I am a disabled former librarian with a degenerative genetic connective tissue disorder.
When I feel up to it, I research the public domain WWII videos in the National Archives, fix the errors, make HD versions, and upload them to RU-vid and Internet Archive (where they are freely downloadable). I also digitize film from my own collection (those items do not reference the National Archives in their descriptions.) It gives me something to do while I am laying here. :) My channel doesn't have ads (is not monetized).
If you cite my items or use my research, please credit my RU-vid channel or my archive at Archive.org: "WWII Public Domain."
Breathtaking raw footage....It's dead serious stuff that cant be replaced.Absolutely priceless and Marine Gold.I just want to say Thank You to those brave young marines for their sacrifices.Tarawa was a massive learning experience for the marines and these men helped save many lives in the future.They appreciated America and did it for ....All Americans today..
My grandpa was a captain in the 506 composite. Was shot down in a PBY plane over the CBI mountains in 1943- i have the western union telegram that says he is MIA. Popped up at a chinese outposr 9 days later and said i am an american (he spoke fluent chinese) and they picked him up. Lived to be 89 and had 9 kids, one of them being my father. An absolute legend.
Das ist ja hochinteressant. Ich höre zwei Sprecher hier. Der eine ist Harry Giese, der zweite ist mir nicht bekannt. Ich dachte , dass Giese nicht mehr eine wochenschau sprechen durfte.
If we could capture this unity again. Everybody was working together. It was the worst of times and the absolute best of times. This spirit is what the USA is all about.
My Grandfather was attached to an American unit whilst serving in the Royal Artillery. He was taken prisoner by the Chinese a week before the ceasefire. He survived his captivity, and he said the North Koreans were the most cruellest people on Earth far worse than what the Japanese did to so many in WW2.Love you Grandad, always miss you. Hope you're enjoying yourself in Heaven. X
The USS Enterprise was scrapped in 1959/1960 by a GOP administration! The most decorated ship in US history was scrapped and not turned into a museum. Why? The GOP did not vote to have her built. Having CV-6 as a museum would be a constant reminder that the GOP failed to protect America!
Kenneth Simon Ayotte PLACE OF BIRTH: Detroit, Michigan HOME OF RECORD: Grosse Ile, Michigan AWARDS BY DATE OF ACTION:1 of 1 Silver Star AWARDED FOR ACTIONS DURING World War II Service: Marine Corps Rank: Private Division: 1st Marine Division GENERAL ORDERS: Commander 7th Fleet: Serial 0855 (April 17, 1944) CITATION: The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Private Kenneth Simon Ayotte (MCSN: 444305), United States Marine Corps Reserve, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while serving with the FIRST Marine Division in action against enemy Japanese forces on Cape Gloucester, New Britain, on 26 December 1943. Voluntarily manning a machine gun on an amphibious tractor as it moved forward from the assault company's lines, Private Ayotte fought with skill and daring aggressiveness despite withering hostile machine gun and rifle fire and, on at least two crucial occasions, courageously retrieved hand grenades which had landed in the tractor and hurled them back at the enemy. Private Ayotte's heroic initiative and fearless conduct in the face of imminent peril were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.
Funny to see this. Read "Neptuns Inferono by James D. Hornfisher. There he explains how the USS Boise did not sink 6 ship on her own. She was involved in two battles and made the japs pay but she did not sink them alone. These kills were credited to her for propaganda reasons. After the brutal losses at the beginning of the Guadalcanal campaign they needed the moral boost at home.
I moved to Germany and now live in Koblenz. The building that they are broadcasting from is nextdoor to me. The crack in the brickwork is still visible.
Dad was in this unit for the last 4 or 5 months of the war in 1953, so isn't in this video, but there isn't much about this unit out there to begin with. He did tell me he would get shot at by snipers while fixing lines though, and said he was on patrols often. Not sure where that all happened. Thanks for the video.
Now come on. BLACK and WHITE? it's 1981 people. I KNOW they could record in color then. and fbi. hmm. Just so honorable now isnt it. If Omar would have known, he would have definitely turned it down
