My Mom Bought Me a .45 To Use on IWO JIMA
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No
I did ❤
I did ❤
Jesus is the only way. We have all sinned and deserve Hell. Sins that may seem small in our eyes are big in God's and are worthy of Hell, such as lying lusting and stealing. But if we repent and trust only in Jesus, he is faithful and will save us from Hell and give us eternal life in Heaven. Trust in Jesus!
John 3:16
Romans 6:23😊❤
Giving all of her 75$ for a good pistol And a 36 hour bus trip to hand it over to her son.. That's a mother's love.
And her boy came home. That gun was priceless in her eyes.
That's a great investment.
❤🇺🇸
I wonder if he brought it back after the war
AMEN
@@carolinaplinkerHe's probably still wearing it during this interview
That's a mom that loves her boy. Hats off to the gun shop owner as well.
YUP AND $200.00 DOLLARS WAS A LOT OF MONEY BACK THEN!!
When my Iraq probability soared, my fam acquired a pistol (my guess is h&k 9mm) two states away. My unit was re-tasked stateside, so I didn’t subsequently see the pistol.
Respect for the momma, the dealer and the son.
@@Plainsimple67 My Dad started work in 1941. $200 was an Engineers monthly salary at a top employer back then.
😇🙌🤍💯🏁✨
Forget the gun, that's a mom that truly did everything to help her child. That's a real mom
Ya I wish I had a family that would have helped me like that, not with a gun but other things in life !🖕
Don’t forget the patriot that gave her a discount for the core
Yea, it sounds like she put out. Just to make sure her son was safe 😂
@samm.1933 That's exactly what it sounds like.
Better than mine
What a great story
What a Great MOM
What a Great MAN
What a great gun
@@Chris-cz2kx😂😂😂😂👍
The Greatest Generation get talked about a lot. But their parents and grandparents deserve a lot of the credit.
Some of them DID serve in ww1 after all.
💯, they were a different breed a cut above
The previous generation also experienced the Great Depression
In my eye every prior generation has more balls than the next.
I’m sure ww1 vets were calling ww2 vets softies like ww2 vets call nam vets soft
nam vat calling desert storm soft vets and ect..
The generations now are the great shame lol
I could listen to Veterans like this all day
same
Me to...
Me too. They tell us a side of history you will never read about in books.
Same here
The great thing about listening to them is knowing they live at the end of each story.
Great mom. Great gun shop owner. True Americans.
💯💪🇺🇲🎉
Only if you have money 😂
Sounds like the sort of lie a woman who didn't wanna admit she actually prostituted herself for it would make up
@@Eaon69but she clearly didn’t, he decided to do business with her even though she didn’t have the full money for the price because of her story
@@Eaon69Did you even watch the video? Lmao
I can’t stop the tears from flowing. A Mother’s love for her son and concern for his safety is overwhelming! The lengths she went to to get him that colt is AMAZING. SAFE TRAVELS
I was going to comment on your comment about my son then I saw your name 😮 my sons name is also Richard but i call him part of his middle name. But nothing I wouldn't for him 🥺 he's gotten me through so much and I have him. And people don't seem to understand the love a mother has for her son 🥺🖤
his mother and that gunsmith are looking down on him right now with glee
Amen to that
. . . and Pride!
They're likely dead. I doubt they're looking at anything.
@@Quinn37in heaven your not the sharpest tool in the shed
@@dakotarichardsonh probably quite a bit sharper than you.
Two great men and one great mother
3 great Americans
Two great men, one great mother! and one great pistol. God bless the three of these good people and thank God for John Moses Browning.
Two great men and two great mothers. Surely the gun sellers mom raised him right to be able to do that
@@TheMeganekkoSanAnd three great fathers.
Kids don't appreciate parents today. I am working on getting my 6th out the door, each at their own level and interest (i stress education and work, but just get passed HS and get a job)
All my kids got passed the bar (some just barely) but they don't appreciste yet just how much time and mental energy it takes. I have done similar crap like paying 2 nontgs of groceries and figuring out how to pay it off. I've waited 2 hours for a bus that wasn't coming. It's the most rewarding thankless job...
Thats a Texas Momma.
Watch full vid....he used it to save his life against a charging Japanese soldier
@@johngibson2884where full video?
I’m from Dallas and my mom bought my first pistol💙
Hell yeah!!
