The Pacific E06 'Peleliu Airfield' - Army Vet Reaction & Review!

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  • Опубликовано: 8 ноя 2024

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  • @MKucheran
    @MKucheran 3 года назад +72

    Devin G - “episode 6. We’re winding down man, we’re winding down”
    Me - “oh no we ain’t...”

    • @deiwi
      @deiwi 3 года назад +6

      Oh, my sweet summer child...

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      @kamdenabel4955 3 года назад

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  • @stevenmontoya7275
    @stevenmontoya7275 3 года назад +37

    Such a powerful show, really shows the pain and terror felt. In Sledge's book he mentioned how when they finally did get water, it was rusty and oily from being in former oiler barrels! He also said crossing the airfield was the single most terrifying experience he had in the war! Great video!

    • @dirus3142
      @dirus3142 3 года назад +4

      Those oil barrels were teh ones being scrubbed in a previous episode. The marines on the detail were never told what they were cleaning them for. That is why they slacked off.

  • @Mr.Ekshin
    @Mr.Ekshin 3 года назад +31

    EVERYONE had cigarettes. The "K-Rations" (WWII equivalent of an MRE) had four cigarettes included with each meal. So every soldier got 12 cigarettes per day as part of their issued rations. The guys who didn't smoke would trade them for extra K-Ration bits (desserts, candy, etc).

  • @alexlim864
    @alexlim864 3 года назад +26

    Environment comment: Peleliu is a tropical island, where the sea isn’t that far away from any point on the place. Because of this, the relative humidity is high, which means that the temperature can easily feel like it can be around 15 degrees Fahrenheit than the thermometer shows.
    Also re: the soldier who was killed, his comrades apparently tried to sedate him with morphine. He took at least two syrettes but was still yelling, which was why they had to kill him.
    Timeline check: The Peleliu battle was still taking place at the time that Captain Winters led his final combat patrol on 5 October 1944, leading Easy Company, at the Crossroads (Band of Brothers, Episode 5).

    • @casey5144
      @casey5144 3 года назад +1

      the soldier who hit him with the shovel apparently meant to just knock him out but since it was dark he accidentally killed him and after the war his name was kept a secret so he wasn't judged back home for killing one of his buddies.

  • @Cryptid_Renfri
    @Cryptid_Renfri 2 года назад +1

    I love this show, and just came across your channel. I know these reactions ain't your latest videos but you got an extra sub here man.
    I can relate to Sledge on at least one count. I have a heart murmur too, and most mornings I wake up feeling like someone's stuck a knife in my heart and twisted it, but hell, I ain't dead yet. Death already tried to collect me once but I'm still here.
    Rock on man.

  • @sa11nov19
    @sa11nov19 Год назад +1

    I served in 3/5 from 2010-2014 kilo company is named sledgehammer in honor of Eugene sledge they carry sledge hammers

  • @twohorsesinamancostume7606
    @twohorsesinamancostume7606 3 года назад +15

    You know what the worst part about this battle was?
    It was fuckin pointless.
    The Japanese on the Island had no way to interfere with the Pacific campaign and it held no strategic value. The airfield they're fighting for was never used and the Army and Navy decided to use Ulithi Atol and the Caroline Island as a staging base for Okinawa instead. 9,800 Marines killed and wounded. 40% casualty rate. For nothing.

  • @michelmendoza1769
    @michelmendoza1769 Год назад +1

    These men are now deceased for the most part but if you see a Man in his 90s who still sports a USMC tattoo all wrinkled and faded he deserves your goddamn respect and gratitude.

  • @MKucheran
    @MKucheran 3 года назад +16

    Hoosier actually survived the war ultimately passing away in 1985

    • @trentrouse5991
      @trentrouse5991 3 года назад +2

      Where can I find more information about him. I am in the process of reading helmet for my pillow

    • @MKucheran
      @MKucheran 3 года назад +3

      @@trentrouse5991 That's honestly about as much info as i was able to locate. i didn't look too hard but details on the man's life post WWII are scarce.

