Dragonman Covers WWII - Did You Know This About History?
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- Stopped by my dads today to go over some highlights from World War II. The amount that he covered is really just a small percentage as there's so much more to see and learn about. As always, it's imperative that we preserve and teach history so that it doesn't repeat itself. Hope you enjoy this video and don't forget to subscribe! Much appreciated.
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Who else wants to marry the daughter to have this guy as a father-in-law?
A beautiful woman and an amazing guy. Honoring some of the bravest toughest guys to ever life. Nothing but respect for them.
Among other things...
i would.
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I am ready to sign any document that i do not want any money from the family. I just want to run the museum.
Your dad is amazing and his museum puts all others to shame. What an awesome collection!
I agree! I've been to quite a few military museums around the world and they don't hold a light to his.
@@AvaFlanell Have you been to Leeds Royal Armoury in the United Kingdom? its pretty amazing. If you haven't then you definitely should!.
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I have got to go see this museum. I’ve never seen one person put so much effort into something to make it so realistic
Agree! My dad is very passionate about
hey where are you guys located, i would love to vist@@AvaFlanell
Very impressive. Every American should visit your museum especially schools to learn real history. Great job, you have a true passion for our military. Ava I am sure you are very proud of him and I’m sure he is equally proud of you.
I was in Colorado recently and did the tour of Dragonman's museum, really fantastic. Well worth a visit.
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Hey Ava hey Dragonman. What an awesome exhibit. It’s literally priceless. I’m currently taking a WW2 online class from Hillsdale College. All their online courses are free! Highly recommended.
Hmm, good to know. Thank you for that info.
Love Hillsdale’s free courses. I’ve completed 4 already.
@@FightForFreedom1776 me too. I’m on course 7 or 8.
@@Bar1putt 💪💪 good stuff
Wow, so you’re Melissa’s sister?
I didn’t know that.
Yes
@@AvaFlanell oh dang that’s cool.
I didn’t know she had a sister.
Well, it’s nice to meet you.
Let’s Go Brandon
16:40 "that f*cker!" 😂😂😂
This is incredible! I need to visit! I wish my father was still alive to see this. He was a Forward Observer in WWII, 66th Artillery (Black Panther Division), and passed away in 2020. The stories he told me...
I really enjoyed this, thank you so much.
Waiting on a background check back in 04 he gave me and my buddy a quick tour because we were just back from Iraq. He has a ton of amazing stuff, I’m sure even better now.
You can totally tell he loves his collection that’s awesome .We need more Americans like him
I visited your dad and his collection this past 4th of July weekend. It was one of the best experiences my friends and I ever had! We will be back next season!
How much?$
Guys amazing! I can't wait to book a tour next year. Your father seems like an amazing person. He's pretty much living out my dream. God bless you guys!
I could spend an hour at that 10th mountain section. I was in the 10th mountain in the early 2000's. I am fascinated with the history of that unit. I love how excited Dragonman is to show his collection. I hope to see it in person some day.
Spectacular collection. Most museums have about 10 items in their WW2 exhibit. The often looked-over small items such as the mine detonators, morphine, and radio gear are the icing on the cake. WW2 is my favorite military history subject -- I could spend days in that museum and hope to get there someday when it's not closed for the season!
I agree. They have nothing compared to what he's collected. It's pretty incredible.
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@@AvaFlanellhe also has hundreds of very obvious fakes….
@@TheSexhaver2625 lmao, no he doesn't
@@TheSexhaver2625 he has people go all over the world to collect this stuff. What a crappy thing to say.
You are AWESOME. Thank you for honoring all the US service-members. My dad served in WWII, I retired from the military after 26 years (USMC, USAF, USCG and USN….retired CDR, flew A-6E Intruders), and my wife served 12 years, USN. Next time I visit CO, I will stop in. We moved from Falcon, CO to NC, 1 1/2 years ago. I am originally from Levittown, NY. I love your collections and Dragon motorcycle. God bless you.
Now I feel validated for my WWII era French helmet 😂😂
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Does it have a white flag sticking out from the top?
