Sadly the hero’s of yesterday are no longer heroes of today’s society’s disrespectful and disinterested people . Today is about today and the road to get here is irrelevant. Life in America’s society is about NOW. Awful isn’t it?
Great upload, I’m Australian we owe the local Solomon Islanders and Papuans a lot. They were essential in both U.S. and Australian WW2 victories in both countries, helping the wounded, trekking supplies and providing intel as well as taking up arms against the Japanese who were hated by the locals as much as our boys.
I saw that you worked with Brian. He was on a trip there for the 75 anniversary in 2017 with our group and asked us to allow him to get the best advantage for filming( seat location in van etc). He had promised us a copy of his work in exchange. Got back to the states and tried to contact him multiple times but he never got back to us. We initially were worried about him, but came to the realization that he just kind of flaked out. Sad, we thought better of him.
Check out Guadalcanal - Walking a Battlefield. It's the channel of the Historian/Battlefield Guide Dave Holland that is in this video. Dave is a great video guide that tells the stories of the battlefields on Guadalcanal and Tulagi from a strong tactical perspective. He takes you on the ground, along the trails and into the firing positions that the Marines and Army troops defended and attacked. I've gained a much better understanding and appreciation of Guadalcanal during WW2.
Dave Holland the guide is THE most knowledgeable historian on WW2 regarding the Solomon Islands in the world. His accent is a mix of Aussie and Yank, quirky cool
I'm a great admirer of your work, super cool video. The editing is just too good, it's a good thing you're exposing the historical sites, it'll attract more tourists to our country. Blessed✌🏿
did you happen to visit the battle site of Asamana? my great uncle was a Marine Raider who was KIA there. remains buried after the battle but in an unknown grave. He is remembered in Manila.
@@howlandneal Joseph Home Harrison, there was an attempt in 1947 to find the remains of the NCO that was killed in the same firefight so I would have presumed they were likely buried together, it was at total of 3 Marines were killed I believe.
@@Thunderpig767 I actually just read a post on Missing Marines about Carlson's Raiders and this specific battle, and Joseph Harrison is mentioned there. Did you see the post? It's here if you haven't: facebook.com/missingmarines/posts/725342051667529
@@howlandneal ha, I follow this page as well, thank you for pointing this out! I was quite ironically flying over papua new guinea on this anniversary, closest I got to Guadalcanal was New Britain. thanks for this
I realize this is 2+ late at this point, but I'm curious as to the legality of relic collection and display by the locals and similar. the Solomon Islands have very strict firearms laws, and from a legal standpoint, those museum operators are hoarding massive collections of illegal weaponry. doesn't matter if it's all non-functional, the law doesn't discriminate in such cases. to be clear, I am very much on the side of the collectors and museum curators here, I am a gun toting American and I support the right to bear arms. I've done various google searches for hours on end at this point and I can't find a damned thing beyond some crappy video game called battlefield, and a bunch of unrelated articles. I guess my question is, did the locals have any trouble from their government about either their personal collections, or their museums and habit of finding things and bringing them to the museums?
Should be open tourism, free to all armed force family members. I say let people pay a fee to scour for artifacts they can keep. Find an old gun, bayonet, its yours. Find a skull, well, might cost you alittle more. I know Pres Trump wont let this potential for big income go to waste.
My father was there on August 7 , 1942. Forever DAD the hero of my heart.
My Dad was there too. Seabee.
Why the hell just 21k views for a stunning history-teller video?😢
Sadly the hero’s of yesterday are no longer heroes of today’s society’s disrespectful and disinterested people . Today is about today and the road to get here is irrelevant. Life in America’s society is about NOW. Awful isn’t it?
This video should be in our school curriculum in year 8, knowing our history. Great effort.
well done video, we have been to Guadalcanal in Solomon and it was amazing. Thanks
Great upload, I’m Australian we owe the local Solomon Islanders and Papuans a lot. They were essential in both U.S. and Australian WW2 victories in both countries, helping the wounded, trekking supplies and providing intel as well as taking up arms against the Japanese who were hated by the locals as much as our boys.
