I was there in 1990, USS Peleliu LHA-5. We did an amphibious re-enactment for the Marine Corps birthday. I took a handful of black sand from “Blood Beach” off one of the tracks, buried half of it with my good friend Ernie who fought there and in Guam with the 3rd Marines. Rest in Peace my friend.
My grandfather fought in that battle. He survived, obviously, but was never the same from what I was told. I never met him but I honor him in my own way. RIP. 🙏
One of my uncles was there, as a US Marine, he was 19 yrs. old and survived , later another uncle was at the Chosin Reservoir, he was 17 !!and he survived,
Your uncles were lucky indeed, I presume they both survived. One uncle having fought in one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific and the other uncle less than a decade later, fighting in the Korean War. To think, we have a coward running for the highest office in the land calling men such as your uncles disparaging names I choose not to repeat, out of respect.
My wife's first cousin was kia on the road to to the Yalu river. A rifle bullet hit him center mass and he was gone. It really messed her grandparents and her Mom up. It killed his parents with Shlitz beer. The ripples of battle. It has even affected me a little. I hate to see what it did to good people. I still love the Corps. I wasn't in.
A lot of people forget about Korea but , like all war it was brutal. I had a Sunday school teacher who as a young Marine was at Chosin and lost two toes to frost bite and he would sometimes talk about how cold it was in Korea. What he didn't talk about and we would learn upon his passing was that young Marine was awarded a Purple Heart, Bronze and Silver star (2) he never spoke a word about his medals awarded or the combat he experienced.
My nephew just enlisted in the Marines last week. He's got some big boots to fill but he's ready and willing to follow in their footsteps. So proud of him.
@@badgumby9544 I saw a 99 year old marine crying over him finally losing his war. "What did we do that for when now the Nazis are all Americans? He hated fascism just as I hate it but he bled for America to get rid of it. Now we see it taking our country down the bad road that Japan, Germany and Italy took. I expect to be hearing from these fascist a##holes some day about my hatred of Trump and his crazy cultists. I'm sick with fear for my country. The good ole USA is gonna turn sour.
A lot of people would be happy to go back to that era before women's lib, gay and black rights, and few hispanics, not to mention high unemployment and gross economic inequality before the war.
My Father suffered a fractured shin when a dud mortar round struck him. He served with the 3rd Division and landed late on D day. He was evacuated 4 days later. One of the lucky ones.
My mom had 4 sisters and one brother. He was drafted in WW2 and fought on Iwo Jima and Okinawa. He was 18 when he fought on Iwo Jima and turned 19 before the battle for Okinawa. He said he didn't take his boots off for 30 days during the battle for Iwo Jima. When he removed his boots there was nothing left of his socks except the very tops.
Because the battle for Okinawa began (April 1, 1945) while the battle for Iwo Jima was ending (Mar. 26, 1945), the same U.S. Marine divisions did not fight in both battles. On Iwo were the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Marine Divisions, and on Okinawa were the 1st and 6th Marine Divisions. It is highly unlikely that your uncle fought in both engagements as a Marine unless he somehow snuck himself into Okinawa to fight for almost another 3 months after a month of fighting on Iwo. Even a Marine would not be physically or mentally able to pull off that kind of duty.
@Firedog-ny3cq I went back to check his age and I was off by a year. My uncle turned 20 on May 11 1945 so he was 19 years old when he was in the battle for Iwo Jima and was 20 years old by the time he was in the battle for Okinawa. The battle for Okinawa lasted from April 1st to June 22nd 1945. The battle for Iwo Jima ended on March 26 1945. From the end of the battle of Iwo Jima to the end of the battle of Okinawa was 57 days, he had ample time after Iwo Jima to rest and refit for the battle of Okinawa. My uncle died in 2009. I knew he had been in the battle for Iwo Jima from what my mom had told me. I stopped by to visit one day during the last year he was alive and I said something to him about him having fought in the battle for Iwo Jima and that is when he said he had also fought in the battles for Okinawa. He was fortunate to have never been wounded.
My great uncle stormed some beaches in the pacific. Never knew until after he died because he didn’t ever speak of it the rest of his life. I can’t imagine the suffering he endured.
Sometimes speaking about such things can cause you to relive past nightmares - you see it, hear it - *smell it* - all over again. PTSD can be awful. I know it is for me, and I never endured the stuff in this film.
My uncle died on Iwo Jima...he was killed in what was termed ''mop up'' as the Japanese soldiers fought to the death even though they knew they were beaten and for this reason the battles with them were ferocious. He was in a hole pinned down by a sniper they could not see and a Marine was wounded in the clearing. He drew the short straw and ran out to help the Marine when he was shot dead. These young men were brave, honest, and full of love for each other-- to their Marine Corps hearts. I don't think we could do what they did today. Americans are not as stalwart and respectful, nor as lean and strong.
