A Swede reacts to The Fat Electrician: The Most Gangster Marine Of All Time Dan Daly 

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His video on Cassius Marcellus Clay is definitely a must-watch, as well as his video on Sgt. Reckless.

Fun fact about US Navy, its was originally founded for sole purpose of hunting pirates.

Dan Daly is still taught and talked about in boot camp. He and Chesty Puller are legends!

Robert Heinlein, when writing Starship Troopers, was inspired by Dan Daily, and used that "do you wanna live forever" quote for his story.

Im a Marine myself, and Dan Daly is a legend in the Corps. Personally i think its more badass that he got 2 medals of honor, and then had a rule implemented saying people could only get 1. It immortalizes him and smedley butler as the only men to ever get 2 MOHs in the corps, as they are essentially the Marine gods of legend. The medal isnt for personal valor. Its an award to recognize all service members who go above and beyond the call of duty. I was lucky enough to serve with a man whos father was a MOH recipient. Donald Ballard. We got to meet him after infantry school. Hes an incredible man.

Yes Dan Daly is where “c’mon you sons of bitches, you wanna live forever?” comes from. I joined the Marine Corps in November 2003, and some of what gets taught in boot camp is Marine Corps history, with tests and quizzes and everything. I learned about the battle of Belleau Wood, and later joined a unit that fought there.

That was amazing!! Loved it! He definitely should have gotten the Medal of Honor 3 times. If you earn it, you should get it.

The entire story is even more crazy. This abridged edition left out that no one had enough ammunition. Half the night was Bailey with a bayonet

In America, we refer to the USMC as our "911" force - the people we send when someone calls for emergency help. America was involved in a LOT of sordid little fights in Central and South America - Mostly completely morally indefensible - during the early 20th century. The USMC were invariably the lead force in these incidents.

It's always the Marines, because if you let them get bored, nobody wins.

He's a really good storyteller that keeps you hooked the entire video. I only found his channel recently, so I'm still going through all his videos.

Actually, as a typical American (even one that enjoys history) this is the first time I remember hearing about some of these conflicts. Most of us know Civil War, Spanish-American war/WW1/WW2/Vietnam/Gulf war/Iraq/Afghanistan. This is SO interesting. Thanks for the reaction Recky!

I would highly recommend checking out Sgt Reckless, Wake Island, The Las War Chief, and Cassius Clay. The Fat Electrician does amazing work but those are some of my favorites!

Depending on how long of a video you want to do? Some of my favorites are shorter ones he originally uploaded to tik tok. They are, "The USS Texas", "USS Barb - The Submarine That Sank A Train", "The Ship That Wouldn't Sink - Uss Navada". All three total around 13 minutes. Every one of his videos is worth watching. I've seen all of them multiple times.

Fat Electrician: Grand Theft U-Boat.

Dan Daly was actually 25 years old when he enlisted. He was 27 during the Boxer Rebellion. WWI ended on his 45th birthday.

ROFLMAO!!! I FORGOT how GOOD the fat electrician is!! Excellent video! Lotta excellent history, US Marine lore, and the MoH shouldn't be limited to an amount but what you EARNED!!

Love his videos! Can't wait till you make it to his video on Joe Medicine Crow "The Last War Chief"

Dan Daly and Chesty Puller are legends of the USMC. Another marine that has an interesting story is Gen Smedley Butler(a real patriot).

Yeah, I agree. While serving in the military for three decades I heard "it's not fair" from soldiers so many times I started asking random soldiers at random times to explain the difference between "what's right" and "what's fair" . I must have asked that question a 1,000 times and only one young, five foot tall, in combat boots, Army sergeant got it right. There is just an incredible amount of honor contained in small fighting men. SGT, wherever you are, it was a pleasure serving with you!!

The US Marines have been involved in every conflict the United States has been in, especially the small ones. There was the Korean conflict in the 1800’s where the marines combines naval bombardment with land forces, there was also the conflict in Tripoli where the marines got their nickname leatherneck because they put leather on the collars of their uniforms to keep the sabers from the enemy from cutting their heads off. Then they also where standing in the capital Mexico City during the Mexican American war.

