In most militaries, an officer is there to motivate the troops to fight. In the Marine Corps, an officer is there, to keep the Marines from committing war crimes.
It ain't a war crime the first time, and the Marines are good at being the first at trying new and interesting ways to unalive the enemies of the United States.
You're an American citizen and know (and care) more about American history than 70% or more than the rest of the American population. I appreciate that you did something with yourself at a young age. I spent 28 years in the military and have issues as well. Sometimes you don't have options. Love to you my friend.
Former US Marine Infantry here. They *hammer* these legends into your grape in bootcamp. Deservingly so. I was wia in afghan but, fortunately, in wounded warrior battalion they choose to send me and some others to Normandy, Omaha, and Utah Beach, Pointe du Hoc, and of course, Belleau Wood. Shit gives me goosebumps just thinking about it. The trenches and fighting holes are still there. Then there’s the rows and rows and rows of crosses and some stars of David (edit).You truly feel insignificant in the presence of such greater men. Semper Fi
SEMPER FI. I'm a proud Marine Dad, my Sonny-Boi was found Deceased on MEMORIAL DAY 2024 and I'm watching these inspirational videos as therapy. I was a recipient of the so called Peace Dividend and all my predecessors and those following me are VETS. I feel like I was short changed because I had 'academic possibilities" as my high school counselor put it. He was a good man, hoping for the best, but as Ronald Reagan said it, we are only a single generation from darkness....
When you join the Marines, you're being inducted in a cult and god damnit do we venerate our heroes. Dan Daly, Smedley Butler, Gunny Basilone, all of them. They are our heroes and their blood runs in our veins.
Yeah, boot camp was what gavve me a love of history. In school, history was merely memorizing names and dates for a test. to get a grade on a piece of paper. Boot camp classtime gave the Marines of our past a story, and a reason for our traditions. I have been a fan of learning about history ever since.
I still have friends from my time in (2003-2011) that haven't retired yet that just participated in the Belleau Wood ceremony last month. Their pictures are so amazing.
I actually served in one of the units that served in Belleau Wood. The Marines of those few units still wear the French Fourragere today in honor of that battle. I've long since hung up my dress blues uniform, but it still hangs in my closet wearing the French Fourragere.
The reason there is no movie..... No one would believe it. You have to remember- the truth is sometimes stranger than fiction. The Marines have had Daley, Chesty Puller and John Basilone. The Army has Sgt York, Audie Murphy, and Roy Benavidez. Some get movies, some don't.
The army has the 77th from WWII, that was a crazy good group of "Old Bastards." Their accomplishments were so good that the Marines would call them the 77th Marines.
At the Marine Corps musium in Verginia they have a lot of information including snippets from journals. One Marine wrote that he couldn't believe Dan Daly was his 1st Sgt, he thought that was a made up character like Uncle Sam because these stories seemed just as impossible back then.
@@Davyayyaytoo many of those red crans will mess with you. You should eat more of the blue ones. I’m 20 years retired chairforce so I will stick with lobster and steak and let you bad@$$es go in on the ground and clean house.
Interesting fact. After the battle, the French renamed the wood Bois de la Brigade de Marine ('Wood of the Marine Brigade') in honor of the Marines' tenacity.
I’m an old Marine SSGT and feel EXACTLY the same way you do about Nick and his stories. I could (and have) watched his videos for hours at a time! Getting to reach out to a former Royal Marine even on RUclips makes today a good day!
He was actually nominated FOUR times for the MoH, by all his men and his chain of command, just like with the 3rd nomination. I read a comprehensive biography of this Devil Dog. Very inspiring, theres a lot in the biography that's not covered in the YT videos
The quote of "do you want to live forever," inspired me to shout to my UASF troops the following inspiring order, "organize those chairs you bastards, do you want to stand forever." I get tears in my eyes to this day when I remember how quick they got the job done. I was submitted for the highest UASF award, The Order of the Chair, but it wasn't approved.
The "United Air States Force " ,if you had typed it once, I would probably cut you a break.. But..cmon..I was USAF !! Get it Right or pay the Price Airman !!!!!°
I’m with you on all that! What a fantastic show. I’m a former US Marine and yes, Dan Daley and Smedley Butler were the two most sung about Marines in our cadence! Their legend lived on everywhere in the Corps. And while we got some history lessons on it as well as my own readings, I’ve never heard this story quite like the fatelectrician tells it! Great story that gave me goosebumps! And having know and lived in the same barracks for a time with some British Royal Marines let me say I love you guys and we all looked up to you. With all my respect for your service, thank you. Great video.
if you like that line "come on you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever" and dan daily's story in general, listen to sabatons "Devil Dogs". it hits hard
So many tubers make coin on other people's videos. I think you are the most sincere in pushing your followers to the orginators. No wonder they are pleased to 'loan' their content. You are top tier.
I wish he was a bit more educated on related topics so he could cut down on his "I don't know anything about this" ruining thr original video. I enjoy his reaction videos with its warts but I wish he would generate more videos teaching us about the British military, his experiences, and their heroes.
The British "wrapped" term is mirrored in the US Army by the term "going internal". That moment when you are dirty, tired, hungry, its raining, and you look at someone and they are just sitting expressionless looking at nothing. They have gone internal lmao
I commented a tad early. When Daly said "I would rather be an outstanding Sergeant than just another officer" he was being EXTREMLY respectful. He was downplaying his own achievements by saying they are outstanding for an NCO, but just the average things an officer does.