  • @tonygourdine512
    @tonygourdine512 3 года назад +1

    Just wanted to say that you can be my battle buddy anytime, anywhere !!! You get it my friend...💯

  • @Rogue-7.62
    @Rogue-7.62 3 года назад +1

    Ol Sledge talked about that Marine going crazy that night. He said they hit him with 2 pops of morphine to no effect, punched him repeatedly and even hit him in the head with a helmet. He just could not be stopped, he had totally flipped his lid. They busted his skull with an entrenching tool, killing him. Eugene never named the soldier who actually performed it, fearing reprisles on that soldier or his family, and it was never listed in the after action report. Just said he was KIA. It is thought though that the young Lt. or second in command performed, but its a mute point there. As he was KIA shortly thereafter.

  • @dirus3142
    @dirus3142 3 года назад +1

    Master Gunnery Sargent Elmo Haney. Born 1898. Served in WW1, was stationed in Shanghai, Nicaragua, and other places. He was on Guadalcanal, and Cape Gloucester. Awarded the Silver Star for action on Cape Gloucester. Died in 1979.
    The water problem was in part because of in properly cleaned oil barrels. The same ones the Marines slacked off in cleaning previously. They did not know why they were cleaning them.
    The man that was killed at night because he was screaming was killed by his friend. He did not mean to kill the screaming man, just knock him out. He hit him harder than he thought he did.

  • @OddBallPerformance
    @OddBallPerformance 3 года назад +2

    The old crazy guy is Master Gunnery Sgt. Elmo Haney. He enlisted in the first world war, but information is mixed as to if he fought in the war or not. He is still a legend, including earning a Silver Star on Cape Cloucester, and was one of the oldest enlisted Marines fighting in the Pacific Theatre, which gave him the nickname "Pops" from several Marines he served with. He was considered one of the best NCO's in the First Marines and loved by almost all of the men who served under him. He was a bit "eccentric" too, but one hell of a Marine.

    • @marinewillis1202
      @marinewillis1202 2 года назад

      I can attest that every Master Guns or 1st Sgt I ever met while serving was borderline nuts. And if I had to choose I would take them in a fighting hole over just about any other Marine in the fleet. Hands down.

  • @kennethcherry3483
    @kennethcherry3483 3 года назад +2

    Just stumbled across your channel and have been binge watching you the last couple of days, Great Stuff Devin...When you are done there are a couple of amazing movies directed by Clint Eastwood called " Flags of Our Fathers" which shows the American assault on Iwo Jima and a follow up called "Letters from Iwo Jima" that shows the same battle from the Japanese perspective they are both outstanding movies, also a German Band of Brothers Mini Series called "Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter " it was released in the states under the American title "Generation War" well worth your time..

  • @Thane36425
    @Thane36425 3 года назад +9

    The Japanese weren't natural jungle fighters. They had to learn it like the Americans and British did. They just had more experience at it than most American units. As the war progressed they also had the advantage of spending a long time on certain islands and fortifying them.
    Not everything they tried worked though. There are stories from early in the war about the Japanese attempting psychological warfare in the jungles. This entialed creeping around near enemy lines and screaming, making ghost and demon noises, and according to some accounts would put on masks and stick their heads out to try to scare their enemy. Maybe it worked on some enemies, but against the British Imperial and American forces, they just drew fire, and the mask fellows didn't live to try it a second time.

    • @dirus3142
      @dirus3142 3 года назад +1

      Right. The Japanese army was redirected from the mainland onto the islands. THey were trained to fight in China and Manchuria, with cold weather in mind. The army still trained with the Russians in mind. Then they get tossed onto tropical islands.

  • @magnusp7381
    @magnusp7381 3 года назад +2

    Just found your channel your videos are good af. This is probably my fav tv series of all time.

  • @jojoemcgeejoe457
    @jojoemcgeejoe457 3 года назад +1

    To keep stuff in historical context. At that time period:
    Cigarettes were good for you.
    Sugar was a legit energy food.
    You countered dehydration by eating salt pills.

  • @lostintechnicolor
    @lostintechnicolor 3 года назад +17

    Snafu is my favorite character in the show. You’ll see as the series goes on that although he can come across as a bully, and also have an extremely dark sense of humor, he really takes it upon himself to protect Sledge. I think you’ll feel differently about him by the end of the series.