The United States marine corps has been around longer than the country itself, they are generally the first in and the last out

Thanks for introducing the Fat Electrician to me. Since I’m working on writing animal heroes series, you’ve GOT to include his Sergeant Reckless video! Thanks, Recky!

My grandfather fought in the trenches at Argonne Forrest. I have a copy of the letter he wrote to his brother, who was living in Oklahoma, describing his experience in France. My grandfather survived the battle, but that winter, they weren't allowed to build fires to dry out and stay warm. He developed pneumonia and was sent to a military hospital in the south of France. After they decided he could survive the trip, he was sent to a military hospital in the US where he stayed a very long time. That's where he wrote/sent his letter to his brother. I've made many copies of that letter and gave it to as many family members as I could because I don't want that letter to be lost or forgotten. Sadly, I never got to meet my grandfather because he died in his 60s from lung damage he received in France.

One can't ignore that this was not a modern machine gun during the Beijing incident...it was pretty definitely a Browning M1895 "potato digger" which was slower than most later mg's at 400-ish rpm.

The Battle of Beuella Wood is the birth of the modern Marine Corps

You earn what you earn and that's what you should get. Never let your size or your opponent's size lull you into complacency.

Anything by The Fat Electrician is awesome in my opinion, I'm here for any of them!

The reason the US mainly sent the Marines is because to use the Army you needed approval from Congress up until the 1960's the US President was able to deploy the Marines as he saw fit without the permission of Congress. Also because the Marines was an "expeditionary force" basically specifically trained to go overseas and fight offensively while being mostly self sufficient logistically.

A Marine here Sgt Maj Daly is and forever will be a legend, for more context the initial battle in WWI, the British were up north of the Marines, the French too, but we significantly overlapped lines with the French. The main assault hit and the USMC took the brunt of it, and stopped it cold, we were shooting them at 1200 yds with rifles, some Germans later confirmed they were under fire from rifles from long range. And we were hitting them, we stopped them and the French retreated, leaving us alone on the line, and we held it. Counter attacked and won, we are almost always outnumbered, and counted out by everyone, but we always win, no matter the odds or cost. Why? Partly cause we can’t let down Dan Daly, Smedley Butler, our history, accomplishments and the idea of past Marines and what they have done, also cause that isn’t our style. And not what we do, we answer the call and win, no matter what. There isn’t a more fanatical and effective group on earth than us, and not for some king, emperor, or god, for other Marines and the US. For an idea and a belief. That’s more dangerous than anything else, truly believing in an idea, and dedicating to it, everything. Also in WWI General “Black Jack” Pershing. The overall commander of US forces, said “there is no deadlier weapon than a Marine with his rifle” a straight up quote from him, and he was an Army General. For those who don’t know we definitely got a professional rivalry with the army, we work together fine. But in off time, can get dicey, from each side, especially depending on how much we are both drinking and the amount of shit talking that happens, fights will occur, haha, after the fights, we drink more, together, and shit talk some more. But him giving that open quote, speaks volumes about what we did we are among the most feared, but still overlooked, underrated for some reason Force to ever exist, when we been stomping all over the planet. Doing as we will and are ordered to do. And no one can stop us. Anyone who doesn’t believe look at history, go find someone who fought us and is alive, and ask them, not many to ask, almost all we killed, those we didn’t, age has taken them and the numbers who survived us, very, very few. In Korea, a reinforced battalion caused over 4000 Chinese KIA, wounded, a stupid amount, hell the Frozen Chosin, took 8 Chinese divisions and sieving NK military all of it to push out nato, wish was guarded by one Marine Division, without air support, cause of weather, yes we stood up to over 8 full divisions, and pulled all surviving nato units out. Screening them, so we could keep our combat power intact and not be humiliated, then we kept holding the line ant what would become the DMZ. And we’re the instrument that forced the dirty communists to sign a peace treaty, when we stopped them again yes other NATO and American units fought. Pulled their weight, dod their job, but we did far above and beyond, as always and is expected, with less people and resources, and were outstanding, as always. USMC history is insane, well by definition we are the opposite of insane, as we do the same thing. While expecting excellence, and we always deliver, instead of the definition of doing the same and expecting different results.

