell on earth for weeks and months 100+ for a place we could have bypassed

Ай бұрын

My dad was in one of those boats. Third wave. Navy

@SFRProductions Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and making a comment. Was on the phone with a Navy vet that was second wave Orange 2, he was part of the Navy crew directing the landings. Again thanks for watching and I hope you had a chance to watch some of our other videos.

@teamrecon2685 Ай бұрын

What a miserable battle...and in hindsight an unnecessary one. Proud of my marine brothers that did their duty, regardless

@Urbicide Ай бұрын

I found, in a box of ancient family pics, one that my Uncle Ed "Raz" Razim, of Chicago, sent back home to the family. It is of his company, & was taken on Peleliu, October 1944. I have a hard time making out the company letter, but I will take a guess & say it is "I" company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division. He passed away around 9 years ago.

@josephhaddakin7095 Ай бұрын

They tell in Boot Camp that Tarawa was the Marine's bloodiest battle but over the years of hearing & reading stories, I wonder if Peleliu was worse.

@micuda623 Ай бұрын

Absolute and total respect to every one of these men and women!!! What would today’s 17 and 18 year olds do?

@CMSixSeven Ай бұрын

You might have your history confused. There were no women there. All men doing the job.

@micuda623 Ай бұрын

@@CMSixSeven no navy nurses involved??? Im betting there were… not an expert like you tho..

@jimmylieb5225 Ай бұрын

micuda. yes navy women nurses!! helped saved the lives of many marines!

@jimmylieb5225 Ай бұрын

watch "In Harms Way" great movie as it portrays the service of Navy nurses in the S Pacific theater.

@liltoaster7308 Ай бұрын

Today's 17 and 18 year olds would do the same thing if they had to and if they recognized a cause just enough to put their lives on the line for.

@jasonjohnson4028 24 күн бұрын

Willis Caywood was my wife's Grandfather. He told me was driving the boats that delivered the marines to these islands. He was a bad Mofo.

@toadelevator 27 күн бұрын

I think a Helldiver at 11:07? Really cool film! Thank You

@richardstephens9647 29 күн бұрын

My Dad was in the 321st RCT 81st Div The Wildcats that were assigned to the USMC for this operation. Gen Rupertus cost a lot of good Marines their lives and was replaced. 1st Marine Div had been rendered combat ineffective and were suffering from dehydration in the heat when command for the operation was handed to the 81st. Today 7-1-2024 a USMC C-130 landed on the renewed runway there as US prepares for a war in the Pacific again.

@SFRProductions 27 күн бұрын

@JohnBeeblebrox 4 күн бұрын

Excellent footage. Thanks for posting. In future please tone down the distracting and inappropriate soundtrack

@thudable Ай бұрын

DEEP RESPECT . Thank you to those who served.

@kevinmccorkle7476 Ай бұрын

Whenever a young person talks about "anxiety", I want to show them this.

@SFRProductions Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and making a comment. The stories these veterans tell are unreal. I will be on Peleliu for the 80th September 15, 2024. I will be posting a video of my trip once I return. Again thanks for watching and I hope you had a chance to watch some of our other videos.

@tomdelvetto9906 Ай бұрын

You realize that there are many kinds of anxiety right?

@redtobertshateshandles Ай бұрын

Kids growing up without fathers. Or with nutcase fathers and mothers. But you're not allowed to say that anymore. You might toughen someone up and take away political or financial power from the enablers.

@kevinmccorkle7476 Ай бұрын

@tomdelvetto9906 of course. I can't think of anything that would be a more valid reason though. A lot of "anxiety" that is talked about today, is brought on by mundane, day to day things. It's used as a crutch.

@robjansen4551 Ай бұрын

Yeah...No sh*t...

@bradbutcher3984 Ай бұрын

Stop adding dramatic music.

@hsserry5289 Ай бұрын

Too loud and distracting music. Other low-key music more appropriate!