I know Odessa TX. West Texas people have always supported the military. I'm not surprised that the gun shop owner made a deal with her. God bless our Military!
Mom's a Living Legend. Her son is a Hero.
Hearing the lengths mother's go for their children, get me every time I miss my mom man
So do I
Naw I'm just sweating from my eyes 😭
I miss my mother too.
Same. I miss my Mom every day.
Same.
I bet that shop owner was a good friend to all and never met a stranger. True Patriot.
He may have saved the Marines life...full interview tells a Japanese soldier charged him and got dropped...
My dad was a WWll Marine veteran. He had a colt.45 when I was a kid. That was a big pistol and really heavy for me as a little girl,but my dad taught me to shoot it. I think I was 10 or 12.
@@Dixiesoul34510-12 yr old girl being taught to shoot a .45. Haha...love it.
Jesus is the only way. We have all sinned and deserve Hell. Sins that may seem small in our eyes are big in God's and are worthy of Hell, such as lying lusting and stealing. But if we repent and trust only in Jesus, he is faithful and will save us from Hell and give us eternal life in Heaven. Trust in Jesus!
John 3:16
Romans 6:23❤😊
Different times. Now its all weakness
Idk why but this story brought this grown man to tears
You AREN'T PATRIOTS LIKE ME I AM OUR VETERANS DESERVE EVERYTHING NOT ILLEGALS
Yeah, this one, too.
A mother's love! She probably got back home with less than a dollar left, and hungry since she also probably had to skip a meal or two (or more) on that round trip....
I’m the mother of a veteran. I prayed my son through deployment in the Middle East.🙏🙏🙏Trust me, we mama’s would walk through hell for our sons❣️❣️❣️
I know y'all would. My mother did and you have. Good mommas are the best thing a man can have. @@JHerrmann-l6z
I could listen to this man tell this story over and over and over
Stories like that bring a tear to my eye. Such a better era and better generation!
So true. These days, she would be arrested for carrying that gun and probably put in prison.
how ignorant of you
@@Samuri_Jack_Enjoyerseems like your the ignorant one bud
@@chayoramos2231 you're*, learn basic grammar before you try to patronize someone.
@@jabberwocky8021not true all good things come to more good in the end
That's a Real Mom and a true gunsmith and patriot
Dude... Youre telling me you have to buy your own guns if you go to the army?
And when this guy was a kid, a revolver was 200 dollars?
@@captain_context9991 Pistol not a revolver
@@ElFlacoCs
THAT was the important bit for you?
@@captain_context9991 in WW2 pistols were scarce and only issued to officers and vehicle crews, the standard infantary man only received his battle rifle to save up materials for rifles.
Some soldiers bought with their own money pistols as a extra measure on the battlefield and was useful on the pacific theater because of the cramped jungles and shear ammount of enemy soldiers waves.
Since the cold war all soldiers carry a pistol for self protection when not carrying his rifle.
@@Phvpark
And this failure to provide even basic weapons to soldiers going to war.... Leading his impoverished mother to spend her last money and spend 193 hours on a bus to give it to him... Was somehow not at all a failure, but source of great patriotism. And the store owner was a hero. The mother was a hero, and obviously the son too... Was a hero. Did I miss anything?
Christ, what a culture.
Love, honor, respect and gratitude to you for your service, your Mama for her perfect love and to all who served!
His mama wasn't playing. Giving her boy the best chance possible. She loved him so much. ❤
I just feel like that era was filled with so much love and community. Today everybody seems to live alone, drive like they’re the only person on the road that matters and have no sense of community.
Absolutely, moms will do anything to protect their children even if it's a half a world away. By the way Elizabeth if that's you in your profile picture you are absolutely gorgeous and I'm not just saying that. And quite honestly I want you to just take it as a compliment I mean no offense.
@@Mr.meanbean915hilarious how women can’t even make youtube comments without some incel doing incel things
except this whole story is bs.
@@jamesrichey5334look up other stories. Happened more than you think back then. Besides back then it was ok to send sidearms to boys of yours who were fighting because the whole country was behind the war effort. Duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!
That mother truly loved her son. Warms my heart
Its my emotional support pistol 🔫 😢
That's a mom for you. Making sure her son was protected. Sir, Thank You for your service!
Phenomenal respect ❤God bless him, you and everyone reading this ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Apparently doing what the US Government couldn't.
One thing I don't understand: the 1911 was the standard issue sidearm from 1911 to 1986.. so why did he need one?
