To anyone saying "this can't be real, it could never happen" , I was in the NAVY. Yes, I believe it.

I also read about this and it was said FDR was mad they missed stating "How could you miss, it is a _____! Battleship." He did laugh about it and was glad things went the way they did.

However, it was likely a Mark 14 torpedo, and therefore the President was in the safest place possible - directly in its line of fire.

The base commander, probably: Don't come back. Leave and don't come back.

My mother's friend's husband - not as tenuous a relationship as you might think - told me stories of WWII. He was my honourary granda and he was in the Royal Navy. He served on three ships which sank. He told me tales which made me howl with laughter - I was 14 and it was all over and I was callous. My great uncle received medals for being sunk, twice, because he was the bloke who saved 'someone important', twice. Other lads had only saved half a dozen ratings. Another ship he was on was almost scuppered, yet managed to limp home and he was given the oak panelling from the officers' wardroom, as a gift, when his ship was decommissioned. The staircase of his 'two up two down', in Blyth, Northumberland, was the talk of the town. My mate's dad was a submariner, which makes him more mad than just about anyone. We had a bond in the belief that a hammock is the most comfortable place to rest a head. My sister-in-law's dad was Latvian and his story is off the charts of any kind of believability. He was in Dresden when it was bombed and Belsen when it was liberated. He was one of those 'bloody immigrants'! Although, back then, we were proud of what we had all done together and knew that we had all played our part. We had been united against a common enemy and so, welcomed everyone who would help us rebuild. Now, we don't care. We have 'our own, personal Jesus' which lacks any contact with a community or, we are atheists, participating in stone-throwing, or we have a "That's your problem!" attitude. We believe that we ought to "Shoot the messenger!" - that's a big one!... "Pull up the rope, Jack, I'm ok," is the default position. Wastrels!

Ahh president jokes, I personally like the one a friend came up with. "He sat longer then Monica Lewinski was on her knee's."

We are all going to HELL for laughing at those FDR jokes!! 🤣

Nick is in school getting a degree in history. He wants to write history books for high schools.

The Aleutian Islands are in the Barents sea. The Willie D got sent to the Barents Sea , fisherman's hell.....for a year. They did not get off light.

lord bless these guys on this mission if it wasnt for bad luck these guys would have no luck at all

Daniel, Nick uses official historic journals like the Naval Institute Press and the Marine Corps Historical Museum.

When he says about a shitload of ships, the picture accompanying it was a picture of the Royal Navy at anchor.

77th army division you guys must react to this by him

The Fat Electrician himself IS mayoring in story, his aim was if i recall correctly publish books telling said story as It should be done properly.

Im a retired, US Army 18B. But I was born in a Naval Hospital and grew up in Navy base housing. My dad was with the Seal teams out of Little Creek Virginia Beach VA. I have a good handle on both branches Army , Navy. Yes I wanted to follow in my dad's foot steps , but he forbid me from joining the "New Navy" of the 70s so in 79 after graduation, I joined the Army. Now about to retire from civil service working for the Navy. Go figure..😂 Love your guys, channel .

Fun Fact there is an ID vid done by a WWII Ron Reagan that tells why the Zero was called Zero and it had to do with the shape of the front end and all US planes with a round front like the Zero had a part sticking out breaking the "O" shape. If it was an unbroken O then you shoot.

Just a heads up Nick is also one of the four hosts on the Unsubscribe podcast it's also on KZfaq you guys should check that out granted it's not something you can review because they're about a hour long episodes but if you guys like his content you will love the podcast

I wish I could remember which video it was where Nick talks about the USS Wisconsin "the ship with a temper". When they erased a hill from the Korean coastline.

Willy D was set to Friendly Fire mode by default

My Navy vet hubby says that this absolutely could have happened.

COOL CHANNEL!!! I didn't join the Military but wanted to, I suffered a Traumatic Head Injury when I was 16, I'm 37 now, I ADMIRE THE US MILITARY! My PawPaw is 91 and he Served in The Army, and spent time in Germany in the 1950's, my Aunt was born there, he was also an Army Medic. I hope to see more Reactions from Y'all, "The Fat Electrician" IS COOL!

My guess on the 2 biggest ways he learns these stories are word of mouth and declassiffied documents. I actually remember hearing him say at least once about going through a bunch of documents that just got declassiffied.

Actually, FDR was only afraid of FIRE, because he couldn't escape fast enough.

One of Nick's best!

To be fair on finding the stories I got intrigued in the WW1/2 stories in middle school thanks to some of the stuff laying in the school library. Snowballed into finding out a few funnies over time.

I honestly would have never admitted to being in the Navy or active in WW2 had I been on that crew. I don't think there would be any way to talk about my service without being the butt of every joke. Silence would be golden.

They should rename her the USS Monday.

I think the Fat Electrician probably gets 5 hours sleep based on his hyper nature, and he is an aggressive researcher on his own. Check out the podcast with him, and Donut Operator, along with a couple of others. It's hilarious and hyper when he is talking about subject matter to say the least.

welp, if you have seen this, your are OBLIGATED to watch the Sam O' Nella Academy's earlier version of this xD

Keep an eye on the wet bits. Chances are you'll need 'em sometime. Well, if you want to go from dry bit to dry bit...