That was very Cool AvA , cute laugh, nice to see father and daughter together , one day I’ll visit the museum. Dad was funny what he said about the principal. 👍
I know lol. Love his sense of humor.
This is awesome.. Thanks for showing and giving your dad the extra publicity. He seems so passionate and that alone wants to make me visit his museum
lol your Dad is awesome,one hell of a museum.Great video.
Don't those land mines use TNT? I don't think black powder was being used in many land mines by WW2 but not certain, it's really inefficient compared to high explosives like dynamite and TNT.
What I love most about Dragonman is that he really is that full of life and excitement, what you see online is how is in real life. I took his tour earlier this year and loved every min of it. So nice, so friendly and extremally knowledgeable. Also I had no clue that Dragonman is your dad! That is so cool!
Great tour 💪🏻 Ava and your dad is a national treasure 🇺🇸
03:34 - "Not only do I have the porta-potty, but I also have an actual turd shat out by one of the soldiers! Look, perfectly preserved! You won't find that in any museum!"
All poo jokes aside, this is actually really cool that you dad has all of this historical memorabilia and weaponry from WWII
I gotta pay this place a visit next time in the area.💯 🤠👍
Definitely! It's much better in person.
@@AvaFlanell 👍
This is fantastic! Beyond belief! My dad was an Omaha Beach survivor and a career soldier. I too was a career soldier and once when I was stationed in Heidelberg my dad was visiting and I took him to a similar museum of WWII in Sinsheim Germany. Your museum is 10 times better and your collection is really breathtaking! Thank you for sharing this life's effort.
My VFW member August's brother Frank was there too
What a beautiful woman dragomman daughter is I wish a had a daughter like her I'm sure he's very proud to have a daughter that's smart and beautiful and that's a blessing
Ava its cool to see someone in our generation nerd out into WW2 history. When I was living in Missoula, MT as a Wildland firefighter I took an extra day of travel from a fire in Colorado to visit your dad's museum and firearm shop. That was many years ago... Now I'm living near Woody Creek, Colorado and I cant wait to ride my motorcycle to tour dads museum late April when it opens and maybe get a new BoomBoom stick from his shop 🤤💯. Being his Daughter, do you ever give tours of his museum? I'm always keeping my eyes peeled on his website incase he ever has an auction lol. God Bless your dad DragonMan and God Bless you Ava for showing your interest in this stuff and keeping it alive! Lots in our generation dont even know ww2 actually happened or want to believe it... DragonMan Fam is a blessing to history and war artifacts 💯 🇺🇸 would be epic to see you at the museum next year Ava 😎
Wow good morning, I had no idea The Dragonman was your Dad! Thanks for sharing
I keep it quiet for quite some time because I wanted to make my own name for myself. I'm very proud of him and my sister though.
@@AvaFlanell I hear you, well you sure have a great channel, great content 👍
I used to live at 4640 Curtis Rd. I used to stop in and see your dad about once a month and watch you girls play. Your mom was a wonderful person and is definitely missed. Blessings always. Robert.
It’s Mind blowing how much stuff you have your a tru legend
Amazing the wealth of knowledge and information truly fantastic.!!!!! Thank you so much.👍🏻🇺🇸
I could have watched hours of this presentation!!! Love it!! Big thanks to everyone, God bless!
Damn Ava and Melissa as daughters!!! Dragonman you lucky!!!
Cool with your daughter , big like from France 🇫🇷🥂🇺🇸
Hey Ava, I must admit your Dad is full of knowledge! really cool, and what an Incredible collection!! thanx for posting it.
I just know her bf gotta be shit scared of dads toys😅
Thank you for sharing this.
Wow she’s just stunning. Beauty and brains
Spent 10 million and now its worth 100 million!