That’s a real mom. Not everyone gets one of those.
@@jonslg240not all GIs were supplied with m1911s
God Bless the US military; and their mommas!
Nothing compares to a mother's love, glad you made it back to tell the story!
Until she manipulates the children against the father...
@@randallsmerna384bro what?
@@randallsmerna384You shouldn't project your issues onto other people bro. A Lot of us had good moms sorry that you didn't.
@@randallsmerna384 here, let’s all give you the attention your parents didn’t. Hope you’re happy, you turned a heartwarming story of a mother’s dedication to make sure her son had a good pistol for his fight and spun it into “tHe MotHerS TwiST tHeIR chILdReN agAinST tHe fAtHEr”
@@randallsmerna384 go to a different thread for this randal.
The love of a mother and patriotism of an American, a Texan.
Ya, I li,like, the idea of the United Cities of Texica
Yes!
Yes. Well said, I'm from Arizona. Love Texas. And All our 50 states. ❤
Amen.
Salute and respect to Texas and all of USA from Albania Europe ❤
I remember packing my son's stuff for boot camp. Everything single thing i put in that box meant the world to me. It was like sending a little love to him while he was far away. When he came home from doing a year in Jordan, he thanked me for all the small things i sent to him.... Momma's will move mountains just to make her babies life better!!! My boy came home safe and sound. Many moms werent as lucky as i was .. god bless our Vets!!! Yall deserve only the best in life!!!
You are an amazing mom and don’t ever allow anyone to ever tell you anything different! Another word for a good mom is an “Angel” because good mom’s are definitely the reflection of God’s unconditional love and also the posture of his heart as well! 🙏🏿😇⚔️🔥🙌🏿👑💎🦁💪🏿☝🏾✌🏾👌🏾💜🤗🕊🦅🌎🌍
@@bikerider731 awe thank you so much!!! Stay safe on that bike!!!
God Bless Mother's like you. The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world. We would do will to remember that, we women can win wars too.
Now, i understand my mom. Thankyou
You would think that all mothers love their kids like that. I do, and I am always shocked when I hear about the bad ones.
Sir, Thank you for your service
America needs more people like this soldier, his mom, and the gunsmith.
Not a soldier. He’s a Marine
Different time... our culture has gone downhill so much
And dont chime in about the bad things (institution things like how races and women were treated) back then, I'm talking about how people had different mindsets about their fellow person on a one on one basis
@@christophergray1673
It has become more selfish. Nobody is willing to one cent or one bit of effort to help people anymore.
America is filled with people like each of them, but they don't make headlines, they don't get movies made about them. Like each of these people you hear stories like them in isolation from the cacophy of terrible headlines meant to scare and anger you.
It's the underpaid school teacher who goes to work each day to teach kids, it's the overworked nurse comforting and taking care of patients, it's the ranch hand who spends his last $20 buck to help someone who ran out if gas on the side of the road.
And congress screws all of them and us over.
@@granatmof great point. Only the bad gets publicity
Kinda like Florida reputation, you hear so much because we have the best open record laws so people can see anything done by public officials. Thus you are gonna see more where in other states people cant submit record releases for things like city commission meetings etc
Thank you for your service! Your mother was somebody special.
The gunsmith was someone special, too!
Absolutely
Its all a very nice story till you consider that he went and fought for communism
Service…to the ussr, and internat banks
He passed away about 2 years ago
BLESS THE MOMS AND DADS WHO GO THE EXTRA MILE
Not only left him serve but supported him. What an amazing story.
And the gunsmith
Why do you have to bring your own guns in the us army
@@Johann.863 if he was in San Diego, then hes a marine. And its quite possible that he'd probably only be issued a rifle and maybe grenades in the field. A sidearm might be handy to fall back on.
Thank that man and thank you for your services God bless you and your mom ❤❤❤❤
That mom was not playing. Heroes, all of them.
What? Is it "heroic" to not be able to buy a gun? Or that you have to buy your own gun when you go to the army? Surely they should give people the equipment they need.
What even is this.
@@captain_context9991 Only the officers were issued pistols. The mom was a hero because $75 was a lot of money back in the 40's. My Grandfather was an enlisted man in Europe during WWII, he wound up buying his own pistol in Belgium. My family still has it.
@@tomcollins5112
The mom was a hero. And the gun store dude was a hero, and the son was a hero... Is there anyone that wasnt a hero? Christ, what a culture.