The shirt is awesome. I got one for me, but it now belongs to my nephew.

This is a great video. Hope you enjoyed this.

Elmendorf is a pretty base, requested

I contracted polio as a toddler. The vaccine came out 6 months later. I almost died and had to learn to walk all over again. Which is to say, polio is not so amusing as you seem to think - and I got off easy.

These stories make me love his others so much more. I was an AO in VFA-25 back in the early 2000s...it aint always pretty. Sometimes it really is...wtf just happened?

They should make a movie of this story!

Sadly that Hawaiian shirt sold out crazy fast last fall. Missed out on getting it for my cruise to Hawaii in October. Hope he brings it out again

I guess FDR really sat that one out

He does his homework 😂

where he comes up with things is a different array of things, commenters, things he's just curious about, or when he has an idea for other things then finds out what really happened during research is what I've gatthered from what I've watched.

I too have seen Denis Leary preform

Just gonna point out this is a real acc, I’ve had it for over 10 years but I love TFE & got some of his merch, great quality, love it & have been getting compliments ab it, not from TFE fans but just ppl who like the merch & sayings they have on them

well if that kamikaze was a mitsubishi zero it would have gotten a single target even though it was underwater

Regarding what you said about mitsubishi at 26:02 (manufacturer of the zero fighter), that statement (or joke) reinforces my hate towards the brand & the cars it made; or any Japanese card brand Because my older brother has one given by our uncle, it's a '97 lancer; and let me tell you, *it's a freaking financial headache to maintain* . And ironically, he named the car after the fighter plane 'cuz it sounds cool and made by the same company

How messed-up is it that the one thing I discovered that stood out more than anything else in this video is that _FDR jokes are all that it takes for Spencer to go from being a KZfaq reactor to channeling Mark Hammill's version of The Joker?_ Because, starting at 31:51, that's exactly what happens.... Oh, and speaking of fuck-up people? I truly believe that has someone they know that is perpetually one of those guys. Heck, I've known two of them so far in my life - and one of them got 4 of my friends (as well as himself) permanently banned from Canada.

Guys, please review The Fat Electricians "The Gun Trucks of Vietnam"

You guys gotta look at his video covering the postal trucks.

oh goodness ah what a great day this was

How unlucky can you get? Uuuhh... Watch Drachinifel's "Voyage of the Damned" videos. Both parts detail the literal Voyage of the Damned that the Imperial Russian Navy's 2nd Pacific Fleet. Trust me, that was nearly a year of Mondays - day after day, Mondays all the way...

I love history. But I love presidential history! I did learn all about their naughty habits as well. Now I was in the Army but afterwards I went into college where I increased my knowledge even more.

Has there EVER been a time anyone actively went and was like "oh shit i(or we) fucked up big. We need to immediately snitch" lmao

What about the American soldier who was rescued 3 times from ships that were sunk in ww2 in Pacific, unbelievable !

talking about Nick's Merch: i got his STEAL shirt in green. it looks fantastic, and i get a lot of veterans in my city laughing at it when the read it. its super comfy and the print is bright and has lasted through a ton of washes. quality stuff. MITSUBISHI: pioneer electronics made japans radar. nearly ever major japanese brand that we all buy today helped with their war efforts. so boycott SONY and other brands like that... or just get over it and move on.

The difference between a fairytale and a sea story. Fairytale starts, once upon a time. A sea story starts, this is a no shitter. All sailors know lots of sea stories.😁

Colledge..history major

Biden also fearless the Staircase

Sent them on the orther side of the world😂

If you are interested Sam o Nella has a video on the William D Porter. And if you know Sam, it’s bloody hilarious. Maybe you could check it out some point

Could you imagine the reaction of that navel post commander after the 5in shell hits his front yard? lol 😂 Navel commander on the radio: who….. the F**k… shot that?! Willie D: 🫢😓 sorry, that was us. Navel commander: 🤦‍♂️🤬 Willie D crew: 😅😅😅😅😅 we’re screwed.

Great reaction as usual! I somehow missed this one when I went through Nic's videos. I laughed so effing hard at "The Iowa takes all three of her turrets, nine sixteen inch guns, and turns them and points them at the Willie D." that I had tears in my eyes. 😀 And then following that up with friendly ships radioing over to say "Don't shoot. We're Republican." That's military life right there. 49% "You're never gonna live this down." and 51% "Don't you effing drag me into your vortex of 'Oopsie?' you effing idiots!" Luckiest crew for sure though.

Let's assume the worst and say the torpedo actually hit the Iowa. Would one torpedo really sink it?

He is going to school for masters degree in history so he can rewrite the history books taught in schools. He talks about it in an unsubscribe podcast one time

Thank god we’re in America We’re allowed to make fun of our political leaders 1st amendment go brrrr

Whatch the military channel

Chubby electron guy learned history to debate the communists and socialists in college.

Why do you stop the video all the freaking time neither one of you say anything if consequence??????????? Really? That's your content?