Corregidor Philippine Islands Paratroopers Jump From 500 Feet Infantry Hits the Beach 16 Feb 1945
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- Опубліковано 4 лют 2017
- Paratroopers from the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment jump from C47s flying at altitudes of 500-600 feet to begin the recapture of the island of Corregidor on 16 February 1945 in this footage from World War 2. The paratroopers land on the golf course and parade ground near the barracks and headquarters buildings destroyed by the invading Japanese forces when they captured the island in 1942.
This was a combined airborne and amphibious operation and footage of the landing at San Jose Beach by elements of the 34th Infantry is included at the end of the clip.
Because of the small drop zones, the paratroopers were dropped 8 at a time in each of the three runs made by the 51 C47s taking part in this operation. The narrator states that 2500 men were dropped in this operation, but only a total of a little over 2000 men were dropped in two operations. From what I have been able to find, approximately 1000 men were dropped in this operation.
In spite of what the narrator says, the dazed Japanese quickly rallied and fought a pitched battle with the paratroopers on "Topside" later in the day. More footage of the 503rd PIR's action on Corregidor can be found in this video that I had posted a while ago: • 503rd Paratroop Regime...
Additionally, a good jumping off point for further information on the Battle of Corregidor can be found here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_...)
Here is a clip from that article about the casualties suffered during this battle that lasted from 16-26 February 1945:
"The perfectly coordinated triphibious American assault to recapture Corregidor left the 503rd PRCT with 169 dead and 531 wounded. The 34th Infantry Regiment suffered 38 killed and 153 wounded. Of the 2,065 men of both lifts by the 503rd PRCT, about 280 were killed or severely injured. Three men suffered parachute malfunctions, and two men who collided with buildings died. Eight men were killed either in the air or before they were able to get free of their chutes, a further 50 were wounded in the air or upon landing. Several men were missing in action at the drop. The total injuries (not by wounding) on the drop were 210.
Japanese sources have estimated that there were about 6,700 Japanese on the island when the 503rd PRCT and 34th Infantry landed, of which only 50 survived. Another 19 were taken prisoner, and 20 Japanese stragglers surfaced after the war on 1 January 1946."
Public domain footage from combat bulletin 45 produced by the US Army Signal Corps' Army Pictorial Service.
Apologies for the fuzzy blob in the upper right corner of the video caused by having to remove a watermark.
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My father made that jump and 2 other combat jumps in the Pacific. He was battle field commissioned and was sent back to US with Purple Heart and other medals. Was recalled for Korea at 42 years of age and resumed jump status as a Jump Master with over 60 jumps and 3 bronze stars on his wings. He retired in 1968 but returned to Vietnam for 2 tours with MSC. Heavily involved with getting Med equip in country.
Retired as Lt Col and returned to Vietnam as a civilian.
Can’t be prouder
Tf he is a madlad
Wow...that's incredible...Your Pop was a Soldiers Soldier.....
My Father was Infantry on the retaking of Corregidor.. 2d Engineer Amphibious...592d.
My uncle was one of those paratroopers... one reason I’m so protective of this country & those that sacrificed so much for us...
My uncle jumped there too and survived unscathed. He was a tough SOB. Very proud of him.
Im from Philippines, thank you so much America.
Don't Mind Me I'm Just Passing By natural sa gyera ang magkaroon ng casualties BOBO ka ba?
Semper Fi
I wish the USA would reopen Clark AFB, that would really piss of China.
Why thank America?Its not the Americans alone that liberater Corregidor and the Philippines,it was the thousands of Filipino soldiers and guerillas who resisted Japanese rule even after McArthur left the Islands. The Filipinos and some Americans were already winning when McArthur decided to return to the Philippines.Its not the return of McArthur that started the taking of Philippines from the Japs.
My dad made this jump. Thomas B. Ingles.
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William Ingles My great uncle made this same jump too. He didn’t make it. Last year I visited his gravesite. PVT Douglas Kazmerzak, 503rd PIR.
Oof thats sad
..wow
Thanks to your dad sir... snappy salute... ! im from the Philippines...
My grandfather made this jump that day, John F. Romero, lived through it and made it back home.
My grandfather to serve usafe that walk in the death march along bataan to marivelez
Jimbo R my grandfather did as well. 503rd PIR. Candido “Candy” Garcia. He made it back home as well. Passed when I was just a kid. Never had a chance to talk with him about his experience. Many of the stories have been passed down by my father.
Congrats to all of you guys! and thanks for the sacrifices your grandfathers made!😁
Jessie B. Torres To or from?
