My great grandfather a navy cross recipient was written up for the award by Dan Daly and they became very good friends

I still say the Germans surrendered on what would become Veteran's Day because they found out it was Dan Daly's birthday, and they were scared how he was going to celebrate it that year.

The funny thing is from what I gathered from accounts is Dan Daly said afterwards he didn't remember saying "Come on you SOBs! Do you want to live Forever?", but the various Marines who witnessed his actions on that day were very adamant that he did say it.

I've studied history in The Netherlands and this topic was discussed at a serious level! 'Why did'nt the Americans retreat?' The phrase 'Retreat? Hell, we just got here!' was also mentioned. Some historians argue that they did'nt retreat because the Americans did'nt know how horrific those battles were and the low morale of the Germans after years in the trenches. But I found out morale was actually high in the German army at that time. They just never faced US soldiers before and were surprised by their strong abillity to fight. And in a way those soldiers did live forever. In the history books. ❤

Yup, we need Nic to tell us these for real stories. They need to be passed along and remembered. Thanks, Nic.

If your related to General Patton, then you are somewhat (potentially) related to the Greatest Marine of all time as well. General Lewis B “Chesty” Puller and General George Patton were second cousins. Also, I had two relatives that fought at Belleau Wood - including my Great Grandfather and a distant uncle. My Uncle was an LT and then a Captain with 1/5 and 1/6 Marines. He would later lead the 5th Marine Division at Iwo Jima (he was the Commanding General of the Division itself, not the entire campaign). One of many reasons I joined the Marines back in 2009.

"He recieved the Metal of Honor... twice? Goodness Gracious, let's see how he got that." He got them with Great Balls of Fire, obviously 😂

Fat Electrician: I don’t know what the logic was behind that one. Me: Logic and military? Doc we already know those are two things you don’t do in service. Put logic in the military.

Some background facts about some of the events mentioned here: Private Daly wasn't actually left completely alone at the Legation Center in Peking, but he WAS the only marine assigned to guard that particular approach to the building, and the other marines guarding the building were unable to leave their posts to back him up for fear of letting the rebels just walk right in from another direction and start slaughtering the civilians. More than anything else, the Boxer Rebellion's particular hatred for Christian missionaries (and indeed the distrust of Christianity that is common in Chinese culture to this day) is mostly France's fault. After the Opium Wars, the Western Powers dictated terms to the Chinese Emperor at gunpoint, and one of France's terms was that Christians would be immune to prosecution in China. This was meant to curb persecution that had been happening already to Chinese Christians, but the inevitable result is that every two-bit rapist, murderer and bandit converted to Christianity and became above the law overnight. This lead to the popular perception in China that Christianity was an evil religion that brought horror, criminality, corruption and hardship wherever it went. The moral of the story? Well, considering how some of France's other historical treaty negotiations and demands have gone (looking at you, Versailles) I think the lesson here is "never let the French negotiate peace, because they WILL fuck it up for everyone." During the night when Dan Daly recovered his company's machine gun from the bottom of that river, what TFE didn't mention is that he encountered three rebel scouts and had to quickly and silently kill them in CQC with his combat knife to keep them from alerting their buddies that he was there. Then, Daly calmly went back to fishing the machine gun out of the water like nothing happened. That encounter was a big part of why he won his second MoH.

The Fat Electrician's early videos were about military jobs and equipment, and were much shorter. You could react to two or three of these per episode.

Y'all should also check out his vid on the eager beavers, the DH98 mosquito, the limping lady, or on the RAF's legless antihero

You might also like to know that The Fat Electrician is also a co-host on a podcast called the Unsubscribe Podcast.

Legendary member of the Marines.

You need to check out “The Eager Beavers/ Old 666”. I got emotional

Fun fact. The Indiana Jones scene happened because Harrison Ford was sick and didn't want to do the take so pulled out his pistol with blanks and the stunt guy went with it

As requested. He just started a new channel with censored videos, school kid friendly. TFE censored

love it... legendary british battle cries would be shakespearen in contrast to our brothers over pond...bluntley direct threat with profanities and heroic actions..heroes

Marines are bad ass! 👏👏👏👏👏

When I served in the Army from 2010-2020, I remember a Sgt Major of the Army Daily. If my memory serves me right, he was the youngest E9-3 ever and changed regs for us, such as, sleeved tats, ankle socks during PT and running with headphones in to name a few. Pretty sure I remember when meeting him, that him and this Marine Daily are related.

unrelated to Daly's story, just the movie clip of Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones. @10:24 'ish During the shoot of that scene it was supposed to be a long drawn out fight scene. However that morning Harrison Ford woke up with a 103 or 104'ish fever. Not wanting or feeling like having to do an extended action scene he did what common sense would tell any man who was facing down a sword wielder would do if he had a gun on his side....just shoot him an walk away. LOL It was a bit of improv due to health reasons and worked amazingly well in the movie.