@RobinBarton-fh1ts That is a term referring to the look in an individuals eyes who has seen war. There is a stark difference between a training exercise in bad weather and time spent in combat. The idea of looking off into middle space expressionless is really the only thing connecting the two.
Tbf, America has to play world police much more than the UK does (props for showing up with us) and we have many more marines. Kind of increases your chances. I watch all of FE’s videos when they come out but they are just as good to rewatch with you. Thanks 👍
Something worth mentioning, machine guns at the time aren't what they are now. Operating one of those things by yourself is remarkable. Between reloading, keeping the barrel cool and repositioning, it was easily a 3-4 man job, all while being engaged at that.
Also in Conan the Barbarian. Valeria says it when her (ghost?) appears to give him some help in his last fight with the Harley Davidson looking miniboss guy near the end.
The "Do you want to live forever?" quote was also used in one of the Conan movies. Valeria (I think her name was) shouted it out to Conan and companion just before engaging their opposition.
As an American mother of two grown sons, I am proud of Daly and our history but glad my sons couldn’t join the military until they were at least 18. I’m relieved they were too young to be in the wars pre and post 9/11/01. In my paternal family history a male relative has fought in every US war from the revolutionary war up until my dad fought in Vietnam as an army intelligence officer. It allowed our family to live in Germany and visit much of Europe afterwards and the army paid for him to go to law school and be a JAG officer. The traveling army posts gave my parents and my siblings and I a more worldly knowledge. I can’t go in to everything my dad did in his career but he accomplished amazing things. Thank you for your service sir and my sympathy to you and your family who must have been worried sick. As our allies know Americans recognize the sacrifices and bravery of our allies!
As a veteran of the U.S. Navy, I didn’t realize that it doesn’t matter (relatively) what military you are a part of you all have the same sense of humor… until I heard you laughing at all the problems you have because of joining😂😂😂
War of 1812: they touched the boats and stole our sailors. Barbery wars: they touched the boats and tried to extort us Spanish-American War: they touched the boats WW1: they touched a civilian cruise linner. (Aka a boat) WW2: they touched the boats, and Germany can get some too. Vietnam: they touched the boats Operation praying mantis: They touched the boats with oil on them.
@@itz_bktouray Don't forget korea...they touched the boats too. USS Pueblu is still on active commission, despite being a NoKo museum. [Edit] USS Pueblo (sp).
Yes, don't touch your boats, but in that incident, we touched our own boats to go to war. Proven factual of a conspiracy theory. It was just a land grab because the united states was still trying to expand when ran out of room on the west coast, we wanted to our own little empire.
Funny story. In raiders of the lost ark, there was supposed to be an epic fight scene, but Harrison Ford had food poisoning that day, so he did that instead. Edit: I was referring to the scene where Harrison Ford's character shot his opponent instead of a longer, more drawn out fight.
I wanna add something random. that the fact you promote TFE and give him praise and tell ppl to check him out despite him having a larger following and noterity is just so nice, no ego, no jadedness, no jealousy or anger, just promoting a dude u like cause you find him interesting and entertaining. Rise tides raise all ships
I've watched FE for about 6mths now and have learned a ton about US History of all types. He's actually received messages from Mom's thanking him for getting their children instead in history and school in general... He's a special talent.
"I should probably know more about these small wars since I'm a US Citizen" No.... most native US citizens don't know anything about these conflicts much less the big ones. The only reason I know as much as I do is because I'm married to a history teacher and I watch Fat Electrician's videos.
I know a fair amount of military history as a 35+ year librarian and the proud daughter of a US Marine, WWII vet. He encouraged my interest in military history. My mother, also a librarian, encouraged my love of history in general. If I don't know about a battle or war, I can usually find out
Another Marine was awarded 2 MOH, Smedley Butler, but before the MOH, officers could only receive a brevet award it is the same as recieving the MOH, but for officers only. It is exactly like the MOH only its a red ribbon of white stars instead of the blue ribbon of white stars, but, the design format is the same, So Smedley really had 3 such awards
You can tell how much he loves making those military history videos. He really does it beautifully, and the humor is placed perfectly with perfect references. He really would be an amazing military historian.
Guy waffling on in the corner, don't feel bad. There has been so much US involvement militarily that most Americans aren't that familiar with many of them either.
@brigidtheirish or in the last 70 years or so.. they raised gas prices. 🤣 OR found oil that we decided we wanted.. 🤷♀️ Just saying it like it is. I love my country, but damn!
@@libertybell8852 Eh, not really. Our involvement with the Indochina Wars had to do with combating communism. Same thing with the Lebanon crisis. And the Dominican Civil War. And pretty much everything else up to the '80s. Then there were several retaliatory strikes. The Tanker War, for instance, was started because Iraq and Iran were attacking merchant vessels. The *only* war with oil as a major reason was the Gulf War.
Ok, he missed on a few things. Dan Daly was I believe 25 when he joined. He didn't fight alone in the boxer rebellion. He was the gunner, but gunners have 2 man crews. There were 2 machine gun crews to fight the boxers. Daly's assistant gunner did die. The other gunner died, and the other assistant gunner helped Dan Daly. He fully deserved the medal of honor for his duty. Daly deserved 4 medals of honor. Also the Fat Electrician was slightly wrong about 1 medal of honor as well. You got clusters for each medal of honor over 1.
Also, he wasn't just diving into the river at night in Haiti to find the machine gun, he was doing it while there was an active firefight going on around him, and also while dodging enemy patrols. He actually had to personally and silently kill three enemy scouts in hand-to-hand combat to keep them from revealing his position while he retrieved the gun.
