Thanks for your service..when men were men. And society had strong moral values ,unlike our loose society today.

+Donald Gordon grandpa is that you?

Donald Gordon I know you are proud to be part of Americans greatest generation.

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS PROUD OF YOU AND ALL SURVIVORS OF THE BIG WW2! MERRY CHRISTMAS 2018!

You sir and all the men like you, have my up-most respect. Thank you and may God Bless You.

Only God knows what these vets come back they cant forget. God bless n heal their minds n hearts for all they saw n endured.

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@@besserschreiben9481 And space bar.

Think of the sacrifice these men made as helping to extirpate the Nazi tyrants

Not the "USS Yorktown CV 10" (USS Yorktown CV 5 was sunk in the battle of Midway...) and its crew... they fought in Pacific Ocean against the Japanese... not against Hitler in Europe.... and then later in Korea and as "coast guard" in Vietnam...

@@WilliamViets and establish the Stalin reign

@@rnies6849 The “Stalin Reign” was well established long before WW II.

@@ericripley9739 the stalin reign was near to fall in 1941, but thanks to the help of the USA and Britain it didn`t

Your uncle sacrificed his life unselfishly for a cause greater than any one of us. Eighteen days after your uncle was shot down, my dad, a B-24 pilot, was hit over Munich, Germany, on his 15th mission. He managed to get his plane to Switzerland & interned there until war's end. He rarely spoke of his times living in Wendling, England, but like your uncle he had a deep sense of patriotism & duty. I'm frightened to think what our response would be like today. Anyway, sorry for your loss, but you at the same time, must be proud.

My only Uncle Harold was shot down June 12 , 1944 , over Guam , a radioman on an Avenger . Pilot and gunner gone too . They went down in flames still strafing their targets according to a witness. The pilot waved to one of his buddies . So young , so handsome , I still cry sometimes when I think of his life cut short. And still never returned to what's left of his family .

That is heart wrinching

i would love to pick your brain for hours.

I was an aircraft mechanic from 1999-2009. Was always apart of CAG7. Miss it a lot!

Fantastic story Mel...a truly amazing campaign, unequaled in history. So...you were flying Hellcats? My very best to you and your family Sir.

R PM unfortunately he passed away last year :( RIP hero

@@Biden2024_ how do you know

Donald Von Shitzenpants thinks they were suckers

And today most men are A Joke

+William Schaffer Bless your father for his service, he was a brave courageous man, Ciao, L (Retired Navy)

+William Schaffer My uncle, Meldon K Burke was also on board (and had a plank), I wonder if they worked together- he fused the bombs. Unfortunately we lost Mel last year. Heck of a guy.

awesome. old school naval aviation. we've come a long way in a short time, and he's a part of that...

Dear Mr Schaffer, its not often you see people who are family in old grainy documentary war films.What a thrill it must have been. My family (uncles x 3) also served but in the british RAF.

He helped make America free. My Father in law was one of the servivers of the LADY. He served 33 years last duty was with the River Rats in Vietnam.

Writing a letter ?

Yes, writing a letter. Why does that confuse you???

checked it out. lucky you

I had to write letters, lots of them during DS/DS . Very few phone calls. Now my BIL served on the USS Foreststal out in the Med.

I'm sure you're very proud of him. Hell, I'm proud of him, and he wasn't even my brother.

Cool story thanks for serving

Glad to have ya brother. We must always remember, and never forget those brave men and women who fought for all of us.

My granddad's brother served with the SeeBees during WWII. He had two ships shot out from under him. He never spoke about it to anyone, not even his wife. We found out about from another sailor who served with him. He spoke about it to my granddad at Ewell's funeral. My granddad was blown away at what his brother went thru during that time. He told me that he never spoke about his service to anyone. He was always proud of his little brother.

A true boomer.

Declared independence from the queen, before another king took over.