@indigohammer5732 Ай бұрын

It needs either a slice of Albanian Skiffle or Jazz Fusion Sitar/Kazoo. Something dignified like that.

@cadn_742 Ай бұрын

Yeah, well. When you're about to make an amphibious landing and are going to use the skills and training you've received in order to survive the Japanese defense...then you definitely don't have any jazz tunes playing in your head or some Frank Sinatra. Adrenaline is being played in this musical form whether you will live to see another day, or simply die on the beach.

@bradbutcher3984 Ай бұрын

@cadn_742 you're not on a the fucking beach making an amphibious landing underfire. You're probably in some basement taking a brake from your porn. Do the porn videos you watch have music in time with the facial..

@ktall6749 Ай бұрын

I have never seen this video before. Took some real men to do that job.

@SFRProductions Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and making a comment. Long hours of just looking at lots of films at the National Archives. I will be on Peleliu for the 80th September 15, 2024 to honor the men that fought there. I will be posting a video of my trip once I return. Again thanks for watching and I hope you had a chance to watch some of our other videos.

@samtatge8299 Ай бұрын

No “safe space” here

@trevdestroyer8209 Ай бұрын

Extremely brave men i would rather get sent to prison for avoidrthe draft than go anywhere near a battle

@matthollins3806 Ай бұрын

Thank them all for everything they gave. No matter who, they were all there and knew the risk. God bless them

@berteisenbraun7415 Ай бұрын

This place was pure hell and Sadly it didn't need to be taken. It could have been bypassed!

@garypyland8774 Ай бұрын

You can thank McArthur for that.

@SFRProductions Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and making a comment. If you take the Palaus as a whole there were a few airfields on a few different islands, a sub base and a large Japanese military force at Koror. It is a battle that has a lot of things that can be debated. I will be on Peleliu for the 80th September 15, 2024. I will be posting a video of my trip once I return. Again thanks for watching and I hope you had a chance to watch some of our other videos.

@redaug4212 Ай бұрын

@@garypyland8774 Nimitz, actually

@anthonycavalliotis8736 Ай бұрын

Are they Cruisers doing the shore bombardment as well as Battleships?

@SFRProductions 27 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching and making a comment. Yes there were Cruisers that moved in much closer than the Battleships plus they had smaller rocket launching boats that moved in even closer. I will be on Peleliu for the 80th September 15, 2024 , I will be posting a video of my trip once I return. Again thanks for watching and I hope you had a chance to watch some of our other videos.

@FrenchmansFlats51 Ай бұрын

these landings were the easy part. Umurbrogol was horrific. The best comparison is Stalingrad. Just Readimg about it left me sick.

@SFRProductions Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and making a comment. Yes the fighting on Peleliu was very horrific. I will be on Peleliu for the 80th September 15, 2024, I will be posting a video of my trip once I return. Again thanks for watching and I hope you had a chance to watch some of our other videos.

@AMERICANPATROIT101-y7r 3 күн бұрын

COULD YOU TURN THE MUSIC UP!

@zozzamozzi Ай бұрын

No need for the added dramatic music. Its dramatic enough.

@user-pw3kc1wl6n Ай бұрын

Our grandfathers be in these smoke...R.I.P

@seanprizeman3602 Ай бұрын

So much smoke it was literally overcast over the beach head

@ml8443 Ай бұрын

Was this the one where the got caught on like coral in the water?

@SFRProductions Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and making a comment. Tarawa is the battle where the Higgins Boats were stopped a few hundred yards from shore. I will be on Peleliu for the 80th September 15, 2024, I will be posting a video of my trip once I return. Again thanks for watching and I hope you had a chance to watch some of our other videos.

@cheesenoodles8316 Ай бұрын

Chilling, just thinking of Eugene Sledge.

@robr286 Ай бұрын

I'm gonna call you Sledge hammer.

@billisaacs702 Ай бұрын

The Things Our Fathers Saw

@SFRProductions Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and making a comment. Yes what those guy went through is unreal, the Greatest Generation. I will be on Peleliu for the 80th September 15, 2024, I will be posting a video of my trip once I return. Again thanks for watching and I hope you had a chance to watch some of our other videos.