I commented on the 4 MoH nominations also, before I saw your comment. Yes, a lot was left out in the videos. A comprehensive biography is always very interesting and has so many more details. They don't make movies about these guys because nobody would believe it lol. Hollywood actually has to dial it back because of this lol
Also, it wasn't just the U.S. Marines trying to rescue the foreigners. It was a 20,000-man international force (of whom half actually made it to Beijing) commanded by an general from the British Indian Army. And Daly wasn't left alone to defend the entire compound, just a critical section of the wall. Which doesn't make what he did any less amazing.
I read that there were two guys on the wall but it came down to either both go get reinforcements which would be a loss of territory neither go then there would be no warning or only one goes. It just so happened Daly stayed behind. I didn't see about getting the machine gun but that there was an overnight battle. I also saw in that same engagement he dug a tunnel to rescue prisoners of war. I did my further reading on defense.gov they have a section for news and run stories on medal of honor recipients. I felt that article made him even more impressive.
@@rebel11201991 Thank you. It is very hard to get fact from fiction on some of this, as nobody actually can read the actual MOH award, because its a general one. Most are the actual events now days. I will check out your site.
I love how ur just going down the rabbithole of youtube gun community and exploring every creator, that is exactly what i did when i first found out about this.
It's the same here in the Marine Corps. The Army, Navy, and Air Force hand out medals like candy at Halloween. My buddy, who lived across the street, joined the Air Force in 1979. He got married in 1980 and wanted me to be his best man. Át the time I'd been in 4 years and was a Sergeant. He was an Airman first class with 1 year in. He had a stack of 4 ribbons to my one.
Most of the "fruit salad" is more career achievements (a lot of them rote) than "medals" as they are understood. The Valor awards- Purple Heart, Bronze and Silver Stars, Lifesaving Medal, DSC or DFC, and "The Button" - Medal of Honor, are the only ones that count beyond "you put in the time, and you didn't screw up completely". Combat Infantryman's Badge is also one I'd pay attention to.
I love his channel. It's not just that I am an American that loves these historical stories, it's the way he tells them. I remember when he was just starting out on TikTok with the 3 minute videos of "The Most Angry Battleship in History" and it always made me laugh. I was glad to see him do more longform videos on RUclips... always entertaining.
Your appreciation for the infamous electrician motivated me to subscribe, your lord of the rings reference granted you my respect and following! Lol The Fat Electrician is nice, your reaction to him is likewise, you gained a fan and follower!
There have actually been 7 two time recipients of the Medal of Honor from the USMC, but 5 were awarded both the Army and the Navy versions for the same act of valor. Butler and Daly are the only two to be awarded two Medals of Honor for different acts...
Can i just say thank you - you are the way I got introduced to the "the chubby election guy" ( your reaction to the US getting "proportional") and I have now learned so much more military history and interesting side quests than in all my years in school and / or from my all male military family. He is truly the "fowl"-mouthed history teacher we all need! I love your reactions to his content ❤
you should watch his video about the creation of the us navy, it also kind of mentions whats basically the origin of the Green Berets. video title: "America Dismantles Pirate Nations For Touching Their Boats". and his video about the most decorated air crew in history: 2x Medals of honor with seven other members of the crew being awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the Nation's second highest honor.
I have a video suggestion. In my city, there was a special event on the eve of November 11 2018 in honor of Veterans. That was the Centennial of the end of WW I " November 11, 2018 WaterFire Salute to Veterans " THAT night was very special. This video show some of the highlights.
I want to thank you for not just mentioning his name, but also putting the video link in description and it’s not buried in the bottom, RIGHT AT THE TOP! Props to you sir
I love it when you react to his stories, you understand and get IT better than 99% of others who do his stuff. I really think you would get a kick out of either world war tree, grand theft uboat or the biggest logistic flex of all time which is a story of Americans and Brits working together.
I read the newspaper everyday and it makes it easier to have conversations with more people you readthe front page entertainment sports section and so on if you do this everyday know alot.
I joined the US Marines at 17, the earliest allowed, with both parents' permission - Finished my senior year of High School then quickly went to Bootcamp at 18 - 1986. My hugest respect for these true heroes, wow! - Semper Fi
I left the U.S. Army in 2002 as a Green Beret at 40 years old. I firmly believe that the job of an old soldier is to teach young soldiers how to become old soldiers.
While heartedly agree with you man. I was in Marines so I know exactly what you are saying from being the boot learning everything to passing that knowledge down to fellow Marines
If you think about it our whole civilization is the same, hence schooling which is all the lessons our species has learned through trial and error in history....
Really enjoyed seeing your reaction to this TFE vid, my friend! Don't feel too bad about not knowing some of your American military history, though. TFE has illuminated my understanding, and I'm a native born Texan. Love his content, though! He is an amazing storyteller. He's even done some rather interesting vids on some of the badasses from across the Pond. Much respect for all who've served. Thank all of you for your service!
On the sneezing part, I feel you. But mine's *way worse* ; I sneeze one after another continuously like a rapid fire artillery everytime I have this nasty runny nose
I've watched a bunch of the Fat Electrician's videos. I love them so much I now watch others watching them for the first-time because I love watching their reactions to the amazing storytelling of amazing people and events from the history of our military. My favorite so far has to be The Barbary Wars. If you hadn't reacted to it yet, you need to hear it. Our founding fathers were just as amazing, if not more, than were any other main characters he tells us about.
What's even more crazy is that in many battles, when a side suffers even say 10-20% K/W, you look at those numbers and a lot of people would retreat or wait for backup. At Belleau Wood, the US Army and Marines suffered somewhere around 60% losses combined. It was an extremely costly victory.
