America's War Horse Marine - Sergeant Reckless 

Heads up about Nord bro, they use Hwawei servers.

You gotta talk about Roy Benavidez easily one of the most badass people of the Vietnam war

Army rangers vs. Crips.

I wanna see a vid on Leo major and vimy ridge

TFE your stuff is amazingly good. As a former History teacher I can tell say that your style is engaging, detailed (but not too much) and most importantly adds emotion. You have a really unique talent for this. I bet it takes a lot of work to research, story board, edit down and then film these. I appreciate what you are doing to make History Great Again! Love it.

that is the beauty of this story! It totally restored my faith in mankind, while also confirming that I am 100% right about all my worst fears and suspicious. Best story ever!

E-4 mafia at its finest.

It’s my favorite part, she went from death’s doorstep, to being the belle of the ball in a few hours. The agriculture guy went from being a power tripping bureaucrat, to a guy who is as about to greet the reaper in 10 seconds.

@@FeyTheBin...That would LC Underground in the Marines. E4 is army.

To be fair, the Marines did not threaten the man. He just suddenly became aware of what was about to happen to him if he made the incorrect decision.

I believe Disney did a movie on reckless. It was one of the narrative movies in the late 60's ? LoL yeah I watched it at grade school. At school. We had movie night at school.

She is the EXAMPLE of how we should all be! Loyal, courageous, steadfast and indefatigable. Goddamn...it takes an brilliant animal to remind us of what we should be!

I’m trying to figure out why hook her up with a thoroughbred? She was a throughbred!! Think about it. Didn’t flinch in combat, took shrapnel,ate eggs,drank beer, partied at the Marine ball, did pt, shit on the ship and got away with it, and her offspring worked with Chesty Puller. She would look at a dependasourous and tell her bitch please.

@@timothyblazer1749indawhatable??

@@Sarge226 Google is your friend, friend :-)

Most underrated comment

So the Marines are the true Navy? 😂

Standard Marine Enlistment contract

And all of it was an expression of a deep love for another Being that went through hell and back for every swinging dick in that Marine unit. And that fought to victory. My heart and my regards to Sgt. Reckless and the men who fought by her side. 🍳

Bro when you're right.. you're fucking right!!!

you forgot arrest, evasion, and getting hammered all along the route ah and also thriving on a diet of military omelets and booze, and shitting everywhere the moment she was given the Vegetarian option She literally was the most Marine to ever Marine since 1775

​@@DonPatronobreaking out of a government facility to get shitfaced is also quite peak Marine Corps.

I'm glad I wasn't drinking when I read your comment.

And a Mustang! Every marine has a mustang.

And above all making Genova cry

Thank you for this post it’s awesome!

🍻 Korea

Did you have any family that fought in it?

Comments like this is why your our homies

Your welcome, And we’ll do it again brother 🍻

Fr fr. I had tears running freely down my face when he was describing the battle where they were convinced they were sending her to her death.

@@BouncingTribbles definitely needs to be made in a summer block buster. Just like Hacksaw Ridge

​@@BouncingTribbles Me too, man. 😢 What a ridiculously brave horse!

Amen

Your best friend keeps you supplied. Reckless is your best friend. The Marines Marined their best friend. After their best friend saved them, they saved her in return. It's a damn shame this was a hard decision from the higher ups. It kinda tells you the hierarchies that exist love themselves, hates animals, and don't know anything about the people they're suppose to represent.

Or 'Irene'.

One of the Dover twins. Eileen and Ben.

I kinda cuts the legs out of the joke to be honest.

@@CowboyTechim pretty sure it’s eileen because it’s wordplay for “i lean”

​@@CowboyTechWAIT! that was the one legged prostitute in Okinawa on the corner of shiver me timbers and blow me down drive... 😂

Lol

In the words of Sgt. Ducky and the boys "Eeeghhh?"

​@@the_fat_electriciandude, you fuckin killed this story. much appreciated. love all yer stories. that was a good fail with Mrs. Electrician, almost pissed myself. 😂❤😂

​@@the_fat_electricianI'm an angel soft man too! Can't beat the mega rolls, best bang for the buck!

She got drafted. Other animals we drafted into war were the ox knox resisted the crowns tyranny that was crazy yo that was crazy

I thought the same thing

Someone really needs to make this into some kind of dramatic comedy.

@@brianwright9514 But... Who gets the idea...? Hawkeye, BJ, or Trapper...? I don't think Potter would care enough even though he was Calvary... I know Radar sure as hell wouldn't put a horse through such bullshit...