My take on all of this is that anyone who served in combat deserves our highest accolades and thanks. I had 2 Uncles who gave all for our country. Thomas w Greer, US Army, Oct 10, 1951 Korea and William S Clarke. Army Air Air Corp, China Oct 9, 1944. I honor and thank them and all others who served and will serve.
@@brandonhoman3362 Not if God removes his favor because of our selfish wicked ways. And this is a Marine speaking this. So don't get your panties in a bunch.
Thanks for uploading this. I remember seeing it in the '70's. And, it's nice to be treated like an adult again. It may not be "original unseen...." But, because it has not been able to get past the censors for years now, it's certainly been unseen by a lot of people. It is not only this UA-cam, but most, that sanitize the suffering and the dead anymore. For instance, the footage from Ukraine, shown on this channel, used to be more graphic once upon a time. But now, even the old films and newsreels are censored, or blurred. I am not for gore for gore's sake, I am for war being portrayed as it is. The irony of watching an old documentary about the Allies liberating the death camps in WW2, showing the mounds of dead and the bulldozers pushing the bodies into mass graves, and listening to Eisenhower saying that the world must see this horror so the film would be shown to the public, and having it all blurred by UA-cam today. I guess we are all considered too tender, or infantile to handle these things anymore. I am one man who drew some very powerful lessons from having seem those old films in their original form. To see this, as I remember it, might move others as it did me so long ago.
I’m just waiting to see if they release the old VD film they made us watch in boot camp back in the day. That one was as graphic as it could be. Scare tactics that worked back then would be considered offensive and triggering to today’s soft armed forces.
I absolutely cant get enough of WWII footage. My father was part of the forces that drove Germany out of Africa. He helped liberate Italy then his home country of Greece. He was then part of the second wave at Omaha Beach. Eventually was injured for the second time during the battle of the bulge and got to come home. What an amazing group of people. The greatest generation.
Some of the very best WW2 footage included in this video. I have never before seen the rocket trucks shown 10:32 - 10:54. Thank you for posting this one !
The video footage is chilling to say the least. I simply cannot imagine what it would've been like to actually be there. Indescribable horror. God bless our Brave Marines!! 💯❤️🇺🇸
My uncle enlisted at 16 (had to lie) then fought in Korea and Nam…..retired and worked at an underwear factory for 20+ years. They don’t make em like that any longer, truly the greatest generation. RIP soldiers on both sides of the conflict.
RIP to all my older brothers/ancestors who gave their lives on this small island. The Marine Corps still looks back at this battle with great admiration for the bravery and tenacity of the devildogs and corpsman who fought relentlessly to take this small piece of land in the pacific. I love you brothers. Semper Fi.
A genuine heart-felt salute to all who served then and are now serving. My father in law would have been 100 this year if he had lived past his 84th birthday. He served in the Bulge and Europe as artillery support of the 82nd airborne. A salute to all ....
Those were the days before the rule “the cameraman never dies” was established. Seriously. This is unimaginable to everyone not having been there. Amazing footage.
11:01 For the commenters who like to joke about how the cameraman never gets killed…the cameraman who took this shot was killed in the explosion he filmed.
i am a Filipino, but it is with great appreciation how noble the American SOLDIERS are during the liberation from Europe to Africa and lastly, the Pacific during WW2. Likewise, the Filipino soldiers who fought alongside them. No one can compare to them with our present generation. They had given their lives lfor the sake of love of country and liberty.
Thanks. Close Friend was part of the battle. Never talks Has started to talk then just looks off to the right and says someday. Dick passed early this year never talked. Wonderful Man. Great loss to me. Was Right With Our Lord I know God Bless all out Veterans 🙏
You see that plane flying over the 2nd flag raising? That was my grandfather in an Avenger. They later landed and he picked up an O3A3 rifle. Still in perfect condition today. He didn't say much else. Just cried.
Dan Carlin's Hard Core History podcast/content does an excellent job of explaining conditions of island fighting the Japanese during WWII! Highly recommend!
@JayDembouski Bone spurs "took a bullet". LOL! HE BARELY GOT SCRATCHED AND WORE A MAXI PAD ON HIS HEAD FOR 2 WEEKS! 🤣 The shooter was a mentally ill republican too. Bone spurs took a bullet for lax gun laws.
We in Western Europe are told much about the D-day -landings in Normandy. The landings on the Pacific -islands were worse. I knew the name Iwo Jima as a young kid
Indeed, even before the US could commit trained combat troops to Europe, the US was building Liberty Ships from British blueprints to supply Allies with almost everything requested or needed, or even possible. Unfortunately of course, because of U-boats, a lot went to the bottom of the sea.
@Anthony-z6n3h No. Otherwise, my maternal grandfather would not have left the Central Illinois coal mines to work in the SF Bay Area shipbuilding yards.
Omaha Beach was the costliest amphibious assault for the US during WWII, and most amphibious landings in the Pacific theater were uncontested at the waterline. Be careful what you label "worse".