About 1981 at Big Dipper donut shop I was having coffee with MMA (Modified Motorcycle Association) members. A guy named Mel came in. As conversation continued he asked why I wasn't in school. So I told him I didn't go to school and I was about 15 years old. One of the members asked if I had seen the Dragon Motorcycle. I said no. Mel said come outside and I will show you. We went outside and started walking down the sidewalk. Mel turned towards me and said he did not have the bike with him today and that he just wanted to tell me something. He said it is dangerous for me as a young person to be running around the streets all day. But he could not say I had to go back to school. He said I should go back to school but that I had to make the decision that I thought was right. He told me that he was going to do something really big that he thought he should do and he was going to Colorado. I did go back to school for 2 weeks. And then chose to get a job so I could earn a living.
Much to my surprise I found Mel on RUclips as Dragonman about 7 years ago. I went to Dragonland with my oldest son when we had made a trip to Rocky Mountains. We had a fun museum visit. I did not tell Mel that story because I thought . Well I don't know what I thought. But it just didn't feel right at that time. So you see Mel, I do follow what I feel is right. Just as your good advice alluded to. Thank you Mel Bernstein aka Dragonman. Your accomplishments are many.
Wow, I loved reading this. I can definitely see my dad doing this. I just took a screenshot and sent it to him. Back then a high school diploma wasn't that important and I hope your choice served you well. Nowadays I think kids should at least graduate high school, but that's my opinion. My mom made sure my sister and I both went to college. My dad thought it was a waste of money though haha.
@@AvaFlanell I'm glad you read this. You are a lucky young lady to have Mel as your dad. High school and college are prerequisites for certain careers. I started a family early and got my GED at age 21. By 23 I joined Bricklayers Union and worked till age 55 and was able to start collecting my pensions. I'm sure you have and are gaining wisdom from your dad. And even two wise people can disagree on paths in life. Have a wonderful day !
The camera man failed the assignment...
This is, without a doubt, the most impressive WWII collection I've ever seen. Bravo, Mel!! 🇺🇸🫡
Really wonderful collection of equipment used by American Heroes... I would be honored to visit your museum.. Thank You for sharing this fantastic collection of American Military History.. 🦅🇺🇸🦅
Awesome video, what a beast . You guys have a great family I wish I lived closer
I wish you did too!! You have such an awesome collection.
The greatest place on Earth. Thank you for sharing!!!
That raft radio signal kite sounds very creative, you'd think modern rafts would have something like that
"You're allowed one stupid question or 3 good ones" Trump definitely needs to use that line next time he's in office
Would LOVE to see a Battle of the Alamo exhibit!
I didn't vote for Creepy Joe.
That's awesome where is place located at? Would love to see it someday.
Colorado Springs, CO.
Dragonman is a national treasure. I been to the National WW2 museum in New Orleans Louisiana and it was not as good as Dragonmans museum! Being a medic i loved the medic display he briefly covered. Thank you Dragon 🐉 man your friend
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How do I sign up to be the guy who cleans for him? I’ll do anything to make sure this collection goes preserved and never gets pieced out!
I just know this is the most amazing collection of memorabilia EVER documented and I’ve seen multiple videos!
Smart man back in the day you could go to any military surplus store and pick any of this for $5 dollars military jackets from both sides with the stripes and the metals on them..I remember when they had a pile of Nazi helmets probably by the millions they would put them in the Machine's and made pots and pans out of them..Sunny's Surplus Store in Baltimore Delaware you can get a German Mauser 7.65mm..for $10 Bucks and Italian Mannlicher Carcanos 6.5mm- 7.35mm..30-06 with a scope for the same price..Both sides you could pick up 10 or 20 of them without any questions asked or even showing your driver's license..Same after the Vietnam War the military surplus stores were filled to capacity..Now they want $500 dollars for a German SS all Black helmet when you were able to pick them up for like $10 Bucks..Them days are over with getting everything on the cheap..Great Video very cool Items and a great collection from both sides..👍
Ava, I love your Dad and want to be like him some day. I'm in Texas but will make my way out there next year and check out that amazing museum
Dragon man: You don't get any more realistic than what i got here!
Mannequin: mmm-mm-mmff!!!!!
