I Needed Revenge - Four Years in a Japanese Prison Camp | Memoirs Of WWII #16
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- Опубликовано: 25 июн 2024
- Following Japan’s rapid conquest across the Pacific, Glenn Frazier of the U.S. Army was captured by the enemy. Over the next four years he would endure harsh cruelty through starvation, beatings, and the infamous Bataan Death March, igniting within him both a burning hatred and an unbreakable will to survive.
Learn more about Colonel Frazier’s experience in his book “Hell’s Guest”, available at www.colonelfrazier.com
The original interview for this episode was donated to us by Brad Bennett, director of the powerful documentary “Forgive, Don’t Forget”. Learn more about the film at www.fdfmovie.com
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I cried when I found out he passed away last year...
May his spirit find his peace.
His spirit found peace when he forgave. Your enemies don't care if you hate them. Hatred for them only eats up the hater, not the hated. Forgiveness releases you from that heavy burden.
Not sad I’m happy he was able to grow old
I talked to him a cpl months before he passed....seemed ready to go at that point, looking forward to be with his wife again
A Kruijer I didn’t know that he passed away until I read this comment. And now I’m crying. Thank you for the sad information.
May he see vengeance
"you can kill me, but you can not kill my spirit"
@European Awakening halfway through the video
AMEN.!
that is a quote to go down in the history books
People of the US are no longer this brave, strong, or patriotic instead we have wusses who need safe spaces and cry like little babies if they don’t get their way. What have we become and why have we let it happen?
It's almost like we seen the same video.
Im from Philippines. Death march was wost than you think. Imagine walking for a days and if you stop walking you will be executed. This man is so great. Thank you for saving our freedom. ❤️
Im surpised that everyone didn't die after 6 days of walking in the hot sun without any water. I was under the assumption that would be a death setence for even the strongest of men.
Lol.... You pric*ks think the "death march" was all about Americans.
There were 1,100 Americans
(And 11,000 Filipinos quislings... but you didn't know that😂😂😂)
The Russians committed many attrocities as well but they were called an ally. They killed 7-10 million Europeans before WWII started through starvation..
My high school history teacher was a Bataan Death March survivor and told us many stories of what it was like and what it took to survive on a daily basis. That kind of education is hard to come by and it stuck with all of us. When he died some years ago, so many of his former students came to his funeral that the crowd overwhelmed the church and cemetary. That is called respect.
Oh my goodness! I despised my history teacher who made it all so boring and dull. Many years later I wish I'd had a history teacher who made it alive and real. Amazing to think your teacher was truly living history!!!
Holy shit this man lived through hell.
Yes
sad how a person could do this 2 another person
Enjoy your anime, fucking weeb.
And now he is living in heaven.
Yael Bethers yes, he is in a better place now
I met mr glenn Frazier on the deck of the uss Alabama in mobile. I bought a copy of his autobiography for my son. He was a very polite and humble gentleman of the greatest generation.
Russ The USS Alabama is so cool to see. Are you from Alabama?
Me too, that's also where I met him, we chatted for about 10 minutes, he spoke to my young son and gave him some wisdom, what a great man. I bought his book and he autographed it for us.
Greatest generation.......a generation of people who treated African Americans like second class citizens....a generation of people that allowed German pow to eat at resturants and go to movie theaters that were off limits to African Americans....a generation of people who oppressed one group of people because of the color of their skin....a generation that went to fight the nazi with a segregated army.... please ...let's not be hypocrites
Terry Kinkead that’s a pretty unfair generalization
@@NLBrown-gz2qe how is that unfair? Please explain ....im all ears ...
He pinned my bronze star and purple heart on me in my home town in Alabama at a home coming after I got out of Walter Reed. Amazing Man
My Grandfather, rest his soul, was also a POW in the Philippines and survived the Bataan March, escaped, was shot, recaptured after 4 months on the run, tortured by being staked in the hot sun, had fish hooks placed thru his eyelids and forced to stare at the sun. This was their symbolic perversion that he will never run from the rising sun. Thru it all he survived. Came into the Army weighing 230 lbs. Came out weighing 75 pounds. I once asked him how did he ever make it. He replied, "every half second gave way to a second, then 30 seconds to 1 minute, then an hour to two hours and soon a day...and then it started all over again the next day" He died with an unforgiving heart for the Japanese. I wished he has heard this message. Thank you
Wild West RIP
At least Tojo and others were tried and executed, SOME justice for the unthinkable cruelty and evil they launched on the world.