@@redaug4212 You're right about what happened on "Omaha Beach". The inland fighting's in the Pacific theater were of the worst kind. Yes, I know about "The battle of the Bulge"
Doesn’t mean it was ever produced to the viewing public when it was made. You don’t think there’s still film of actual historical events that have been lost in some floorboard that’s never been seen?
@@5stardetailingllc471This footage was (re) used in The World at War in the early 1970s, with Sir Laurence Olivier narrating. I saw it on PBS back in the day, would have been 7th grade or so. PBS also had Monty Python’s Flying Circus. All the explosions and such are sound effects added later with the narration. Shot silent.
Never seen that before. War reporting has come a long way, but jeez, having to make a reel from that! After processing, and with 'shoot from the hip' editorial guidelines, along with illegible notes that didn't make it back with the can. Kudos.
Visitied this island while stationed Japan for training. It was awesome. Lots of cave and even found some undiscovered that had weapons and bodies in them.
Yeah, there are no bodies in the caves after all those years. I was stationed there at the U.S. Coast Guard Loran C Master station back in 1973-74. We explored every cave still open on that island. There were no weapons, although we did find a cave with wooden crates of Japanese hand grenades and mortar shells stacked neatly in the middle of the main room. We took a bunch of them on top of Suribachi and tossed them in the crater to see if they would explode. Nothing happened. We found a tiny cave deep in the jungle (it had grown back with a vengeance) with 5 skeletons lying on the floor. By the gold fillings in their teeth, we identified them as Japanese soldiers. We informed the Japanese commander of the JDF forces on the island and they came to remove them. Please don't make up stuff about this sacred place. It's dishonorable to the men of both sides who perished there.
I visited Iwo Jima in February 2017.. got to stand on the top of Mt Suribachi while a USMC veteran of the battle played the Marine Corps hymn on his harmonica he carried during the battle. It was an amazing experience to look down on the invasion beach and just to realize just how every Marine on that beach was just a sitting duck with nowhere to hide and getting shot at from three sides and above. Grim. I'm not sure courage is the right word because it wasn't like they had a choice whether to be brave or not, they just had targets on their foreheads and nowhere for cover or concealment. The Japanese also lost 20,000 soldiers their, and their positions were also grim and horrible. There were Japanese on the island that day but I don't think there were any survivors of the battle, of which there were only 200 or so. If you ever get a chance take a Reunion of Honor trip to Iwo. I have sand from the invasion beach from roughly the area at 5:25 in the video on Green Beach 1. Very somber.
@ The first photograph of the iconic flag raising on Iwo Jima’s Mount Suribachi was taken by Staff Sergeant Louis R. Lowery, a photographer for Leatherneck Magazine, the Marine Corps publication. He captured an image of the first flag being raised by a group of Marines early on February 23, 1945. Later that day, photographer Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press took the more famous photograph of the second flag raising on the same mountain. Rosenthal’s image went on to become one of the most iconic images of World War II and earned him a Pulitzer Prize.
I may be mistaken. But I think that the backpack shown at 15:58 was John Basilone's. Medal of Honor awardee for actions taken on Guadalcanal who was killed on Iwo Jima. One of the great heroes of the war. Anyone viewing this at the time would have recognized his name immediately. I woud love to know what happened to that backpack. It would be a priceless artifact indeed.
As an individual who has seen extensive amounts of ww2 footage,,, some of this is common scenarios ive seen dozens of times.. But a fairly good part pf of this video is new to me
the firepower of that battle specifically was one that to me goes down in history as the most intense fire ever produced by non-nuclear weapons. That island was utterly wiped out on the surface every inch of it. The Japanese are very, very smart warriors though, they used its very dense material to create a virtual city underground that didnt care about surface issues. It was a battle of raw power vs. strategy, thats why both sides got jacked up.
How is any of this unseen if it was a video that was made by a mainstream production company in the late ‘40s using oft-seen clips from the Battle of Iwo Jima?
The dedication to duty and fighting spirit of the United States military in WWII, was unmatched by two powerful global enemies, and will never be equalled again.
@guyjukes8396, because Japan took over the Pacific. Why didn't Buddha or some Hindu God do something? If the Japanese were Buddhist why did they do what they did? I can smell the crayons on your breath from here, kid.
Learning about the Pacific War started me on my pathway to understanding what a complete and abject waste war is. All those lives snuffed out for no reason. I do not say that to take anything away from the brave efforts of both the Marines and/or the defenders. Simply to say, I do not see that human life is worth being thrown into the dump for whatever can be accomplished in war.
The film was taken by Sgt. Bill Genaust with his Bell and Howell Filmo camera. Bill got into the thick of the fighting to get his unforgettable images. Sadly he was later killed in the ferocious battle. As was later said by Fleet Admiral Nimitz.." uncommon valour was a common virtue at Iwo Jima"......Bill's remains still lie on Iwo Jima. His film will remind us, and generations ahead, what took place in the cauldron that was Iwo Jima.
