British Couple Reacts to The Most Gangster Marine Of All Time - Dan Daly 

Remember that the Colt 1911 pistol only carried 7 rounds in WW1, so when GSGT Daly shot the machine gun commander and took 14 prisoners he did it with 6 bullets left in his gun

Usually, the Medal of Honor is awarded posthumously.

As a Marine, Dan Daly is a legend. As well as the 5th and 6th Marine Corps Regiments. France awarded the Fourragere to the Marines and Sailors of the 5th and 6th Marine Regiments in 1918 for their heroism and bravery in the battles of Belleau Wood, Soissons, and Château-Thierry during World War I. To this day, the 5th and 6th Marine Regiments are the only Marine Corps units authorized to wear the Fourragere. This ceremony marks a rare occurrence, in that an infantry unit that is originally from neither of those regiments received the coveted Fourragere.

I taught Marine Corps history to recruits and permanent personnel at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, California from 1967 to 1970. Dan Daly was just one of many Marine Corps hero's I covered during that time. Tom Boyte GySgt. USMC, retired Vietnam 1965-66/1970-71 0331, Infantry Machine Guns

Cracks me up that I’m seeing a ton of Brits watching Fat Electrician.

You guys gotta check out his video on Joe Medicine Crow "The Last War Chief"

Both Dan Daly and Smedley Butler each need their own TV series.

The Boxer Rebellion is a fascinating part of history.

FYI: the clip of the swordsman getting shot was from the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark. If you've not check it out before, you should.

They did make a movie about the boxer rebellion, it is called “55 days at Peking” starring Charlton Heston and David Niven.

The movie 55 Days In Peking (1963) covers this battle. Several countries, including Britain, were involved in defending the ligation.

We sang his name as we ran in boot camp at Parris Island. Alot of his personel effects are on display at the Museum of the Marine Corps in Quentico, Virginia.

American here; thanks for your appreciation. Don't forget that our Marines got their start in 1775, and had the sterling example of your own Royal Marines to aim for. Dan Daly suspects we may have matched or surpassed. Regards.

The machine gun wasn't a modern mechanism...it was an 1895 Browning "Potato Digger".

I believe they have since revised the rules, and a person can earn more than one medal of honor. I honestly think they should give Dan Daly the third one on principle alone.

After you get the Medal, they remove you from the theatre of war you served in. I have known 3 medal of honor awardees. I am privileged to have known them.

the number of times I have watched people react to this and the Indiana Jones clip goes right over their head makes me sad. Seriously, everyone should watch the OG Indiana Jones trilogy, it's a classic!

I've seen ALL of The Fat Electrician's videos. Glad you have started covering them. One of my favorite videos of his is about a Marine horse named Reckless lol. Too dang funny.

As a retired Marine 93-2006 I definitely enjoy y'all's reactions & while serving all Marines strived to be like SgtMaj. Daley. Semper Fi & Ooorah

I’m very proud of and in awe of one of my gx6(?)-grandfathers who was one of the very first American marines, serving on the Continental Frigate “Deane” in the Revolutionary War. I wish so much that he had left an account of his service.

I never knew so many quotes etc came from him "retreat hell".. "come on you sob do you wanna live forever" .. and devil dogs...im not even finished with the video yet 😂

Also November 10th is the Marine Corps Birthday, while the 11th is Memorial Day plus Dan Daly's Birthday. SEMPER FI

I know a Staff Sargent that got wounded in 2 different fire fights miles apart at two different times of day, but because of the rules only got awarded 1 Purple Heart Medal. His team was on the way out of the fire base to do a patrol. As they were leaving the wire they were attacked. He got shot through the meaty part of the shoulder. It wasn't a really bad wound. Later on in the evening he volunteered to go back to duty and got rotated into another patrol team. They got about 2 miles out and got attacked again and he was shot through his larynx. He got sent home. His commander put him in for 2 Purple Hearts but He only received 1, because the rule is only 1 Purple Heart in a day

As a U.S. Marine, I take pride in the many courageous Marine that built our legacy and set an example for other Marines to aspire to. Dan Daly and John Basilone were two of my favorite examples and inspirations.

There were a total of 100,000-300,000 men on the Boxer side of the Boxer Rebellion

You should checkout his video of US Marines vs. an A.I. robot

Great stuff. Thanks guys. BTW, at 7:30 mark was a scene (guys with swords aren’t bulletproof) from Raiders of the Lost Ark. Seemed like you hadn’t seen it before. You definitely should.

" America's war horse Sgt Reckless " is one of my favorites

Can't wait for you to meet The Limping Lady and SSgt Reckless two ladies who truly made history and Victory for US.

Brings back memories of Marine Corps history at Parris Island back in 1977. Dan Daly and Smedley Butler were 2 Marines who were awarded the Medal of Honor, the nations highest award for Valor, twice.

I love chubby electron guy. ❤

The movie 55 Days in Peking is about the Boxer rebellion.

War of 1812 Battle of New Orleans was fought after the war officially ended, but neither side got the memo .