To be fair regarding the number of VC recipients vs CMoH recipients there is a finite amount of material to make more VC medals from where as the CMoH doesn’t have such limitations in manufacture.
True story here. I worked long term care for about 40 years. I took care of a Spanish American war veteran. It was long time ago, he was 105 years old when I took care of him and he lied about his age to join the military. I love to tell that true story... I had very interesting people and I loved to hear their stories.
I've recently discovered The Fat Electrician's Channel, after watching strangely enough... Corridor Crew and their Tiny Guns series, his videos are not only informative, but hilarious to boot.
One of the things I remember as a marching cadence in Marine Corps Basic Training all the way back in 1996: "It was good for Dan Daly: And it's good enough for me". He is revered permanently among all enlisted Marines. Oorah!
Guessing you haven't seen Starship Troopers, since the drill Sgt in that movie uses that line, "(Come on you apes!) Do you want to live forever?" Which is always the first thing I think of whenever I hear that line.
I thought he started off the vid saying he's been on the brink of "steezing" which subsequently led me to watch the real bros of simi valley clips where Bryce wants to fight Xans 1 year old kid. "Thinks he's so tight with his new vans steezing" lmao
"Tell it to the Marines" (1926) starring Lon Chaney is loosely based on Dan Daley. The Marines were so impressed with Cheney's portrayal of a Marine Corps Sergeant they made him a Marine. Yes, it is a silent, but it is still a truly great movie.
The only issue this video has is saying in 1915 Daly was 5'6" 135lbs. He was that height and weight at 16 years old in 1899. He probably grew a bit more and gained a bunch of weight
Well since you have name dropped multiple people that I sub to you have earned my subscription, also I saw a comment to check out unsubscribed, do it great show
In most militaries, an officer is there to motivate the troops to fight. In the Marine Corps, an officer is there, to keep the Marines from committing war crimes.
It ain't a war crime the first time, and the Marines are good at being the first at trying new and interesting ways to unalive the enemies of the United States.
Same as with the army at least ever since Vietnam
same with pretty much every branch of the US Military that fights on the ground. When the babysitter is away, the boys get to play.
you say that like its a bad thing!
Watch the movie Patriot where Mel Gibson’s character is lectured about the hazards of targeting officers.
You're an American citizen and know (and care) more about American history than 70% or more than the rest of the American population. I appreciate that you did something with yourself at a young age. I spent 28 years in the military and have issues as well. Sometimes you don't have options. Love to you my friend.
Former US Marine Infantry here. They *hammer* these legends into your grape in bootcamp. Deservingly so. I was wia in afghan but, fortunately, in wounded warrior battalion they choose to send me and some others to Normandy, Omaha, and Utah Beach, Pointe du Hoc, and of course, Belleau Wood. Shit gives me goosebumps just thinking about it. The trenches and fighting holes are still there. Then there’s the rows and rows and rows of crosses and some stars of David (edit).You truly feel insignificant in the presence of such greater men.
Semper Fi
SEMPER FI.
I'm a proud Marine Dad, my Sonny-Boi was found Deceased on MEMORIAL DAY 2024 and I'm watching these inspirational videos as therapy. I was a recipient of the so called Peace Dividend and all my predecessors and those following me are VETS.
I feel like I was short changed because I had 'academic possibilities" as my high school counselor put it. He was a good man, hoping for the best, but as Ronald Reagan said it, we are only a single generation from darkness....
When you join the Marines, you're being inducted in a cult and god damnit do we venerate our heroes. Dan Daly, Smedley Butler, Gunny Basilone, all of them. They are our heroes and their blood runs in our veins.
Yeah, boot camp was what gavve me a love of history. In school, history was merely memorizing names and dates for a test. to get a grade on a piece of paper.
Boot camp classtime gave the Marines of our past a story, and a reason for our traditions. I have been a fan of learning about history ever since.
03, 1/6 wpns co, 06-09 here. Went to Ramadi and Garmsir, rah brother.
I still have friends from my time in (2003-2011) that haven't retired yet that just participated in the Belleau Wood ceremony last month. Their pictures are so amazing.
"Do you want to live forever?" Actually that quote, the full quote while i am at it, is part of the lyrics of Sabaton's "Devil Dogs"
Also from "Conan the Barbarian" 1982 movie.
Also “Starship Troopers” the movie.
Yes?
@@spacetiger5076except in Starship Troopers it was "come on you apes, you wanna live forever?)
It's on the page before the story begins in the book Starship Troopers.
I actually served in one of the units that served in Belleau Wood. The Marines of those few units still wear the French Fourragere today in honor of that battle. I've long since hung up my dress blues uniform, but it still hangs in my closet wearing the French Fourragere.
Thank you for your service.
Same here 2/4
@@jordanashen3811 Ooh rah, brother. 2/6 here.
@@Suprentus hell yea
I hope your service was uneventful
The reason there is no movie..... No one would believe it. You have to remember- the truth is sometimes stranger than fiction. The Marines have had Daley, Chesty Puller and John Basilone. The Army has Sgt York, Audie Murphy, and Roy Benavidez. Some get movies, some don't.
They had to scale down Desmond Doss' deeds in Hacksaw Ridge
They didn't put all of Audie's heroics in his movie because it wouldn't be believed by audiences.
The army has the 77th from WWII, that was a crazy good group of "Old Bastards." Their accomplishments were so good that the Marines would call them the 77th Marines.
"55 Days at Peking", Charles Heston fights Boxers.