I think a Medal of Honor should be awarded as many times as an individual earns it.

The official USMC hymn starts out..From the Halls of Montezuma To the shores of Tripoli; We fight our country's battles In the air, on land, and sea; First to fight for right and freedom And to keep our honor clean; We are proud to claim the title Of United States Marine.

That expression has been around here forever

Here's some facts for you, Recky: There were five individuals who were awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in World War I. All five of them were Marines, and contrary to popular belief, all five of them were awarded _two_ Medals of Honor; one each from the Army and the Navy. The difference is that all five of these men were awarded their Medals for a single action, while Daly and Butler were awarded theirs for distinct actions; the Boxer Rebellion and then Haiti for Daly, and Veracruz and also Haiti for Butler. Of those 5 Marines, only two died during the Great War and were awarded their Medals posthumously; Matej Kocak and John Pruitt. The remaining 3 - Louis Cukela, Ernest Janson, and John Kelly - survived and would live to be 67, 51, and 59 years respectively. Both Kocak and Pruitt were killed October 4th, 1918, by German artillery at the Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge. The action for which Pruitt was nominated for his Medals was the capture of 2 enemy machine guns and 40 prisoners of war one day earlier on October 3rd; October 4th was his 22nd birthday. Officially, the reason for limiting a person to only being awarded a single Medal of Honor was in order to discourage reckless behavior ("I won it once, and I can do it again!"), specifically because of those 5 Marines (although looking at their actions, I would not describe any of them as "reckless," but hey, what do I know?). Spirits up, friends! To the Marines!

Recky I so enjoyed your video! I'm an old US Marine and it makes happy to see other cultures react to our Brotherhood. I'm a student of history and I subscribed. Check out the rest of The Fat Electrician's Vids. He is a master storyteller and really knows his history, as do I. I'm always waiting on his next post. Thank you.

FYI the reason the marines get sent in on a lot of small incidents and brushfire conflicts is that they're the United States primary expeditionary force. As a formation they have two jobs: provide soldiers and security to the navy, and perform military operations staged from the navy to include landings and other expeditionary actions. In essence they're the ones that get sent in when a special forces team is too small or specialized and you need something with real mass, but not enough that we'd need to start throwing armored divisions and B-52s at the problem.

You might look into Audie L Murphy. He rose through the ranks from Private to First Lieutenant, was awarded a total of 33 combat decorations including the Medal of Honor, and both the French and Belgian Croix de Guerre, all before he turned 21. He then became an actor and starred as himself in his autobiography...

The Marine Corps Band is called The Presidents Own. Alluding to the fact that the President can deploy the Marines any where he wants for a limited time without congressional approval

And oh yeah, the battle gets even crazier, than just the insane beginning, a lot more show up. And those 1200 marines have a hell of fight, against a vastly numerically superior force. Then it chills out and they leave with all the civilians.

I legit spit out saliva after trying to hold in my laughter when the Fat Electrician mentioned how the Christians didn't mean "Holy" as in all the chinese being full of holes. In the US the Marines have a motto "Semper Fi" They also have another saying "Get some" The one thing you don't want to go face to face against.... a pissed off marine Im a proud American citizen and I have a soft spot for the marines.

There's a Swedish heavy metal band, Sabaton with a song called "Devil Dog" about the "Battle of Belleau Wood" where Dan Daly's quote, "Come on you sons of bitches. Do you want to live forever?" was incorporated in the song. Check it out.

As a us marine (ret.) Thank you and semper fi for honoring one of our most gangster ass killer Marines.

Spent six years in the marine infantry and the reason the marines tend to get sent to random small to moderate sized conflicts is that a marine expeditionary force can be deployed for about 30 days by the president without needing any declarations from congress.

Think about this Dan Daly at Bellow Wood was not put in for 1 MOH but 2. 1st was for taking the machine gun emplacement (which by chance was the same thing Alvin York was given his MOH for in WWI) the 2nd was for the charge he lead. Dan Daly was in fact nominated for 4 MOH's.

Eisenhauer was probably talking about Audie Murphy. He was a US Army general. Murphy was the most decorated American Soldier in Ww2. He was also a diminutive fellow.