I’ve seen almost everything he’s done. Watching the two of you react to those videos is AWESOME!

That quote up is carved into the marble frieze at the Museum of the Marine Corps at Quantico, Virginia .

Sabaton’s song Devil Dogs says it best about Belleau Wood, “Five times attacked and five times repelled on the sixth they managed to break the line.”

Making masculinity great again! 💪

Thank you for sharing these great stories! 😂 I love this channel and your reaction to it!

Not only did he win the CMH twice, he was nominated 3 times, and is single handedly responsible for the law that says you can now only win it once. This is one of only 3 things that Fat Electrician has done videos on that I actually new something about, lol.

Love your reactions to TFE . You guys have great energy. Thank you!

Audie Murphy 5' 5.5" 112 lbs at enlistment and falsified his age on his enlistment papers. The most decorated combat soldier in US military history.

I’ve seen most of the videos you’ve reacted to, but to see your reactions and hear your commentary makes it even more entertaining. Cheers!

Y'all gotta watch the one about Lewis Millet, dude was insane

And to think Dan Daly and the most decorated Marine missed serving together in WW1 by a few months. I really hope that TFE does a video on him.

for the next story check out the limping lady or the mosquito or the eager beavers

27:02 when his videos drop, well that's a highlight of my week

How I wish that Nic and Sabaton had been around when I went to school..this is the way to learn about history!

And that's why you hang around for the end credits on the fat electricians videos

I heard about Dan Daly when I was little from my uncle that is a Marine. He also taught me and his son how to catch fish barehanded when we were little too❤

Anyone interested in movies based on this, . . . The Silent Film "Tell It To The Marines" (1926) has Lon Chaney playing A character very much based on Daly. And "55 Days at Peking" (1963) is about the Boxer Rebellion. Both were top tier films in their day.

The Fat Electrician missed his calling as a history teacher! Classes would have to be held in an auditorium it would be so popular!

Eisenhower may have had one of his own men in mind when he said that. Audey Murphy was about that same size.

Not going to lie the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fist is a bad ass culture appropriate name. Outside of gunfights I am sure they were elite badass level martial artists.

Missionaries: " This is not what we meant when we wanted to make them more holy" Dan: " Yeah they definitely are holy alright"

Fun fact about that Indiana Jones scene, it was improvised in the moment because Harrison Ford had foos poisoning (i think) and was on the verge of shitting his pants.

You guys should react to Operation Paul Bunyan. aka World War Tree

Took my brother who is a Marine to Bellau Wood . It was surreal. If you get the chance, take the trip.

This is how history should be taught. In 20 minutes he teaches you exploits in a amazing way that keeps you looking for more. Every kid in my high school would've enjoyed it.

Awards are awarded by rank last I seen 20 years ago. I was awarded a Bronze Star with a V after I lead a Section of Recon Scouts during a complex ambush and got all my Soldiers out with only 1 minor injury and we still killed 9 enemy with 2 captured. I was really thankful about that. 1SG later on told me that it was originally submitted for a Silver Star with a V but because I was a E5 it didn't fit 4ID's policy on awards so it was downgraded.

Interesting fact about the Indiana Jones scene. Originally it was supposed to be a sword fight between Jones and the sword, dude who was an actual swordsman that was hired but due to the actor getting some kind of got infection? I can’t remember exactly what it was. He wasn’t fair enough to actually participate in the scene so they replaced it with the infamous dancing.

Any time someone mentions "It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog" I can't help but think that the chihuahua proves it wrong.

Shelby Foote was once asked (paraphrasing) What piece if modern military equipment do you think General Lee would have wanted at Gettysburg. Shelby answered, A Walkie Talkie.

Harrison ford was supposed too fight that dude but was sick with food poisoning and was not feeling that.

You guys should do the WWII vet vs HOA! Van T. Barfoot

He should have gotten it a 3rd time but they made a law to stop a three time award

Depends on if the horses are strunk down, keeping their mass because then you can't just kick to kill.

It's a class we take in boot camp, with some tests, unsure that it still exists. My service is around 30 years ago now.

You should check-out TFE videos on different battles in the South Pacific during WWII

Gotta check out OVERSIMPLIFIED-THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION!!!