@@thunderbird1921 STILL, I WISH OTHERS WOULD'VE DIED WORSE THAN THEIR VICTIMS, LIKE MASANOBU TSUJI, THE CANNIBAL WHO ORDERED THE DEATH MARCH AND OTHER INHUMANITIES, BUT WENT UNPUNISHED, BECAME PART OF THE PARLIAMENT AND EVEN BECAME A CIA ASSET
That’s horrible wtf those Japanese were something ELSE just imagine if they had won the war
Did your grandfather go blind from that torture? Or did he recover his sight?
My Grandfather was RAAF ground crew in Singapoer at the time it fell. He along with the Australian AIF and other RAAF fell back to Indonesia where the last planes left to fly the wounded back to Australia. He fell back with the AIF and were eventually captured in Sumatra. 3 years he lived in a POW camp enduring such horrors. When the war was declared over the prisoners were allowed to leave the camps but had nowhere to go, many simply were unable to walk. My Grandfather though was 1 of 5 POWs who caught and drowned a particularly sadistic Japanese Sgt in a river. He never got over that or the years of torture. I was told stories of him screaming in his sleep by my father. He never recovered fully from the diseases and affects of the starvation and jungle had upon his body. He died when I was 8 years old.I've been to Japan many times and they are truly beautiful people and know you cant judge an entire people on what was done then. Not all who did those things probably wanted to do them but regardless it was done.
I went to Hiroshima not long ago and to the museum there for the bomb that was dropped. Truly humbling when most of the people who suffered the aftermath were civilians,,children. Horrendous injuries and sickness from the radiation. Hell on earth.
It was difficult though to remain silent about what horrors were committed by the Japanese soldiers to not only aliied military personell but to civilians of all the countries they invaded.
You cannot though just look at the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima alone without understanding what brought it all about. War is evil, pure evil.
Railway man was a good movie but Hollywood version but worth a watch
Let's get this stuff to go viral. Let's make people care about this stuff instead of the Kardashians. Unbelievable video featuring an incredible man. Speechless
I never cared a bit about the Kardashians, and never will. They are just a sorry family obsessed with "beauty" and wealth
No matter how viral, America is full of idiots who care more for the kardashians and immigrant families looking for a better life than a POW vet.
Ps. The top trending article right now on Google is a Kardashian break up.. 100% disgrace
@@TezzyRs and what great country are you from where they only think virtuous pure thoughts?
And every time a celebrity posts a picture of themselves in a bathing suit Snapchat storys explode with articles
I felt sad for him and other veterans who went through all the pain just to liberation our nation. We Filipinos honor your heroism.
The liberation of the Philippines is not a task you could have achieved alone. There is no need for a small nation to feel guilty for asking their allies for help to fend off a powerful foe. My Grandpa invaded Japan and I am so thankful he wasn't captured.
Шон Из Америке Yep, your right.
Шон Из Америке Oh your grandfather is from a the Soviet army? Cool. I want to have a friend like you.
@@Oline1756
No. I am just an American who is studying Russian. My name translates to 'Sean From America'. My grandpa was a paratrooper who took part in the invasion of Japan. He stood down when he was informed that Japan had surrendered.
Шон Из Америке Oh, I see. Thanks guys. You Americans is our allies. Im Filipino who lives here in Sylmar, California.