    • @falsenostalgia-shannon
      @falsenostalgia-shannon 3 года назад +3

      Yes! I can’t stand bullies, but I don’t consider him to be one. Snafu just has a very, um, quirky personality and is very good at protecting others (such as Sledge) without making it totally obvious to them at the moment.

  • @BananakinSplitwalker
    @BananakinSplitwalker 3 года назад +20

    Controversial opinion: I like the Pacific far more than BoB, brothers is still great but theres just something about the Pacific.

    • @markenstein783
      @markenstein783 3 года назад +3

      This is controversial?

    • @BananakinSplitwalker
      @BananakinSplitwalker 3 года назад +3

      @@markenstein783 I don't know I assumed so, bob is beloved by everyone and honestly half the people I know that love bob haven't even heard of the Pacific. I was one of them at one point.

    • @antonego9581
      @antonego9581 3 года назад +5

      The Pacific is harder to watch, that's why people say BoB is better. BoB emphasizes the camaraderie of men at war while the Pacific focuses more on the sheer horror and brutality. Both are great series but in terms of combat depictions the Pacific is way more impressive to me.

    • @julietpapa2657
      @julietpapa2657 3 года назад

      Its the other way around for me

    • @spencerriggs9741
      @spencerriggs9741 3 года назад +2

      I agree. I have always been more interested in the Pacific theater.

  • @andreraymond6860
    @andreraymond6860 3 года назад +2

    The book that parts of this series is based on is 'With The OldBreed At Peleliu...' Gunney Haines, the old dog, is that old breed of marine the author is referring to.

  • @ukaszjanowski2183
    @ukaszjanowski2183 3 года назад +3

    The battle scenes in this series are a masterpiece

  • @chemicalkarma9261
    @chemicalkarma9261 3 года назад +4

    Watched several of these with you. Great reactions. Right as I think it ..you say it. Subscribed

  • @annawilkinson3638
    @annawilkinson3638 3 года назад +1

    Love your reviews!!!

  • @papa2bdj
    @papa2bdj 3 года назад +1

    The worst is yet to come. The Marines will soon fight on Okinawa, the last Japanese stronghold before Japan. Gunny is tougher than nails, being from the Old Breed, but you have to wonder how much of this can he really take? And Eugene "Sledgehammer" Sledge? Remember what his father said about treating the boys from WWI, something to the effect, "...it is that their souls were torn out." Will Sledgehammer survive the war, and what will he be like if he returns home? This and much more is what is ahead of you in the upcoming episodes. One thing that I appreciated is that at the end they show us what the real Marines looked like, those who were portrayed in the movie, and they tell what became of them.

  • @jadenking4268
    @jadenking4268 3 года назад +2

    What makes this so hard is seeing the actual men speak then knowing their face in the actors who play them, how they still can barely speak of it 60 years later, never see men like that again

  • @tesho2p
    @tesho2p 3 года назад +1

    Can't wait for the next episode, keep up the great work Devin!

  • @bofoenss8393
    @bofoenss8393 3 года назад +1

    I highly advise you to read the two books "Helmet for my pillow" and "With the Old Breed" by Leckie and Sledge respectively. They are the foundation for much of this series and two great books in their own right, but "Old Breed" is among the finest - or most harrowing - depictions of war told.

    • @bofoenss8393
      @bofoenss8393 3 года назад +1

      Also, accounts of that charge across the airfield tells that it was too hot to run, so many, if not most, walked at a fast pace. That was the best they could do.

  • @markmayberry5459
    @markmayberry5459 3 года назад

    LOL when @Devin G you say "we're winding down" IK you're saying we're in the second half of the season, but dude. Not sure if "winding down" is the right expression! More like ramping up! BRACE Y'SELF BRAH
    Edit: I also really appreciate how the image of the video being reviewed is a bit more visible in this one, not quite as transparent. I know you gotta be careful about fair use, it seems like the balance is pretty on-point in this reaction. Awesome work

  • @jezzhjn
    @jezzhjn 3 года назад +2

    Man I've been binge watching all of your movie and series reactions lately. Highly entertaining! You should check out The Patriot with Mel Gibson :) Also Siege of Jadotville from 2016 is another warmovie based on a truestory, with UN troops in africa, hell of a movie.

