What happens if you dive on a grenade? 

This episode was especially great. One Marine who could have been mentioned was PFC Donald Ruhl. Ruhl was always on the 1st Sgt's crap list in garrison. At Iwo Jima he threw himself on a satchel charge saving his friends. One of the men he saved was Sgt. Henry O. Hansen, one of the raisers of the first flag that went up on Suribachi. Tragically, Hansen himself was KIA a couple of weeks later. As a Marine myself, I am especially proud to have served in a Corps that produced such men.

Do the F8 Crusader next!

just letting you know a telegram scammer is using your name (channel name) some BS about a prize

@@danhay8933 them dang whipper snapper code writers showing off. They're everywhere.

@@PvtEd cast a wide net, catch more fish I guess, dang ankle biters 😆

Can't see a Generation Z person doing the same. (I'm adding this on 01-15-22): Only 16% of Generation Z say they are proud to be American. Additionally for you Generation Z folks who like to discriminate and think age makes someone less credible a "Boomers" is a person born between 1946-1964 and I'm not even close to that age.

@@corey8420 crazy. You must not be in the military. Fuck outta here. Tell a Gen Z grunt this and watch them fuck you up.

@@corey8420 What a way to disparage our currently serving members who are willing to put life and limb on the line. just so someone can dismiss their character because of an arbitrary year they were born.

That implied those than instinctively ran for cover are cowards. Totally unfair judgement.

@@corey8420 Go serve in their stead then.

Tearjerking to be sure. As I understand it, he was a pacifist but chose to serve as a medic in a combat unit. As an atheist, I cannot agree with the idea of not fighting against fascism when it comes knocking on your door (the idea is only supportable if you believe in an afterlife for yourself and the people you fail to defend) but he was an extremely courageous and principleled person. A wonderful example of true humanity.

@@patricknorton5788 Roughly 80% of your complimentary post about a man who saved others in combat is about yourself. You might want to stop and think about that.

@@patricknorton5788, there are no atheists in foxholes. G'night!

@@MrArgus11111... roughly 80% of Patrick Norton's posts are virtue signaling socialism.

@@warpartyattheoutpost4987 Got any studies on that claim?

How tough is it?

@Morgan Null the modern body armor he claims has saved men from frags

@@shedrackjenkins1941 Well, ballistic helmets are mainly meant to protect from frag, most bullets will go right through them except smaller pistol rounds, not talking about lucky ricochets. A ballistic plate on the other hand can be rated to stop armor piercing rifle rounds. So I'd think pretty damn tough

@Morgan Null huh,i thought most sniper bullets ricochet off helmets

@@TheOneWayDown which means there must be a limited use of ballistic plating for different armours and helmets. which military divisions have access to it?

Thank you for adding this.

"History only remembers 1 in a thousand of us and the future will be filled with stories of who we were and what we did. How we lived, how we fought, and how we died."

@@abigbutterstick1780 I know it's a song from a goofy and fun Metal Gear game, but I'll say it anyway. The song Hot Wind Blowing is all about this exact topic, about how soldiers risk life and limb for their country but are forgotten anyway. It's actually pretty deep

@@lucifermagne7458 the last part hits hard "We fight for justice, in a forgotten place, fulfill our duty then vanish without a trace"

Thank you for quoting Christ at the end

and died

Yes that Canadian battalion fought bravely by all accounts...

@@eamonnclabby7067a brave Canadian battalion, do u know that name of it?

@@nursestoyland Winnipeg Grenadiers

@@erikbutterfield8341 thx!

Whats the name? If you can get it

I'm certain it was a hard/difficult life afterwards

@@rider4440 think it is this guy Richard K. Sorenson guy throw himself on a grenade, Sorenson was awarded the Medal of Honor on July 19, 1944. When on the February 1-2, 1944 he demonstrated extreme bravery and self-sacrifice during the fight at Namur Island, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. When he and five fellow Marines were occupying a shellhole a grenade was suddenly tossed in with them and acting quickly Sorenson covered it with his body and thereby saved the lives of his fellow soldiers. Even more astounding was the fact that he survived the blast despite being severely wounded.

Thanks for sharing. I had no idea. -Combat vet from Park Rapids

I lived on Kwaj for 2 years, and we had 2 men who fought on the island in WWII come and talk to our high school

He only needed faith

gun? you mean streccer support stik

Broke it down and turned the stock into a handle for a stretcher.

@@NinjaBray yep

@@NinjaBray it was an M1 Garand

I have been to Kakazu Ridge where Doss earned his MOH. That is one rough forbidding place.

And a B movie after all. :::::

@@Mecanotech Yea i don't think you know what that word means.