One of my relatives survived the Bataan Death March. He survived as Pow and made it home. He spent about 3 months in a VA Hospital before being sent home. He died about 3 months after he got home because of parasites and damage done to his intestines. Most of the food they were fed were full of maggots or bugs from unwashed rice. When he got home the only thing he could eat was watery oatmeal (porridge) and soupy mashed potatoes that had no milk or butter or seasoning in them. My family pooled their sugar and ration coupons so my aunt could make him his favorite chocolate meringue pie. He took one bite and became violently ill because his stomach was so messed up. Many remember the atrocities that the Nazis committed in the Holocaust. Japan’s atrocities and genocide were equal to what the Nazis did. The Great Generation who made it through the Depression, World War II and gave us strong, patriotic identities should never be forgotten. Anyone who serves their country in war or peace time have my utmost respect. This generation, however, forged the way for the freedoms we know today.
That’s why when someone starts WEEPING about “internment” camps, I shut down and stop listening…😑
“I needed revenge” but he did the opposite. These men truly are in the greatest generation much respect ✊
Too bad that most of the people who saw this video completly missed that message.
@@CompagnonDeMisere25 His choice was a noble one but we can't ask all people to choose his way and make peace. He just rationalised with his traumas because it was too much for him. Unlike Germany Japan hasn't evem attempted to apologise for many atrocities they did. Even today many Japanese doesn't have a clue why America had to invade their country and bomb the cities so cruelly. They think they were the ones who were bullied because the whites were the evil ones. They think the Japan Empire was helping China, Korea, and Philippines and so on by invading them. Strange innit? I don't think this lovely gentleman would have coped mentally if he really understood what Japanese really thought of their heinous crimes. It was Japan's job to say sorry and make peace, not him. But being islanders, Japanese over the years have developed a strange habit of dealing with emotions, and get on with it instead of solving the issues face to face by giving or receiving proper "apologies". They might say 'it was unfortunate. Lets make up shall we', but inside they will never once think it was their fault.
"greatest generation" lol yea but then you see how they treated black people
They also ridded the world of hundreds of nazi's, truly the greatest generation
Ancient Japanese customs says... Japanese gentleman must sample young white women BEFORE they work.. heh-heh-huh-huh..
It would be impossible not to hate them after this experience.
And yet he overcame it. Stange how we can hate each other nowadays based on our opinion on migration or if we eat meat or not.
In the end the only thing that saved him was a change in perspective. It is hard.
But for the grace of God, there go I.
Word choice is important for ones mindset.......difficult verses impossible....one allows you to overcome the hatred the other instills it.
Disdain flows every time I hear of these events but I remind my self of this verse Romans 12:19 “Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
” This frees you of hatred and the duty of judgement giving you the ability to enjoy life and seek the Good.
My dad was a World War ll & Korean War vet. He despised the Japanese! He was a VERY proud soldier to the end. He passed soon after his 90th b’day 2016. It is only by the grace of God that he was not mental. The horrific stories he told us...ONLY God knows how these VERY brave soldiers kept their sanity. RIP, dad! On his tombstone we had a few lines of “A Soldier Died Today” poem😢.
As a Canadian, whose Grandfather spent 4 years in a Japanese pow camp and survived, I didn't need to watch this to understand why Colonel Frazier had so much hatred, It wasn't till the last year of my grandfather's life he started to open up to me about what he had experienced in hong kong and I can say this video just tells you lightly, thank you grandpa for making it out alive I'm grateful to be here.
May I ask which battle did he fight ? I don’t really hear much about Canadian in ww2.
Stressful Prick battle of Hong Kong there’s was a Canadian unit fighting there . In the early days of the war
Stressful Prick but most Canadians fought in battle of Britain’s , battle of Atlantic , in Italy , France Belgium Netherlands and Germany . Funny fact too , Canada declared war over japan before the United States
I'm Canadian as well, may your Grandfather rest in peace, a true hero.
@d b's for WW1 it was true . But in WW2 , Canada was a sovereign country able to take his own decisions . The Britain’s voted for a law in 1931 called the statute of Westminster ( 1931 ) allowing all countries in the Britain empire to be independent.
Which means , Canada joined the war the 10 of September 1939 on his own will. Declared war on japan on his own will , etc etc
My late uncle, Lawrence P. Morvan (4th Marine Div.), was captured on Corregidor and Hell shipped to Osaka, Tsuruga Camp B......he survived and came home. He was the biggest influence on me to become a United States Marine......He was so kind to me and I miss him........