    • @tSp289
      @tSp289 3 года назад +1

      Caveat for any Mel Gibson 'historical' film, with the exception of We Were Soldiers: It might be dressed up as history, but it is 95% made up. Watch it as fantasy if you like, but don't imagine any of it is actually true.

    • @jezzhjn
      @jezzhjn 3 года назад +1

      @@tSp289 What do you mean, Braveheart is 100% historically accurate right? ;)
      You are completely correct though ^^

  • @majorleagueminuteman1344
    @majorleagueminuteman1344 3 года назад

    Just wait until they get to Okinawa...it is gut wrenching to watch.

  • @anthonycruz3843
    @anthonycruz3843 3 года назад +1

    The marines had it ruff in the pacific theater. I hope you ready yourself for the next episodes you'll see what I mean.

  • @Theakker3B
    @Theakker3B 3 года назад +3

    Sledge's story is just getting started.

  • @daveduna1
    @daveduna1 3 года назад +5

    Love your reactions man. As a vet, what's your opinion on the battles/situations/hardships these Marines had to face? Also, what's your opinion on the NCO's in this series? Seems like they were pretty damn 'squared-away" as they say.

    • @deving9793
      @deving9793  3 года назад +10

      The situations that these Marines had/ currently face throughout the series is absolutely mind blowing. To face an enemy who welcomes death at his door step without hesitation is an adversary not to be taken lightly at all. Not only are they dangerous but we'll trained and knowledgeable of the terrain. Having to face that and the continues battles within themselves. To be Marine in a time like this takes unimaginable fortitude. I will say in my opinion the NCO'S in this series definitely set the standard in and off the battlefield. They truly believe the core values and actions speak for themselves..

    • @dynamitelui
      @dynamitelui 3 года назад

      @@deving9793 Great synopsis and reaction!

  • @vitovirgilio8975
    @vitovirgilio8975 3 года назад +3

    The real Captain Haldane was only 26 years old I believe at the time of this battle

  • @Smilodon1985
    @Smilodon1985 3 года назад +1

    I don't want to spoil too much - just wait until you see Sledge's thousand yard stare...

  • @deiwi
    @deiwi 3 года назад +1

    Strap in for the upcoming three episodes. Very intense!

  • @xvavhofo3126
    @xvavhofo3126 3 года назад +3

    Watch the Prestige by Christopher Nolan, The Revenant by Inniratu with Dicaprio, and lastly Django unchained + Once upon a time in Hollywood by Tarantino. Keep it up with the great reactions!

  • @Chevy11
    @Chevy11 2 года назад

    You should read EB Sledge’s full war memoir “With the old Breed”. That’s what the mortar man’s story is based on.

  • @The_laZY_cook_92
    @The_laZY_cook_92 3 года назад

    aawww yea your already know, let's go boy's love seeing the subscriber number growing, but boy's we need to raise those thumb's up ratio as well.

    • @deving9793
      @deving9793  3 года назад +1

      My man🙌🙌. I truly appreciate you 💪

  • @DrewPurvis
    @DrewPurvis 3 года назад +2

    hell yeah, love these

  • @mitchellhood8320
    @mitchellhood8320 3 года назад

    Man I twitch a little every time you call a Marine a soldier.... ;)

  • @aercastro82
    @aercastro82 3 года назад +1

    After this series. Maybe you should look into the movie Flags of our Father and then Letters from Iwo Jima. One is the American perspective and the other the Japanese perspective. Both are amazing movies.

  • @doxxedmichael
    @doxxedmichael 3 года назад

    Yo man love the channel and i got some recommendations for some movies which would be The Godfather Triology, Casino, Scarface, Mr.Nobody (extremely underrated), Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Promise (which is like Schindlers List but about the Armenian Genocide), and yeah bro love your channel keep up the great work.

