Do Ernest E Evan's, Captain of USS Johnston (Destroyer) that charged IJN Battleship fleet including Super Battleship Yamato and sent them running in fear of his Johnston and earned a MoH. It's not the size of your Johnston, it's how you use it!

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I may not be first, but I am the most important. You're a legend, tell us your military stories and history. Anything notable, even that one time you took a shit behind the latrine while on latrine duty. Already in the shit, why not take one?

The last stand of fox company please? US Marines using the Chinese army to farm exp!!!

Could you cover the Commando Carbine from ww2?

I choked on my drink

He wasn't going home without that Warchief cheeve.

Picked up some Geocache along the way too…

Nah the war was the side quest

Dude got the Platinum trophy achievement while doing the story mission

thank you

Not to disparage the work of our favorite electrician, but I did actually learn about this in school. It wasn't a part of the curriculum specifically, but someone did a project on the Chief. For little, specific bits of history like this, sometimes its up to the parents.. there just isn't enough time in a school year, and too many things in history.

I was taught this one in school...

Agreed I’m still trying to figure out how I passed.

Alot of kids are...

They are just Asian Horses.

@@troybaxterthey do tick the boxes - beast of burden - war mount The only disparity is that horses are for faster flanking movement An Elephant is a mobile high ground and armored emplacement

@@TimeCircleBlueplus an elephant can wreck some crap, as opposed to a horse

@@MaxPower-ke5rq horses can cause a lot of damage, but it would need to be directed to do so and/or be extremely pissed. Elephants cause collateral damage by virtue of them existing based on how heavy and stronk they are.

Boomers gonna Boomer, regardless of culture or if they're in charge of an HOA. Especially since none of them were veterans, much less warchiefs.

agreed

Even more epic in my book!

An elephant ... Enemy WAR Elephant.. something that can flatten you if it don't like you...2 of them...

Elephant should of counted. It carries same role and value as a warhorse

think further ahead, they are a native tribe, extremely traditional, if they let the elephant count, then thats a pretty loose interpretation of "Steal an enemy horse"

Imagine being his brother 🤣

When he said that mouthful, all I could think of was monsignor Dr laurvell Jones from police academy

Safe to say his parents were proud of him

If I'd had the honor to meet him, I wouldn't know how to address him, so I'd just STFU and bow.

You mean Mr. Dr. Sir War Chief. It's too bad to hear about his nephew and the elephants not counting. I understand that tribal law is tribal law but I don't know if that is in the spirit of how the law was written, but that being said, if they allowed that then suddenly grand theft auto would count too right?

I thought so too. It's honestly sad that we may never see another war chief in our lives

@nuclear_nikkie Absolutely right! I don't think this will ever happen again in history of the entire world! Monumental moments need to be idolized in movies and literature.

Hollywood is too racist to make that movie, sadly. They don't hate natives, its not that kinda racism, its the same old hollywood racism of "this movie wont sell unless its about white people"

The Ken Burns documentary on Chief Medicine Crow is pretty badass.

I can't belive glamor wood picked up on this,shows how stupid they are this would be a massive blockbuster,If all the native tribes got together and went looking for a dedicated director it would very a fantastic event.

Same! It’s such pedantic NONSENSE. If anything it’s a greater achievement because the animal is bigger, you are not familiar with handling it and that’s an easy target to spot lumbering around

The Indian way was to steal a horse not a elephant or a dog,cat,bird or any other animal it's bin there way for hundreds of years so you can't just change it.

Their actual response was probably "What the fuck is an elephant?"

@@davidmcgahan5328 hows virginity going?

@@katamed5205horses are sacred to plains tribes which is likely why taking your enemy’s horse became one of the feats.

best we can do is enforcing pronouns

What if they identify as a horse?

@@adamm2716I identify as War/Chief…. I just need to steal a horse from an enemy. I’m staying away from elephants tho.

@@bretoncook-ib7kxloop hole

No, we need more Sir War cheif doctors.

Me too, I literally heard the war cry in my head as he described the first part where he broke through the German border (my memory is horrible so I can’t remember the name of the “line” lol)

Dude his nephew literally stole fucking elephants and as an animal nerd that is a fucking incredible feat but both are absolute badasses

Yeah. Given the lack of horses on the modern battlefield, they should loosen the requirements without making them easier. Maybe steal a light armoured vehicle?