@personnelente 20 күн бұрын

My dad was on Peleliu in 1MarDiv.

@SFRProductions 16 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching and making a comment. Wow his stories of the battle must be incredible. I am heading to Peleliu for the 80th this September. I was just at the National Archives and copied the color footage of Peleliu. I will be posting more footage very soon. Again thanks for watching and I hope you had a chance to watch some of our other videos.

@donbrashsux 14 күн бұрын

It always looks so somber in B & W .. and it certainly was terrible battle 🙏🙏

@bradbutcher3984 Ай бұрын

You're the guy that puts music to engine start up videos. Stop. We're here to watch a video, not listen to shit added.

@Dudemaster850 Ай бұрын

Your phone or tablet has volume control. Hit the button and music disappears. 🫡

@SFRProductions Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and making a comment. Made a few videos with no sound just like I got them from the Archives and people complained, add a bit of music to them people complain. Its a 50/50 split. Again thanks for watching.

@Grandizer8989 Ай бұрын

Get off my lawn

@vijaymehra1101 Ай бұрын

'...mute button exists

@mikes7639 Ай бұрын

There is no sound on these videos, we could dub in samari sounds for you

@toddstrickland973 Ай бұрын

Hell on earth!!

@gregmoore7446 Ай бұрын

And fucking music is bothering some?

@hankhames3088 Ай бұрын

You could turn the sound off anytime you want

@farmrrick Ай бұрын

Could do without the tunes but great footage .

@drshoe8744 Ай бұрын

What a waste of Life and materials, and in the end they didn't even need it. I've always wondered how the "planners" were able to keep their jobs? I think they should have been made to lead the troops in the next battle.

@knutdergroe9757 Ай бұрын

Yes, it was; But, PLEASE do not FORGET or Trivialize the lives of those MARINES SAILORS and SOLDIERS, who were there. This was my Father's last battle in WWII. And he never left that island. 1800 MARINES died there 5400 wounded, there is no numbers for how many died later in hospital or at home, or other battles. That island continued to take lives long after the battle was over. Hold the politicians accountable that put us MARINES and SAILORS in these terrible places. Writen by: Cpl. Seaberg U.S.M.C. Son of SSgt Seaberg U.S.M.C.

@user-gr7dz8vg1d Ай бұрын

Hindsight is 20/20 isn’t it sonny?

@sabretom7594 Ай бұрын

Ain’t hindsight great? In a couple years someone will ask “How can anyone make such a silly comment?”.

@drshoe8744 Ай бұрын

@@user-gr7dz8vg1d WTF are you talking about?

@drshoe8744 Ай бұрын

@@sabretom7594 WTF are you talking about? What is silly about watching so many young men die for absolutely no effin reason? They didn't even need or use the island after those men fought so hard for it, the strategists failed and underestimated just how well the Japanese were dug in on just about every island, you don't think the Marines would have also wanted to put them in the next battle? Wow, the complete lack of common sense and inability to comprehend simple comments is astounding on here.

@larryb982 Ай бұрын

Music is a little loud couldn't finish the film.

@chrisparker2118 Ай бұрын

There's a slider for volume adjustment.

@F-14_Jockey 9 күн бұрын

Peleliu could have been bypassed, Nimitz could have contained Peleliu, but McArthur wanted it taken. In part, this is the unfortunate saga of WWII Cage Mast Admirals and Cavalry Generals. Thank God Nimitz and Halsey understood aviation, McArthur not so much. A simple example is Tarawa, there was no reason to land against the Japanese defenders. We had TBM/TBF's which we could have loaded with 4 25-gallon drums full of fuel oil and aviation fuel, and a detonator, we could have set fire to the entire island (2,400 ft yd by about 10,000 ft), we could have raised the surface temperature to the point where nothing could have survived. The Admirals in charge didn't understand how to use air power in this instance.