@@captain_context9991 There's a lot of heroism in America, that's for sure.
The price of an M1911A1 between 1940-1945 was $26-$34 new. Gunsmith did that lady dirty
Their generation will live forever. They made history. #Legends
Sadly their children, grandchildren and great grand children forget about the sacrifices made to fight the fascists, and they end up voting for new fascists with an R next to their name. The American fascists in 1933 tried to stage a military coup to overthrow FDR to undo the New Deal. Any politician who attacks Social Security or any other New Deal legislation is an American fascist. End of story.
and all the new generations ruining everything they fought for.
Mothers now are more likely to have their sons drug g3d and their Johnsons removed- if they even make it out of the womb alive- my oh my how FeministZ0G has changed this country.
With all due respect, war is all about perspective. There are no "heroes". Just survivors
@@some_donkussome. Not all. My generation definitely isn't. We are all too busy working 3 jobs just to pay rent and drive a decent car. Gen Z and some millennials are the biggest issue.
I am literally applauding this mother.
Thank you Sir for you service!!
That WAS HOW AMERICANS USED TO BE!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
influences.
we still are.
you're spending your time listening to the mindless naysayers and Russian paid enfluencers.
@thomasklui4747 , you hit the nail on the head. This country never has stopped being GREAT.
Heros all of you.Thank you for your service.
She's a lovely lady, the world needs more like her.
people bringing you guns? not sure we really need that
Exactly 💯
A real woman.
A mother's love for her children is truly remarkable
I wish my mom was 1% of this woman. I never experienced a mothers love but I see the happiness in people that do.
Unless it’s my mom, and there is none.
@@buuga610 What did she do to you? Some parents actually are abusive and I send the victims of that abuse my support. A big fat no to abuse.
@@buuga610 l
No kidding we have got to give our thanks to our mas and pas out there!
He came home. Worth every penny.
$200 in 1944 is the equivalent of nearly $3600 in 2024. But you are right, worth every cent.
Thank you for your service and so glad you came home to your amazing mom 😊
His mama wanted to give him anything that would help him come home! Bless her!
it saved his life, later in the interview he said it saved his life from a charging jap
You really think the marine corps doesn’t provide weapons?
@ZombieBiden they did but alot of them still had Springfield, the m1s mainly went to Europe, tho they had m1s by the battle of iwo jima
@@dylanram4653I think he’s referring to the Colt 1911 which was provided to service men as their sidearm
Every Boy needs a mom like that!
No more like every boy “want” a mom like that
But from the sounds of it you don’t deserve it go work and earn the damn gun yourself
Reminds me of Forrest gumps mom..she could work a deal 😂
@@rowdyoutdoors5397bruh 😂
A real woman.
And every WOMAN !
Everyone needs a mom like this...but if that happened, the world would be perfect and then we wouldn't have to have wars!😢
Momma did everything to protect her Son...Beautiful, Thank you Sir for your Bravery!!
Thanks, mom, and thanks for your service, sir.
Mothers will do EVERYTHING to make sure their sons are always safe! It's called unconditional love ❤️
To blo away some other people kids, two wrongs don't make a right.
A dad also does !!!!
Never would miss a thing to protect my kids
@@Beelzebub666you
Right
But that are f….g rules at war 😢
Wishful thinking but its not true.
@@Beelzebub666youprotecting your country is right
My great uncle was in Vietnam. His family mailed him a colt .45 piece by piece in socks so he had something he could use in the cab of his truck instead of the issued rifle. He said he went to the supply tent and "opened the back door" to get the ammo for it.
Man they took the hard way. Tons of Vietnam vets had personal shotguns pistols and rifles sent to them. Never heard of it having to be Pierce by Pierce though.
@@nickgarcia7415my grandpa took his 357 with him.
@@nickgarcia7415this person probably made it up
We were a lot looser with restrictions back then
It all depends on who he wanted to know about that gun 😂 it wouldnt be a bad idea to have a burner pistol in Vietnam.
were they not allowed to bring anything other than the rifle they were issued?
That gun saved his life! Watch full vid of story, great interview
Where
@@48thstateprospectingsomewhere around here close
Jesus is the only way. We have all sinned and deserve Hell. Sins that may seem small in our eyes are big in God's and are worthy of Hell, such as lying lusting and stealing. But if we repent and trust only in Jesus, he is faithful and will save us from Hell and give us eternal life in Heaven. Trust in Jesus!