I’m Taiwanese and always knew that the Japanese were the cruelest during wars but thank you so much for this story it really puts stuff in reality
Vincent Chu you’re a traitor to us Taiwanese.
@@delightfulinsanity3622 Don't be silly and closed-minded.
You can visit the remains of an old Japanese POW camp in Taiwan. You should go and see.
@Corps of Royal Marines time is one reason, the more years roll by the less hate there is for xyz reason. Another is that the later years of colonial rule were relatively soft. Add in the fact that they left behind some great infrastructure and that most bitter feelings and memories of today are with the Chinese across the strait and the KMT authorities of the White Terror era and there you go.
@Corps of Royal Marines I can say it depends on each person. I know people who hate Japan with all their heart
The courage that it takes to tell this stories even decades later... these stories NEED TO BE HEARD. Freedom NOT FREE. The lengths and pain that these men underwent to preserve America's freedom for another day must be known.
Well done Soldier, well done. Now, rest in peace brother! Your story will not be forgotten.
Decades ago I worked with a WW2 Marine who had been captured by the Japanese and put in an internment camp. When automotive companies started hosting Japanese companies to review the product, and tour company locations, it was all he could do maintain his stern composure. He told me the Japanese were a brutal and vicious people. He had seen and experienced their inhumanity first hand. I respected that man and felt his outrage.
That’s why we must remember Pearl Harbor and NEVER let them live that down…Little (bleeps).
"you can kill me, but you cannot kill my spirit. and i will haunt him until he dies." the most bad ass thing, ANYONE could have said.
@TheRisingSun piss off. hows that?
@TheRisingSun why are you supporting imperial Japan?
@@zach7372 The question is why are you asking that he may be proud of the Achievement what his country did even with the lack of most everything he needed to fight a War, and the spirit of their soldiers... exactly like germany.. piss off
Just like a pure stoic, they can hurt your body but they can't touch your soul. He had that mentality in the face of death. Amazing.
RIP Glen, you truly are blessed.
See you soon in the next life, Sir.
@@dong7474 he ain't lyin
"Old soldiers never die
They just fade away."
- General MacArthur
Had the opportunity to meet this amazing man years ago at the battleship memorial park in Alabama. Even got a signed copy of his book (great read by the way) RIP Col Frazier
I had the opportunity to meet the lady who was in charge of the nurses in Vietnam. She was at a Connie Stevens concert in Las Vegas. It was such an honor to meet this lady and shake her hand for what she and her nurses did for us troops who fought in Vietnam.
My grandpa fought the Japanese during their invasion of China. The Pacific theatre was just as horrible as the events in Europe. I had never heard of this brave man’s story, so glad I found your channel.
RIP. these men went through hell and back
@nunchaku101 well yea japanese was starting war
and then again
Graden Sorensen I know
Thank you for your service sir. I am honored to represent your memory at the Bataan Memorial Death March in New Mexico at White Sands Missile Range, March 20, 2022.This is a great privilege I have been granted. I will not let you down sir.
Iam a Filipino. I thank you for your service because without you, our little island has not been liberated.
Hard to listen to, but the part when he told the guy that was going to execute him his spirit was going to haunt him till he died gave me chills. I have no doubt that would have been the case.
ahh was like him when a giant savage broke my neck with his hands , and ahh wanted too wipe out his savge race. . know a man who was castrated by japs and fought them for 50 years after they did it too him- He lived in new zealand too.. over time ahh hav forgiven butt have ghosts tell me ahh one off them. grateful God lets me see another day . Simon O'Dwyer - my granddad was killed by japs in 1942.
I can relate to living off anger, but mine was not as broiled as his was. This man had truly come back to being a full hearted man, from a vengeance seeking demon, who walked through the fires of hell and was turned by the madness of war. I hope he found his true peace before he passed. What an amazing man, with an inspiring story!
The horrors these man went through is just terrible. Rip all of the men and women who lost there lives to this disgusting war.