@spiritualastronomy Ай бұрын

Hello, and thank you for your channel. I just discovered something you might find interesting. This is the audio of the landing kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hL1iaJum0qrIhas.html It plays perfectly over this visual video of the landing, and I included the music, but at about 25% volume. Open two KZfaq windows, with each video set and adjusted to play together. As I just now discovered this, thanks to YT putting it up as the top recommend next to this video. The audio is 9:35 sec. therefore about two minutes and 30 seconds of video needs to play before The reporter's voice is added: make sure to set the music volume down, to your liking, as well as the reporter's, Finally, if you or someone were to combine into a single video and post, that would be great. Oh...one more thing, I was wondering, can A.I. color the b&w camera footage? I'm sure it can...somehow. I'm just an amateur historian, wondering, pondering, war then and now.

@Peace2U-ec6es Ай бұрын

Your comment to this awesome post shows how much you respect the memory of this important event and the tragedy that all these men faced- including the Japanese soldiers. I didn't care much for the music so your suggestion is much appreciated and respected.

@spiritualastronomy Ай бұрын

@@Peace2U-ec6es Did you try it? It adds a whole new dimension, the timing between what the reporter is describing and the film matches exactly. In fact, when the reporter says they are on the beach, the film highlights that at the same time with the printed statement on the bottom of the screen that says "Marines land H hour" ? That also suggests the editor of the film timed the sequences to match the actual timeline of events. You have any thoughts? Thanks for your reply

@Peace2U-ec6es Ай бұрын

@@spiritualastronomyNo sir, not yet- but I will. I had seen the original previously so I knew what you were talking about and could appreciate the effort you put into making this video experience even better for those who felt the music was a bit noisy. Thanks again!

@Peace2U-ec6es Ай бұрын

@@spiritualastronomyOne more thing since you have a passion for history - The University of South Carolina has a library of military films in their archives. I don't have a link, but if you've never been there it's incredible.

@SFRProductions Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and making a comment. That audio is incredible. I will be on Peleliu for the 80th September 15, 2024. I will be posting a video of my trip once I return. Again thanks for watching and I hope you had a chance to watch some of our other videos.

@williamb.2167 Ай бұрын

Could have been great. Without the misic

@SFRProductions Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and making a comment. Tried a few videos without music got complaints of no sound, add music get complaints of the music, its a 50/50. Again thanks for watching and I hope you had a chance to watch some of our other videos.

@williamb.2167 Ай бұрын

Maybe just lower the volume of the music. More of a background tune

@nole8923 Ай бұрын

Amtraks we’re great. Those low tech Higgins boats sucked. If Amtraks were used on d-day in Normandy it would have saved a lot of American soldiers lives. They could have pulled right up on the beach and disembarked the soldiers in a spot where they’d have a little cover.

@SFRProductions Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and making a comment. A lot was learned after Tarawa and the development of better tactics. Two LVTs were used at Utah Beach, they have one of them in the museum there. I have walked those beaches in Normandy a few times and yes getting closer to the shingle would have really helped. Again thanks for watching and I hope you had a chance to watch some of our other videos.

@user-gr7dz8vg1d Ай бұрын

No cover on Omaha, buddy boy. Amtrak’s WAY more expensive to build. Not enough time to provide the quantity needed. Shall I go on ?

@redaug4212 Ай бұрын

Amtracks don't do so well against 6-foot waves. Just see what happened to the 741st Tank Battalion.

@cambium0 Ай бұрын

Looks like they learned a few things from Normandy

@jason-hy8ci Ай бұрын

I don't think the Marines took lessons on Amphibious assaults from anyone. For better or foe worse.

@SFRProductions Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and making a comment. Assaulting a heavily fortified position, those lessons were learned at Tarawa in November 1943. From the Tarawa landings all future landing including Normandy were planned so that the problems that occurred at Tarawa would not be repeated. I will be on Peleliu for the 80th September 15, 2024, I will be posting a video of my trip once I return. Again thanks for watching and I hope you had a chance to watch some of our other videos.