Down to the booze lovin randy lady Sgt lol. Jesus, SEMPER FI what a history brothers

Rah

I am willing to drink to the point of alcohol poisoning because of how true that is

It's rather disturbing how fucking accurate that is.

I like how that horse saved them and they didnt just abandon the horse when persuaded to but.instead they went through a metric shotshow to get the horse back to the other side of the planet

LOL. It feels like that Spongebob meme. XD

And these clowns in their clown shoes tell me not to buy a samsung my guy that horse was samsung am i wrong? Am i wrong?

Sounds like your Grandfather was a man I'd have loved to have a beer with. That response was too perfect for the situation.

the only 'W' attributed to that horse is the one she helped bring to that war.

I always learn something watching your videos. Always get a good laugh too😂Thank you for everything you do. Ive always found history intriguing and compelling. The way you present your stories makes them that much better. Again, thank you for doing what you do. Keep on keepin on friend ✊️

@@ironmann16 that he was. I have his M1 Garand that he used in the war that he just brought home. The Marines nor the Navy asked for it back he just said fuck it it’s mine I’m taking it home with me and they eventually made him register it to the state 35 or so years later when he used it to shoot the ground squirrels eating his tomato plants. Yes you read that right, *he shot ground squirrels with a .30-06 rifle* If that isn’t some of the most Old Man Marine shit you’ve ever heard I don’t know what is. Edit: did the math in my head I was 10 when this happened in 2004 so roughly 51 years later not “35 or so”.

Great video about a little known celebrity! USMC veteran here and I love this story. Thank you for filling in a lot of the holes in what I had herd 😂 previously.

Of course, the Marines gave a damn about their Dam. 😉

That DOA bureaucrat just nearly F-ed around enough to find out too

That's not a horse. That's a Marine damn it.

@@lloydkeith3061 You know for a fact those marines would've killed him and disposed of the body if they had to.

@@chazo1367 hahaha,... fed his ass to the horse

I have it on good authority that she was written up at least twice for disobeying the order herself. she LOVED kids.

Because horsey

@@Bluecattetypical marine behavior ngl

Guess that order was violated when she was given foals to carry.

As someone who might become an arson investigator with a k-9 i can atest this, theyre like your family. No they ARE family!

There was also the bear that 1 time.

@@3sellers3ful true

@@3sellers3fulWojtek is one of my favourite stories just because it’s a bear helping load fucking artillery

@wintersoldier64 not to mention what happened post war.

He really is good at this. where does he find all this content?

Easy there Rango

Wojtek the bear too

INTO THE FIRE

@theholypineapple3558 who are you? What makes you a legend

​@@williambittle7041Sgt. Stubby pioneered the use of dogs in the military during WW1. He could hear incoming shells well in advance and smell gas so soldiers would know which areas were unsafe. He also caught a German spy. To honor him, even if it's kinda macabre, he was taxidermied and is on display at the Smithsonian.

"What did you say i cant hear you"

George washington was one of the few really good ones that reached the top andnits because he was actually out there on that battlefield so people learned to stay the hell out of his way he had boss ass shit to attend to. They were begging that guy to be president which is good for your reputation because if everything burns down you can at least say its not his fault because he didnt even want to do it they peer pressured the shit outta george washington 😂 "build us a republic george be the first president" go right from a war to the top job in the game back when it meant business unlike when we have joe and its a clownshow man its a circus

*dam, not dom I bred and raced horses, for what it's worth.

@@MegaKat I'm sorry, I have a cold. (Bonus points if you get the reference). Seriously, you are correct. My equine instructor in college pronounced it like that, for what it worth, though. Damn (or Domn? Now I'm confused), you, thick Texas accent!

@@curtisbrayfield7707 Monty Python? And you're fine, it's pronounced exactly like "damn," as in damn it, goddamn and "fuck this back cinch, she hates the damn thing and throws me every goddamned time you make me put the damnable thing on my barrel saddle!"

​@@curtisbrayfield7707 wow this is the first time I have seen someone get tripped up by an accent through text 🙃

I'm surprised that another civilian has been across Camp Pendleton. I don't really know why but my Old Man took us(my brothers and I).. South from San Clemente through there while I was driving a rented Ford Galaxy with a learners permit. But we had to wait until after the shelling was halted halfway. It seems that the roadway from that point and several miles more were t target zone. I've never crossed a road in worse shape since. But I never told anyone about it back in my school, I didn't know if they would believe me.