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Semper Fi 🇺🇸

I am an Air Force veteran that served during the nuclear cold war with the B-52's and KC-135's on 15 minute ground alert. I was a part of the 92d Security Police Squadron. Yes, we won the cold war without firing a nuclear weapon in anger, but! We were never shot at, nor had to endure the hardships those guys did during World War II, If not for those Heroes I might not be here to type this reply. I am so very grateful to the men in all service branches for the safety and security of our great Nation. But I have to stand and salute the brave heroes that served in that war. They stopped the aggression of the Japanese at the time and the German's. Because of these brave men we live today. It is priceless what they did, and there are no words good enough to thank them. And MCPO Williams you earned your retirement, Thank You for serving!!!!

I went through boot camp in 1969 , all of this is familiar to me in 2022. After boot camp and A school I spent the next 18 years with the Marines. With the Marines, we were deployed on two different ships, an LPD (Ogden), and an LKA, I forget the name(Oriskany?), except we rolled a lot and were cramped for space. On board was just like in this video. The Navy has found a truly workable solution to on board evolutions. As you can tell, I was a Corpsman assigned to the Marines. Loved it!

Absolutely Master Chief! I Served 4 Years Aboard The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) As An ABH3 From 1980 - 1984, And This Movie Brings Back Lots Of Memories! To Be Honest With You, Things Really Haven't Changed Very Much As Far As Carrier Ops Are Concerned. Sure They're More Technically Advanced, But The Basics Are Still The Same!!! ⚓

Kevin i served on the U.S.S. Coral Sea C.V. 43, AO. During the same period.

Yes and to everybody who served or has ever served or whoever will serve

They used to call the Saratoga "Sorry Sara"

25 years ago I was visiting in-laws family in Kansas City at Christmas. I asked one older fellow there if he was in the service. He was on the Saratoga in WWII. 26:36 He told me how they sang God Bless America (I think that was it) when then sailed home under the Golden Gate Bridge. A few days later and I’m at my stepfather’s house for Christmas. His Uncle Charlie is there, I ask him if he was in the service. He said he was on a smaller aircraft carrier. I asked him which one - the Saratoga! I asked him what they did when they sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge coming home, he said the deck was packed full of men and everyone was singing God Bless America. But, they didn’t know each other.

Amen!

My next door neighbor was on this ship in 1973-75.

Bless your dads heart.

Bless him and you as well.

My Dad was a Seebee too. My Uncle his brother was a UDT. They and the other young men who served were some of the greatest in our Countries history. They sacrificed their lives so we might live.

There's nothing like a FLAT TOP ( FLOATING CITY'S)🇺🇸⛑️🪖

If this is the ORISKANY it's at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico near Pensacola. I worked crash and salvage, and yellow shirt.

@@sg-yq8pm . Good morning. Thanks. I got the numbers mixed up. The ORISKANY was in the movie that Ronald Reagan player in I think.

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I was on the ShangriLa and it was the most miserable time of my life

Sorry for your loss Mr. Gayler. Thank you for your sacrifice as well.

So are you living in UK?

HMS Indomitable, modified Illustrious-class aircraft carrier of UK. Supported the liberation of Hong Kong on 30 Aug 1945. Remembered by me, a Hongkonger. Lest We Forget.

Amen to that sir...

@@paulstewart1182 No Mum & Dad moved out here to Australia in 1949

that last is def true

I have a piece of the plank that was given to my dad. It has a small plaque on it with he's name.

In 1938, while serving as the director of the special agency for Harbin in Manchuria, he worked on Manchukuo to rescue Jewish refugees who had fled Europe via the Trans-Siberian Railway. The second is the Japanese garrison on Kiska Island, which was on the verge of breaking the jade under the overwhelming siege of the U.S. Army during his tenure as commander of the Northern Army (later the Fifth Area Army) in 1943. Successful "miracle operation" to secretly withdraw a little less than a thousand soldiers. Third, in 1945, he unilaterally abandoned the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Treaty and entered the war, ordering the Soviet Union forces that continued to invade even after the end of the war, and crushed their ambitions. That is (Hokkaido was hard protected by the victory on the northernmost island of Kita-Kuril Islands, Shumshu Island, and the struggle on Sakhalin).