@bravomarine5144 29 күн бұрын

Into the mouth of the dragon.

@SFRProductions 27 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching and making a comment. the GREATEST GENERATION. I will be on Peleliu for the 80th September 15, 2024 , I will be posting a video of my trip once I return. Again thanks for watching and I hope you had a chance to watch some of our other videos.

@anibalcesarnishizk2205 Ай бұрын

And where was Stalemate I?.

@liltoaster7308 Ай бұрын

Stalemate I was originally drafted for the invasion of the Palau islands but the conditions of the war had shifted and there were serious supply issues that threw off the projections for what the battle would need. Stalemate II was a last-minute revised version of Stalemate I that accounted for the momentum of the war and the exclusion of the plan to invade all of the Palau islands successively.

@anibalcesarnishizk2205 Ай бұрын

@@liltoaster7308 Thanks!!!.

@Mrbuckaroonie.. 29 күн бұрын

Go get em Yanks!!!

@robwolosek2613 Ай бұрын

Turn off the dramatic music.

@hurdygurdyman1905 5 күн бұрын

The music is awful.

@gino7444 Ай бұрын

80 years ago and we've learned NOTHING!!!

@AlexejSvirid Ай бұрын

God made all people from one man, Adam. All people are brothers. Unfortunately, the lying and corrupt clirgy is silent about this. They even bless racists and nazis in the name of God. The problem is that the Devil rules the world. He is a liar and a murderer. This is why deception and violence are everywhere. This is the reason why people cry over stray cats and hate their brothers. This is the reason why Hitler got the power, but Christ was executed as "blasphemer" and "rioter" by denunciation of clergy. This is the reason why the whole world is Sodom. That's why we have the Gospel about the Kingdom of God. Jehovah will put everything in order. He has anointed the king, Jesus Christ. The dead will rise and we will meet our loved ones again! :-)

@4literv6 26 күн бұрын

Because the greatest lesson history has to teach us humans? Is that we refuse to bother learning from it! 😐

@para1324 Ай бұрын

🫡🇺🇸

@SFRProductions Ай бұрын

@dindu551 14 күн бұрын

I stormed the beach at tarawa and other places. I am reincarnated.

@crusader6922 Ай бұрын

Id take Pelilu over my ex wife

@georgesingleton3425 Ай бұрын

A battle that shouldn't have occured. The island was not as strategic as thought to be. A huge lost of lives wasted.

@dohc22h Ай бұрын

music👎..wtf?

@shanemac1111 Ай бұрын

Could of been avoided, if you know, you know. Such a waste of lives, on both sides, same goes for Europe too. Hopefully the day comes when we all know who pulled the strings, and not just a few. The truth is out here, for those who look shall find.

@Milkmans_Son Ай бұрын

70,000,000 people died. Quit shitting on them with your tinfoil hat crackpot nonsense, because you don't know.

@vijaymehra1101 Ай бұрын

@BrisLS1 Ай бұрын

Europe, where to start. Not accept the surrender of Germany without invading and occupying first, a logistical nightmare for the US and the British, and without the help of the Soviets. In 1936, invade Germany in response to their occupation of the Rhineland. Or one year earlier in 1935, when they starting re-arming with weapons and drafting new soldiers. Nothing was possible because war was so unpopular. Maybe you would expect the French to act, since they were the first to feel the threat. But instead, they built a wall, but not into the woods. Oh well.

@shanemac1111 Ай бұрын

@@BrisLS1 of the mark. dig deeper, follow the money, who was behind the Bolsheviks will lead you in the right direction.

@jason-hy8ci Ай бұрын

20/20 hindsight historians...... shoulda, coulda, Didn't. We can't change it now, folks. If this bothers you that much maybe you should go wash dishes down at the soup kitchen, you'll probably get more satisfaction.

@rooster7191 Ай бұрын

You are correct, Monday morning QB’S