Sounds a lot like a guy I went to church with. Woodlawn Baptist in Baton Rouge?

My uncle went, and came back going bald. His hairline receded a lot, and never grew back. He too was a young man. He was different in other ways too. I was frightened by it. As a small child, I could tell something harmed my beloved uncle, but I had no idea what. ❤❤❤

Gramps was in Pacific and Korea(42-46)(52-53), he came back bald. Also odd enough, he and my grandmother died 51 hours a part, both went into a coma and never woke up. 77 years. They were 97 and 95. Navy for WW2, Army for Korea. They both came to the funeral and did the funeral honors ceremony

@@linewarbr I don’t know where they worshipped. I’m up in the north east.

@@tflynn2400 gotcha. Guy I know was named Carl and his wife was Juanita. Very similar story - Korea vet that even in his later years he still had nightmares. They were married over 60 years and he passed away shortly after she did. (Can’t remember if it was only a few hours or a day or so - but it was very close) Didn’t know if maybe he went by Roger with family, but I knew him from church at Woodlawn Baptist in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Good man.

Only issue with your snarky comment is that Inchon is not spelled Incheon.

Was about to say that. I mean... 90% of the time when the Security Council votes on a military intervention, it's NATO who goes fck sht up in the name of peace... But it was still under the UN flag.

@@markrudolph3824It’s spelled both ways.

@@markrudolph3824 Are you sure? Please contact the Republic of Korea to let them know they have mistranslated the name of their own city. Also, let them know that they did the same with Busan as well.

I noticed as well. But I will let it slide as it was a great video

Ya I was

Yup..

Torrential downpour

I was when I read it, in the written account by one of the Marines who was there.

I wasn’t crying. I just got attacked by a gang of onion cutting ninjas

Well it wouldnt have happened if it werent for a marine lead blindly by the ignorant hand of the powers that be and how things play out when people are doing things following orders and they dont know why. After all remember that was like george orwells 1984 where they just "follow orders do their job" and of course thats when the problems come 😂 sometimes not. Some orders come on a piece of paper you have to read and if you dont follow them you might lose the war. Think about if all those wounded the horse saved werent warned the chinese were coming around and they were smart enough to pop mad smokes so it was forcing things to get very close. Thats some scary stuff man.

There is an animal equivalent in believe she was the 1st to receive it

Desmond Doss of a horse… of Sergeant Reckless of a human?

Currently serving and I 1000% agree. She did every bit as much or more than Desmond Doss. Carrying supply’s up and wounded Marines down 50+ times in the middle of a crazy fire fight while wounded herself!? She EARNED a freakin MoH. IDGAF if she’s a horse. The Marine Corps didn’t see her as “just a horse” and her heroism was not that of “just a horse”.

She got two

​@@praetorxianThat's what I thought of, the Desmond Doss of Korea was a beer-swilling Marine named Reckless.

Thats why we gotta be careful about how we handle arabia and austrailia they got camel that sucker i saw a guy loading one up with obviously less clean water than i have and contaminating it but I mean they can still have a logistics. Clearly animals can be useful in these manners. Why didnt any of knox ox get awards? 😂😂

That would make an awesome shirt, with SSG Reckless (and/ or names of offspring) on the back of the shirt!

SEA bees also practice S.T.E.A.L religiously

I aspire to someday reach this level of Sham. Whoever organised it all is truely the Sham-mander in Chief, and his conspiritors true Sham-urai.

​@@avroarchitect1793do to the levels of sham we will never know who is truly responsible

@@richardhicks5031 as it should be

It seems almost every Marine platoon has that one guy who can just get shit done. Doesn't matter what it is. This dude is also certifiably insane, but the USMC sees that as an asset not a detriment

Australia has a deep appreciation for horses, so it's not really a surprise the diggers did that for her.

Getting knocked up in a one night stand

Back in oldentimes when males were men and frmales were ladies, I worked the rodeo circuit. I taught my horse to drink out of a pop bottle --- Hell no he did not get to my beer

Reckless got pregnant by another basic Marine bucking horse, not a high and mighty racehorse. It is the ones who are boots or hoofs on the ground not those sitting behind a desk or running around a circle that wins wars. So it is more than justified.

The one night stand definetly earned that horse another rank. A real marine

So your Uncle was very likely one of the very Marines who was with her during the battle, and possibly helped with the smuggling. Legendary.

