Elite Marine Scout-Snipers of WWII | 40 Thieves on Saipan

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The Battle of Saipan was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on the island of Saipan from June 15 to July 9, 1944. It has been referred to as "Pacific D-Day.” The bloody battle resulted in allowing U.S. planes to be based within bombing range of Japan. Postcards interviewed Joseph Tachovsky, a graduate of University of Minnesota and the son of Lt. Frank Tachovsky, who was the commanding officer of a platoon of Marine Scout-Snipers that have become known as the "40 Thieves." Tachovsky drew upon his father’s memoirs and interviews with the soldiers who served under him to write the book 40 Thieves on Saipan: The Elite Marine Scout-Snipers in One of World War II’s Bloodiest Battles.
40 Thieves on Saipan | Season 13, Episode 11 | Aired 4/21/22
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@GoodyPR 2 года назад

This is a truly inspiring story, and I am so grateful to the authors and PBS Postcards team at Pioneer PBS for your storytelling, editing and graphics! This piece is a beautiful tribute to the 40 brave WWII US Marines veterans in the "40 Thieves" platoon led by Lt Frank Tachovsky (Co-Author Joseph Tachovsky's dad). Thank you Joseph and Co-Author Cynthia Kraack for your award-winning book, "40 Thieves on Saipan", and for letting us help you promote it! I cried at the end of this story! So moving!

@maryjolucarelli2276 2 года назад

I thank you Joe, with all my being for honoring these brave 40 Thieves. They are the Greatest Generation.

@ColinFreeman-kh9us 3 месяца назад

I’m Australian but brave men are brave men wherever they hail from. Amazing story telling truly compelling watching for anyone of any age or era, what humility these fallen heroes that have mostly passed on show.

@michaeldelahunty2440 4 месяца назад

I was reading about Lee Marvin ,he was a Scout Sniper, he fits the bill

@caffiend. 3 месяца назад

He also was on Saipan.

@GrumblingGrognard 3 месяца назад

lol, I was just about to post this...he was wounded on Saipan I think. He always said he was "shot in the ass"...but it was upper buttocks and it hit his f'ing spine. Not quite the same as the butt-wound most imagine. I read his record, they had to go back in weeks later to remove another piece of metal and he had to be disabled in the end due to the injury.

@michaeldelahunty2440 3 месяца назад

You are spot on ,he was also shot in the foot in the same incident ,when pinned down by a Jap sniper he sure fit the bill ,as he was put in the brig and demoted a number of times, what a life !!!!

@mr.invisable6919 День назад

He made more combat landings than any other marine I believe. If not, close to it. He made it though.

@user-fc7ug4sl9p 3 месяца назад

You've taken good care of my Brother!!!! Damn that was powerful...

@MrNovember88 2 года назад

This books deserves way more attention, it’s one of if not my favorite books about the war. Very thankful that their story was told.

@MrNovember88 2 года назад

I just started it for the second time and crazy timing that this video just came out. Maybe next time I read it they’ll have a limited series in the works. Joseph I know if you did it you’d do it right!

@tomweickmann6414 3 месяца назад

Thank you to you. Thank you to all those brave men. Don't forget them.

@jebsails2837 9 месяцев назад

My late father mentioned the 40 thieves. A Navy Pharmacist Mate, he landed with the 2MarDiv, survived the first Banzi charge. After things settled down he served with the 202 Navy Field Hospital, was promoted to W-1 (MSC) and served as legal and sanitation officer at Camp Susupe, departing in '46 he served 14 more yrs. for 30 yrs of service. Thanks. Narragansett Bay

@Twom44 Год назад

Get the book!!! Do yourself a favor!!! This author's father lead these Marines on Saipan. Read it and you'll feel close to these men. They deserve our thanks and praises.

@HootOwl513 Год назад

This is a great book. Pleased to see the documentary.

@wamalanga 8 месяцев назад

Cheers to you Joseph, and to my father Albert Malanga Marshall of the 40 Thieves. He would have been so amazed to read this book. I listened to his stories every night at the dinner table. SFMF

@yossarianmnichols9641 3 месяца назад

The video interview by the New York Veterans Society of Corporal Verducci will blow your mind. This is on RU-vid. He was a Marine on Saipan and several other campaigns and his verbatim story is filled with minute details and intense emotion. He starts with his enlistment and yes he was court martialed while on a ship headed for Hawaii with the crime being AWOL. He turned out to be one of the Marines Top Guns but he never got a damn thing for it.

@arttoegemann 3 месяца назад

Need a lawyer. Posthumous correction.

@timdevoe360 3 месяца назад

Thank you

@igotatan1 3 месяца назад

What is the most terrifying haircut one could wear? A Mohawk. As a Mohawk, I'm honored.

@TheHandymanQld 7 месяцев назад

Battle Cry ... a brilliant read. I only just finished it, again, two nights ago.

@aimandjulian3195 3 месяца назад

very moving.

@walterdanielswalter.r.dani7628 3 месяца назад

Thank you. Wonderful story. My father served with Chennault in China and flew 100 missions. Shot down once defending their airfield

@briancooper2112 7 месяцев назад

Great book!