You can technically be awarded the MoH more than once, but you only get the physical medal once. This came about due to many MoH recipients being awarded the MoH from the Army and the Marines for the same action. That is what that law was intended to correct. Oh and the different branches all have different MoH medals, same ribbon color but the actual medal is a different design.

That's amazing, I share a birthday with Dan Daly. What a great man and thank you for watching this video. This was awesome

Awesome reaction. So glad you found TFE. And so glad you kept it playing to the end so that you didn't miss his fun outros. He does those often. :)

“Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet.” - Marine Corps, retired Gen. James “Mad Dog” Mattis told to Marines in Iraq. Goes to #3 decide to be aggressive enough quickly enough. Got to love the Marines/Devil Dogs

For a better view of the Boxer War, and why Dan Daly got his first MoH, Project Gutenberg has a book titled "Behind the scenes in Peking" discussing the nearly monthlong seige and attacks on the western embassies.

The Fat Electrician is a great storyteller. You guys should take a bunch of his shorter videos about military equipment and weapons and react to those videos too, which are equally great

Semper Fidelis!!

These days typically if you get awarded the MOH, you typically are retired from Active Duty effectively ending any chance of repeating the chance to earn that medal again. Personally, since I am friends with a MOH recipient I could be biased and do think they should be retired and given more than the medal and about $1400 per month pension (that's just for getting that medal, doesn't include their potential retirement of their rank that they earned and possible disability pensions cause let's face it, normally if you earn the MOH it's usually given to the next of kin, so if you are alive, we owe them far more than we give them). It's similar to the Victoria Cross, I served in the Canadian Army 1st CSOR before joining the US Army 18F (Green Berets 19th Group).

Was awarded 2 Medals of Honor❤

I really hope you get to the one about bayonet hill its amazing

The reason behind limiting the amount of Medal of Honar awards was because individuals would not stand out. They did not want it to become a token (participation) award. Only the most deserved achieve it to this day -not every participant.

F*** the gangster there is ONE word for this man "BADASS"

As a Marine I highly recommend you guys react to the Fat Elections video about Sgt Reckless. Another amazing and inspiring video about a forgotten Marine war hero.

Your reaction to the Indiana Jones clip tells me yall have never seen Indiana Jones lol Must see!

U.S. Marines are still referred to as Devil Dogs to this day.

The U.S. government needs to give Dan Daly his MOH

“Raiders of the Lost Ark”…one of my absolutely all time favorite movies!! Harrison Ford?? ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

He stacked ALL the bodies by himself... that's every jarhead's wet dream. Private Dynamite saw it and went, "Lucky!"

Actually Eisenhower didn't originate the quote either - it was first recorded in a 1911 article called "Stub Ends of Thought" by a relatively unknown writer named A.G. Lewis

USMC lore has Devil Dogs coming from this Battle but that name was used in a newspaper in Philadelphia (?) before that.

It was just poor timing that Dan Daly was in line to get a 3rd Medal Of Honor that the U.S. was in the middle of reevaluating who deserves to get the medal or not. Right before America entered WW1, the U.S. reviewed all previous recipients and had revoked a little over 900 medals because they were not deemed worthy of the medal. A large part of this was because they wanted to establish the MoH as the highest medal that can be bestowed and revoke any that didn't meet up to this standard. When the medal was first given during the American Civil War it was given out like candy. 864 were given to a single regiment as an incentive to reenlist and stay to protect the capitol after the Confederate invaded Pennsylvania and left the capitol undermanned. 309 of the 864 volunteered to stay and the rest went home. They ended up only needing to stay for 4 days but because of an error the names of the volunteers was lost. The War Department still gave the medal to the entire 864 men even though a majority didn't volunteer and none of them fought during this time. I don't think they didn't give Dan Daly a 3rd medal because they were trying to be mean but more to just establish how hard it is to receive it during this crackdown on the MoH recipients.

I take that back that was a spellcheck mistake. Archibald Henderson was considered the grand old man of the Marine Corps, not the grandfather.

Weaponization ice cream is another good one.

Hello Beesleys, " The Fat Electrician " knows some stories.

You so need to watch The naval Seal rescues. I CRIED.

Another great video!!! Thanks guys!! ❤

News travels slowly, when you have to put it on a boat and cross an ocean.

If you can find it. The biography of Carlos hathcock can’t be understated how effective he was. He was an expert on sniper vs anioer and some of his exploits in the bush are beyond legendary. The nva put a massive bounty on his head

Great job! Thanks for the hard work!

Dan Daily's birthday is definitely November 11th, America's Veterans Days!

Awesome reaction I absolutely love TFE

I come from a proud Marine Corp family. My great grandfather, my grandfather, my father, and my brother.

To get an idea about the boxer rebelion. Watch a movie called 55 days in Peking. With david niven and Charlton Heston. One of my old time favorite movies.

after the battle the French name the wood Bois de la Brigade de Marine ('Wood of the Marine Brigade', and build Cemetery there as well and its still there.

FYI the US Medal of Honor is essentially equivalent to the UK Victoria Cross and the George Cross.