SEMPER FIDELIS 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

If you want to shed more tears than that, I strongly recommend you go check out the World Equestrian Center in Ocala, Florida where a duplicate SSGT Reckless statue adorns the Grand Showcase Arena and Main Entrance... That'll do it - I promise... Experienced at it...

I think we need to start a list of the names of the greatest War animals. Reckless, Wojtek, Rags, Winnie, Cher Ami, and the rest.

She actually has one, at Camp Pendleton where she spent her retirement. But I agree, she needs one in Central Park or someplace that gets more traffic and more awareness.

@@NorrisTheSpider Agreed wholeheartedly. Also, I'm curious...did she get the whole Marine funeral ceremony when she passed? I would assume she would, and I'd be damned if as many people as possible that served with her showed up to honor her.

@@ChipJohnson Not initially. After her passing, she was buried quietly without a lot of fanfare, also at Pendleton. However, three years later, the 1st Marine Division erected a memorial for her, at the front gates of Pendleton, and exhumed some of her bones from her initial gravesite to a proper burial spot. This memorial was, for all intents and purposes, Reckless's 'actual' burial, whilst also being a dedication service for her memorial. From 'Sgt. Reckless: America's War Horse', by Robin Hutton: >"About 120 Marines and members of the association turned out for the ceremony. “This memorial that we dedicate today,” said Major General George S. Bowman Jr., the base commanding general, “will insure that others will know that the Marines value courage and devotion to duty and by knowing what we value, they will know who we are.” Her eulogy was read by Los Angeles television anchor George Putnam. Here's a short but powerful excerpt: >"I am (...) sure that in the land of rewards that lies beyond, this chestnut mare with the handsome, blazed face and [three] white stockings, is mingling even now among the men of the Corps. And when there’s a load to be carried-when there’s ammo to be rushed up to the front-she’ll always be there to perform her tasks beyond the call of duty, in the spirit of ‘Semper Fidelis’: Always Faithful. And now she is at rest. And where she is, the grass is tall and green. And the hillsides bright with flowers. Sergeant Reckless-Pride of the Marines-is at rest." (I will add onto my comment by saying that, if you're at all interested in the life of Sergeant Reckless, and the friends close to her during her time in Korea, you would do well to pick up the aforementioned Robin Hutton novel. It's a very informative, inspirational read, about an important but sadly forgotten figure in an important but sadly forgotten war.)

Her original owner, Kim huk moon, from offscreen: “I told you she was the most beautiful and intelligent horse in all of the world!! *And I was RIGHT!!!* ”

@@TimeCircleBlue Deadpool would bow to this horse. And he rides unicorns!

"Abandon this horse" "No"-people who saved the world Cant argue with that my man. You could but why even

Same 😭

RIGHT!!!!! I was literally cheering when he said she just kept going. Load up, load down. PLEASE, I NEED MORE STORIES LIKE THIS. IT RESTORES MY FATH IN MAN AND SOCIETY. NO BETTER YET, CAN WE GET MORE PEOPLE WHO LIVE LIKE THIS.

Dude had me tearing up in the shower listening to this lol

Ive never loved a damn horse so much 😂

Yep. Cried. Unashamedly.

It's why we fight, sir.

Enemy Combatant: "I just shot the horse out from under that cavalryman!" Enemy Combatant's Friend: "You've doomed us all." *[United States Military Revving its Engines]*

Brothers (at the time, in context, To-The-Left-And-To-The-Right: It has been thusly Throughout History. Family, God, Country was the reason for Conscription or Signing. . . Everything after was - on their Left or Right [praying they would not fail - left or right]

And spread the word to your colleagues. A link to this video for instance.

Kirk, thank you for your service, Marine. (o.o)7

She has a statue outside of the Cowgirl Museum here in Fort Worth.

@@HortonSalm My sister probably knows that, and just never bothered to mention it to me. However being a kid from one of the ranches in the NW part of the cuntry, I must ask. Why do they have a horse statue in front of a museum for cows?

@@kirkjones9639 Probably the same reason she's next to a statue of some Army dog. No reason.

Crazy how that one horse proved so useful. Laying lines. Makes you wantnto release a heart of goat agaijat your enemy so as they ahoot at you they get headbutt and miss. But they also wont starve. Conflicting

Add in a beloved mascot like reckless and your already dead as soon as you fire one shot anywhere near it. You just don’t know it yet 😂

@Allantitan that is very true. Also, Doc is usually the most popular guy, so messing with him is another guarantee that you will find yourself pushing up daisies!