Watch the film "to young the hero" about a very young lad who volunteered, I found it a very powerful film and well worth watching.

and imagine citing bone spurs but still getting to be president

I never served on the Fighting Lady but after living in Honolulu all these years, I have met hundreds of wonderful veterans of WWII, especially for toy airplane signings of the exact aircraft they flew in WWII in Pearl Harbor and at the USS Arizona and the National WWII Park Plaza. I’ve been on many Naval ships while in the US Marines and I wouldn’t trade that experience for anything. I’ve gotten to see more countries than I have states and seen things that can’t be share here for sure. I love these old WWII movies and with Memorial Day coming up, it time to make sure my shirt and patches are looking good and smart! Semper Fi to all my old Devil Dogs! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

You do realize this was not the USS Yorktown. The year that this ship was commissioned gives away who she was, the USS Lexington, reborn. She was to be the USS Cabot, but after the USS Lexington had to be scuttled after severe battle damage at the Battle of the Coral Sea, the ship builders ask for Cabot to name after the Lexington.

*Pacific

It was pretty apparent though which CV this was about. The reason it was not specifically named is it was 1943-1944 when this film was made. The name of the carrier was classified as a wartime measure. The war in the Pacific did not end until late 1945.

Thank you for your service sir!

Awesome . . . had never known we ever had a native born flag officer !

Amazing . . . had never known we had a native American whom rose to 4 star, with all the abuse, animosity his race experienced, endured !

Read his story: On the Warpath in the Pacific

I Totally Agree With You, Tommy! I Served 4 Years Aboard The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) As An ABH3 From 1980 - 1984, And This Movie Brings Back Lots Of Memories! To Be Honest With You, Things Really Haven't Changed Very Much As Far As Carrier Ops Are Concerned. Sure They're More Technically Advanced, But The Basics Are Still The Same!!! ⚓

They're all dead now....but don't worry... you'll get plenty of opportunities to support more death and destruction...if your lucky some "hero" will drop a bomb on your house killing and mutilating your family.

@@kballenger53ify bet you enjoyed all the man on man back door penetration action

you like young lads alot huh?

Screw digital... Ektachrome and Kodachrome reveals the true color..... wish emulsion film would come back around.

I couldn´t find the right words to say it. You did.

@@sitarnut They tried to get Kodak to do so, but they quit making the chemicals.

Thank you for your service

@@sitarnut I so miss kodachrome, unfortunately youngsters today will never have that pleasure and have no idea what they are missing.

In 1938, while serving as the director of the special agency for Harbin in Manchuria, he worked on Manchukuo to rescue Jewish refugees who had fled Europe via the Trans-Siberian Railway. The second is the Japanese garrison on Kiska Island, which was on the verge of breaking the jade under the overwhelming siege of the U.S. Army during his tenure as commander of the Northern Army (later the Fifth Area Army) in 1943. Successful "miracle operation" to secretly withdraw a little less than a thousand soldiers. Third, in 1945, he unilaterally abandoned the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Treaty and entered the war, ordering the Soviet Union forces that continued to invade even after the end of the war, and crushed their ambitions. That is (Hokkaido was hard protected by the victory on the northernmost island of Kita-Kuril Islands, Shumshu Island, and the struggle on Sakhalin).

I am same as you, my father was a Merchant Marine, these guys did a great job, I also am a Marine now DOD retired in Okinawa

my dad did to he took air craft carriers to secret location pre ww2

these heroes liberated Taiwan AND DOZENS OF OTHER LOCATIONS AND WE CONTINUE TO THANK the "greatest Generation" for their preservation of peace and freedom!

@@jomon723 Thank God for these guys, my father was USN 1945 battle for Okinawa, my son was a Marine and later went to Okinawa. My mother somehow felt comforted by that. Thank you for your service, sir.