CONGRATULATIONS. It's an awesome drop. You can tell him he can be proud.
OOUUCHH! Damn, i could almost feel those hard landings. Surely that rated as one of the most obstacle ridden drop zones in airborne history. I think only the Germans at Crete went in as low if not lower. Respect!
My uncle Fred J. Dailey made the jump that day on the Parade ground with HQ Company, 3rd Battalion, which was the first company to exit the C47's over the island. He was a .30 cal machinegunner. He made it through this battle and through the campaign on Negros Island but was killed 5 years later at Inchon with the 187th Airborne RCT in Korea.
I currently leaving in Bataan and my grandfather is world war two veteran and original residence of Bataan ,we are very thankful to American troops...
Lloyd Maniaol , very cool buddy. I was there in the late 80s and early 90s. I had the great honor of meeting, and hosting the Commandant and Sargent Major of the Philippine Marine Corps to a Field Mess. It was a great bonding experience. I was in awe of the World War 2 memorial and Cemetery grounds. Truly a beautiful dedication. Salamat Po.
My neighbor George was in the 503rd on that drop, which oddly, was filmed (from the air) by my great uncle's unit, the 17th Recon. Small world. I have a bunch of 8x10s my uncle took that day from his B-25. Intense stuff. Other 17th recon vets told me about the horror of watching many of those paratroopers that were dropped onto the cliffs tumbling to their deaths. They cleaned that up for the newsreel.
CoolHandLuke02 my grandpa was in the 503rd Donald D. Kubela
My grandpa also jumped he is a filipino soldier at the philippines army airborne he jumped with americans he died 5 years ago died from cancer
Watching this in front of my very own eyes the fate of our Islands, parents and grandparents...No words...
How to survive in war
:be a camera man
My father was one of the pilots that day, dropping the paratroopers
My dad was also a pilot dropping paratroopers that day
Thanks so much for the video
My father's M7- 105 was first break thru to Paratroopers . The action was mentioned in two books . Children of Yesterday and Crisis in the Pacific both gave the story of how Sgt Bill Hartman from Peoria, Il . one tank driver and two Paratroopers that miss the topside target . Made a paraless trips to the topside bringing ammo and medical supplies and bringing wounded back down to beach . He received a Silver Star for this action .
No need for a reserve chute. By the time you realize your main chute hasnt deployed you'll be on the ground..
Don’t know how this got political, but I’m hearing you Rackets. Airborne.
4:59 Ouchie... thats gonna leave a mark..
Ya he flew so fast past the screen I felt bad he probably felt that in the morning
My grandpa parachuted here apart of the 503rd Donald D. Kubela he made the jump and lived to tell his grand son
This is great footage!
Wow that's too low to jump.... God blessed them
My uncle was one of those troopers unfortunately that was his last day on earth. He paid the price trying to free the world of that low life rats on that god forsaken rock 😢
You have done some amazing research on this subject. I suggest you order Mike Rinella's game on the subject, 'Return to the Rock: Corregidor' if you haven't yet.
My great uncle was on this drop, he was the only man in his squad to live, he himself was wounded.
4:57 ouch!??
I thought he died or broke his back or something
At the very least he got the wind knocked out of him. Maybe broken ribs, hopefully nothing worse.
My uncle made this jump as a .30 cal machinegunner in HQ company 3rd Bn. He survived Corregidor but was killed in action years later in the Korean War.
3:47 holy CRAP, yea that it a low drop!
400 feet was the target altitude
wonderboy2402 Watch how This Guys Jump in Corigidor Island.
The first guys went out at 600ft but the wind was blowing them back along the flight path towards the cliffs so the Regimental commander adjusted the Jump height to 400 feet.
Ouch! those are some hard landings.. :o
The camera man though, we should thank him.
It was kind of a mess, from what I've read: there was an extremely high percentage of this force that suffered injuries (or even death) from hard landings in this operation- "topside" was covered in broken chunks of concrete, re-bar and pipe, and tree stumps from the 1942 bombardment and subsequent aerial bombardments.
500ft is pretty darn low, specially with those old chutes. It seems they had shortened the ripcord to have the chute as early as possible.
The lowest I ever jumped was around 800ft, at Camp Raffalli, when getting my French jump wings while on exchange with 2e REP...
400 feet Ralf.
That's crazy low -- not even enough time for me to pee my pants before I hit the ground splat.
Ripcord? I'm sure this is a static line jump Ralf.