World War Tree, guys. You'll be cracking up.

Suborder: Haplorhini Infraorder: Simiiformes Family: Hominidae Subfamily: Homininae Tribe: Gorillini Genus: Gorilla

With how much he was shooting, gonna guess he had to change out barrels during this fight.

Col. Bob Howard was put in 3x for the MOH for Vietnam Service along with receiving 8 Purple Hearts. He was a SOG dude.

"do you want to live forever";was said by Valeria in Conan the barbarian. Long be before starship troopers.

I support your suggestion for a TFE tour, call it the "Unhinged TED Talk Tour". 😀 But I guess that's kinda what he's doing when he appears on the Unsubscribe Podcast. 😛 Nic is a freaking awesome national treasure in my opinion. I love military history, and this dude teaches me new things every fricking video.

Tom Custer, brother of George Armstrong Custer, was awarded the Medal of Honor twice for actions in the Civil War.

"Look for the big building on the big ass wall. (Lieutenant, probably): Huh? NCO: oh shit..."

😎 cool...patton was one more bad ass...62 year old former marine from south carolina

Tour: He does live theatre pod cast in front of all their fans with the Unsubscribe Podcast group

Fat Electrician does get one thing wrong. Dan Daly was 25 when he enlisted, NOT 16 - and 26-27 in the Boxer Rebellion.

Sounds similar to "The Sand Pebbles" with Steve McQueen.

They must of had a LT butter bar leading them

Review "America's Freedom Fighter - Lewis Millet."

Gen Bradley kin here .. Patton met his wife through Bradley I was told like his own 3 rd cousin as fam lore goes

Read the book "Guns of the South" by Harry Turtledove. An alternative history along the lines of your comment.

Please react to John A Chapman first ever recorded Medal of Honor. ❤

General Patton's grandfather's house is still standing in Charleston, WV. It's called the Craik-Patton house. Gen. Patton learned tactics from Turner Ashby, AKA the Grey Ghost.

To your comment on your friend probably knowing... simply say "Two metals of Honor". I promise he will know EXACTLY who you are talking about, and will be able to tell you of the three other times he got lesser awards.

Yea, wait til you hear why he only got 2. . .

For a video to watch I recommended the video on the eager beavers and old 666

Navy Seabee. All Seabees are trained in Warfare, and every Seabee Battalion has a Marine assigned to it. Train every year for a month at a Marine Base. Seabees never take shit from Marines. Many brawls, many.

love u guys reaction , u guys should check a review that he makes called American's Freedom Fighter - Lewis Millet - "Fix Bayonets that soldier is the most badass soldier ever , u guys wont belive the story

I feel like Master Cheif from Halo is based of this guy

If you want to scrub the youtube video, if you press the left and right arrows, it'll reverse and advance the video by 5 seconds. Easier than trying to do it with the mouse. :)

Look up the Fat Electrician's bit on Operation Paul Bunyan, or the time NK nearly started WW III over a tree.

Can Dan Daly get his deserved Metal of Honor?? Post humerus?

The Sand PEBBLES Steve McQueen

The hosed Dan for the third.

Men from the time when ships were made of wood and men were made of iron.

less machine gun fire take popcorn out of the microwave oven lol lol

5th Generation GGF faught in the Revolutionary War (2nd Btn 2nd Continental Army North Carolina) He was K.I.A. after Cornwallis' surrender with loyalist

Saving the best ones for last.....?.......

I wonder Sgt Mjr Daily as President if his time was today

Hopefully Fat Electrician and ETS21 get to learn about ROBERT BLAIR ( PADDY ) MAINE.

Your related to Patton, im related to peiper. Look his history up, got one hell of a conspiracy for you about it

My new channel

You should watch the time America stole a German U-boat from him

Nic is a regular on the Unsubscribe podcast too.

The Bee Gees are brothers Barry was the lead I think one was Maurice not sure about the other one then they have younger brother named Andy Barry gibb has written more hits than most people no about look up just his writing credentials writhe the soundtrack for Saturday night fever movie John travolta stared 1976

If you want to learn more about history like this one. You guys need to react to SABATON. Is the most epic history metal band around. Devil Dogs which is the Dan Daily story, Bismarck and no bullet fly are 3 songs that will give you a history lesson like the Fat Electritian. The videos are fantastic.

Daniel your names that you choose for yourself for these videos they are hilarious

Name one state besides Texas that loves their state flag as much as Marylanders.

8:35 I think their is a KZfaqr who does this sort of "what if" time travel content. Can't remember his name though.