RIP to the coronel's spirit and to all of the fallen souls during those years.
Damn, please dont stop making other videos like this. We needed to preserve the stories of our veterans.
Both of my grandads fought in WW2 , I’m very thankful that they survived and didn’t become a prisoners. My heart goes out to those men who had to endure this hell on earth 😣❤️💪 Heroes!
My grandfather was in the Pacific but was not in combat thank God. His brother went through hell there but came home. What happened to this man is almost the same thing that one of my friends fathers went through. Everything about from the beginning to finding peace.
@@Ksyusha1 Oksana I can't even imagine what you're grandparents saw and went through. As we all know the fighting on the Eastern Front was brutal. You should be proud of your grandmother for escaping twice she must of had a strong will to live. When the Japanese surrendered my friends father was half his weight. His mother was his nurse sounds like something out of a movie. You are right about telling there stories it keeps them alive. In the 90's they were making alot of documentarys in America about WW11 the world will have firsthand accounts of what the people went through for ever. I just wish this was done for the great war as my grandfather fought there. He was a wonderful man I was about 15 when he passed. Good luck from Andy
@Eric Smith thanks Eric. I just noticed a mistake that I wrote down. I also said my grandfather fought in the western front of The Great War. It was my great grandfather. Thanks again from Andy
Tell me, who made up that god-awful expression: "my heart goes out to" ? What's wrong with what I learned before this became the expression of choice : "I feel sorry for" ?
THANK YOU for putting these stories OUT... editing and visuals are AWESOME....
Oh a piece of him will be greeting that Major in Hell I assure you. Forgiveness doesn't replace the experience of the other side of the coin we each face. To help more than harm, that is the purpose. Those who don't, succumb to the wounds of their own making.
My mother's school bus driver when she was a kid in the 50's was also captured and went on the Bataan death march. One of the things he did was hoard food til the day he died and I mean enough to last a couple of months. My mom said he always carried a lunchbox on the bus route even though the bus route was less than 2 hours long.
You would think a government would be more appreciative and he would not have to take a job as a bus driver. I mean if they can print trillions of dollars
, why not give the money to those that had to endure so much.
I'am a FILIPINO and I'm thanking this VETERAN protecting our country. Thank you sir.💖🌹
only 1k views?! EVERYONE needs to see this. COL Frazier's message of love and forgiveness is so powerful.
It'll get more , it's too new
No shit, Sherlock. But there is a time for forgiveness and there is a time for death. The Japanese still are not repentant about their war crimes and atrocities in WWII. This is why they are not allowed to have a military to this day. They still justify the inherent evil in their culture.
But, if a war with China ever broke out, I imagine the US would demand the militarization of Japan. They would go right back to their old evil ways, but since they would be "on our side" we would just slap them on the wrist and tell them "bad". Only time will tell.
@@jepkofficial this.
Japan very much has a military.
241,000 views now. Let's hope that continues to climb.
My great grandfather was the back top gunner in a B-29 after he died me being a history buff got some of his war stuff and now I can tell his war stories to my children
A B-29? Amazing, one of my fav planes
Did you ever learn to punctuate your sentences or choose to ignore the rules of grammar ? Lazy f**k.
I did that for my daughter and grandchildren. My father-in-law went in the Army in 1938, so when hostilities began, he was just well-trained. When we'd go hunting he'd tell me his stories. I wrote them down for my daughter. I told her that I wouldn't share the really grisly stuff, I knew he wouldn't want me to. But one time he said to me, "I guess I'm telling you all this because someday I'll be gone, and no one will know what guys like me went through.
@@dareisnogod5711 Wow that was narcissistic. Hope you find help.
@@dareisnogod5711 aww poor thing
Thank you Col. Frazier for all you endured and sacrificed on our behalf, you will ALWAYS be a hero in my book. Anyone who says a man captured in war isn't a hero is a moral coward.
After watching a couple of these I just have to come to terms with that I can't imagine what these guys had to suffer through. My mind can't comprehend what they've experienced. The pure evil that they've seen in other human beings is something most of us will never even come close to seeing during our lifetime, even at its worst. And the pain they had to go through, both physical, and emtional, being tortured after seeing friends die, knowing that they'll never see their family again. It's profound.
