US Marines Battle of Guadalcanal

[usmarineraiders]

Oorah! The Marine Raiders were the original SpecialOps! Semper Fi! usmarineraiders[dot]org

[SharkKid42]

my dad's uncle died there he was wounded by a sniper shot. we have his medals

[yankeeclipper2]

US Marines Battle of Guadalcanal will always be an Amerciacn victory. Army support came later, USAAC bombers from Australia plus Australia naval units in the surrounding waters were with us . The land battle stands tall, 1st USMC Division, went into action and defeated the forces of evil namely the Empire Of Japan". Slimmy scum sucking dogs those japs they were tough and were not afraid to die, to help them in their quest the USMC were only to happy to send them to meet their ancesters. 5/5

[SharkKid42]

My dads uncle died there he got a cross for his bravery we have it in my house now.

[aziqbal]

one thing i dont understand is why the Japanese didnt provide air cover for thier 11 transports on the night of 14 Nov 1942 when they were reinforcing thier forces on the island:? almost all of them were sunk and hardly any resupply made it to the island??? where was Japanese air support?

[painfan476]

my great uncle died during this battle....

[Robzinsser]

Attention Idiot RaddxSteezy No name calling for your Grandpa....With the Japanese in disarray, Vandegrift decided the time was ripe for the Americans to go on the offensive as opposed to being cooped in a defensive role. However, the US 1st Marine Division was in no state to do this and in November 1942, it was replaced by 25th Infantry Division and the US 2nd Marine Division.

[Toddinfantry]

@Robzinsser Please go do some research, even just a little, then come back and post here. You have no idea what you are talking about, you are factually incorrect on many points. Please don't disrespect those men with your foolish ramble.

Semper Fi !

[RADDxSTEEZY]

@Robzinsser im done with u coward i like how u avoided the question...shame

[RADDxSTEEZY]

@airrows123 are u serious? Your joking right? The army never does MOST of the fighting if thats the case there would be no use for marines dont get me wrong im not saying the army does nothing at all but most of the fighting? Nope my grandpa was a marine in ww2 the army got called in after the peaces of land were won all they did was secure it

[Robzinsser]

@RADDxSTEEZY Attention RaddxSteezy No name calling for your Grandpa....With the Japanese in disarray, Vandegrift decided the time was ripe for the Americans to go on the offensive as opposed to being cooped in a defensive role. However, the US 1st Marine Division was in no state to do this and in November 1942, it was replaced by 25th Infantry Division and the US 2nd Marine Division.

[RADDxSTEEZY]

@Robzinsser What did u prove? That still u just said 2nd marine division meaning marines were also there when the army came and i have a question for u were u there in ww2?

[SaitoYoshida]

I am Japanese and I respect the fighting of U.S. marines even if they kill many of our men.

[olvoro11]

@SaitoYoshida Nice one, long live Japan/US alliance

[MHB155]

what happened to hard working americans like this?

[airows123]

The Army did most of the fighting -_-

not the navy

[giggitygangsta16]

my grandpa got wounded there on january 15 1943 he got lost for 3 day in the jungle and got malaria but survivrd

[inuyasha4889]

even tho i am japanese i give praise to the marines. only the marine were strong enough to fight and beat us they truly are the best of the best!

[agsmallticket]

I have the most respect for the US Marines!! Those guys are the pride of the US military. Im planning on joining the corps soon

[turntablesihs008]

my grandfather was a marine who served on the U.S.S. Portland which was in the Midway campaign.

[7216sp]

My dad now 86 at the age of 17 maned a maching gun and was hit, did 5 campaines in the solomans... tulagi, tarawa, sipan, tinian and guadalcanal . now my dad just had lung sugery to remove a piece of shrapnel from his lug -- doing fine .

[SaitoYoshida]

My grandfather was Japanese soldier and he die on Tarawa. U.S. of America Marines kill many Japanese soldiers I know. I am glad to hear your father is doing well! War was very brutal.

[atreyowns]

@7216sp hey if you dont mind ask him if he fought with a man on the solomans named Richard Bock. or he may know him as Dick Bock. thats my great grandpa he was a machine gunner at guada canal.

[the82spartans]

Watching this makes me proud to know that such men lived.

Thank you.

5*'s

[TellTheMarines]

Makes me proud to know men such as these lived and walked amongst us.

Keep Attacking!!

Semper Fi!