Foreign Tourists: *slowly moves along*
I’m old. And happily married. But hypothetically if I dropped some weight, got rid of my grey hair and dressed snappy is there any chance I could marry this young lady ? I mean totally for love, not for an inheritance of guns and blasting caps. Also, during the apocalypse how are you keeping hoarders away? Are there .50 mounts on the roofs ?
@10:05 *Corps Misspelling on the sign. Just an FYI. Awesome collection. I'm paying your pops a visit the next time I visit CO. Thanks!
God Bless Dragon Man
I collect army mess kits for camping, I just got reproduction WW2 USA mess kit, how did they carry the cooking kit. I'm just starting to look into 761 St tank regerment do you have a display on them, could you make a video. You're a bit far from north east uk. Merry Christmas to you all
Amazing collection
And one very beautiful daughter!
She is exactly like my three daughters they all married soldiers just like their dad!
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So glad to have stumbled across your dad's video's on RUclips while searching WWII videos. What an awesome museum! I hope to get there one day! Subscribing to you both. America F' Yeah!
Iv been a fan of dragon man and his place for many years now. & Iv always thought, man that has to be one of the most haunted places?
Lived in that area for about 15 years and never visited the meuseum. Next time I visit family there I will definitely check it out. Thanks for the video Ava!
Please do!
The fact that your dad has all different types of war sections from the revolutionary war, civil war, and all the others is just awesome! Thanks for doing this video, I’ve seen his also, I hope to visit the museum one day 👍🏼
Ava on a scale of 1-10, 10 being the absolute hottest woman alive you are a solid 1000. My God what an uncommonly beautiful woman, and she loves guns. Unreal. The world just isn't fair.
Next time I'm up in Colorado Springs visiting Grandparents, I need to check it out. I always remember it growing up from ads and all, but never made it in. Front range just makes me mad anymore though.
Just wondering, how come you can have Croatian flag next to American flag when Croatia was a nazi Germany ally and have conducted a genocide against Jews, Serbs and Roma/Gypsy?
His knowledge is extensive, is he putting any of this to paper?
Here and there. There's definitely a lot to go through.
Let's go Brandon
I saw a video about the Mexico cartel's, and some dude was holding one of them belt-fed, Browning 30 06 machine gun's. He was holding it up like it was an AR 15 puppy, so I backed it up, and watched about 50 times, and then I could see the muscle fibers in his forearms trying not to explode, and a grin which I now assume was his teeth grinding together to satiate the lower back pain.
@AvaFlanell I love the Biden joke at the beginning!🤣 but I wanted to say how completely awesome your videos are! And your dad seems like the coolest guy ever. I literally cannot wait to come to dragonmans🐉 someday. Dragonman should be the president 🇺🇸
Can you ask your dad if he ever met a dude back in the day named Michael Zahler? The two of them could be brothers... (Zahler was my Western Civ professor). They look the same, sound the same, same hobbies.... it's crazy. I hope Professor Zahler is still kickin it.. he was a great dude.
I would love to come visit. I,am a big ww2 enthusiastic. But i,am from the netherlands. Can,t afford to visit. Great museum love your youtube films.
I mean this with all doo respect. I've seen this guy when RUclips first started.. I did about 30 minutes of research on how he got his money no one knows.. My options. Law suit..inheritance.. Drug smuggling from the 70s .. Invented something. Cause theirs no other way of getting his collection.. I'd dub if someone could tell me how he got it. I'm tired of following channels with no info. Thanks
WW1, WW2, The Holocaust, and The Cold War are all subjects that i've always had extreme interest in since I was a child. Like DragonMan I didn't earn a degree in history to obtain this knowledge as it was all learned through books and documentaries. Although, his knowledge is a like an encyclopedia compared to mine, it's nice to learn more about the details and day to day ins and outs, especially when it comes to WW2. If you have a chance to befriend a WW2 Vet and they are open to talking about some of their own personal experiences with you, then that's a huge blessing and we all should cherish our Veterans.