I was on Iwo Jima nine years after the war with the US Army Engineers. There was not a standing tree on the island at that time. All had been cut off on mangled knee high by machine gun fire or explosives. Our bulldozers pushed up unexplored shells almost every day while rebuilding the roads around the island. Fortunately none of them exploded.
My Great Uncle was there, Harloff. Because he and his brothers were first generation Americans- their parents German Immigrants, they were not allowed to fight in Europe. The pacific theater was hell on earth. My Great Uncle Curtis was wounded on Iwo Jima and spent 7 months in the hospital. He later started a car dealership in San Clemente CA- Harloff Chevrolet.
Happy Birthday Gyrenes 249 years of unparalleled courage, honor, commitment and duty in the Defense of the United States of America and our Constitution. May the Lord place His shield of protection over our United States Marines from peril to the Corps and forever more.
You can add miles of interconnecting tunnels that were impervious to our bombardments to what the Marines had to deal with. My Dad's youngest uncle was a Marine Corps tank crewman and fought on Saipan and Okinawa,
Does anyone know what the navy personnel have painted on their faces and also hand for one of them at the 1:53 and 2:25 mark of the video. I've seen this in other WWII Navy videos but I've never found out what it's for and why just a few personnel have this done.
@@gregjohnson8188 Its flash cream, basically like the white zinc oxide you see life guards place on their nose to prevent sun burn. In this case,explosion or fire, helps repel heat.
Could not imagine being on the receiving end of this invasion as a Japanese soldier, watching a huge armada approach with guns blazing, a well coordinated landing dropping off thousands of tier one troops and just watching the endless amount of supplies hit the beach that were going to be used against you.
I would love to know from the enemies perspective on how effective the initial bombing and staffing had on the island before we landed ? I knew they were dug in, but did our pre-attack have any effect ?
I had a lot of uncles who fought in WW2. Only one of them could hold a job afterwards. All of them ended up being drunkards. They were all 100% about family though and would die defending their families.
I was there in 1990, USS Peleliu LHA-5. We did an amphibious re-enactment for the Marine Corps birthday. I took a handful of black sand from “Blood Beach” off one of the tracks, buried half of it with my good friend Ernie who fought there and in Guam with the 3rd Marines. Rest in Peace my friend.
I retired off the Peleliu LHA-5 in 2000.
My grandfather fought in that battle. He survived, obviously, but was never the same from what I was told. I never met him but I honor him in my own way. RIP. 🙏
Remember him always ...
What a beautiful testament.
One of my uncles was there, as a US Marine, he was 19 yrs. old and survived , later another uncle was at the Chosin Reservoir, he was 17 !!and he survived,
My uncle on Iwo Jima also
He was a corpsman. He was 19 also
Your uncles were lucky indeed, I presume they both survived. One uncle having fought in one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific and the other uncle less than a decade later, fighting in the Korean War. To think, we have a coward running for the highest office in the land calling men such as your uncles disparaging names I choose not to repeat, out of respect.
Much much respect to you family,,,
My wife's first cousin was kia on the road to to the Yalu river. A rifle bullet hit him center mass and he was gone. It really messed her grandparents and her Mom up. It killed his parents with Shlitz beer. The ripples of battle. It has even affected me a little. I hate to see what it did to good people. I still love the Corps. I wasn't in.
A lot of people forget about Korea but , like all war it was brutal. I had a Sunday school teacher who as a young Marine was at Chosin and lost two toes to frost bite and he would sometimes talk about how cold it was in Korea. What he didn't talk about and we would learn upon his passing was that young Marine was awarded a Purple Heart, Bronze and Silver star (2) he never spoke a word about his medals awarded or the combat he experienced.
My nephew just enlisted in the Marines last week. He's got some big boots to fill but he's ready and willing to follow in their footsteps. So proud of him.
May our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ protect your nephew and all who willingly sacrifice their lives to keep us safe.
@@bruceenagel5934 i think ordinance does more than jesus
@@stereolababy Ordinance isn't able to save souls, Jesus does.
@@bruceenagel5934 blah blah blah
@@stereolababywhat’s your problem?
The brave men who fought these battles would be disgusted with what the country they fought for has become.
I do believe you are right. Not even the same country I served
@@badgumby9544 I saw a 99 year old marine crying over him finally losing his war. "What did we do that for when now the Nazis are all Americans? He hated fascism just as I hate it but he bled for America to get rid of it. Now we see it taking our country down the bad road that Japan, Germany and Italy took. I expect to be hearing from these fascist a##holes some day about my hatred of Trump and his crazy cultists. I'm sick with fear for my country. The good ole USA is gonna turn sour.
A lot of people would be happy to go back to that era before women's lib, gay and black rights, and few hispanics, not to mention high unemployment and gross economic inequality before the war.
From the “greatest generation “ to the “trump generation”
@@jsmariani4180not me!