I am in tears...completely undone. Wow. I can’t even imagine going through that. How beautiful that he turned that evil and hatred into spreading the message of forgiveness. ❤️🙏❤️
This man is the epitome of a man come to terms with his past and overcome it.
Just wanted to say that I'm extremely appreciative to have a channel like this documenting these soldiers stories. They say 400 veterans die a day; the work you're doing to keep the greatest generation's stories alive is phenomenal. Keep it up.
I met Col. Frazier at the USS Alabama. He was a remarkable and humble man. I bought his autobiography.
I am so grateful for this channel. Once these men pass their stories pass with them . Thank you.
Rest In Peace, thank you for sharing your story and for your service
Logan Brown he should have never had to endure that. 😭.
Logan Brown yes he is now in heaven
What a powerful man unbelievable how he can forgive like he did , that simply shows what a great man he is
Even as a Vietnam vet, this is hard to take. It reminds me of my father. They made the ultimate sacrifice for their families and country.
Great Grandfather served in 200th Coastal Artillery Battalion of New Mexico National Guard and was captured in Bataan and endured the death march and captivity. The sacrifice all of you have made will never be forgotten and must be remembered for generations.
Been to Osaka, Japan. It's an absolutely stunning place. Fortunately the newer generations of the Japanese people are beginning to understand and recognize the atrocities their forefathers committed in the war, as are young Americans. Had the pleasure to spend time with a group of Japanese college students, and as a service member with family who served the US in the Pacific and two of them who had grandfathers serve Japan, we had the inclination to share our viewpoints and understanding of the war. A truly enlightening experience.
@nunchaku101 Never said they do. Both sides committed atrocities.
That's cool. In the end, we're all human
Dont even think you can compare the attrocities of the Japanese to anything America did during WWII.
@nunchaku101 No, but they should know that these atrocities happened, most schools in Japan don't even mention them.
@@arieson7715 yes they do, they're mentioned in most textbooks, there is only one exception but that textbook is only used in around 10 schools.
i have his book iv read it and it will change a person... i have traveled to the Philippines and japan always wit the book from this man in my mind.
Name of the book??
@@rawdawgg_ Hell's Guest
26 years in the service of my country, retired 20 years ago, and Colonel Frazier has given me the biggest gift anyone could. God Bless You Colonel Frazier and God Bless The USA
This man is no longer in America’s Arsenal. This is when revenge and hatred is justified. My Father was a Marine in the South Pacific for the entire length of the war. He was profoundly affected from the brutality and suffering in addition to his serious wounds. He lived until he was eighty and took a true story of the realities of WW2 combat with him. God rest his soul.
Rest in peace, you will never be forgotten. Thank you for your service 🙏🇺🇸
rip in peace?
dylan spin yep
RIP Veteran soldier of WWII. Forgiveness is the only thing to set you free. I respect a salute for your life dedication.
It takes a lot for someone like that to go through such cruelty and torture, and still forgive those who did such things.
I have a great grandfather who is still a live to this day and he was in the navy during ww2 he’s 91 years old
I binge watched all your episodes harder than any netflix specials.
Irry A. Gott segne dich
Listening to this brave mans story is like listening to the stories my own father told much of his life. He too was a survivor of the cruelty that came at the hands of the Japanese soldiers. My fathers story, his nightmares continued throughout his life. I can remember being so frightened at night when my father would cry out in his sleep, crying as he pushed through the night each and every night of his life. He died on Christmas Day 2012 surrounded by his children and grandchildren after having a wonderful family party.
For my Dad, it was the best present. My Mother has passed away already and he missed her and longed to be with her.
My father was just a boy when he also lied about his age to join the Army.
Off to the Philippines he was and with nearly identical circumstances.
What a horror war is, I was almost in Vietnam Nam myself, having gotten my draft card. By the grace of God, the war ended and I was saved from the horror that my father lived over and over.