@@jrdougan Just makes it more impressive to steal a horse honestly. But if there's a light armored vehicle/IFV/AFV/APC that translates to "Horse" it should count.

@@jrdougan How about a train? They used to be called Iron horses at least.

Motorcycle

Maybe he could steal a Mustang!

"Compensation for my brother-in-law's car!"

Would Indiana Jones qualify for honorary war chief?

​@@stephenzelnick8650"I said NO CAMELS! That's FIVE camels! Can't you count?!"

@@stephenzelnick8650 the DOG! You are named after the DOG!

Signs your parenting properly lol.

Bro just imagine his ancestors…”he is the one”

"Das ist some straight up Karl May shiesse right there. Ich bin not even mad." -- Hans the German, impressed despite himself

Indeed!

As someone with native blood, Cherokee and Choctaw, man that image gave me goosebumps and made me tear up with pride. 🥲.

I need that in a movie

I honestly felt a bit of a knot in my stomach at that part

From “Hostile Unit” to “Fellow Human Being” in 0.2 seconds. Reality CHECK.

On one hand, I get why he wasn't awarded the title of warchief, it specifically says horses, a Animal very symbolic to the natives. It's sorta like saying you stole a bear when you needed a lion. But in the other hand, stealing a elephant is like 20 horses mashed together, so it definitely deserves at least a honorable mention

okay so the council of elders is probably different now that its been a while… say a young man steals a tank? it might count you know

⁠@@dimsum3329and also in some cultures the elephant is their version of cavalry, so in that case stealing the enemy’s cavalry animal should count towards being a war chief.

Fucking elephants! TWO!!! Tell me again when there will be a war to steal a damn ELEPHANT!? He's a war chief in my book.

Notice how nobody bothered to ask the elephant's how they identify!

Just Look at the exploits of Christopher Lee.

@@alaneskew2664 Ah yes. The guy who told Peter Jackson what a knife in someone's back *actually* sounds like. And knew the "real" James Bond. Since all of Bond's shenanigans were based on Ian Fleming's *actual* shenanigans in the Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.

@@5peciesunkn0wn basically Christopher Lee did all the side quests

@@5peciesunkn0wn Don't forget he also had a fucking sick metal band.

@@krullachief669 Oh right! All about Charlemagne iirc. And he's done some voice over stuff for other metal bands.

Absolutely, that vision was going thru my head.

People would probably say it’s to unrealistic if it was a movie.

I agree

Must have looked straight out of a Hollywood Western to the Germans.

Especially if that same nazi officer recognizes him from the corner of his view, following him the whole time he was being stalked. Epic.

Motherfucking kidding me, you can't count two elephants as one horse? Then are the strictedt set of rules out there.

As the sun rose upon the battlefield....

That sounds like it should be air brushed on the side of building or a van

While singing too.

That's way better than walking away from an explosion in slow motion.

Stealing 2 Elephants is Equivalent to stealing a horse id say... But Rulez iz rulez.

He should’ve just came home and stole a horse from the US government. I’m sure the tribe would consider that stealing from their enemy, right? Lol, I would if I was them.

@@CivilizedWarriorwhat you talking about. Steal from the elders that fucked him over.

@@CivilizedWarriormaybe?

The elephant might actually be easier if they trusted him. They are several times smarter than horses.

You should read about the dudes history post the war and how he became a College Professor and other stuff

I looked so hard for this comment. I came from castle rock. But this is still cool

I was born in Billings, one of the rare "native" Montanans. :) But I grew up on the other side of the state where we had more Flathead and Blackfoot Indians. Crow country is where all my cousins grew up. Drove through there about a month ago.