My Father suffered a fractured shin when a dud mortar round struck him. He served with the 3rd Division and landed late on D day. He was evacuated 4 days later. One of the lucky ones.
My mom had 4 sisters and one brother. He was drafted in WW2 and fought on Iwo Jima and Okinawa. He was 18 when he fought on Iwo Jima and turned 19 before the battle for Okinawa. He said he didn't take his boots off for 30 days during the battle for Iwo Jima. When he removed his boots there was nothing left of his socks except the very tops.
Because the battle for Okinawa began (April 1, 1945) while the battle for Iwo Jima was ending (Mar. 26, 1945), the same U.S. Marine divisions did not fight in both battles. On Iwo were the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Marine Divisions, and on Okinawa were the 1st and 6th Marine Divisions. It is highly unlikely that your uncle fought in both engagements as a Marine unless he somehow snuck himself into Okinawa to fight for almost another 3 months after a month of fighting on Iwo. Even a Marine would not be physically or mentally able to pull off that kind of duty.
@Firedog-ny3cq I went back to check his age and I was off by a year. My uncle turned 20 on May 11 1945 so he was 19 years old when he was in the battle for Iwo Jima and was 20 years old by the time he was in the battle for Okinawa. The battle for Okinawa lasted from April 1st to June 22nd 1945. The battle for Iwo Jima ended on March 26 1945. From the end of the battle of Iwo Jima to the end of the battle of Okinawa was 57 days, he had ample time after Iwo Jima to rest and refit for the battle of Okinawa. My uncle died in 2009. I knew he had been in the battle for Iwo Jima from what my mom had told me. I stopped by to visit one day during the last year he was alive and I said something to him about him having fought in the battle for Iwo Jima and that is when he said he had also fought in the battles for Okinawa. He was fortunate to have never been wounded.
My great uncle stormed some beaches in the pacific. Never knew until after he died because he didn’t ever speak of it the rest of his life. I can’t imagine the suffering he endured.
Sometimes speaking about such things can cause you to relive past nightmares - you see it, hear it - *smell it* - all over again.
PTSD can be awful. I know it is for me, and I never endured the stuff in this film.
My uncle died on Iwo Jima...he was killed in what was termed ''mop up'' as the Japanese soldiers fought to the death even though they knew they were beaten and for this reason the battles with them were ferocious. He was in a hole pinned down by a sniper they could not see and a Marine was wounded in the clearing. He drew the short straw and ran out to help the Marine when he was shot dead. These young men were brave, honest, and full of love for each other-- to their Marine Corps hearts. I don't think we could do what they did today. Americans are not as stalwart and respectful, nor as lean and strong.
yes but the Marines still are and always will be the most lethal fighting force the world has ever known.
@@brandonhoman3362I agree 100%. I'm an old Marine Sergeant. Semper Fi
My take on all of this is that anyone who served in combat deserves our highest accolades and thanks. I had 2 Uncles who gave all for our country. Thomas w Greer, US Army, Oct 10, 1951 Korea and William S Clarke. Army Air Air Corp, China Oct 9, 1944. I honor and thank them and all others who served and will serve.
@ThomasMeador-g1g So sorry to hear about your Uncles. They were so brave. To lose 2 family members in combat, that's so sad. Semper Fi
@@brandonhoman3362 Not if God removes his favor because of our selfish wicked ways.
And this is a Marine speaking this. So don't get your panties in a bunch.
Thanks for uploading this. I remember seeing it in the '70's. And, it's nice to be treated like an adult again. It may not be "original unseen...." But, because it has not been able to get past the censors for years now, it's certainly been unseen by a lot of people. It is not only this UA-cam, but most, that sanitize the suffering and the dead anymore. For instance, the footage from Ukraine, shown on this channel, used to be more graphic once upon a time. But now, even the old films and newsreels are censored, or blurred. I am not for gore for gore's sake, I am for war being portrayed as it is. The irony of watching an old documentary about the Allies liberating the death camps in WW2, showing the mounds of dead and the bulldozers pushing the bodies into mass graves, and listening to Eisenhower saying that the world must see this horror so the film would be shown to the public, and having it all blurred by UA-cam today. I guess we are all considered too tender, or infantile to handle these things anymore.
I am one man who drew some very powerful lessons from having seem those old films in their original form. To see this, as I remember it, might move others as it did me so long ago.
I’m just waiting to see if they release the old VD film they made us watch in boot camp back in the day. That one was as graphic as it could be. Scare tactics that worked back then would be considered offensive and triggering to today’s soft armed forces.
I can't begin to imagine the hell on earth that had to have been. RIP brave souls
I absolutely cant get enough of WWII footage. My father was part of the forces that drove Germany out of Africa. He helped liberate Italy then his home country of Greece. He was then part of the second wave at Omaha Beach. Eventually was injured for the second time during the battle of the bulge and got to come home. What an amazing group of people. The greatest generation.
Some of the very best WW2 footage included in this video. I have never before seen the rocket trucks shown 10:32 - 10:54. Thank you for posting this one !