John 3:16
Romans 6:23😊❤❤
@@christianweatherbroadcasting
FYI
You putting this on random unrelated videos makes Christians look like spammers, not people trying to do good
If you want to spread your faith, then maybe follow your savior's example - find those in need, and help them get what they say they need. Find those who are hungry, and feed them. Find those without a roof over their head, and give them shelter. Find those in poverty, and bring them money.
It's not as quick or as easy as posting spam, but it actually helps people.
@@48thstateprospecting ua-cam.com/video/mLUfRu_1uZ0/v-deo.html
Thank u to all of my Veterans for your service🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷
You know that’s the Liberian flag right
@@BobTheHatKing please get a grip on life
@@dawnfuller8495 what’s the matter? You can’t face the truth? Boo hoo…
@@BobTheHatKing 🤣😂😂😂🤣😂🤣🤣U CANT HANDLE THE TRUTH😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
@@BobTheHatKing not at all..have two black eyes..n it's kinda hard to see til they heal..so u c..when you assume something...u make n a** outta u n me👍
Sir,.... Thank you for your service and sacrifices. They are not forgotten, nor in vain. You are a beautiful soul.
Not in vain...ok.
@@ja7880what's to misunderstand? They stopped the Japanese, who were bent on taking over most, if not all of Asia. Too many people seem to forget how truly evil and despicable Imperial Japan was. A certain group of people like to claim they were the only people persecuted during that time frame. I'll let you people figure it out, so that I'm not accused of being antisemitic.
There's nothing greater than a mother's love.
I couldn't imagine how she felt. Doing what she could to help and protect her son. I know she prayed everyday for her son to make it back home. So glad you did. ❤
Not everybody is Christian and not everyone was Christian back then either. Not everyone prays. That’s just a fact.
@@JunebugreenThank you Captain Obvious for doing us all a great service
@@Junebugreenso. Let's think this one through, yeah? Wtf did you think you're fixing with this shitdick comment?
God bless your mother. And thank you endless times in endless ways for your service to this country God bless you
That's something the world needs to hear... incredible Mama
That's all we hear
When a mom truly loves her son, she will do whatever it takes to help her baby boy. That story brings me my joy for the day.
How? The store owner is the one who went the extra length
@@k3yzw1zard79yeah the gunsmith did good, but also the mom as well. If it wasn't for his mom he wouldn't have gotten that pistol. She's the one who got it, it was her idea to begin with
Even if their son is a killer lol
Kinda like Forrest Gump’s Ma getting him into that school with the principle 😂
Boy your ma sure does care about your education.
@@Dad-979finally, someone else who sees what I’m seeing here 😂
The fact that this gentleman STILL remembers this story is such a blessing🙏🏽 Beautiful & meaningful story of a mother's unconditional love
And the Gunsmith that supports a Marine's mom's love for her son
God bless you and you're mom
God is dead
Thanks to all of those veterans for their services
it's an honor.
Yes.
Sorry we allowed what you fought for to be stolen and sold out. This is not the America he fought for.
God bless all veterans. 🙏🙏
Yeah plenty of thanks but not enough help with mental health nor civil jobs
@@LeonArgent I'm not sure where you're getting your services at but I use the VA system in Walla Walla Washington and they have always taken care of me. I'm connected with mental health and anytime I'm having a meltdown I can get someone on the phone to help me and talk to me. I'm sorry the services suck where you're at. I for one am greatful.
They don’t make em like that no more. It speaks volumes that he can still talk so fondly of his parents at such an age. God bless
They still make em like that. Just harder to find these days.
I was made in 1964. My parents raised me right. I'm waiting to be with them again. Speak for yourself.
An army where you gotta buy your own gun? Lmao
@alexisborden3191
Learn American and world history, and you might be able to understand. I doubt it, but there's a slight chance.
@@alexisborden3191 They didn't "have" to buy their own guns, but it was a World War. Not everyone could have a personal defense weapon AND a service rifle in a war of that scale. A number of soldiers and Marines carried their own pistols or had parents and neighbors ship them overseas to them.
Your mother was a true Patriot, God Bless You
So was the gunsmith
That's a Texan momma right there
Thank you so kindly for everything you have done for us 🙏❤️🇺🇲
A mother's love is something to behold
Must be nice
@davidf68 sadly some have great mothers and children don't appreciate them. Life often doesn't feel fair. Hope u are blessed in many ways.