@@user-zg5ey5xo9i OK let's see. I'm not saying I'm a movie critic. B movies are movies made for the sake of making them. Bad actors, meh script, whatever movie. They make B movies so they always have something to play in theaters. The in-between movies. Between the block busters or A movies. The capitan in the Desmond movie is a comedy actor with no range of emotions what so ever, in my opinion. I don't even remember any other known actor besides the main character, Andrew Garfield. The movie, besides it's real life inspiration, was cringe and boring. For me personally.

@@Mecanotech See you don't know what that word means. Congrats!

Lucas was technically UA(the Army calls it AWOL) at the time of his act. A gutsy guy.

@@Snuffy03 Captain America IRL

@@ladvargleinad7566 Indeed. I personally have known 3 Medal of Honor recipients in my life. One got his MOH on Iwo Jima with the 3rd MarDiv. One got his in France in the 35th Inf. Div. The third was my commanding officer at one time. He got his MOH in Vietnam when he was a SSgt with a Marine Recon unit. He was a Captain when he was my CO. All these guys were quiet, unassuming individuals who impressed the hell out of me. I was proud to know them. I have the same respect and regard for ANY man who wears that small blue ribbon with the tiny white stars.

He was among the youngest, but wasn't the youngest. Willie Johnston received the MOH at the age of 13 in the Civil War. Though Orion Howe received his later in life, he was 14 when he earned it at the Battle of Vicksburg.

14 year old clamoring to go to war? definately the type ...At that age not knowing or even caring what a particular war is about just "lets GO!" I remember being so bummed out I was gonna miss going to vietnam cause I was still young when it was politically winding down...I honestly believed if my country said it was good and right then lets go now! At least fighting against nazis and japan made a bit of sense unlike much of what followed

I think it's because you realise that judging by their ages (early 40s) he gave them at least another twenty years of life. Edit: it was actually less than 15 extra years at that stage bc the TV show (This is Your Life) was made in the late 1950s)

Same. You can tell the first man wants to hug him.

It's because you can feel the emotion they're holding back. Back then it was frowned upon for men (especially vets) to show emotion.

fr I would never be able to give my friend a big enough of a thanks edit: though I guess his friends being alive and healthy is all he wanted

Same, and Doss looked so... I'm not sure what word to use. But you could see his emotion, too.

He's Freaking amazing and he refused to carry agun right? Was he that guy?

Cooking a grenade wasn't specific to partisans, there where British and also German soldiers who did it as well, since most grenades back then had a longer fuse. Though it was mostly done by experienced soldiers who knew how long to hold the grenade before throwing it.

Cooking a grenade was actually invented in the early 2000s in COD. The more you know.

If you read the book all quiet on the Western Front or the road back, this tactic is specifically mentioned. (The books are from the pov of a german soldier during ww1. The author was a german ww1 veteran)

@@tommytherunner Black Ops vibes

@Lilith .J yeah its not in most cases but I was simply pointing out cooking grenades isn't anything new or specific to Yugoslavia.

He is a hero

Lose his entire teeth? Did your father land the grenade under his his chin?

@@fusionrain1791 He quickly grabbed a large metal plate and held the grenade between it and the wall. The force of the blast caused the plate to move and hit him in his jaw, breaking his jaw bone and many teeth along with knocking many out. So while he did dive on the grenade he had a shield between him and it.

@@Colty045 that's probably the most badass thing I ever heard

@@Colty045 did he ever get replacement teeth? How is he nowadays?

Sounds like an example of sole survivor status. I'm guessing that was his ONLY brother.

@1lovesoni He had two other brothers though none were in the service. His brother David had been shot down twice escorting Green Berets. That combined with the heroism of Dale is likley why they sent him home.

I'm gonna go ahead and assume Dale's last name was originally Väyrynen, a Finnish name.

@@ihmesekoilua Kyllä! He was born at Moose Lake in Minnesota. I thought the spelling was familiar haha

to be fair, a 15 year old probably has a lot less meat, blood, flesh, and bone in their body than a full grown man with physical training

@@ADodoBird more like to be fair putting a live grenade with a bunch of fakes means alot more shrapnel and fragmentations flying everywhere

did someone actually dive on it? article I read said the grenade exploded in the hand of a boy

@@onceuponatimeonearth I've heard both stories, but what is told nowadays where it happened is that someone jumped on it.

@@vinccool96 ah I see, gotcha

looking at him you'd think everyone came out twice as handsome after a grenade

His MoH induction: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3t5b7qriF1Q.html

Was about to say. He’s a joy to listen to and read about

Private Billy McFazdean, 14th Royal Irish Rifles, 1st July 1916. He received the first, sadly posthumous, Victoria Cross of the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

@@deanstuart8012 Thanks, Dean. I remember reading about the incident but I could not recall his name.

At least he didnt have to suffer until his death. When surviving isnt an option, a fast death is the only blessing one can get

RIP to him. Thank you for sharing a family story. 🙏

Was he throwing the grenade or thrusting it into the earth to bury it?