The video footage is chilling to say the least. I simply cannot imagine what it would've been like to actually be there. Indescribable horror. God bless our Brave Marines!! 💯❤️🇺🇸
My uncle enlisted at 16 (had to lie) then fought in Korea and Nam…..retired and worked at an underwear factory for 20+ years. They don’t make em like that any longer, truly the greatest generation. RIP soldiers on both sides of the conflict.
@@kerrytodd3753 tomorrow's heroes are walking all around us
RIP to all my older brothers/ancestors who gave their lives on this small island. The Marine Corps still looks back at this battle with great admiration for the bravery and tenacity of the devildogs and corpsman who fought relentlessly to take this small piece of land in the pacific. I love you brothers. Semper Fi.
A genuine heart-felt salute to all who served then and are now serving.
My father in law would have been 100 this year if he had lived past his 84th birthday. He served in the Bulge and Europe as artillery support of the 82nd airborne. A salute to all ....
The United States Marines and Navy Corpsmen that fought in the Pacific are the greatest men that ever walked the earth.
Mostly kids
@@60zellerKids who were drafted with no choice but to endure trauma incomprehensible to the average person. “Bravest” in the worst way.
Sound effects from Combat! Hell on earth Iwo Jima was! One of the toughest battles of WW2.
Thanks for this video with real figthing pictures
Those were the days before the rule “the cameraman never dies” was established.
Seriously. This is unimaginable to everyone not having been there. Amazing footage.
Mad props to that camera guy
11:01 For the commenters who like to joke about how the cameraman never gets killed…the cameraman who took this shot was killed in the explosion he filmed.
I’ve heard this twice
Source?
i am a Filipino, but it is with great appreciation how noble the American SOLDIERS are during the liberation from Europe to Africa and lastly, the Pacific during WW2. Likewise, the Filipino soldiers who fought alongside them. No one can compare to them with our present generation. They had given their lives lfor the sake of love of country and liberty.
Thank you for all your courage and saving the world to all ventrans
Not sure what "ventrans" are but I'm sure all Veterans appreciate the thought.
Thanks. Close Friend was part of the battle. Never talks Has started to talk then just looks off to the right and says someday.
Dick passed early this year never talked. Wonderful Man. Great loss to me. Was Right With Our Lord I know God Bless all out Veterans 🙏
God bless them all. My Uncle was among them. He survived.
My Dad fought there went in on the first wave , rest easy marine
Them marines had balls of steel ! 🏴✝️🇬🇧
Breathtaking video.
Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱.
The US soldiers brought Freedom to my family. Thank you so much, heroes !
The greatest and bravest men our country has ever made. There will never be any more men like this. We just don't make them any more.
You see that plane flying over the 2nd flag raising? That was my grandfather in an Avenger. They later landed and he picked up an O3A3 rifle. Still in perfect condition today. He didn't say much else. Just cried.
My dad flew FM-2 and F4F at Iwo and Okinawa. He was awarded the DFC
Dan Carlin's Hard Core History podcast/content does an excellent job of explaining conditions of island fighting the Japanese during WWII! Highly recommend!
Pretty positive this is seen footage.
It makes me weep to see what a nation of entitled weaklings we have become since those days. 😢
President bone spurs.
@@jimsmith7212 President “bone spurs” took a bullet for our Constitutional Republic. Harris made a word salad.
@JayDembouski
Bone spurs "took a bullet".
LOL!
HE BARELY GOT SCRATCHED AND WORE A MAXI PAD ON HIS HEAD FOR 2 WEEKS!
🤣
The shooter was a mentally ill republican too.
Bone spurs took a bullet for lax gun laws.
@JayDembouski
He got grazed by a piece of glass.
He didn't "take a bullet".
LOL!
We in Western Europe are told much about the D-day -landings in Normandy. The landings on the Pacific -islands were worse. I knew the name Iwo Jima as a young kid
Indeed, even before the US could commit trained combat troops to Europe, the US was building Liberty Ships from British blueprints to supply Allies with almost everything requested or needed, or even possible. Unfortunately of course, because of U-boats, a lot went to the bottom of the sea.
@Anthony-z6n3h
No.
Otherwise, my maternal grandfather would not have left the Central Illinois coal mines to work in the SF Bay Area shipbuilding yards.
Omaha Beach was the costliest amphibious assault for the US during WWII, and most amphibious landings in the Pacific theater were uncontested at the waterline. Be careful what you label "worse".
@@redaug4212 You're right about what happened on "Omaha Beach". The inland fighting's in the Pacific theater were of the worst kind. Yes, I know about "The battle of the Bulge"
Horror and bravery on a truly colossal scale. I salute these heroes.
A nightmare that films 🎥 and words can not express to the horrors of being a marine on that God Forsaken Island.
God Bless our troops 🇺🇸🙏🏼
I wouldn't exactly call this "unseen" footage, as it is a newsreel, complete with narration.