@@andrewwebb3248Crazy af considering He was doing the acting for the films.😂
At the Marine Corps musium in Verginia they have a lot of information including snippets from journals. One Marine wrote that he couldn't believe Dan Daly was his 1st Sgt, he thought that was a made up character like Uncle Sam because these stories seemed just as impossible back then.
That fucking rules! I gotta make a trip through Virginia and check that out!
Good to know, additionally almost had a stroke reading musium and Verginia…
@@MechanicalMafioso well, it was 3 am and I'm a Marine so... you know... Spelling lol
@@Davyayyaytoo many of those red crans will mess with you. You should eat more of the blue ones. I’m 20 years retired chairforce so I will stick with lobster and steak and let you bad@$$es go in on the ground and clean house.
@@Davyayyay best explanation ever!
You've got to go on the Unsubscribe podcast someday. I don't think they ever talked to anyone in the Royal Marines yet. (correct me if I'm wrong.)
They have had a former SAS member, Christian Craighead, aka "Obi Wan Nairobi".
For sure!
@@TheRagratus i know that guy!
He's a boss! @@TheRagratus
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That Daly recovered the complete gun out of the river by himself at night is incredible enough to have a movie made just about that single campaign.
Interesting fact. After the battle, the French renamed the wood Bois de la Brigade de Marine ('Wood of the Marine Brigade') in honor of the Marines' tenacity.
Wow!
I’m an old Marine SSGT and feel EXACTLY the same way you do about Nick and his stories. I could (and have) watched his videos for hours at a time! Getting to reach out to a former Royal Marine even on RUclips makes today a good day!
He was actually nominated FOUR times for the MoH, by all his men and his chain of command, just like with the 3rd nomination. I read a comprehensive biography of this Devil Dog. Very inspiring, theres a lot in the biography that's not covered in the YT videos
The quote of "do you want to live forever," inspired me to shout to my UASF troops the following inspiring order, "organize those chairs you bastards, do you want to stand forever." I get tears in my eyes to this day when I remember how quick they got the job done. I was submitted for the highest UASF award, The Order of the Chair, but it wasn't approved.
The "United Air States Force " ,if you had typed it once, I would probably cut you a break.. But..cmon..I was USAF !! Get it Right or pay the Price Airman !!!!!°
I’m with you on all that! What a fantastic show. I’m a former US Marine and yes, Dan Daley and Smedley Butler were the two most sung about Marines in our cadence! Their legend lived on everywhere in the Corps. And while we got some history lessons on it as well as my own readings, I’ve never heard this story quite like the fatelectrician tells it! Great story that gave me goosebumps! And having know and lived in the same barracks for a time with some British Royal Marines let me say I love you guys and we all looked up to you. With all my respect for your service, thank you. Great video.
Most time that the Medal of Honor is awarded, the winner is dead. So surviving to win two is a miracle.
He should have been awarded a 3rd.
general custers brother collected 2 spanning 2 days
Surviving to be nominated for a third should have gotten him canonized.
@@ronnysmith4117 I hope it was off merit and not cause of his incompetent brothers political pull
@@ronnysmith4117that was back when it was literally the only award the US had.
if you like that line "come on you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever" and dan daily's story in general, listen to sabatons "Devil Dogs". it hits hard
So many tubers make coin on other people's videos. I think you are the most sincere in pushing your followers to the orginators. No wonder they are pleased to 'loan' their content. You are top tier.
He blabs too much, ruined it for me. Went to a different guy who talked 1/2 as much
@@ericjorgensen3911you’re ridiculous! That’s literally his job. Adios!
I wish he was a bit more educated on related topics so he could cut down on his "I don't know anything about this" ruining thr original video. I enjoy his reaction videos with its warts but I wish he would generate more videos teaching us about the British military, his experiences, and their heroes.
The British "wrapped" term is mirrored in the US Army by the term "going internal". That moment when you are dirty, tired, hungry, its raining, and you look at someone and they are just sitting expressionless looking at nothing. They have gone internal lmao
I commented a tad early. When Daly said "I would rather be an outstanding Sergeant than just another officer" he was being EXTREMLY respectful. He was downplaying his own achievements by saying they are outstanding for an NCO, but just the average things an officer does.
The American term, or any rate the other one, is "the thousand yard stare" as I recall......
@RobinBarton-fh1ts That is a term referring to the look in an individuals eyes who has seen war. There is a stark difference between a training exercise in bad weather and time spent in combat. The idea of looking off into middle space expressionless is really the only thing connecting the two.
We called it "embracing the suck" when I was in the Corps lol
Human mode Disengaged
Tbf, America has to play world police much more than the UK does (props for showing up with us) and we have many more marines. Kind of increases your chances. I watch all of FE’s videos when they come out but they are just as good to rewatch with you. Thanks 👍
Something worth mentioning, machine guns at the time aren't what they are now. Operating one of those things by yourself is remarkable. Between reloading, keeping the barrel cool and repositioning, it was easily a 3-4 man job, all while being engaged at that.
That "Do you want to live forever" line was used in the movie "Starship Troopers"
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It was quoted in the novel, and tossed into the movie.
Also in a metal song about the Battle of Bellou Wood.
Devil dogs by sabaton@@generaljesus9825
Also in Conan the Barbarian. Valeria says it when her (ghost?) appears to give him some help in his last fight with the Harley Davidson looking miniboss guy near the end.
The "Do you want to live forever?" quote was also used in one of the Conan movies. Valeria (I think her name was) shouted it out to Conan and companion just before engaging their opposition.