Just remember that John Chapman has 2 medals of honor from 2002 war in Afghanistan. So its still possible to receive it multiple times. What a badass these men are though. ❤

This one is a good one

For the record on the MOH it was rescinded in 2014. No one alive has been awarded two Medals of Honor; there was a regulation from 1918/1919 until 2014 that prohibited multiple awards. The NDAA of FY2014 rescinded that restriction, so it's now possible. The uniform regulation from the DoDM directs the wear as follows: 3.6. SUBSEQUENT AWARDS. A separate MOH is presented to an individual for each succeeding act that justifies award. A Service member awarded more than one MOH will always wear a separate MOH or separate MOH ribbon to correspond with the number of awards received. The actual presentation would likely be similar to the initial ceremony.

TFE got one thing wrong about that rule stating a soldier can only be awarded one Medal of Honor. Back in the day, the US had seperate Medals of Honor, one for the Army and one for the Navy. And what was happening was that some men were being awarded two Medals of Honor for the same action. The law that TFE mentions is makes it so that there’s only one Medal of Honor that encompasses all the branches. That being said, a USMC official did state that “no living Marine should be awarded three Medals of Honor.”

Hi guys! The point of communications being much slower accounts for some interesting events in U.S. history, such as in the War of 1812 the battle of New Orleans being fought 2 weeks after the war was over, or in the US Civil War the last battle being fought in Texas over two weeks after the south surrendered.

At the time of WWI, there was a tradition of Presidents serving at most 2 terms in office. Dan Daly got blocked on getting the 3rd Medal of Honor, and the military adds a limit that the Medal of Honor can be awarded only once. In WWII, FDR wins his third and fourth elections as President. A Constitutional Amendment is passed making the official limit of 2 terms to prevent a President from serving more than 8 years. If a politician can get a second term in office, heroes like Dan Daly deserve additional awards.

Fun fact about that indiana jones scene, it wasnt scripted, they were supposed to have a close quarters fight but ford was sick so he pulled the revolver.

So hype for this, this one is awsome

I was in the United States, Marine Corps, and I’ll tell you another Marine, you should react to is chesty puller. Archibald Henderson was considered the grandfather of the United States Marine Corps

Harrison Ford and Raiders of the Lost Ark!!! Now there's a movie you need to check out!!!!

Thanks, that was great!! I really enjoyed it. God bless

Imagine if the Olympics had that rule... Saying "you've already received a gold medal, you can't get anymore". WTF!!!

The only reason people have never heard of Dan Daly, is that he fought against Chinese "Boxer Bands" who had the intention of killing and driving out all foreigners from China in 1900 and then years later, in 1915, he fought against Cacos insurgents who were former Haitian slaves attempting to overthrow the Haitian government after years of unrest and destabilization. The Heroism of an American Marine fighting against ethnic foreign civilians does not fit the narrative the powers that be want to embrace. So forget about the two Medals of Honor awarded to him.

Hyper aggression is one of the most intimidating acts of war. It is taught extensively in th US military. NEVER resign yourself to defense if you have the ability to take offense. The same is true in any combat, even if you break it down to the level of a street fight. I'm 5'10" 135lbs 43 years old, and recently subdued (without hurting him), a 24 year old that had both height and weight on me. By being prepared and watching his body movements and the intention in his eyes, I was able to respond accordingly.

Y'all should look up a guy named Audy Murphy; a war hero and actor, a fantastic story.

Not just the Marines are called in, so were the British, Japanese, German, and others.

Nobody cares about fair in combat. If you’re fighting a fair fight, your tactics suck.

Just to add to the shenanigans...10 Nov is the U.S. Marine Corps' Birthday. Not a single Marine is sober for the first two week of November

🤔 "What-d-ya' mean go back ❓ that aint no fun❓❓❓" lol

Great video

Never doubt a marine! Hoo rah!

Fun American military history fact: the Battle of New Orleans took place one month after the War of 1812 was over due to the slow spread of news back then...

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.

They were called "devil dogs" or "Hell Hounds" because when one got mad they all got mad and attacked with the ferocity of nazi german shepherds.

Please keep in mind that most people who earned the Medal of Honor only receive it posthumously. I think it's more in honor of them that it's only allowed once. It's a freak glitch in the matrix that Daly survived standing up and charging into no man's land, let alone solo mow the boxer lawn, or clear the Haitian Jungle without a scratch. Dude was freakishly charmed, and he used it well. But I believe, because I'm a good person who always hopes others have good intention, that the politicos were considering those who died to earn theirs when they made their decision. You have achieved the highest honor and survived. That is the apex, anything else is superfluous.

Might be a good idea to check out "The Relief of Peking", which was rather more a British action in the Boxer Rebellion.

You have a whole country trying to live up to these expectations.

And oh for Brits, that don’t know, The Medal of Honor is the equal to the Victoria Cross, in all ways.

While I don't agree with him getting screwed out of his third medal, for Americans the Medal of Honor is like being knighted in Britain except only the military can earn it.

Please do “Americas War horse Marine” next!

Merica baby, salute the marines and dan daly. 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅

My favorite Marine. Sorry Chesty Puller