I’d have loved to meet the Chief, myself. My non-biological grandpa was Chippewa and Cherokee - he had headdresses and the traditional clothes with the feathers, beads, and shiny bits. His parents passed from TB when he was 14. He enlisted illegally at 16 years old. Being tall as fuck, built like a beast, and bearded like a viking (odd for someone of native descent) - it’s only fitting that he became a tanker. He served in Vietnam, taking 6 bullets from AK and/or SKS rifles, one napalm burn, and had stories about killing innumerable amounts of VC insurgents from the gunner seat of his Abrams. He was a Sergeant Major, a drill sergeant, a train conductor, a mailman, a firefighter, a paramedic, a cop (he was stabbed twice as a police officer) and died at the age of 80, from natural causes. Bro did fucking everything except becoming a doctor and an astronaut; and survived one of the bloodiest wars in human history - all while being six foot four inches tall. A big fuckin target. His CARs and M16s in the pictures were dwarfed by his massive arms. Men back then were BUILT DIFFERENT. He told my brother and I not to enlist; because “he had done enough fighting for 10 generations”. I’ll never forget him. Good ol’ Ironsides, with a big fat Red 1 on the side. Rest in peace Richard “Wild Bill” Compton. After all that action, he only had a slight limp from his burnt calf. Being in ‘Nam, makes you wonder how the fuck he got that nickname. That man’s my own personal badass hero. A hell of a warrior, and sweet as sugar. He worked hard to support his church in his senior years, assisting the homeless, the hopeless, the poor, and the abused. He had 3 beautiful dogs that were some of my best friends throughout my childhood. Larger than life, with the plot armor of a god; shit like that makes me believe in divine intervention, ‘cause pawpaw bill should’ve probably died with the shit hand he was dealt, fighting that awful war. Makes me think someone up there might’ve had plans for him to spread goodness, later in life, that a war wouldn’t take away from the world. He tried to make up for his sins by dedicating his middle and later life to saving people, and helping the unfortunate. He contributed to the transportation and logistics industry, healthcare, law enforcement, national defense, and the betterment of humanity. If there’s an ideal standard of an amazing man, I’d like to give him that honor.

@@bandit5875 don’t let people deceive you. We are a wise warrior race. We fight for our people. And even though he wasn’t related to everyone in the USA, he decided they were his people. And his people are my people and my people yours. That’s what makes natives strong. Even through minority

@@chipsawdust5816 also, let’s keep Montana as Montana I am ashamed how foreign states people ruin our beautiful home.

Lions Led by Donkeys has a great episode about him if memory serves!

my dad actually met medicine crow once and thought that the stories were embellished as in my dad's words "they liked to embellish their history" which I told my dad off as not only is that disrespectful (even though my dad lived on the crow reservation long enough to be able to understand and hold a simple conversation in the crow tongue, while also being invited to some of their celebrations and participate in them) but also all of his feats are recorded by the U.S. Army.

How on earth this hasn’t been made into a movie is beyond me.

Wait.. HOLD up.... you MET this dude?!?! What an incredible HONOR!

​@Kma99107 Your dad is not wrong.

@joshwatson6331 to an extent but still it's disrespectful to call a medal of honor recipient

They could have probably deleted a continent with that. Or as they say give it a wet nap

Most of the other countries that did have battleships had them converted to artificial coral reefs, by our battleships.

Most of the other countries that did have battleships had them converted to artificial coral reefs, by our battleships.

We also had the White Fleet, where good ol’ Teddy Roosevelt painted all our battleships white and had them sail around the globe as a show of just how big his Big Stick was.

All 4 Iowa-class... together? Pardon me, I need to tally up the potential for war crime shenanigans those girls could have gotten into.

thank you

Yeah I loved that one too. 😎

I was looking to see if anyone else caught that. There weren't many. Dammit, I'm getting old!

Damn, we are

And no one can talk to a horse of course. That is, of course, unless the horse is the famous Mr. Ed.

Master Sar. Roy Benavidez ! One of the Best of the Best !

He truly was an amazing man, not just in feats, but also in character. My grandparents knew him, but sadly I never got to meet him.

Homeschoolers rule.

Quack bang swears a little bit too much for a homeschool program :-)

@@Matt-yg8ub As a former homeschooler, I disagree. Learning when and how to properly swear is a valid if not even necessary homeschool curriculum lol. Not sure if you've been to a public school in the last 50 years, but typical highschool students learn this lesson as well.

@@Matt-yg8ub 50% of my education was in schools, the other 50% was at home. My Dad said "fuck" all the time. I'm not in prison. I'm guessing it won't be a problem.