"I only stoped firing cause they stopped coming" is a fucking BAR tho lmao 😂
DAN FUCKING DALY BABY LETS GO
As an American mother of two grown sons, I am proud of Daly and our history but glad my sons couldn’t join the military until they were at least 18. I’m relieved they were too young to be in the wars pre and post 9/11/01. In my paternal family history a male relative has fought in every US war from the revolutionary war up until my dad fought in Vietnam as an army intelligence officer. It allowed our family to live in Germany and visit much of Europe afterwards and the army paid for him to go to law school and be a JAG officer. The traveling army posts gave my parents and my siblings and I a more worldly knowledge. I can’t go in to everything my dad did in his career but he accomplished amazing things. Thank you for your service sir and my sympathy to you and your family who must have been worried sick. As our allies know Americans recognize the sacrifices and bravery of our allies!
I have been listening to him all day 😂. He was recommended yesterday and I got sucked in.
As a veteran of the U.S. Navy, I didn’t realize that it doesn’t matter (relatively) what military you are a part of you all have the same sense of humor… until I heard you laughing at all the problems you have because of joining😂😂😂
Gallows humor is the soldiers therapy
The Battle of Bellau Woods was much more brutal than guns. People were killing each other with shovels and whatever else they could find.
The line "come on you apes, you wanna live forever?" was used a few times in the movie Starship Troopers. Clearly an homage to Dan Daly.
Yeah...when a double-CMOH winner says, "No, seriously, this dude's a badass"... that means something.
spanish american war= they touched the boats...
One thing I learned from watching The Fat Electrician's videos is DON'T fuck with USA's boats lmaoo
War of 1812: they touched the boats and stole our sailors.
Barbery wars: they touched the boats and tried to extort us
Spanish-American War: they touched the boats
WW1: they touched a civilian cruise linner. (Aka a boat)
WW2: they touched the boats, and Germany can get some too.
Vietnam: they touched the boats
Operation praying mantis: They touched the boats with oil on them.
@@itz_bktouray Don't forget korea...they touched the boats too. USS Pueblu is still on active commission, despite being a NoKo museum. [Edit] USS Pueblo (sp).
Yes, don't touch your boats, but in that incident, we touched our own boats to go to war. Proven factual of a conspiracy theory. It was just a land grab because the united states was still trying to expand when ran out of room on the west coast, we wanted to our own little empire.
Ya don't touch the boats and don't blow up a bunch of civilians in short don't test the FAFO scale.
Funny story. In raiders of the lost ark, there was supposed to be an epic fight scene, but Harrison Ford had food poisoning that day, so he did that instead.
Edit: I was referring to the scene where Harrison Ford's character shot his opponent instead of a longer, more drawn out fight.
By that he means Fords character took out a gun and shot his opponent instead.
I wanna add something random.
that the fact you promote TFE and give him praise and tell ppl to check him out despite him having a larger following and noterity is just so nice, no ego, no jadedness, no jealousy or anger, just promoting a dude u like cause you find him interesting and entertaining.
Rise tides raise all ships
1:26 No, not a joke. And don't call me Shirley!
I've watched FE for about 6mths now and have learned a ton about US History of all types. He's actually received messages from Mom's thanking him for getting their children instead in history and school in general... He's a special talent.
"I should probably know more about these small wars since I'm a US Citizen"
No.... most native US citizens don't know anything about these conflicts much less the big ones. The only reason I know as much as I do is because I'm married to a history teacher and I watch Fat Electrician's videos.
The Spanish-Amercian War if the origin of the term "Yellow Journalism"
I know a fair amount of military history as a 35+ year librarian and the proud daughter of a US Marine, WWII vet. He encouraged my interest in military history. My mother, also a librarian, encouraged my love of history in general. If I don't know about a battle or war, I can usually find out
check out sabatons's "Devli Dogs" they quote Dan Daily in the song
A Colt 1911 is a semi-aotomatic pistol, it only holds 7 rounds plus one in the pipe
Bestowed upon us by Gun Jesus himself, John Moses Browning.
Another Marine was awarded 2 MOH,
Smedley Butler, but before the MOH, officers could only receive a brevet award it is the same as recieving the MOH, but for officers only. It is exactly like the MOH only its a red ribbon of white stars instead of the blue ribbon of white stars, but, the design format is the same, So Smedley really had 3 such awards
You Brits have legends like this too. I just saw one. A one armed one eyed officer from WW1 and 2. Amazing guy.
Nick is an incredible story teller
You can tell how much he loves making those military history videos. He really does it beautifully, and the humor is placed perfectly with perfect references. He really would be an amazing military historian.
hey bro! semper fi fellow marine.
Guy waffling on in the corner, don't feel bad. There has been so much US involvement militarily that most Americans aren't that familiar with many of them either.
The vast majority can be summarized as "someone touched the boats, we took that personally."
@brigidtheirish or in the last 70 years or so.. they raised gas prices. 🤣 OR found oil that we decided we wanted.. 🤷♀️ Just saying it like it is. I love my country, but damn!
@@libertybell8852 Eh, not really. Our involvement with the Indochina Wars had to do with combating communism. Same thing with the Lebanon crisis. And the Dominican Civil War. And pretty much everything else up to the '80s. Then there were several retaliatory strikes. The Tanker War, for instance, was started because Iraq and Iran were attacking merchant vessels. The *only* war with oil as a major reason was the Gulf War.
Ok, he missed on a few things. Dan Daly was I believe 25 when he joined. He didn't fight alone in the boxer rebellion. He was the gunner, but gunners have 2 man crews. There were 2 machine gun crews to fight the boxers. Daly's assistant gunner did die. The other gunner died, and the other assistant gunner helped Dan Daly. He fully deserved the medal of honor for his duty.