His generation was an amazing group of heroic men and woman that did what they had to do. Our lives are because of their sacrifices, this new generation doesn’t understand true sacrifice like my parents had.
There will never be another group of people like the hero’s of WW2.
Now I am old, soon my children will tell their stories about our lives.
I am grateful that my life’s memories do not include the horrors of such a war.
God bless those men, love your family and be kind.
Peace✌🏻🇺🇸
Rest in peace, Colonel. [SALUTE!]
Thank you to all for putting this video up on RUclips.
A remarkable man. Hopefully he found peace in Heaven.
My mother was friends with the couple down the street. Her son was a prisoner of the Japanese. He wouldn’t have anything to do with anything Japanese. He refused to buy, eat, wear, ride in anything Japanese for the rest of his life.
He had a 100% disability pension from the military because of his treatment and health.
Thank you for this moving recollection.
With Japan, we were fighting a mindset. Just as in the Middle East, it makes it exceedingly difficult to defeat such a foe.
No, the situations are very different.
Andrew Jones yea both totally don’t commit suicide in an act to take as many with them as possible
We killed that idea with fire
Really though, the Japanese soldier wasn't that effective in battle. He could have been, but that stupid Bushido code said it was better to die than re-group. The Japanese usually suffered losses of 9 to 1 against an armed force. What they were really good at was killing unarmed civilians....kind of like those practitioners of the Religion of Peace.
@@TheTazzietiger especially when they hide among the innocent
You are honestly doing the world a great service, please don’t stop doing these! We only have a certain amount of time left with these heroes before their untold stories fade away.
Many young people who are vengeful and resentful. Who are suffering, need to learn from this great man.
Forgiveness! That is what freed Mr. Glenn Frazier of the U.S. Army and gave him Peace inside of himself.
That is what finally gave him Freedom from the suffering of his soul.
Dear Colonel Frazier,
It's a shame I only got to see this video two years after you passed.
Because I really wanted to let you know that his words affected me, I am literally crying.
It is not that you endured beating and torture, the loss of your friend, the solitary confinement.
I can understand the hatred for the Japanese for all the horrific things they did to you. I can imagine hating them for the rest of your life.
But what really got me is that after all these horrors inflicted upon you, you still have the power to forgive them even after all the things you went through.
You inspire me to be a better man
RIP Glenn........ wow..... one of the greatest! Couldn’t hold back the tears on this one...... sharing this with everyone I know! Thank you thank you thank you for this story.
Profound respect for Colonel Frazier!
This is what made me realize many years ago that hatred hurts me and not the object of the hate.
This is probably the most powerfull memoir I could see about war
These WWII memoirs are solid gold! Thank you for bringing them to us. Please continue doing so.
Just think if the Japanese soldier didn’t allow him to have a last word then he probably wouldn’t be alive
is it a form of grace, he didn't kill him?
This is a beautiful story about how this man put his hatred behind him and freed himself.
this guy lived the legends life and told about it . rip brave soldier . 16 year old soldier ...
Wow such a badass thing to say. “You can kill me but not my spirit...my spirit will haunt you till the end of your life.” 5:50
The Sandakan Death Marches were a series of forced marches in Borneo from Sandakan to Ranau which resulted in the deaths of 2,345 Allied prisoners of war held captive by the Empire of Japan during the Pacific campaign of World War II in the Sandakan POW Camp.
Lest we forget: "The Forgotten Army" that fought and eventualy prevailed in that far-off theatre of war.
Yet another example of THE GREATEST GENERATION EVER.
Rest in peace...
These are the forgotten, silent heroes who must never be forgotten. They suffered in silence as their mateship & stubbornness ensured they survived - together. We have a hero POW army doctor here in Australia. Edward "Weary" Dunlop - the nickname comes from a brand of tyre "DUNLOP" so he was called WEARY (as in tired). He was an army doctor who survived the most horrible treatment at the hands of the Japanese. He sacrificed his own safety for taking care of his soldiers (patients). Lt Col Dunlop saved hundreds of lives of allied soldiers & went on to have an extraordinary career in medicine.