My grandfather made the jump, David Thomas King. He recieved a purple heart
So did my grandfather King David Thomas, receiving a purple heart.
500’ is crazy low. Lowest we jumped from was 600’, and that was tense enough. And we had -1bravo chutes. I can’t remember if it was the T-10 that they used, but at 500’, I don’t imagine you have time to start climbing risers.
They didn't have time for toggles. Hell, they didn't have time for much. We trained at 850 feet above ground level. Combat jump altitude is 450. I never jumped into combat, most haven't...
The landing's look it really hurts..
My Uncle William C. Hefner was with the 503 survived the jump and over a week of intense fightin' hand to hand before bein' killed on that island I was told.
My father was born here (1929) Fort Mills. His father or my grandfather is a Scout.
Amazing detail to be had in this video. Combined arms with the Air Force, Navy & Army. If any paras land out into sea, the Navy quickly scoops them up. Gotta luv USA planning and attention to detail in this capacity. These boys were lucky -- no AA to oppose the landing. The lowest airdrop ever, 2,500 paras jumping from 500-600 ft. A veteran airborne unit vs the bushido tenacity of a fearsome opponent.
Thank you AMERICA.
Now that was a tight jump formation. Those guys were the best of the best!
Half a second between jumpers. That's what it took!
4:49 OMG, how did any of them fight after breaking both ankles?
Lt. "Red" La Vanchure, for example, was carried around by other troopers. No moaning, they got the job done.
BTW
My dad did a beach jump on Mendoza at 125’
Commander ordered flight up 50’ after ankle sprain.
They were given option of spare chute or ammo.
Guess what the pick was?
Mendoza? No record of that. Closest might be Mindoro, but that was not a jump.
It was about 1985 before he ever spoke of his experience in combat stating after his first confirmed kill he didn’t sleep that night
My grandmother was married to someone by the name of victor hansen he was in infantry and killed here. She then married my grandfather who was in the 13th armored division
Those 8 men will Hold secure the field for the rest of the squad to drop
SALUTE!
If I remember the details correctly, the 3d/34th Inf. was part of the 24th Infantry Division. The battalion commander later went to jump school and became commander of the 11th Airborne Division in Germany, but I forgot his name. The 11th Airborne was reflagged as the 24th Division while in Germany but the 24th Division retained an airborne element for a while. I was stationed with the 24th Division in Germany myself in the 1960s. Both divisions are inactive at the present.
11th calvary not infantry in Germany later vietnam
@@briancooper2112 I don't follow you. No cavalry or armor regiment numbered 11 served in the Pacific Theater during WWII. There was an 11th ACR activated in 1948, converted from a U.S. Constabulary unit. It served in Germany, then in 1966 in Vietnam where it was commanded by General Patton's son, George Patton IV. After Vietnam, the flag was transferred back to Germany until 1991.They were never part of either the 11th Airborne Division or the 24th Infantry Division. It appears that they were the non-divisional reconnaissance unit of XIII Corps during the war.
Or were you speaking of where you served?
My father was in the 24th Division (Victory Division) 34th Regiment (Leyte Dragons) 3rd Cannon Company during WWII in the Pacific . The book Children of Yesterday by Jan Valtin covers the 24th Division from Hawaii to the Japanese surrender including a chapter named We Stormed Corregidor .
i love you all soldiers
Big salute to this soldiers.
Paratroopers
I've been there two or three times in the 1960s.
GOD BLESSD AMERICA ! GOD BLESSD PHILIPPINES! HORAAHH
Airborne!
I fault McArthur for not taking Wainwright to Australia, he was a skilled and experienced Lt General.
It's a hard landing alright but old films tend to give a faster picture of the actual moment but other than that, I salute the greatest generation for their sacrifices
LQI Landing speed would have Been in the vicinity of 20 MPH. I did several jumps under T U and L L (this last L is reverse to the other L) and landing was at a good speed. Feet hit dirt, roll as the body goes down. However how many of the fellows had one jump in their log book.
Were we droppin boys?.
My sister has the sketch of original 503rd patch that I have ask her to gift it to a WWII Nimitz Museum in Frederickburg TX but no luck.
The McNeill drawing is widely recognized as the source of the patch.
The American & Philippine loss of Corregidor at the beginning of the war was so tragic and a very black time in 1942. The treatment of those who surrendered was horrible. I always thought that "Skinny" Lt. General Jonathan Wainwright was a tragic mistake, old and thin he was in no shape to become a Japanese POW. There should have been another to surrender at the end. A horrible fate for anybody but a younger and junior officer should have been promoted at the last minute. General McArthur could have asked for volunteers, I think many would have offered to be the one chosen. It cut many years off General Jonathan Wainwright, even the 4 star promotion and Medal of Honor could not buy him a better retirement.