Daly deserved 4 medals of honor.
Also the Fat Electrician was slightly wrong about 1 medal of honor as well. You got clusters for each medal of honor over 1.
Also, he wasn't just diving into the river at night in Haiti to find the machine gun, he was doing it while there was an active firefight going on around him, and also while dodging enemy patrols. He actually had to personally and silently kill three enemy scouts in hand-to-hand combat to keep them from revealing his position while he retrieved the gun.
I commented on the 4 MoH nominations also, before I saw your comment. Yes, a lot was left out in the videos. A comprehensive biography is always very interesting and has so many more details. They don't make movies about these guys because nobody would believe it lol. Hollywood actually has to dial it back because of this lol
Also, it wasn't just the U.S. Marines trying to rescue the foreigners. It was a 20,000-man international force (of whom half actually made it to Beijing) commanded by an general from the British Indian Army. And Daly wasn't left alone to defend the entire compound, just a critical section of the wall. Which doesn't make what he did any less amazing.
I read that there were two guys on the wall but it came down to either both go get reinforcements which would be a loss of territory neither go then there would be no warning or only one goes. It just so happened Daly stayed behind.
I didn't see about getting the machine gun but that there was an overnight battle. I also saw in that same engagement he dug a tunnel to rescue prisoners of war.
I did my further reading on defense.gov they have a section for news and run stories on medal of honor recipients. I felt that article made him even more impressive.
@@rebel11201991 Thank you. It is very hard to get fact from fiction on some of this, as nobody actually can read the actual MOH award, because its a general one. Most are the actual events now days. I will check out your site.
brother...
x,D
Six Americans have been awarded the Victoria Cross (VC), Britain's highest award for gallantry
I love how ur just going down the rabbithole of youtube gun community and exploring every creator, that is exactly what i did when i first found out about this.
It's the same here in the Marine Corps. The Army, Navy, and Air Force hand out medals like candy at Halloween. My buddy, who lived across the street, joined the Air Force in 1979. He got married in 1980 and wanted me to be his best man. Át the time I'd been in 4 years and was a Sergeant. He was an Airman first class with 1 year in. He had a stack of 4 ribbons to my one.
Hahaha, so true brother, a work mate was in the air force,4 years he had 5 rows to my 1!, I asked him what country he conquered!, sempre fi devil dog
Most of the "fruit salad" is more career achievements (a lot of them rote) than "medals" as they are understood.
The Valor awards- Purple Heart, Bronze and Silver Stars, Lifesaving Medal, DSC or DFC, and "The Button" - Medal of Honor, are the only ones that count beyond "you put in the time, and you didn't screw up completely".
Combat Infantryman's Badge is also one I'd pay attention to.
Great job,that is a great video, good job on using it on podcast.
I did not know that you Brits celebrated Our Veteran's Day with us. That's Very Nice Of You, Cousins Across The Pond
13:07 no one but Marines and history teachers know about these small battles and rebellions
I love his channel. It's not just that I am an American that loves these historical stories, it's the way he tells them. I remember when he was just starting out on TikTok with the 3 minute videos of "The Most Angry Battleship in History" and it always made me laugh. I was glad to see him do more longform videos on RUclips... always entertaining.
Your appreciation for the infamous electrician motivated me to subscribe, your lord of the rings reference granted you my respect and following! Lol
The Fat Electrician is nice, your reaction to him is likewise, you gained a fan and follower!
There have actually been 7 two time recipients of the Medal of Honor from the USMC, but 5 were awarded both the Army and the Navy versions for the same act of valor. Butler and Daly are the only two to be awarded two Medals of Honor for different acts...
Can i just say thank you - you are the way I got introduced to the "the chubby election guy" ( your reaction to the US getting "proportional") and I have now learned so much more military history and interesting side quests than in all my years in school and / or from my all male military family. He is truly the "fowl"-mouthed history teacher we all need! I love your reactions to his content ❤
you should watch his video about the creation of the us navy, it also kind of mentions whats basically the origin of the Green Berets. video title: "America Dismantles Pirate Nations For Touching Their Boats". and his video about the most decorated air crew in history: 2x Medals of honor with seven other members of the crew being awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the Nation's second highest honor.
So that's where Starship Troopers gets it.
"COME ON, YOU APES! YOU WANNA LIVE FOREVER?!"
This is great it like watching 1 of my favorites on RUclips with a buddy. Thanks for making these bro.
Being originally from across the pond I’d say you need check out his video on Percy “Hobo” Hobart.
I have a video suggestion. In my city, there was a special event on the eve of November 11 2018 in honor of Veterans. That was the Centennial of the end of WW I " November 11, 2018 WaterFire Salute to Veterans " THAT night was very special. This video show some of the highlights.
I love how genuine your videos are and how you call stuff out. Please keep it up :)
I want to thank you for not just mentioning his name, but also putting the video link in description and it’s not buried in the bottom, RIGHT AT THE TOP!
Props to you sir
I love it when you react to his stories, you understand and get IT better than 99% of others who do his stuff. I really think you would get a kick out of either world war tree, grand theft uboat or the biggest logistic flex of all time which is a story of Americans and Brits working together.
Just wait till you get to his newest videos, they are longer. But some how even better, the one about the 77th ID is crazy.
I heard two movie quotes and I guess they came from this man. Starship Troopers and Battle: Los Angeles
Yup. Hollywood writers know a good quote when they steal one.