@BillyJ244 3 месяца назад

We owe everything to guys like this. If we would have lost that war we would all be speaking Japanese or German. Most of us wouldn't even be here. Thank God for the greatest generation. Younger people need to learn more and be inspired by them.

@cornellmiller-gr5ny 3 месяца назад

Thanks to PBS and others for the documentary on the fighting in Saipan. I am grateful for PBS, but one very important comment was left out of this and other WWII films . No one every mentions that African American also fought on Saian. It wasn't until president Obama honored these soldiers with a gold medal in 2016 that most of America didn't know. I'm just glad that WWII is over. Peace to everyone.

@bassomatic1871 3 месяца назад

IIRC, the actor Lee Marvin was a Marine Scout Sniper in the Pacific during the war.

@caffiend. 3 месяца назад

He served on Saipan also.

@patrickerhardt4834 3 месяца назад

Great story. My father was part of the Army Rangers on Saipan. He never spoke much about his WWII experience, as it seems that many of the veterans of the era did.

@JonathanMilletEsq День назад

Very touching.

@jimgomez5396 3 месяца назад

This I need to read!

@phillipallen3259 3 месяца назад

I was an active duty Marine from 1993-2002. I've always loved history and particularly WW2 . The stories from that part of the war will curl your toes. I'm looking forward to getting this book!

@saxman7131 3 месяца назад

I love the animation style.

@The762nato 3 месяца назад

Please contact me . We had one of the Marine snipers here in NZ about 15-20 years ago . My good friend on the Rifle Range at Trentham New Zealand gave him a tour . And As the Marine walked the range he had a moment , he stopped , and said this is where all his men practiced before they went to , as I recall Tarawa . As the landing barge was going to shore the barge was hit and all but a couple of the men were killed . He had gone to Tarawa and said that barge was still there ! Anything about the Marine snipers who were here in New Zealand ? Oh and the buttress wall in the range pits still has their names on it and is a historical registered site .

@stephenberry3551 3 месяца назад

A fitting epitaph, thank you

@krautyvonlederhosen 2 месяца назад

Dad, commander of a PBM flying dumbo missions landed near Saipan before the island was secured. Marines were attracted to a Navy P-boat as they knew about Navy chow. Dad traded for souvenirs, mostly letters. He kept them and in 1997, tried to have them translated for possible return. Local professor at the college demanded $50 each page and it never happened. Dad’s admiration for Marines never wavered. He was close enough to know.

@griffhenshaw5631 3 месяца назад

Great piece...the flag story got to me very powerful.

@LShapedAmbush 9 дней назад

Oh, my God.

@milsurprifleguy7091 2 месяца назад

Very interesting about Don Evan’s , since I am from Kansas City , I will have to look that up

@gilbertocamacho6769 14 часов назад

Guy Galbadon fought on Saipan too.

@rodneybenefield8970 4 месяца назад

Does anyone know if there is a list of those that served in this unit? TIA

@minuteman2547 2 месяца назад

PBS can ruin a wet dream. Switched to the cement hardening channel to pick up the pace.

@claudalfred2064 3 месяца назад

Was scout sniper in Nam 7thmarines sempre Fi

@johnjyoungjr7400 2 месяца назад

Semper Fi 3rd Bn 7th Marines Wpns Co. The Cutting Edge

@mr.invisable6919 День назад

Will this generation fill these shoes? I pray so.

@aj-tp2yh 2 месяца назад

ARNF America Peace Thankyou for my Freedom

@MrPanetela День назад

My Father and Lord of Heaven, i'm grateful for another day of life in liberty. however, my prayer today is not for me. it is for all the soldiers past present and future. God bless them all. Raise them up on the last day. And grant them the riches they deserve for they gave their all for their family and country. Have mercy on us all, Lord, there is only so much we can see and understand. So watch over us all, protect us from the evil one, and fill us all with your holy spirit till the end of time. Amen.

@DaveSCameron 3 месяца назад

Still only reading it like America alone faught in the Asian-Pacific theatre…smh

@user-sz9xe4zi7b День назад

Bravo. When men were men and not wearing women's clothing like under Biden.

@Pontiacdreams 3 месяца назад

Dry

@BruceSanders-bt2tb 2 месяца назад

Your a good man. To make sure these men are not forgotten. Sadly have to say, the direction our country has allowed itself to be taken would disgust these men, and also have to say, we could use some men like these today. Please don't think I'm not respecting today's soldiers. Because I'm not. Breaks my heart that the current catastrophe calling itself out government could care less about our hero veterans sleeping in the streets. It's disgusting. God bless the United States Marine Corps. The only true gift Islam got for the world. President Andrew Jackson sent his ambassador to talk to the Muslim ambassador from Tripoli And ask him to quit seizing our merchant ships and kidnapping the crews and either enslaving them or selling them into slavery. The Muslim ambassadors answer was thier POS religion allowed them to becose we were Infidals.. President Jackson's response was to ask Congress to spend the money to build a real Navy and ships. Along with a force of men once they got there . To deal with the Muslims. And that force was the new United States Marine Corps. So thank the POS Alla, and the disgusting concept of Islam for creating the need for our United States Marine Corps..Always Faithful.