@@davidf68I feel that.
@@LydiaWhitting I agree with you! Very sad on both parts, although I hope you aren’t implying that is my case. Thank you for the blessings, I wish well upon you too.
@@LydiaWhitting SOME mothers are also mean. We live in a selfish world.
That is probably the reason he lived to tell this story. God bless that mom! And Thank you for your service Marine!
Probably not the only factor that gave him the courage to survive but for sure was the kind of behavior that made the usa a great nation to beging whit. High respect and love from Argentina ❤
That’s actually beautiful. Wow, it brings a tear
me too man. me too.
These men are true hero’s. The women who worked and supported the war effort are as well. God bless you sir!
Good on her and him for surviving that place.
I'm from Odessa Tx. And I love seeing this. A mother's love and respect for the military
Me too 🤙
respect for military but did not trust enough that they'll equip her son eligible weaponry
@@Fourmyle44children say the darndest things
@@Fourmyle44 Why take unnecessary chances? She didn't!
I can't hear the name Odessa Texas and not think of no country for old men.
A Mother’s love knows no bounds.
Amen, that's right!
That's how real parents look out for their kids, couldn't stop him from going to war but gave him the best odds she could ❤❤❤❤😢❤❤
I have a low serial number colt 45. With a similar story. A father bought it for his son that was in the Marine Corps. I am lucky enough to have the documentation to support it. God bless our veterans and their families
Hi, I'm late to the party, but why is it that they were buying their own guns? I would've thought they'd have been issued one by the government
@@brandonsmith9512 I believe back then you either had to buy your secondary weapon or you had a choice to buy one if you wanted to I'm not 100% sure though
@@brandonsmith9512 ... sidearms are usually issued to officers and medical personnel... some units prohibit personnel weapons but tend to look the other way when in a combat zone
You either have serial number 1, or anything else.
@@brandonsmith9512 Back in WWs automatic pistols are more expensive to make than standard issue bolt actions or semi-autos or smgs.
So there was no way the military can issue every soldier a pistol.
Even today, a sidearm is still as expensive as the standard issue assault rifle. So issuing a sidearm means doubled investment on something they might not get a chance to use.
Never underestimate a Mother's Love! 💕
Both my parents were in The Marines during WWII. My Daddy could have fought by your side. Thank you to you, my Mother & Daddy, and your entire generation!!!
What a gunsmith. What a Mother.
I'm glad he made it home and lived❤
🙌🏼when America was still America🙌🏼
Amen
@@23chnge
Speaking vaguely only goes so far.
What lie?
You mean when they sent people to war without supplying them with the means necessary to fight?
@@23chnge back when we the People still had a say in prices
@@23chngethe fact that you don’t realize there’s more propaganda today shows how out of touch you are. For example, the war in Gaza. I bet you think there’s a genocide there or some other nonsense. By definition there is no genocide there, the casualty numbers do not allow us to classify it as such, and the civilian to combatant casualty ratio is the lowest humanity has ever seen in urban warfare, these are objective and verifiable facts. There are dozens of issues like this, narratives which are in fact spun counter to truth and reality.
Thanks to the gun shop owner and thanks to your mother and thanks to you sir👍👍👍
You all are great Americans🙏
He’s making up the story for attention. He can’t get enough attention as he gets older.
@@richrich1614evidence?
I think the story is false. $200 in 1943 is worth $3,625 today. The $75 she had would be worth the equivalent of $1361 today. Colt 1911s were selling for around $30 at the time.
@@rymic72 maybe the story is correct but the numbers might be wrong 😕. I would never call The Old Man a liar to his face even if I thought he was lying.. I remember buzz Aldrin punching a guy when the guy told him he never went to the moon and then the guy kept bothering him so he punched him..
great americans for playing with guns? yeah..MURICA!🎉
She knew he’d be in the thick of it and would likely need to fight hand to hand. That Colt probably saved his life more than once.
Because back then Marine only issued M1917 .45 revolver to some specific roles in the infantry platoon like machinegunner, officers and weapon support team like mortar. The rest stick with M1903 and later M1. Thompson is provided for Officers and NCO.
Nuff to make a grown man cry
No gun that she was buying cost the equivalent of $3625 today. That part of the story doesn’t add up.