I believe that is a Mark Twain quote. The size of the fight in the dog one I mean.

Those were referred to as the "Banana Wars" as they were always in the tropics

"Rascals, would you live forever?" was first recorded in history coming from the mouth of Frederick the Great in 1757 at the battle or Kolin.

As a former U.S. Marine, we are trained to be the best of the best, and one of our saying and job is first to fight, last to leave.

Bit late and can't remember if you've seen the barbary wars vid yet. But the main reason the marines are usually first. Is because it only takes a single signature to deploy them. The president can just say go, and 14 hours later an entire detachment will be on land. The other services require more people to sign off. Of course there are exemptiona like special operations that get sent out in small teams but they're really not "deployed".

Loved the vid. The Fat Electrician is awesome. I highly recommend Wake Island, Proportional, Grand Theft Uboat and Jake Mcnasty McNiece. I look forward to seeing more of your reactions.

One of my faves: The Fat Electrician Reviews: Iowa Class Battleships ( USS Wisconsin )

dan daly essentially became the original doom cver art at that boxer invasion.

I like to think that the other branches were getting jealous of how many medals of honor single marines were getting. XD

Dan Daly was actually 35 years old when he was in the Battle of Bellwood….according to his numbers.

Great reaction as always. Always look forward to new Recky videos. 👍 Im glad you are reacting to the Fat Electrician. He is one of my favorites. The gangster marine was definitely a good one. He has some other great videos that are stinkin hilarious. These are my suggestions. You will like them I think. - Winter Soldier OD's on METH, Becomes Unkillable - Aimo Koivunen - Marines Outsmart DARPA's Advanced AI - Bat Bombs - MORE Terrifying Than Atomic Bombs?! - The Fat Electrician Reviews: The USS Texas (The Last Dreadnought) - NEW Attack Plane: The Sky Warden - Better Than A10 Warthog?

The reason it's always the Marines is because the military can send them whenever they want, but to send in the Army you need Congressional permission. Congress is the only people that can send the Army in. And politicians never agree on anything so they rarely get called into small conflicts.

The Marines were involved in a bunch of "little wars" in Latin America and the Caribbean. They referred to them as the Banana Wars. Haiti, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic among them.

@Reckyj we are the first to fight! We, the Marines. fight before the world even knows there is a fight!

Smedley Butler is also another marine that has 2 medal of honors and is ones of the most decorated marines in history. After he left he was asked to join the Business Plot to overthrow the American government and put himself as dictator. Butler refused and gave light to the whole thing. The video "When American (almost) had a Caesar" by DJ Peach Cobbler does a great job at going through Butler's life and the Business Plot itself. Plus there's plenty of videos on just Butler himself.

I liked his short videos on the military working dogs, the Iowa class battleships and the USS Texas

Dan Daly must have been part Norse, because he went a viking all across the world from China to France and Mezo America. In 1940 the United States Marine Corps published a study on all their experience in counter insurgency warfare entitled, The Small Wars Manual.

Dan Daly is THE main character of main characters

The Marines get sent because it doesn’t require congress to approve. If someone screws around too much and makes the US mad enough for our political parties to agree to terminate the offending party’s subscription to life, the Army gets sent too.

Cassius Clay, Sgt. Reckless, Lewis millet and Jake McNiece are all worth checking out. Some of them may not be actually spelled correctly so….there’s that.

The fat electrician tells some of the best stories! Maybe check out the old bastards by him.

Great reaction! “Potential” is one of the many other great videos from him. It will give you more history on the Marine Corps. & why it’s them that usually go out first. It’s also gives great insight on the history of the Navy, how it was started & when the U.S. started doing coups 😂 another must see is Jake ‘McNasty’ McNiece. Edit: on the McNasty video, you’ll want to wait until the end bc you get to see & hear from the man himself 😎

Oo I know you’d dig Lauri Allan Torni‘s story .. keep an eye out. 🤷‍♂️ Oh a.k.a Captain Alen Thorn

The boxers were forced to go up a narrow ramp so they couldn’t all charge at once.

T'was the quote, and it's amazing.

It shouldn't matter how many times you fight. Just that you give it your all everytime. This man did.