Doesn’t mean it was ever produced to the viewing public when it was made. You don’t think there’s still film of actual historical events that have been lost in some floorboard that’s never been seen?
@@5stardetailingllc471This footage was (re) used in The World at War in the early 1970s, with Sir Laurence Olivier narrating. I saw it on PBS back in the day, would have been 7th grade or so. PBS also had Monty Python’s Flying Circus. All the explosions and such are sound effects added later with the narration. Shot silent.
Holy hell, the noise alone would drive anyone mad
For the most part the naval personnel had ear protection to some extent
@@salvatorepitea5862no they didn't
Ear protection wasn't created until after ww2 they didn't even have an ear bud
Never seen that before. War reporting has come a long way, but jeez, having to make a reel from that! After processing, and with 'shoot from the hip' editorial guidelines, along with illegible notes that didn't make it back with the can. Kudos.
Visitied this island while stationed Japan for training. It was awesome. Lots of cave and even found some undiscovered that had weapons and bodies in them.
Yeah, there are no bodies in the caves after all those years. I was stationed there at the U.S. Coast Guard Loran C Master station back in 1973-74. We explored every cave still open on that island. There were no weapons, although we did find a cave with wooden crates of Japanese hand grenades and mortar shells stacked neatly in the middle of the main room. We took a bunch of them on top of Suribachi and tossed them in the crater to see if they would explode. Nothing happened. We found a tiny cave deep in the jungle (it had grown back with a vengeance) with 5 skeletons lying on the floor. By the gold fillings in their teeth, we identified them as Japanese soldiers. We informed the Japanese commander of the JDF forces on the island and they came to remove them. Please don't make up stuff about this sacred place. It's dishonorable to the men of both sides who perished there.
As horrible as this was, the Battle of Okinawa was even more apocalyptic.
its a day late, but happy veterans day to any veteran watching this.
What a shame our country has become !!!!!!!! GODSPEED !!!!!!! Semper Fi !!!!!!!!
Not for long,,, guess who's back.. MAGA
I visited Iwo Jima in February 2017.. got to stand on the top of Mt Suribachi while a USMC veteran of the battle played the Marine Corps hymn on his harmonica he carried during the battle. It was an amazing experience to look down on the invasion beach and just to realize just how every Marine on that beach was just a sitting duck with nowhere to hide and getting shot at from three sides and above. Grim. I'm not sure courage is the right word because it wasn't like they had a choice whether to be brave or not, they just had targets on their foreheads and nowhere for cover or concealment. The Japanese also lost 20,000 soldiers their, and their positions were also grim and horrible. There were Japanese on the island that day but I don't think there were any survivors of the battle, of which there were only 200 or so. If you ever get a chance take a Reunion of Honor trip to Iwo. I have sand from the invasion beach from roughly the area at 5:25 in the video on Green Beach 1. Very somber.
My grandfather took the original picture of the flag raising on mount suribachi
What was his name?
@ The first photograph of the iconic flag raising on Iwo Jima’s Mount Suribachi was taken by Staff Sergeant Louis R. Lowery, a photographer for Leatherneck Magazine, the Marine Corps publication. He captured an image of the first flag being raised by a group of Marines early on February 23, 1945.
Later that day, photographer Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press took the more famous photograph of the second flag raising on the same mountain. Rosenthal’s image went on to become one of the most iconic images of World War II and earned him a Pulitzer Prize.
*a group of Marines and 1 sailor.
Gotta love the old studio sound effects!
Yeah, heavy Warner Brothers vibes on this one.
I may be mistaken. But I think that the backpack shown at 15:58 was John Basilone's. Medal of Honor awardee for actions taken on Guadalcanal who was killed on Iwo Jima. One of the great heroes of the war. Anyone viewing this at the time would have recognized his name immediately. I woud love to know what happened to that backpack. It would be a priceless artifact indeed.
This is amazing footage wow😮
My Grandfather was there with the 9th Marines. He survived, but passed in 1978 form a heart attack when i was about 5.
this is not "unseen" this footage has been around for years
As an individual who has seen extensive amounts of ww2 footage,,, some of this is common scenarios ive seen dozens of times..
But a fairly good part pf of this video is new to me
the firepower of that battle specifically was one that to me goes down in history as the most intense fire ever produced by non-nuclear weapons. That island was utterly wiped out on the surface every inch of it. The Japanese are very, very smart warriors though, they used its very dense material to create a virtual city underground that didnt care about surface issues. It was a battle of raw power vs. strategy, thats why both sides got jacked up.
Still so powerful to our hearts, WHAT GUTS WHAT HARD DEADLY WORK
Chosin was one for the ages. Like being in a Lions mouth, half dead from wounds but still escaping
My father fought there, Navy corpsman, landed on Red1, he never spoke of it but he had dark times when he had to be alone.
How is any of this unseen if it was a video that was made by a mainstream production company in the late ‘40s using oft-seen clips from the Battle of Iwo Jima?