Check out his video on Percy "Hobo" Hobart he's a fellow UKer
Welcome to the guntube community. Your commentary is great and compliments the videos well.
Thank you for having actual reactions
I read the newspaper everyday and it makes it easier to have conversations with more people you readthe front page entertainment sports section and so on if you do this everyday know alot.
I joined the US Marines at 17, the earliest allowed, with both parents' permission - Finished my senior year of High School then quickly went to Bootcamp at 18 - 1986. My hugest respect for these true heroes, wow! - Semper Fi
November 11th is Veterans Day, Dan Daly’a bday, and also the day after the Marine Corps’ bday.
My Marine son. And when he visits, he seems very nice and polite. I think it is because he knows what he is protecting.
Man, back then hearing "do you want to live forever" from an absolute legend of a marine....Yeah.... BRING THE BOYS!
I left the U.S. Army in 2002 as a Green Beret at 40 years old. I firmly believe that the job of an old soldier is to teach young soldiers how to become old soldiers.
While heartedly agree with you man. I was in Marines so I know exactly what you are saying from being the boot learning everything to passing that knowledge down to fellow Marines
If you think about it our whole civilization is the same, hence schooling which is all the lessons our species has learned through trial and error in history....
Really enjoyed seeing your reaction to this TFE vid, my friend! Don't feel too bad about not knowing some of your American military history, though. TFE has illuminated my understanding, and I'm a native born Texan. Love his content, though! He is an amazing storyteller. He's even done some rather interesting vids on some of the badasses from across the Pond. Much respect for all who've served. Thank all of you for your service!
You should listen to him tell more stories! He's got so many good ones! The Eager Beavers one is fantastic
❤ That you included Starship Troopers clip...😊
On the sneezing part, I feel you. But mine's *way worse* ; I sneeze one after another continuously like a rapid fire artillery everytime I have this nasty runny nose
I've watched a bunch of the Fat Electrician's videos. I love them so much I now watch others watching them for the first-time because I love watching their reactions to the amazing storytelling of amazing people and events from the history of our military. My favorite so far has to be The Barbary Wars. If you hadn't reacted to it yet, you need to hear it. Our founding fathers were just as amazing, if not more, than were any other main characters he tells us about.
Yes, his oratory skills are peak, he can feed you with information without you losing interest.
Now this is my jam right here. All of the AF and Navy videos. Time for one our Marine heroes! Semper Fi!
What's even more crazy is that in many battles, when a side suffers even say 10-20% K/W, you look at those numbers and a lot of people would retreat or wait for backup. At Belleau Wood, the US Army and Marines suffered somewhere around 60% losses combined. It was an extremely costly victory.
Motivation. It's a hell of a drug.
rookie numbers.
5 americans also have the Victoria cross as well
You're not alone everything I know about the Spanish American war and the boxer rebellion I learned from this guy
My brother served as a US Marine for 20 years and is now a docent at the USMC museum. I worthwhile visit for sure.
To be fair regarding the number of VC recipients vs CMoH recipients there is a finite amount of material to make more VC medals from where as the CMoH doesn’t have such limitations in manufacture.
True story here. I worked long term care for about 40 years. I took care of a Spanish American war veteran. It was long time ago, he was 105 years old when I took care of him and he lied about his age to join the military. I love to tell that true story... I had very interesting people and I loved to hear their stories.
I've recently discovered The Fat Electrician's Channel, after watching strangely enough... Corridor Crew and their Tiny Guns series, his videos are not only informative, but hilarious to boot.
Love your videos, cheers from New York!
Yeah, TFE's storytelling style os mesmerizing. No lulls, it's fascinsting throughout, and he's a thorough researcher.
You are a pretty fly for a; nonhistoran marine? Great stories! God bless Daly. Big hugs from Sweden. ❤
Veterans Day/ Dan Daly's birthday- Nov. 11th ; Marine Corps' birthday- Nov. 10th. There's a party!!!
I was in Basic at Paris Island in 1981, the meal we had for our celebration was the best that I ate during training!!!
One of the things I remember as a marching cadence in Marine Corps Basic Training all the way back in 1996: "It was good for Dan Daly: And it's good enough for me". He is revered permanently among all enlisted Marines. Oorah!
Guessing you haven't seen Starship Troopers, since the drill Sgt in that movie uses that line, "(Come on you apes!) Do you want to live forever?" Which is always the first thing I think of whenever I hear that line.
Nick is awesome!
Also, Mr. Ballen served with Donut Operator, as a Seal.
Indiana Jones was supposed to have a big fight with him but during filming he was sick with a bad fever so he just shot him and the director kept it
I thought he started off the vid saying he's been on the brink of "steezing" which subsequently led me to watch the real bros of simi valley clips where Bryce wants to fight Xans 1 year old kid. "Thinks he's so tight with his new vans steezing" lmao
"Tell it to the Marines" (1926) starring Lon Chaney is loosely based on Dan Daley. The Marines were so impressed with Cheney's portrayal of a Marine Corps Sergeant they made him a Marine.
Yes, it is a silent, but it is still a truly great movie.
Not a vet, but I do have a friend who has gotten me out that wrapped situation you've described, many times. I feel very lucky.
The only issue this video has is saying in 1915 Daly was 5'6" 135lbs. He was that height and weight at 16 years old in 1899. He probably grew a bit more and gained a bunch of weight
In 1899 Dan would have been 26 if he was born in 1873.
Well since you have name dropped multiple people that I sub to you have earned my subscription, also I saw a comment to check out unsubscribed, do it great show