Well said my friend, people have forgotten why we call them the greatest generation, I will never forget. The stories passed on into your life by what sounds like a great man, will be cherished by your children when you tell them.

My grandpappy was on CV-1. That's minus one. He was just that far ahead of everyone else.

I have a Zippo Lighter from the USS Bennington. I found it at a flea market in Oakland CA in 1984.

😊❤

If you ever post the video, please reply. My Dad was a Dentist on the Bennington.

Thank you to your Father sir. He truly gave the country the highest degree of courage in those harsh and unforgiving conditions

CV-6 is my favourite ships from the 2nd World War 👍🏼🙏🏼

I am glad to be able to say thank you to everyone who fought in WWII, not just for the United States 🇺🇸 but for the world, I salute them, and those serving today and those that will serve and protect us from another war of this intensity and destruction. Lest We Forget. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

They look awesome! I imagine serving on one would be an unforgettable experience. Thank you for your service.

Thank you for your service and this little part of you that you have shared with people

Navy nuclear reactor operator ...................., ......... Nuclear weapons fighting lady making our lives miserable

You and they all matter.

@@user-nc2bf9vx5y Thank you.

Every high school student should be required to sit through this video to understand the bravery of those heroes that helped keep our nation free!!! The kids need to understand freedom is Never Free especially to those Men that were slid down the plank to their sea burial under the colors!!! We also must remember a chaplain and officer had to visit the parents to inform them their son was not coming home again!!! I am a cold war veteran that did not go through the horrors these guys did. I salute them!!

??? counties history ???

The Fighting Lady is the CV-10.

get Adblock.... haven't had to worry about any ads.

Thanks for acknowledging the Ad problem. Do us all a favor, or at least me, and join the community kick em out team. No sign up or fee. Just be. And do. When more than one Ad is in video REPORT that video. If the channel uploader does all their videos this away, REPORT their channel for it. And I wish they wouldn't impose the watch me first option. But they do that out of stupidity thinking they will get paid if we watch the Ad. Or hoping we click by accident. What they don't THINK about is, they have to watch the Ad to get paid for that click & view. Otherwise they only get paid when their own video is rolling. Not idle or paused. Rolling. Perhaps this uploader knows this.

a Colt 45 service revolver? do you mean the semi 1911?

@@33joiner US Navy Colt service revolver is, a REVOLVER, still in use by 46, so likely not fully phased out for another few years

Need to change "all" to "most" before the 18-25-year-olds. My dad enlisted at 34, but it took four times before they finally let him in. He was a belly gunner on a B-17. His nickname... "Papa" of course... because he was old enough to be most of their dads. He made it back obviously... and had me at a young 49.

@@donf3877 What a great father you must have had! My dad was 22 when the Pearl Harbor attack happened. He was older than most of the draftees, married with a baby born in 1940. The draft board put him further down on the list. Before the war was over, he had another child. I guess he just “aged” out. Like many men of his generation, he was glad to not be drafted. We hear the stories, see the movies about young men rushing down to the draft board on Monday morning December 8 to sign up. Many of them did, and God bless them for it! However, I had a good friend, now deceased, who landed on D-Day. I asked him if that’s what he did? He laughed and said, “Absolutely not! I just knew I would go over there and not come back.” The man that I’m talking about was truly a man’s man. Once he got in the Army, he was very dedicated to his group of 150 men. They all of went from basic training through all through the war, being part of an ammunition dump. I asked him what size ammunition they handled? He said, “everything from the smallest caliber to 500 pound bombs.” He was injured a couple of weeks before D-Day, while still in England. More later.

The men who fought in this war were arguably the greatest men ever supplied in the whole of human history.

Well, wars are always horrible, and they did their part, they are real heroes.