  • @jameswg13
    @jameswg13 3 года назад +4

    The lack of water was because the oil drums for the water weren't cleaned properly ( wasn't sledge unit that did them )
    Because of that it's why marines have two canteens to this day

    • @simonkyro661
      @simonkyro661 3 года назад +1

      I heard that happened on Tarawa. Did it happen again here?!

    • @jameswg13
      @jameswg13 3 года назад +1

      @@simonkyro661 yeah from what I remember the drums weren't cleaned properly so the wasn't fresh water for troops

  • @Mexishark909
    @Mexishark909 3 года назад

    Still trying to help bro! Another good war movie TROPIC THUNDER lol

  • @omalleycaboose5937
    @omalleycaboose5937 3 года назад +12

    just gonna say when Winters, from band of brothers, heard they where doing this series and that Sledges book would be adapted Winters said Sledge is a legend.

    • @twohorsesinamancostume7606
      @twohorsesinamancostume7606 3 года назад +1

      That's awesome and doesn't at all surprise me.

    • @magnusp7381
      @magnusp7381 3 года назад

      Where have you read that?

    • @omalleycaboose5937
      @omalleycaboose5937 3 года назад +2

      @@magnusp7381 in editions of Sledges book that have a foreword by I believe Tom Hanks.

    • @magnusp7381
      @magnusp7381 3 года назад

      @@omalleycaboose5937 Thank you sir.

    • @andre5032
      @andre5032 3 года назад

      @@omalleycaboose5937 Wait so who said it, Winters or Hanks?

  • @DonnaCPunk
    @DonnaCPunk 3 года назад +1

    This is the point where I started to like this series. Sledge's character was much more interesting to watch than Leckie's for me. The last 2 episodes in the show tho, they were rough.

  • @adangonzalez9831
    @adangonzalez9831 3 года назад +1

    Hello love your videos dude

  • @Smilodon1985
    @Smilodon1985 3 года назад

    Now you are getting the idea what I meant about intense. We're only getting started...

  • @omalleycaboose5937
    @omalleycaboose5937 3 года назад +1

    gunny served in ww1 as well.

  • @catherinelw9365
    @catherinelw9365 3 года назад

    Yes, it was Oswalt who shared his water and dies later. 😔

  • @ronmaximilian6953
    @ronmaximilian6953 3 года назад +1

    The dead don't need food, water, or ammunition.

  • @nikopawlowic6557
    @nikopawlowic6557 Год назад

    I guess thank God we've evolved tactics and gear because if we did a battle like this today the public would lose its collective shit.

  • @HotQahwe
    @HotQahwe 2 года назад

    hey real quick I subbed soon as u mention cigs make u thirsty haha

  • @redactedredacted4080
    @redactedredacted4080 7 месяцев назад

    3:43 if I was that dead, marine looking down, I would not be grudge my fellows taking my canteen or even my boots honestly. I’m dead I don’t need it, and I wouldn’t want one of my buddies or even just another marine going, thirsty more over if it’s one of my if it’s another marine taking it that means that the enemy is getting their hands on it.

  • @skynetterminatort100
    @skynetterminatort100 3 года назад +1

    Hey Devin... Semper Fi.......check out the movie... Midway
    About the battle at midway during ww2

  • @themidianite1645
    @themidianite1645 3 года назад +1

    Pretty sure that the first Nazi Zombies took place inside that Peleliu airport building.

  • @jameswg13
    @jameswg13 3 года назад +1

    The guy they tried to quiet they have him enough meds to kill someone he should have been quiet but they couldn't keep him still. The marine that killed him was only trying to knock him out and also contrary to what the show does we don't know the identity of the marine it wasn't the Lt

  • @porgyt7177
    @porgyt7177 3 года назад

    I'd like to suggest an older war movie for you to watch. GALLIPOLI. 1981. (It is Actually On YT!).
    I believe it has a young Mel Gibson and it is really an amazing movie.

  • @Sigismund74
    @Sigismund74 3 года назад

    Suggestion for a documentary, if you didn't allready see it: Once upon a time in Iraq.