I actually remember meeting Robert when I was going to Pilot Butte. Super nice guy.

How distant?

@@ninjireal Half brother to one of my grandparents, never met the man.

So it was the will of D.?

The human body can move quite fast when it has only a second to live

Another Russian soldier at some point lay wounded in a trench and a drone was dropping mortar bombs on him. He catched them mid-air and threw them away.

@@wulfheort8021 There was also this russian soldier that while missing both legs was fired at by a tank and caught the shell mid-air, throwing it back and destroying the tank

@@kvproductions2581 Or the one that jumped out of his tank to catch a Javelin missile before impact.

​@@wulfheort8021at first i tought it was true,then i continued reading

My wife's a paramedic. Much respect to you.

Especially when there’s a 66mm rocket in it.

Lmao

We still dug them when I served,85-90,SemperFi

@@manwithballsonarm6775 what

@@bretsubotnik1777 Thank you for your service

And Gander, a dog in the Canadian army, also fought in Hong Kong, a grenade landed in his position, he pick it up and ran towards the Japanese, and died saving several wounded soldiers

a grenade is a bomb lol

@@koffing2073 oh really. I was referring to something bigger

@@JohnTavastian yeah we have a distorted vision because of movies, also they don't give huge fireballs

uncle before marriage lore

Lol this comment makes me laugh everytime

Judging by your words, I think you are the type of person that would have done the same thing. God bless our service members.

@@irafair3015 Thank you for the compliment but I can't see myself in the same category as any of these people. I'm just a simple medic who try to put others first, but all of our service members go way farther than I do. I don't think we thank them as well as we should. Not us as the civilian, but our government the politicians.

Yep, that's what happens.

Lachhiman Gurung VC

I had to suppress the laugh this comment evoked. Holy shit that's dark haha

incredible what these young men had to endure and how they overcame those horrors at such a young age. im 26 and i have no idea if i wouldve been able to do what those men did back then, nothing but respect for them

youtube tends to censor military stuff to be "family friendly"

Knock it away with a baseball bat

Somebody in this comment section shared a story from their grandfather about just such an incident. Two men dived for the grenade, but deflected one another and so neither was able to cover it and block the shrapnel. It caused many casualties.

They might be useful for shooting down a pesky drone...😄

What

​@@aidanc6672 The inmate had his genitals blown off by the concussion grenade, it's not that hard to figure out

Yeah I understand

I ca certainly see that. We had children of all ages playing with weapons like they were toys. Amazing how they thought it was so funny.

It does feel like an archaic weapon, too random and too close for comfort. I think the Germans had the right idea putting a stick on the end so you have a bit more weight and control versus trying to toss an oversized egg that rolls around but of course that is more awkward to carry.

Vietnam had a lot of ""fragging" an idiot officer incidents . Add to that McNameras idiots(solders with mental deficiencies), and conscripts and you have a recepy for Friendly fire

That was party because in Viet Nam it was common to simply frag an officer while he was asleep in his tent that was extremely disliked at that time.

The sheet of metal also probably helps considerably less against the fragmentation. The human body with its sheer mass and different layers inside surely slows fragments a lot more

@@DenpaCake well you can still lay on top of the helmet, maybe modern helmets will help enough for you to survive the blast

U r the sad one

Nothing wrong with the fear of death.

@@urnoob5528 u r a queer one

I believe you are correct, and probably gave aid to a few others. I havent served, but worked ambulance for 5 years.... For a medic there is the code to give aid and help to any as you are able to do so. So yes, that applies to a enemy as well. As bizarre as war is.. bottom line is we are all human beings.... for those that give aid, you try to save all that you can.

@@razor6888 He objected to firing upon any fellow man. He would not fire on any of God's creation, being a vegetarian his entire life. He helped any wounded that came his way, Japanese, American or otherwise. He refused to even carry a weapon! This meant he was shot and wounded four separate times in Okinawa alone, one shot into his arm left him too disabled to work. The man also contracted TB whilst freeing the Philippines from the Japanese. This TB was so severe they had to remove one whole lung and five of his ribs. Combined with the 17 bits of shrapnel in him from kicking a grenade away from his fellows, the multiple times he was struck by enemy fire incl. the shot that prevented him from returning to work because of his arm, after saving the lives of over one hundred men..... the veteran's department STILL didn't give him full disability!! Only when the military literally made the man 100% deaf by giving him an accidental overdose of antibiotics did he receive full disability. This man is a hero and the nation he served failed him when he got home.

Diving yes but throwing back has gotten some kills if accurate

@@Channel-23s I'm talking about diving.

Cod should allow a MP feature where jumping on a grenade saves your teammates and gets you 1,000 points

i remember there being a challenge in the BO2 campaign for proning on a grenade and surviving

@@lljkgktudjlrsmygilug... doesn't work for you in Call of Doody? Hahahahahahahah! Who cares? Grown ups are talking.