@@RonGreeneComedian That he was. He had stomach cancer at age 74 in 1980. Back in those days, that was really bad. He didn't know it (the doctor told my sister), but he only had a two month to two year life expectancy AFTER the surgery... which he was still debating whether or not to have. It wasn't until I called to tell them they were grandparents... that mom told me what was going on with him. I was like, why the hell didn't you tell me. Mom replied, "What could you do except worry. You couldn't come down, your wife was still pregnant. And, you had enough to worry about her". Dad wasn't the only smart one in the family!!! I called him that night before the surgery was scheduled and said, "You are the grandfather of a brand new little baby girl. Now get your ass into surgery so you can live to enjoy her". It was his first grandchild. He had the surgery, and it didn't slow him down one bit. Even though they cut him from the top of his chest to his belly button, and then around to the center of his back :( He lived six more years!!! He didn't just give up because he had had cancer. He got right back to living life to the fullest. And, he got to play with his granddaughter, and his grandson, too. My daughter still remembers him... and she just turned 41!!! My son was just a little too young to remember much about him. I still miss the SOB. It was amazing. When I was a teenager, he didn't know his ass from a hole in the ground. When I got older, with two kids of my own, it was incredible how much smarter he got :) He never talked about his time in the military. Oh, I knew he was in WW2. He had friends mom called his "war buddies". But, that was it. When I joined the Air Force in 1976, he came down to visit while I was in basic training. There was a small museum on the base, so we checked it out. In the last room we went in, there was a belly turret from a B-17 on display. He started talking, and we talked for over an hour. I learned things about him I never knew. After he passed, mom decided to sell the big two-story house, and move into a smaller one-story. All the way in the back of their closet was an old wooden cigar box. Inside were all of his medals. How I wish he could have told me how he was awarded them......... :(

And real men making love to real men. As it was before libs destroyed it

Hand Salute . . . Ready Front 🇺🇸

Are you serious. I have found little to respect in the Axis military.

@@robertmorrison2123 Hi Robert, I am serious but with this remark - most people that have to fight wars (soldiers/sailors/airmen...) and the civilians that suffer through them (bombings, genocide, torture...) are usually not the ones that start/started those wars. I met some former enemies and was surprised (if not shocked) to find out that they had families, friends, religion (same as mine actually, Catholic), values, principles, ... They had joined their respective armed forces for the same reasons I had joined the Navy (I am a Baby Boomer, serving two years was part of our upbringing back then). Every country has some "bad guys", some worse than others but when it comes down to it, you fight to defend your "brother-at-arm". War is a tragedy, no matter which side you are on and sadly enough, many of our leaders (worldwide) have not served, let alone faced combat. Again, I am not excusing the Axis forces but amidst them, there were some "humans" like you and me that had been dragged into a conflict they never wanted. Peace be with you, Ciao, L

This Canadian thanks you Sir

I served in Korea aboard the USSBairoko CVE 115 1952 to 1955 best adventure years in my life

@Craig Wooldridge Buddy, what are you talking about? Native Americans are called that because they lived in North America before white people settled it. Therefore native (originated from) America (north America, later the united states.)

Amazing. Thanks for sharing!

@@MrStudmouse Thank you for you service, sir !!!

The indians contributed an amazing amount toward our success in WWII - heroes every one of them!

I salute you sir!

I appreciate you sharing that.

Молоток товарищь ! Зачетный комент !!

A! Am pp

Smoky was reportedly captured by the Japanese and executed by them in the POW camps

Wow. So glad that he was awarded this.

As should we all. My dad and his two brothers served in the ETO and the Pacific. I wish I had been more interested when I was young and asked a hell of a lot more questions of ALL the members of my family who rose to the call at home and abroad. Mom turned 7 a few months before Dec. 7th. The one thing she remembers about that day was how EVERYONE grew up almost overnight. The time is upon us right now to be tested again as our country was tested then, but with even more at stake! . . . Let's make them all proud.

not forgotten but i wish i could have meet them

The soldier who sank an aircraft carrier for the first time in world military history is a Turkish officer. his name is Mustafa Ertuğrul Aker

Argus was the first carrier but not first true carrier, you said it yourself that it was a convert. The first true carrier was HMS Hermes, purpose built after Argus proved the concept.