@@Matt-yg8ub I am a retired united States navy veteran. It's nothing she hasn't heard before. She's 10 and has a great mom. She will understand why men feel the need to cuss. It's okay.

Just asking purely because im curious, are you Latin/ Native American mixed? Or is abuelo grandfather in both languages?

@@seanbean3880 I'm Chiricuhua and Mestizo, and no, abuelo is grandpa in Spanish, not in Apache

He definitely was built different

I look very European (and am now about 8 years older than my profile pic for that matter) but I'm close to 30 or 40 percent Cherokee. My mom taught me a lot of the old ways. I am part of the first generation in my family to afford shoes all year round but she taught me how to make my first bow at the age of five, she taught me bead working, I know basic leather working, a lot of bushcraft and then there's a lot of the stuff my dad who was special forces taught me. I wasn't raised for the current era. I'm going to be honest, I have heard Joe Medicine Crow's story before but something about this rendition made me tear up a little.

im a big fan of Tecumseh; and his poem should be in every school. words to live by.

It's estimated that between 5-10% of the Native American population enlisted for WW2. That's for a country that tried to exterminate them and their culture. In the process of doing this, they produced heroes, saved lives with code talkers, and many never returned home. I'm not native or trying to be woke, but these stories should absolutely be told more. These were American men and women to be proud of.

Most people have no idea how much the native warriors helped during ww2. It honestly makes me happy that dispite all the bullshit, all the shady deals, the broken treaties, that we all came together and and fought side by side. To anyone that reads this, always visit any tribe, learn their history. Rfght for their rights. And never let a single politician divide you from them. They are our brothers and sisters. And we must tell their stories

When I was in middle school some of my first knowledge about WW2 were the Navajo Code Talkers

Modern snipers owe thanks to Iroquois, Cree, Blackfoot and Apache people for their techniques polished and refined in WW2 when (specifically Canada) almost every able bodied man volunteered and "invented" the sniper. Mind you, for them it was easier. A snow hare in winter is harder to hit on the move than a shouty german.

“Not well known” speak for yourself, any real ww2 buff knows his bad ass story.

We have no enemies...except the ones we choose. Right?

@Singleprep That's right. Notice, I said "traditional". Meaning long time ago.

Unbelievable

It should be War Chief Sir Joseph Medicine Crow, PHD. Yes, I am that pedantic.

@@CallanElliott respect is the point. So whichever way maximizes that respect works

@@Tee643 There is also a way to do it that doesn't sound awkward to say. Generally military ranks precede honorifics like sir or Dr, and when you have two honorifics, you generally go with the higher one in front of your name, and you can always stick qualifications at the end of your name.

indeed

I didn't think anyone else caught the Mr Ed joke hahaha

Props to his CO for allowing him to do it.

Word, I chuckled

I had to pause the video after that joke and go to the comments to make sure this recognition was here

​@@SamKramerme too

First Nations represent! ✊

An unlikely but epic crossover… would love to see you two revive an old ww2 Jeep

1000%. I had the privilege to meet him on a couple occasions and absolutely was enthralled by him.

Shame he never got to go back to school, in this age he could have completed it on line.

He absolutely is still with us, in spirit. We are keeping him alive by keeping him in our memories.

I was wondering if anyone else caught that. Top tier, indeed.

@10:47 for anyone that missed it.

I've heard he didn't even find out he fulfilled them until getting home and the elders told him.

The reason for number 1 is because old bad asses are a true treasure. More people need to interact with people like this it’s good for the both of you.

That deserves to be on a shirt.

that one's good.

thank you!! glad u like um

that's fair

You know what... this is the best description for this channel that I've ever read 😂

Oh boy do I have good news for you! CHINA STILL USES HORSES IN THEIR LOGISTICS TRAIN!

@@jaysonlima7196 I also think the Russians use them in the colder areas that are hard on machines.

@@MrWarren1991 I'd heard that as well particularly in the remoter parts of Siberia, but I can't definitely say one way or the other lol so there is hope either way!

@@jaysonlima7196 right, the issue is, I don't think we will be invading Siberia....

@@MrWarren1991 Not with that attitude. You wanna be a War Chief or not?

Agreed