I still have Daddy’s shirt with a bullet hole through the sleeve where a German bullet passed through the carpel area of his forearm. Didn’t bleed much so he kept it , messed up the nerves in his hand . Dec 9 1944 Fraulaturn Germany, 95th Infantry Division.
Question... Do you have a WW2 Monopoly game board with the 2 dots under the Free Parking car? I was told they had an escape map for POWs
Great man, great family, love to see it. I got the same relationship with my grandfather. American F$&k ya. And what a beautiful family 😂
My dad was on a light cruiser (CL-47) that supported the landing at Sicily. Later in the war his ship took MacArther for his return to the Philippines.
My dad got a truck load of c-rations in the 70s. It was sent to feed fire fighters, but the forestry said they had the food covered, My dad called his CO, and the CO said, "Find a hole to dump it in." Our basement fit the bill. I ate tons of it, because I spent most of my time hiking, camping and fishing. Wish they still made them.
big respect from France! are u ready for the Ukraine collection?..leopard), himars))..
i love history knowing republicans
nicky halley(however you spell her name) doesn’t even know what the civil war is about
Would you adopt a 38 year old combat vet? Please!!!! You sir are what makes America great and still gives us all hope. Dragon man for President!!
Honestly I miss seeing dragon man's daughter in his RUclips channels. On the cool I miss you dragon man's daughter. I'm seriously in love with you
Wow this was incredible , what a tour just like i was there. Holey moley .What a great time
Thanks DragonMan and Daughter....
Right on lol I'm pretty big into military history. I grew up around vets w/ SS helmets & my uncle knows everything about every American war. He doesnt have anything like that collection but he has an iron cross first class that he keeps inside a safe w/in a safe inside a location only known to him. He let's us try it on when he's drunk & in a good mood
Your dad is lucky for having the most beautiful daughter. You are lucky for having the coolest dad.🎉 :p
So fricken Cool!
DRAGONMAN MEL IS A NATIONAL TREASURE. HE SHOULD GET GOVERMENT FUNDING FOR THIS UNMATCHED HISTORY DISPLAY. MY DAD SERVED AT ADAK ISLAND.AND BATTLE OF THE BULGE FROM APRIL 1941 TO OCT 1945. I WISH DAD COULD HAVE SEEN THIS. THANKYOU.
My god we need to educate these kids on our war history you’re dad setup is the best looking one I’ve seen
My god you’re dad is one of a kind take care of your Rare dad
wow...just wow... Wes you are amazing! and thank you for your dedication in collecting soooo much war history. i'm from Canada and would love to travel and visit this beautiful museum. however you got one thing wrong. German soldiers were not Nazis. they were the German army. Nazis were the senior officers controlling the German army and a lot of the German army soldiers didn't want to fight. my Grandmother Harboured a such individual from the German army cause he didn't want to fight. and my father , at that time was ten years old and almost turned his mother in to the Nazis (senior officers) for doing this. ( imagine the consequence) my father was in the Hitlers youth clan. they brained washed all these young children including him to be the new world leaders if Hitlers plan came to fruition. there was more going on behind the lines then what we don't know, and on both sides
I knew medics carried morphine but not embalming fluid. Imagine being a soldier and finding out embalming fluid is a necessary supply! How sobering.
I would love to come visit your Museum one day.. my grandfather landed on Omaha on June 6th. Radio operator
Hello, my name is ......... My house and I leave in Moscow City and Russia Country.
Im single jest saying💐💞 this gentleman reminds me of my father RIP . such a beautiful daughter .
Ava, how does your dad afford all this stuff? What was his “day job” before he became Dragonman?
I didn’t hear a word you said.
I’m here for that booty.
Excellent marketing.
Ava how is your Pop not funded? These treasures should absolutely be bankrolled by some sort of historical entity…. #2ABuddy #BestDad #SargentAtArms
well Ava your certainly a pretty lady and you certainly have a interesting dad. ive collected ww2 militaria for 45 years. so i know he knows what hes talking about. thanks for the video.
Dragon, you have a nice daughter. You done good raising her.
I myself went through 9th grade 3 times before being told the same thing... 😅