It is said you can't defeat marines you can only kill them but they will just regroup in hell and wait for you

Give me 12 marines, 1 Navy Corp man, 3 CBs, and a problem that needs solved.

Have you read thomas paines common sense where he talks about them resisting the crown and 1 colonist is weak but all the colonists together are strong

amen!!!

You should read the book about her, there are stories of her stoping so so wounded marines could grab hold of her and be drug back. There are many more stories he didn’t cover (I mean it fills a whole book)

I have been to the iron triangle…..without the shelling it’s impressive with shelling this horse truly is an example of there needing to be a military working animal equivalent to the Medal of Honor

@@lonniesmith352 Marines are marines, animal or human. If an enlisted animal deserves a Medal of Honor it should be the same Medal of Honor that any other service member earns, making an animal version would most likely just take away from the significance and respect of the award.

Me also, What a trooper.

There's another story. It was a bear that was with a Polish unit and it was delivering ammunition to them on the line. It also like to smoke cigarettes and drink

There is a saying in the horse world: that a horse only ever has one of two things on its mind, homicide or suicide. Not sure which ruled the day when Sgt. Reckless was going through the shrapnel and mortars landing all over.

​@@1DwtEaUnHomicide, by proxy of her marines.

Semper Fi Millie, from a Former Squid

I was in the army and even I heard about reckless

Former active duty Marine here , never heard about her either at boot camp. Earned my title Nov 24 91. Semper Fi

@@dwightcurrie8316Semper Fi doc

Marine as well, never heard of this story til now either. This history lesson is cool as hell!

Opno😮koono😊. Ok on 😊k okstreet k kk. No know no kids no nokn

Dawg i cried a few times watching this video wtf ive seen people die and never shed a tear but this man fuck

I couldn’t agree more! I really get sucked into the longer format videos.

Agree. I like the longer videos while I'm at work plugged into my earbuds. I try to giggle quietly, but my coworkers probably think I'm insanse with my occasional snorts, fist-pumping, seemingly random interjections of "Huah" and "Murica," and other assorted disjointed nonsense.

Hear hear!

RAH!

All the major history channels like that on RU-vid have fallen off big time.

Tom Scott also did a technical difficulties podcast about Sargeant Reckless

@@Jakezillagfw I wouldn't personally consider Dark Docs that high up the history RU-vid totem pole but broadly speaking you're not wrong.

Isn't that the dude that talks like he's on a triple dose of Adderall?

Other channels give you the story. FE gives you the facts and puts you on the ground and in the story

The power of mare.

it's such an awesome story!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

Didn't the Polish military have a ranking officer bear that ate beer and cigarettes?

Yeah I just looked it up. Wojtek was a corporal 😂 (I also have now learned that "ranking officer" just means the highest ranked person in any given situation #themoreyouknow)

@@DalesDubs yes. And he is the greatest bear of all time.

Man I just read my bible too much to join the navy if theyre still doing those line crossing grooming 1984 normalizatiom ceremonies every time they cross an equator. If you asl me that males you too predictable and also how can you win a war if your men are swimming in pools of radioactive waste mixed with fecal matter and sexually released bodily fluods as well as chocolate syrup and spit after theyve already crawled through the trash thats been on deck in the sun while they crawl around on their hands amd knees playing wack paddle slappass and crossdressing. That aint my shit bro that i dont think is what this country is about and seeing they do those things is crazy but i think it originates from back when they sailed and it took forever to cross the ocean by the time yoh got to the middle you were already out of your mond you probably think tbe wack paddle slapass trashcan crawling was just somemcrasy nightmare and theres no way it actually happened but i saw the video its out there from like the 80s it was unsettling 😂 i had to look into it turns out the cruise vacation liners when they cross the equator they dont play the slapass and the trash juice crawling biological hazard hot tub. Id rather stay here on dry land and not get pressured into any of that shit against my will 😂

Hey Eamon McMahon, I'm Eamon O'Connor. Nice to meet you.

I wonder if the Navy sent that particular boat on purpose. Oh, we have a boat winning awards for cleanliness? Tasking: transport a bunch of Marines that ran out of fucks to give days ago

Oooooh man…I dont know how to take that cus they use horse carcasses to make glue. 🤔

​@@cladinshadowI was thinking the same thing

Daaaaaayyyymmmnnnn