RAIN IS STILL MADE ON MY FACE OF THOSE THAT SERVED...RIP MEN...THE SEA WILL GIVE UP ITS DEAD....SOON...2022...READ REVELATION 18...It is the WTC of 9/11 in 2001...Babylon was used as example of the largest city on Earth when John penned Revelation on Patmos....now over 20 years ago...WHAT TIME IS IT NOW??!!!!

So sad they were committed to the deep 6 🦑🐙🐠⚓ , so relatives didn't even have a body to bury ⚰️ or a grave to decorate with flowers 💐🌺🌹on Decoration Day! 😩💔

@@mrs.dungplopper404 The USS Yorktown CV-5 sank not the The Fighting Lady shown above which is the USS Yorktown CV-10. There were survivors of the CV-5.

They were high schoolers, indeed. And as a recently retired educator, I will always love them.

Unfortunately true especially with how many react to the pandemic. This is my parents generation but my dad was too young for WW2

Maybe throw a little of that disgust at our deranged so-called leader for conspiring with dictators in his image and liking. He has no respect for our military, only pretends so. While he hired a quack doctor to issue him a weak deferment during Vietnam, I enlisted. For that and how he addressed John McCain, his failure to attend funeral ceremonies at a French cemetery where 1,800 of our fighting men were interned after WWI. He came up with a feeble excuse, but the Secret Service said there was no reason why he couldn't attend as every other American official did, but Trump said otherwise, "why would I want to go there, it's filled with losers and suckers". I've asked myself a hundred times why any veteran would support him, he is only interested where his malignant narcissism takes him. If it's not money or adulation, he's not interested.

Actually, the greatest generation is proud of today’s servicemen and women. Americans stand tall together.

@@debrakleid5752 My Dad also was too young, he was 13 during 1943, but he served and retired from the Air Force as a Master Sergeant E-7, I followed him and served 6 years in the Air Force, nothing compared to this video, I am a veteran, but not a hero such as those in World War II. I salute them all!!!!

@@GM8101PHX thank you for your service. I enlisted in 2001 in the Air For e but had to get out due to medical reasons. And no way would I be able to be in now as my health has gone downhill since then by a lot. My dad served 26 years (6 years Marine Corp and hated it and 20 years Air Force). He retired as a Major after going to college on the GI Bill and getting his Bachelors and Masters degree. He served in Thailand during the Vietnam War and was possibly exposed to agent orange and he died on 02-23-21 from AML which is an aggress form of leukemia and is linked to agent orange. Some of the most treasured possessions I have from him is the US flag that was draped over his coffin as well as his ribbons and medals that he had already put in a shadow box. I would rather have that than any monetary inheritance. My dad witnessed his best friend get killed in Vietnam when the plane they were flying in was hit and shot down. They couldn’t make it to the runway. When my dad got to the wreckage he found his best friend decapitated. Like someone commented above my dad and everyone who who has served are heroes. Not the orange clown who called them losers and suckers and refusing to go to the cemetery to honor the fallen of WW1. My dad had actually enlisted for the Marines during the Korean War but never served in the war zone. Thank your dad for me for his service and thank you for your service. After I got out I worked as a paramedic for 10 years before becoming an RT in a hospital.

Cowpens.....my hometown

My father as on the Belleau Wood CVL-24 a Independence-class aircraft carrier, saw a lot of this action Honors and awards Presidential Unit Citation 12 battle stars USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) - Wikipedia

I served on the Lady Lex CV (AVT) 16. Essex Class like the Yorktown. Also an IC Electrician. 89-91 on the Lex and 91-93 on Normandy CG-60.

@Evan Emmett. Thank you for your service. My dad served aboard this ship in WWII. I think he was responsible for the telephone system on the ship. He past away about 20 years ago.

Amen. Yes it is an Essex class carrier. It was a ruthless war in the Pacific.

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