I so appreciate your posting this series! I used to watch this program with my merchant mariner father every week. Sadly my father passed in 1997 1 week before my birthday. I no longer celebrate my birthday as both my parents are now gone. Have traveled with my father on the Jeremiah O`Brien WW2 merchant ship when it visited Portland Oregon many years ago. He cooked the whole crew & us breakfast as the stewards dept. was where he worked during the war. Of course since everything was exactly the same equipment he knew how to operate everything & so the crew did not mind the extra help early in the morning before we departed for Long view Wash. Very fitting program to post on the "Day of Infamy".
I understand your loss, I am in the same situation. However, I may respectfully suggest that you can still celebrate your birthday in a quiet way with a friend or loved one. I’m sure that is what your parents would want as they look down on you from heaven.
@maynardcarmer3148 Yes, but I watched with my US Navy WWII Pacific Theater father. By 1964-68, my History classes focused on JFK assassination and the Viet Nam conflict. Later, I served. Now, my son is retired USN, and my daughter is a veteran, USN.
They won’t……the snowflakes are against anything that makes the USA look great (which is why a student will be sent home with a pro-USA/pro-Trump shirt). It’s time to flush the USA haters down the toilet.
Got the CD box set somewhere years ago and always enjoyed the production. Some chapters are personal because I had family involved in that particular theater in some way. They never spoke much about it. When they did there was no bravado. These were gentlemen who were fighters when they had to be. Knew a Navy man who was at Pearl on shore when attacked. Said he just did his job. Said the real heroes never came back.
I also remembering watching a series called The World at War. Not only did they use footage but they had interviews with solders from both sides, and it started with 9/1/39. Victory at Sea picked up right before Pearl Harbor (I think). But possibly VAS came first?
I remember seeing the bullet divots on some of the BEQ barracks at Schofield Barracks , hangars and aprons on Ford Island and Wheeler Army Airfield. I’m assuming Mokuleia Army Airfield (Dillingham AFB) didn’t get hit considering it wasn’t a major airfield as it was more like an auxiliary airfield but it did have fighter aircrafts.
Just think in 1941, the world depended on a bunch of teenage men to save it. Nowadays, I wouldn't trust a 25-year-old to tie my shoes. I was stationed at Barber's Point with VP-22. I used to love going to the sub base at Pearl because their chow was better than any restaurant on the island ! Man, did those bubble heads eat well !
This was the first documentary mini-series to sweep America's living rooms. Produced in 1952, during the Korean conflict, and only 7 years after the World War II. It utilized camera footage both from the US armed forces and captured movie reels from defeated Japan and Germany. Much of this film was in color, but color tv was not available to the world in 1952. Just imagine the Ex GIs with PTSD and holocaust survivors exposed to this programing so soon after the war.
I wsd born about 5 years after this came out, WW2 was still very fresh in people's minds, I know because of the colorful language of heard growing up in 1960's Boston, let's just say my idea of Japanese and Germans wasn't great, American pride and industry growth was huge, it was really a positive environment to grow up in, at least from my area and family, no divorces was what I thought was normal, that would begin to change in the 1970's. God bless America. 🇺🇸
I watched this with my Dad back in the 1950s. It was interesting but he never spoke about it except to give me a brief generic answer. He served in Europe with the 8th Army Air Force as a meteorologist, England, D-Day France and eventually into Germany. I don’t know which Army his team travelled with nor which way they entered Germany?
I so appreciate your posting this series! I used to watch this program with my merchant mariner father every week. Sadly my father passed in 1997 1 week before my birthday. I no longer celebrate my birthday as both my parents are now gone. Have traveled with my father on the Jeremiah O`Brien WW2 merchant ship when it visited Portland Oregon many years ago. He cooked the whole crew & us breakfast as the stewards dept. was where he worked during the war. Of course since everything was exactly the same equipment he knew how to operate everything & so the crew did not mind the extra help early in the morning before we departed for Long view Wash. Very fitting program to post on the "Day of Infamy".
I understand your loss, I am in the same situation. However, I may respectfully suggest that you can still celebrate your birthday in a quiet way with a friend or loved one. I’m sure that is what your parents would want as they look down on you from heaven.
High schools should show these episodes.
Once upon a time, they did.
@maynardcarmer3148 Yes, but I watched with my US Navy WWII Pacific Theater father. By 1964-68, my History classes focused on JFK assassination and the Viet Nam conflict. Later, I served. Now, my son is retired USN, and my daughter is a veteran, USN.
They teach them that we knew about the Japanese plan and let it happen - as history suggests
They did when I was in elementary school in Hawaii back in the 70s and history class in high school as well.
They won’t……the snowflakes are against anything that makes the USA look great (which is why a student will be sent home with a pro-USA/pro-Trump shirt). It’s time to flush the USA haters down the toilet.
Got the CD box set somewhere years ago and always enjoyed the production. Some chapters are personal because I had family involved in that particular theater in some way. They never spoke much about it. When they did there was no bravado. These were gentlemen who were fighters when they had to be. Knew a Navy man who was at Pearl on shore when attacked. Said he just did his job. Said the real heroes never came back.
The grandaddy of World War II documentary series.
I also remembering watching a series called The World at War. Not only did they use footage but they had interviews with solders from both sides, and it started with 9/1/39. Victory at Sea picked up right before Pearl Harbor (I think). But possibly VAS came first?
It’s December 7, 2024. I’m sad there are so few of these great men still amongst us. They were so good
I remember seeing the bullet divots on some of the BEQ barracks at Schofield Barracks , hangars and aprons on Ford Island and Wheeler Army Airfield.
I’m assuming Mokuleia Army Airfield (Dillingham AFB) didn’t get hit considering it wasn’t a major airfield as it was more like an auxiliary airfield but it did have fighter aircrafts.
Just think in 1941, the world depended on a bunch of teenage men to save it. Nowadays, I wouldn't trust a 25-year-old to tie my shoes. I was stationed at Barber's Point with VP-22. I used to love going to the sub base at Pearl because their chow was better than any restaurant on the island ! Man, did those bubble heads eat well !
This was the first documentary mini-series to sweep America's living rooms. Produced in 1952, during the Korean conflict, and only 7 years after the World War II. It utilized camera footage both from the US armed forces and captured movie reels from defeated Japan and Germany. Much of this film was in color, but color tv was not available to the world in 1952. Just imagine the Ex GIs with PTSD and holocaust survivors exposed to this programing so soon after the war.
Fantastic
I love these old war programs but why do they run that annoying clock at the bottom? No need for it
I wsd born about 5 years after this came out, WW2 was still very fresh in people's minds, I know because of the colorful language of heard growing up in 1960's Boston, let's just say my idea of Japanese and Germans wasn't great, American pride and industry growth was huge, it was really a positive environment to grow up in, at least from my area and family, no divorces was what I thought was normal, that would begin to change in the 1970's. God bless America. 🇺🇸
Wow, look at all those scale models! I wonder if they filmed that at wright patt
They probably did it at Lookout Mountain Air Force Station Studios in Laurel Canyon.
@ did you hear about the rothchilds fire/death on lookout mountain drive a week ago. Hmmm
I watched this with my Dad back in the 1950s. It was interesting but he never spoke about it except to give me a brief generic answer. He served in Europe with the 8th Army Air Force as a meteorologist, England, D-Day France and eventually into Germany. I don’t know which Army his team travelled with nor which way they entered Germany?
Tora, Tora, Tora🤙🏼🌴
10:50 ish...... naked gun, airplane vibes
AND NOW.....
Another Hollywood production, ive yet to find someone that can prove with GPS that they crossed the Pacific.