[Toddinfantry]

And they still do. I have had the honor to speak to many of them, the stories are incredible. Record all you can of these fine men, we cannot let time erase what was done here.

Semper Fi !!

[h4ckr0]

@the82spartans

proud of what? people killing people?

[the82spartans]

@h4ckr0 -- Well, buddy... since you asked, yes. A professional job unlike any other.

A non American may not understand.

Good luck with that.

[MrSuperfly1994]

Man, the marines were pure badasses in World War II especially in the Pacific!

[ErnstBecker]

1/7, CO Chesty Puller, 5x Navy Cross winner. Medal of Honor recipent, John Basilone, recieved the Medal of Honor at Guadalcanal. He fought bare foot on Edson's Ridge giving the Japs 26,000 rounds from his machine gun. Two machine guns were knocked out of action on the Ridge. Basilone pieced one gun together from two disbaled MGs. This was done in the dark. The marines held.

Semper Fi

[Mast3rDisast3r]

26,000 round fired doesnt mean 26,000 were accurate ;)

but putting the MG together at night is insane

[ErnstBecker]

During the Battle for Henderson Ridge Basilone did extactly that. This is per Jim Proser, author of, "I'm Staying With the Boys", in re the life of John Basilone. He once accepted a bet that he coul dis assemble and re assemble a Browning

M1917A water colled MG in record time. He won the bet. Sgt. John Basilone was one tough Marine and the stuff of Corps legend.

MSGYSGT Ernst Becker

USMC/USMCR (Retired)

[ErnstBecker]

Also, 1/7 did stop the Japs that night. I believe that Lt. Paige, with a .30 air cooled Browning MG, walked down Henderson Ridge and hosed down a lot of Japs. He was also awarded the Medal of Honor.

[atreyowns]

@ErnstBecker my great grandpa was in that troop and was one of the machine gunners and won many medals and awards. he was personally friends with chesty and john basilone. have you watched any of that show on the history channel sunday nights at 8.. all about that battle its a 10 week long event. gives full detail that part with the mgs and holding down was on last night... im a freshman in hs now right when im done with it im enlisting

[ErnstBecker]

@atreyowns

Chesty Puller retired from the Corps. His home was always open to any Marine that stopped by for a visit. The first thing he asked a visiting Marine was, "beer or mixed drink"? John Basilone was killed on Iwo Jima, 2/45. He recieved the Navy Cross trying to "get Marines off the beach". .

[ErnstBecker]

@atreyowns : Your missioin at this time frame in your life is TO FINISH HIGH SCHOOL ! "Guadalcanal Diary" and "I'm staying with My Boys" give the reader an inside view of what happened on the Canal. I've seen the first two episodes of "The Pacific". Eugene B. Slede, "With The Old Breed" and and Robert Lickey, "A Helmet For my Pillow", are excellent accounts of those that fought in the South Pacific.

[SkittleFist]

Yes, I have to thank you also. This video is helping with my Senior Exit project. I'm doing the Marines and Island hopping. Anywho thanks again.

[goodies77]

this video is amazin

and it helped me on my project thanks!!!

[TellTheMarines]

Glad we could help!! The Marine Corps Museum and The Marine Corps History Division are a couple of History sources.

Keep Attacking!!!

Semper Fi!!

[Jenilady]

I think I saw my Daddy.....he was there....Guadalcanal....miss him so much.

[ThumbWarDestroyer]

No doubt the Army did a good job in Europe, but if the Marines had been there on D-Day and again during Market Garden, the war would have most definitely been over by Christmas.

[goodefence]

maybe...maybe not...we ll never know.....

[telkines]

"japs" xDDD instead of japanese

the yank language is onomatopeic

[TellTheMarines]

If you're going to correct our use of a word, why don't you spell it correctly!!!

Onomatopoeic is the correct spelling!!

[telkines]

ok thank you for your correction, friend.

by the way, a nice footage.

[shaneo898]

nice video

[ebglider91]

'The little men of Nippon'

Newsreels were much more entertaining before political correctness :)

[Chuck1701]

I immediately picked up on precisely those words too. I wondered why, and decided that we seem to have been trained by the media and our job environments to recognize and avoid such terms automatically. Certainly, terms like that have no place now; I just don't like the feeling that I've been programmed. Upon that realization, I shall certainly fight it :)

[ramberghini]

the media neuters us. Today people are too sensitive, and we lack the initiative and boldness that defined earlier generations.

[hockeyi721]

OoRah!!!!!!