@@rymic72He’s probably misremembering if anything. He’s an old chap, that’s gonna happen. I believe a new 1911, in 1911 cost about $15-$20 and you could get another magazine for .50 cents
@@rymic72 he forgot to mention it was the cartel golden engraved edition like on gta
That mom is just as much of a hero, as our brave and heroic veterans are. God bless her
Takes a hero to make one buddy
No.
Not to take away from her achievement but getting on a bus for a day and a half doesn’t make her every bit of hero that the veterans are facing death and dismemberment etc
Call me Mr Naïve, but if he needed a gun, didn't the Marine Corps have one he could borrow?
@@christopherdean1326 I suppose that sidearms weren’t standard issue perhaps at this time
That is a mother's love. Thank you for your service.
Thanks for that gun owner and thank you for your services and your mom for ya'll services God bless y'all ❤❤❤❤
Our old vets are built different, and its due to that kind of Love from a parent. Beautiful.
Very true and the sad reality is, nearly all of the WWII men are gone. I always planned to record my grandfathers telling me about their childhood, the war, and life after they returned, got married, and had children. Unfortunately, I waited too long. And I will not make the same mistake with my uncle and great uncle who served in Korea and Vietnam, because soon we will realize that that whole generation is gone too.
⬆️ That’s T. Fred Harvey, from Odessa, Texas. He was awarded the CMH if I recall. You should hear his story. It’s gripping. I heard him interviewed on Jocko Podcast.
@@lastlogicallib thanks for sharing :)
Damn this made me cry, Blessed all 3 in this story. ❤
What a nice mom getting him a .45 she really loves him.
Thank you for your service and sacrifices and for keeping our country free and keeping us all safe, Sir. Youre loved appreciated and i have the utmost respect for you and your Mama!! 🙏🙏🙏
$75 was still a lot of money back then. God bless them all.
$75 in 1945 is about $1300 today.
@@Rockhunter329 jesus
Jesus is the only way. We have all sinned and deserve Hell. Sins that may seem small in our eyes are big in God's and are worthy of Hell, such as lying lusting and stealing. But if we repent and trust only in Jesus, he is faithful and will save us from Hell and give us eternal life in Heaven. Trust in Jesus!
John 3:16
Romans 6:23😊❤❤
@@anondimwit Now look what you did. You activated the Christobots.
It was even more back then, but it's still a lot of money. That's food for a month, maybe more, for those in need. A sudden ticket for $75 could leave a lot of people hungry, or even homeless.
GLAD YOU MADE IT HOME BROTHER ❤❤
Hearing these vets story’s makes me proud to be an American and the love I have for this country.
Many veterans are disgusted by modern USA. Modern USA is a dystopian nightmare compared to the one they lived in and before. They didn't fight for communism and wide open borders.
It does for me too
The country you love died about 20 years ago. You can love your people, you can love the constitution, you can love your state, but the country has been intentionally gutted by the elites.
As a Canadian it’s always amazing hearing both of our vets speak. Last time I sat down with the local vets was 17 years ago and every single one of them are gone. Past and present breve men
It makes me sad because all these guys were just pawns for rich people. Look into Smedley Butler and what he uncovered with the Business Plot. Dedicated his life to the Corps and then realized it was all so that rich people could have more money. Nobody ever talks about that part of his life.
A mother’s love knows no boundaries. Glad he came home alive.
What a beautiful story I want to thank you sir for serving America and the people of America. I salute you.🫡
I can't describe how I feel about this beautiful story
Busted my heart wide open. The power of a Mama's love ❤️
Could listen to him all day.
Thank you for your service.
The love of his mom and the gunsmith.
A mother's love, and a patriot's generosity. That's the America I grew up in! Thank you, Thiele Fred Harvey, for your service!
It’s a fabricated story. It’s not real.
His service created communist China and North Korea.
What a wonderful story. Our veterans deserve our respect and honor. Thank you for serving.
This is how much we love our children. God bless her.
People like this are why it was considered the greatest generation. True Americans, both him and his mother! ❤
Shout out mom ❤
Bless her heart she was taking care of her son the best way she could world needs more mommas like that
The best she could!! Touching.
by getting him a Colt 45. IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE MUM!!
The love of a mother for her son.... The bravery of a son for his country.... God bless our vets, God bless America
A true soldier you and your Mother sir! Thank you for your services and defending our troubled land and your mother was very supportive and also a soldier and this salesman had a lot of integrity that was brought out by a good hert and a great story! Thank you!
The determination of his mother is genuinely admirable