The dedication to duty and fighting spirit of the United States military in WWII, was unmatched by two powerful global enemies, and will never be equalled again.
The carnage is unbelievable. Those poor Marines. Sweet Jesus....
If he exists why did it happen?
@guyjukes8396, because Japan took over the Pacific. Why didn't Buddha or some Hindu God do something? If the Japanese were Buddhist why did they do what they did? I can smell the crayons on your breath from here, kid.
The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War on UA-cam gives indepth knowledge of thos landing and battle
In hindsight u cant help but believe we coulda bypassed alot more of these islands...how many?
My grandfather said he was watching the guys putting up the America flag while smoking a cigarette.
incredible.
No civilians. Army against army. Brutal battle.
War is hell.
Thanks for all who served, made it home and special thanks to ones who become MIA, KIA or POW !! Veterans Day 11/11/24
Learning about the Pacific War started me on my pathway to understanding what a complete and abject waste war is. All those lives snuffed out for no reason. I do not say that to take anything away from the brave efforts of both the Marines and/or the defenders. Simply to say, I do not see that human life is worth being thrown into the dump for whatever can be accomplished in war.
Does anyone know why the artillery teams R not issued ear protection? Tks.😊
That was John Basilone's pack at 15:58. Killed on the first day.
My now deceased neighbor, Jame Thomas Cotton was there and wounded severely
Loving the Warner Brothers sound effects.
My father was on iwo survived the battle 5 28 division was a proud marine till the day he died rip dad love robbie
My grandfather’s nephew fought on Iwo and survived. Europe was a picnic compared to this.
My mom's 1st cousin is still on Iwo. 25th Marines, 4 MARDIV.
The film was taken by Sgt. Bill Genaust with his Bell and Howell Filmo camera. Bill got into the thick of the fighting to get his unforgettable images. Sadly he was later killed in the ferocious battle. As was later said by Fleet Admiral Nimitz.." uncommon valour was a common virtue at Iwo Jima"......Bill's remains still lie on Iwo Jima. His film will remind us, and generations ahead, what took place in the cauldron that was Iwo Jima.
My father was there for 23 days before being wounded.
Thats got to be one of the more brutal things ive seen.
Damn I got PTSD just from watching this video 😫
I’ve been to Ft Sumter & know how tiny it is, but has any major battlefield been smaller than Iwo?
THANK YOU, BROTHERS. SEMPER FI.
I was on Iwo Jima nine years after the war with the US Army Engineers. There was not a standing tree on the island at that time. All had been cut off on mangled knee high by machine gun fire or explosives. Our bulldozers pushed up unexplored shells almost every day while rebuilding the roads around the island. Fortunately none of them exploded.
My Great Uncle was there, Harloff. Because he and his brothers were first generation Americans- their parents German Immigrants, they were not allowed to fight in Europe. The pacific theater was hell on earth. My Great Uncle Curtis was wounded on Iwo Jima and spent 7 months in the hospital. He later started a car dealership in San Clemente CA- Harloff Chevrolet.
Happy Birthday Gyrenes 249 years of unparalleled courage, honor, commitment and duty in the Defense of the United States of America and our Constitution. May the Lord place His shield of protection over our United States Marines from peril to the Corps and forever more.
You can add miles of interconnecting tunnels that were impervious to our bombardments to what the Marines had to deal with. My Dad's youngest uncle was a Marine Corps tank crewman and fought on Saipan and Okinawa,
Does anyone know what the navy personnel have painted on their faces and also hand for one of them at the 1:53 and 2:25 mark of the video. I've seen this in other WWII Navy videos but I've never found out what it's for and why just a few personnel have this done.
flash cream?
@@gregjohnson8188 Its flash cream, basically like the white zinc oxide you see life guards place on their nose to prevent sun burn. In this case,explosion or fire, helps repel heat.
thank you. My dad was there
Unseen?
How them young Men did it, I don't know. Maybe that's why their called Marines.
God Bless
Will we ever see their likes again?
Could not imagine being on the receiving end of this invasion as a Japanese soldier, watching a huge armada approach with guns blazing, a well coordinated landing dropping off thousands of tier one troops and just watching the endless amount of supplies hit the beach that were going to be used against you.
I would love to know from the enemies perspective on how effective the initial bombing and staffing had on the island before we landed ? I knew they were dug in, but did our pre-attack have any effect ?
Brave men for sure.
from the halls of montezuma to the shores of tripoli...
We will never fight and Win another War like this...but we need to...USMC 70-74
It must have been absolutely terrifying for both sides, but mostly for the japanese
One of the toughest battles in the Pacific Theater
Always difficult trying to overcome cruel fanatics
I had a lot of uncles who fought in WW2. Only one of them could hold a job afterwards. All of them ended up being drunkards. They were all 100% about family though and would die defending their families.
Not unseen/rare, but have been viewed many times, famous footages.