My dad met this gentleman and bought his book about being on the Bataan death march. I too read it and highly recommended it. It's called Hell's Guest by Col. Glenn D Frazier.
Powerful, sad, mesmerizing....
The gentleman sincerely asked me to subscribe at the end of the show. I did, most ask to subscribe at the beginning before you're even sure you like it, thank you for preserving these memories.
Outstanding presentation! The men of this era will be missed. The last great generation has lived
Me and my family came from another country and before anyone assumes yes LEGALLY! I thank this man and the many others who put their lives through hell so me and my family can have the life and opportunities of this beautiful country
Best wishes to you and yours.
This country is here for people like you. God bless
Wish more people had your mindset, best wishes to you.
God bless Glenn Frazier. What a strong spirit man. Gives me the chills hearing his story.
My name's sake and my dad's cousin walked the Bataan trail, survived the journey to Japan on a Hell Ship, and spent over two years as a POW. When rescued he weighed 27lbs, a man that before was around 200 Lb's. Later after some rehabilitation, he was sent back to Japan to help with clean up and rebuilding. He got drunk at a bar and tried to kill some Japanese that were rude. He was sent back to the states and discharged from the army. His name was Monroe Gayle Pruiett, and he endured years of suffering at the hands of the enemy. He died at the age of 57 due to complications from his years as a POW. I know they say he was wrong to seek retribution, but those that judged him didn't have to endure the years of abuse he dealt with on a daily basis for years. RIP Monroe Gayle Pruiett.
Respect to Glenn Frazier and my Grandfather we should never forget this
All these stories are SO AMAZING!
The one thing I find constant in these stories is "peace". They made peace with themselves. Anyone would have to after seeing and living through hell!
GOD BLESS the men and women who have served in each and every war!
To the them who are still alive and to those who did not make it, we are humbled by your sacrifice. "Thank you".
japan and Germany
Both commited many war crimes but only one apologized to all of the victims
so did America lol
@@Karyukoo not as horrific as them
@@Karyukoo gtfo commie
Karyukoo name one you stupid commie
@@mr.killzone1568 bombing civilian cities with fire bombs, like Dresden in Germany and Tokio in Japan, hundreds of thousand civilians died in those, they were just revenge bombings. US soldiers executed germans soldiers in the late days of the war, just because they could do it, even thought they already won the war. I am not saying that Germany, Japan and Soviet Union didn't do horrific crimes, but so did the US and British troops. The war wasn't black and white, it was different shades of grey.
I wish... my great grandad knew about this... he passed away last year.. he had so many stories about when he fought in World War Two... the horrors of the front line in the battle of the bulge.. if only we knew about this.. maybe all of those stories and memories could have lived on..
To be forced to endure the horror of what he lived through, I seriously doubt that I could have found forgiveness.
Frazier was a better man than I am....
The story if what happened when he finally got ahold of his parents after being in captivity is awesome. Episode 4 of Ken Burns The War.
This channel is hands down one of my favorite all time channels, these stories are important and I look forward to them every month
What a fine human being. May he rest in peace. I can’t imagine what he went through.
It’s good to know this man is still alive, filled with hatred, and full of pride with s strong memory. I like him. He reminds me of ‘The Hound’ from Game of Thrones.
Wow. What an amazing man. Thank you for making this man’s story available. Thank you, sir, and all those who you represent!
Great episode Josh!
Rest easy veteran. Thank you for your service. What this man has been through is just insane… as well as other veterans. So sad. Thank you so much. I can’t imagine how insane all this was..
Yup, what a gift that you were shown forgiveness was the way out. Great outcome. Prayers for those who died and their families.
I really appreciate you guys documenting this stuff. Truly amazing.
My father’s cousin was taken prisoner by the Japanese at Hong Kong on Christmas Day 1941. He survived the war but wore the scars for the rest of his life.
my fathers cousin was also taken prisoner.
*_Yeah I relate to that anger and hatred. It takes a lot to really forgive but it takes a unique understanding to be able to forgive._*
I had two distant relatives who where captured at Singapore. One of them was utterly broken by what happened to him at these prison camps