  • @Krow-go3ps
    @Krow-go3ps 3 года назад +3

    Why is it race & religion in this country is still not equal ~ yet when the shit hits the fan Americans of ALL race & religion fight together for ALL

  • @apollolm
    @apollolm 3 года назад +3

    I really enjoy your reactions to these movies and videos that I’ve always enjoyed. Just a comment about the term “Jap” that refers to Japanese soldiers...I believe that that term is an antiquated racial slur, similar to other racial slurs that are no longer acceptable. I’m not the PC police, but I wanted to say that it’s probably included in the movie dialog because it is true to the time, but not something that should be used today. Keep up the good work tho!

    • @dirus3142
      @dirus3142 3 года назад +1

      Correct. Jap is a mild slur. So is Nip. short for Nipponese, another word for the Japanese.

  • @spencerriggs9741
    @spencerriggs9741 3 года назад

    Intense. I almost took up smoking myself. 💀

  • @josecarbajal5710
    @josecarbajal5710 3 года назад

    Winding down. Im spinning up.....🤔.....hell did i just say?

  • @jameswg13
    @jameswg13 3 года назад +1

    Sledges friend that was killed crossing the airfield he wanted to be a brain surgeon so the irony of him being shot in the head

  • @michelmendoza1769
    @michelmendoza1769 Год назад

    This was some “shit” right? Lot of guys these days walk around with a touch guy swagger but I guarantee you those boys would have shit and pissed themselves and cried for Mama!

  • @rs91268
    @rs91268 3 года назад

    We need 15k

  • @rubenlopez3364
    @rubenlopez3364 3 года назад

    Devin Pimp!!

  • @Pope-enhiemer
    @Pope-enhiemer 3 года назад

    WOOF!

  • @CMCustom112
    @CMCustom112 3 года назад

    3:07 Some People are Incredibly stupid and/or Self Destructive.

  • @bearadactyl9998
    @bearadactyl9998 3 года назад

    The Japanese were taught to shoot Corpsmen first. 😭 So sad

  • @Staytruelee
    @Staytruelee 3 года назад

    Let’s gooo

  • @Ginsanity
    @Ginsanity 3 года назад

    Hi, please react to Harry Mack's 'Omegle bars episode 1' if you get the chance. I think you'll love him.... Peace!!

  • @Revok_
    @Revok_ 3 года назад

    WOOOOOF! 🐶

  • @trxppyedits2155
    @trxppyedits2155 3 года назад

    If you're a fan of samuel jackson and bernie mac soul men is a really good movie

  • @josecarbajal5710
    @josecarbajal5710 3 года назад

    Damn pacific theater seems more savage......especially since we dropped 2 nukes 😔Goddamn

    • @josecarbajal5710
      @josecarbajal5710 3 года назад

      Wait forgot about the holocaust.

    • @marinewillis1202
      @marinewillis1202 2 года назад

      @@josecarbajal5710 it was more savage. There was of a gentleman war between the allies and Germany. More traditional honor given to both sides. While in the Pacific it was quite normal to find a buddy with their junk cut off and then shoved in their mouths as a eff you to the Americans.

  • @Maj_Kasul
    @Maj_Kasul 3 года назад

    ❤️👍🔥

  • @BeSmokeMarrow5
    @BeSmokeMarrow5 3 года назад +1

    Let’s try and suggest the movie “the grey” with Liam Neeson it is a amazing movie to react to!!!!!

  • @nickscott8541
    @nickscott8541 3 года назад

    So you think there's any chance you could react to the films 1917, and Dunkirk?

  • @seadog7717
    @seadog7717 3 года назад

    marines not soldiers, we take that as an insult

    • @deving9793
      @deving9793  3 года назад +1

      Not insult intended. We're on the same team brother

    • @TresTrefusis
      @TresTrefusis 3 года назад

      @@deving9793 XD we do, however, understood and forgiven ha ha.

  • @pyro1047
    @pyro1047 3 года назад

    I don't know if it was this particular instance, or just one similar, but killing the soldier was an accident. They were trying to knock him out with the shovel but hit him with the wrong part in the panic.

  • @rollomaughfling380
    @rollomaughfling380 3 года назад

    You keep using this word "soldiers" watching this series. I do not think it means what you think it means.