The President of the United States can send the Marine Corps anywhere at any time without consent of congress

My grandfather fought in the battle of Belleau Wood

Recky, I am an American and I'm sorry to say that most Americans do not know about the smaller conflicts the U.S. has been involved in during the early 20th century.

You should definitely do a reaction to his video about Sgt Reckless next. It’s a horse that became a Sgt in the Marine Corps in Korea, yes… a horse.

It’s “always the marines first” because the President alone can send the Marines. The Army/Navy/Air Force take congressional approval to send somewhere

Also yes. Everything isn’t a war crime the first time, and any war can be great, if you try hard enough.

Its a congressional metal of honor given by the politicians and pined by the president.

13:11 The reason the Marines are sent is because to deploy the Army the Military needs Congressional approval, but not for the Marine Corps

Not just the Marines, I was in the Army, and I was in Honduras during the Honduran-Nicaraguan conflict and in El Salvador during their civil war, both in the mid to late 80s' then I didn't go to Panama, but some of my friends did, and after that was Desert Shield/Storm then I was discharged.

Recky. First, the Medal of Honor is not like a knighthood. Second, the Medal of Honor is not a political award but the US Military's highest award for gallantry in action, consider it our version of Britain's Victoria Cross. That law was mainly enacted to prevent people from winning the Army and Navy Medal of Honor for the same action. That part of the law remains but the rest was quickly revoked and a soldier can receive the Medal of Honor as many times as they earn it except now, I believe, a soldier only receives one actual Medal of Honor and upon the award of multiples receives a device or clasp to wear with it to indicate multiple awards similar to Britain's Victoria Cross.

You gotta do my favorite story ever, Sgt. Reckless.

His rant about toilet paper is pretty funny

Fat Electrician - Rapid Dragon, USS Wisconsin, Cassius Clay, Winter Soldier OD's(Finnish Sniper), Marines vs AI, Flying Ginsu, XM-157 Scope Honestly there are so many good ones!

First time seeing your videos, Thanks for the content. My 3 favorite things from Sweden; Ye Banished privateers, Gabriel Landeskog, and Recky.

This was a good video. Thought it was funny when I heard him say that line because I knew it was from Starship Troopers.

Hey Recky, I would recommend all of them. But the 1 that gets me is the Winter Soldier who ODs on Meth. I am going to be perfectly honest. I never heard of the Winter war until I ran accross this video and I love learning and why I started watching Fat Electrician and after watching them all. I started watching others reactions and it is cool to see how others Accross the pond veiws are.

Unfortunately our Highest Honor is actually called The Congressional Medal of Honor, which means the politicians get to make the rules they would never live by. 😂

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I mean on one hand limiting the metal to one per person makes it that much more valuable and hard to achieve in the eyes of public perception; on the other hand, holy crap look at what this dude has done he wholeheartedly deserved the best there is to offer so like pick your poison I guess xD

You should react to more American videos, we have so many different expressions just because of our culture and legacy(my great grandfather was Swedish and we still have our great great grandparents recipes from the old country, even though I look black it's shocking to people outside of America to think that haha) One of the best natural traits I think we have is the ability to make dumb things smart, and smart things dumb. It's a blessing and a curse

Recky, part of the reason the Marines are always going to these hot-spots was that before the war on terror and the slowly increasing power of the US President, it would take an act of Congress to send any other branch of the US Military in to conflict. The Marines can be sent in as an expeditionary force, by the President, without Congress having to give permission.

Can’t remember if u’v done one, but I think u should cover the events behind the movie Blackhawk Down

We send the Marines because they're the only US Military branch that doesn't require an act of Congress to mobilize.

Would love to see a reaction to "The unluckiest ship in the Navy"

Fyi medal of honor requires a vote of Congress. The full title is infact the Congresional Medal Honor. Most who win it died to do so. It and the Purple Heart (1st for Valor and later being wounded) are often called the two medals you don't want because the price is too high.

The reason we send the Marines in first is because they do not need congressional approval to mobilize. The President alone can order the deployment of the Marines.

Lewis Millit Jake McNasty Or The theft of the U-boat

OUT Stinkin STANDING!!!! The Last War Chief - Joe Medicine Crow