He was born August 23, 1883 making him 59 when he surrendered. He died at age 70 giving him 8 years of retirement but was in bad health the entire time due to the bad treatment by the Japanese. General POW's that were in the European war were treated very well and given special treatment except the war criminals. Even Field Marshall Friedrich Paulus was treated fairly well by the Russians while regular German soldiers were kept in horrible conditions.
My grand father was part of this jump William Verdell
My grandfather was in 11th airborne but his company H was still needed to fight in Manila. The toughest battle was for the baseball stadium 🏟
The jump was on my birthday
My Grandfather made this jump as well.
My Mothers Uncle Waldo Wynne died there.
Just imagine how brave people are back then to fight for what they believed in. Americans are great people back in the old days they fight for everyone's freedom. We can't say that japanese are bad people it's part of the war to invade to expand their territory. Even though now adays lots of americans are becoming bad we still owe them our freedom and we respect that. I'm a filipino we can't thank them enough for their bravery. We Salute to american soldiers!
Paratroopers are the bravest in the military.
I've been here, way back in 1995.
How old are you sir
Really it happen waybback 1940,s my friend i thought you already died
Oh they can smoke inside the airplane
Thanks to that war I become a reserve personnel . And thanks to those American and Filipino people who died for peace.
Bat kasi wala tayung movie ng history ng ww1 at 2 satin
My grandfather is with American soldier.
WTF 500 600 ft.....!!!!
That was not the actual drop...first run was 500 feet but because of the wind conditions that were deemed unsafe they dropped it to 400 feet and some ended up close to 300 feet with the geography playing a role in that...
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So the purpose of 400 or 500 feet jump is to avoid anti aircraft gun of jpn?
Drop zone to short and not wide enough, winds would take them over the cliffs which some did.
No. There was a very significant headwind, which would have blown jumpers off the landing fields at any greater height.
that beach landing is 2 hrs late
Excuse me Mendora
MEDIC!!!!!!!!! 4:59
man those landings from a parachute looks brutal! shit
My friend's dad was dropped here as well. He said the some of the guys did land in the water. If they weren't rescued, the sharks got them.
yeah, corregidor is the gateway to South China sea and sometimes Sharks do take a stroll there!
Not a single trooper I have spoken with, and that is many, were personally aware of men dropping directly in the water. Men were picked up from the water, but one landed in it.
Americas best
Thank the US Navy for the heavy fire.
4:59 he landed at the bomb crater
@@paulm.965 sabi ko na barbie eh!
Christian Ace Vallespin my grandpa did
first PUBG in history
hospital drop
Get to the safe zone!
Földet éréskor ők se estek kissebbet, mint mi !!!!!!!!!
4:50-4:58 the best😂 i think more of this soldiers died in jumping😓✌
IT THEY WERE LIKE as weak as you!
mdami dw nabalian dyan kesa s mga okey 😂
P.U.B.G in real life
pubg
hail japanese imperial army from philippines
Then you're an idiot
Your an ass hat
im from mariveles bataan philippines ive been to corregidor the sperm shape island of cavite ...
Bataan dumbass not cavite
part of cavite not bataan.
Ang Corregidor ay isang pulong nakalagak sa bukana ng Look ng Maynila. Dahil sa kinalalagyan nito, nagsilbi ito bilang pangunahing tanggulan para sa sa look at lungsod ng Manila. Sa panahon ng Ikalawang Digmaang Pandaigdig, dito naganap ang maraming labanan, maging ang pagbagsak nito at ng mga kapuluan ng Pilipinas na napasa sa mga Hapon. Sa kasalukuyang panahon, ito ay isang mahalagang makasaysayang pook at puntahan ng mga dayuhan. Ito ay pinangangasiwaang ngayon ng Lungsod ng Cavite na sakop rin ito. wikipedia
REALLY!!!!?????
Still its Bataan not Cavite!!!!
It says on its address,...Corregidor,Bataan not Cavite!!!
So its Bataan!!!
GO BACK TO UR GEOGRAPHY 101!!!
DUMBASSES!!!
Mike Saunders REALLY???
FROM WAT ISLAND?
UR A SPERMHEAD URSELF WUZ A POSER TO CLAIM HE WAS FROM BATAAN???
A STRANGER IN HIS SO CALLED HOMETOWN???
WAT AN IDIOT!!!
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