(4/5) Pacific Lost Evidence Peleliu Episode 5 World War II

[PapaCharlieWhiskey]

My dad drove the amphib with the flamethrower at 8:30. He said that shooting the enemy did not bother him, but the smell of burning flesh from the flamethrower was something one never forgot.

[wiredlord]

anyone noticed that the narrator is a day ahead of the ones that are posted?

[andrewsheckacool]

@wiredlord the days say d+whatever number because i think tehy number them by daysafter d day so d+6 really is day 7

[andrewsheckacool]

@wiredlord 

[cyclenut]

The 2,000 yard stare - after a bad car wreck I saw people like that... I'll never forget the horror of that night.. Those soldiers went threw hell... I know it changes people for life. The just never fully return to normal.

[sarnath66f]

7th marines power of the six sixty six

[marleyhund777]

MacArthur was overrated.

[MrS5099]

great guys

[ScaredPiglet]

The fighting in Peleliu was good. Very nice fight in the rocks and crags. Now it is a forgotten island that almost no one ever goes to. Maybe someday another nice battle could be fought there but this is only a wild fantasy in our present world which is so anti-war. Think of the entertainment value of having this battle re-fought annually by Japan and america with the same historical numbers of troops and WW2 technology. Sheer delight.

[MrS5099]

@ScaredPiglet U R FUCKING NUTS

[ccaptorchen]

maggots are use to treat wounds to clear dead flesh, since maggots only eat dead flesh.. its not unheard of for combat medics to use maggots. perhaps that was why maggots are on the Japanese guy. anyways IMO that guy's ego cost marine lives. what is the rush exactly? puring marines at strong points again and again like that...

[ImpulseGuy2006]

I agree ccapt. I'm a former navy corpsman. The maggots can do their job and only eat away dead tissue, thus, in those battle situations, inhibit the development of gangrene. I also agree that the commander's actions, as reported on in this episode, suggest he was less of an example of flexibility and adaptation and may have been more concerned with his own career.

[fenni70]

@ImpulseGuy2006

Just took a closer look at the commander Rupertus. According to Wikipedia he became commander of the Marine Corps School at Quantico in Virginia in November 1944. The fighting on the island came to an end in the same month. Might be an indiciation of disapproval for his leadership during the Peleliu campaign?

[ImpulseGuy2006]

Don't know the facts. But, if that was the case it would be a great tragedy... At the very least this story should also have told how he faced his Marines after telling them this would be a cake walk.

[BigMrFirebird]

Plus facing superior commanders.