Can’t believe this only has 10K views - superb production quality!
Got to meet Dave recently, and I hope to someday go to Guadalcanal.
I saw that you worked with Brian. He was on a trip there for the 75 anniversary in 2017 with our group and asked us to allow him to get the best advantage for filming( seat location in van etc). He had promised us a copy of his work in exchange. Got back to the states and tried to contact him multiple times but he never got back to us. We initially were worried about him, but came to the realization that he just kind of flaked out. Sad, we thought better of him.
Check out Guadalcanal - Walking a Battlefield. It's the channel of the Historian/Battlefield Guide Dave Holland that is in this video.
Dave is a great video guide that tells the stories of the battlefields on Guadalcanal and Tulagi from a strong tactical perspective. He takes you on the ground, along the trails and into the firing positions that the Marines and Army troops defended and attacked. I've gained a much better understanding and appreciation of Guadalcanal during WW2.
Dave Holland the guide is THE most knowledgeable historian on WW2 regarding the Solomon Islands in the world. His accent is a mix of Aussie and Yank, quirky cool
Very well done documentary !
Hey, thanks so much! It was a nice project to work on during the Covid lockdown.
I'm a great admirer of your work, super cool video. The editing is just too good, it's a good thing you're exposing the historical sites, it'll attract more tourists to our country. Blessed✌🏿
I am sharing this!
Thank you Willie, more to come! I just visited the Solomons a couple of weeks ago and got so much footage!
Looking at some of island on google maps, it’s hard to think so many people died fighting for them. Look at Guam, for example.
How do you not have more subscribers? Great videos!
Yeah it's the UA-cam algorithm, I don't post frequently enough or focus on super specific content so it holds me back. But thank you!
I love this video
Amazing
❤I'd so love to go there, but I know I couldn't take the heat and humidity.
did you happen to visit the battle site of Asamana? my great uncle was a Marine Raider who was KIA there. remains buried after the battle but in an unknown grave. He is remembered in Manila.
No, we didn't go to this area, but perhaps in the future. What is your great uncle's name?
@@howlandneal Joseph Home Harrison, there was an attempt in 1947 to find the remains of the NCO that was killed in the same firefight so I would have presumed they were likely buried together, it was at total of 3 Marines were killed I believe.
@@Thunderpig767 I actually just read a post on Missing Marines about Carlson's Raiders and this specific battle, and Joseph Harrison is mentioned there. Did you see the post? It's here if you haven't:
facebook.com/missingmarines/posts/725342051667529
@@howlandneal ha, I follow this page as well, thank you for pointing this out! I was quite ironically flying over papua new guinea on this anniversary, closest I got to Guadalcanal was New Britain. thanks for this
@@howlandneal I hope to one day help instigate an expedition to locate his remains and bring him home
I realize this is 2+ late at this point, but I'm curious as to the legality of relic collection and display by the locals and similar. the Solomon Islands have very strict firearms laws, and from a legal standpoint, those museum operators are hoarding massive collections of illegal weaponry. doesn't matter if it's all non-functional, the law doesn't discriminate in such cases. to be clear, I am very much on the side of the collectors and museum curators here, I am a gun toting American and I support the right to bear arms. I've done various google searches for hours on end at this point and I can't find a damned thing beyond some crappy video game called battlefield, and a bunch of unrelated articles.
I guess my question is, did the locals have any trouble from their government about either their personal collections, or their museums and habit of finding things and bringing them to the museums?
Nice 👍
Thanks for watching!
The Marines Were Magnificent, But Guadalcanal Was NOT The "First Allied Victory Of WW2!!"
What was? Apparently the monument at 7:39 needs to be corrected. Please educate us.
Battle of Lae in the South Pacific vs Japanese . Tobruk , North Africa vs Germans. @@Puckerupbuttercup261
Great video. Could have been a lot longer and it wouldn't have bothered me.
Last year I was concerned people wouldn't want to watch a longer edit but I've been thinking about re-doing it. Thanks for the comment!
@@howlandneal I can't get enough of these videos detailing the Pacific battlefields. Yours was very good.
Should be open tourism, free to all armed force family members. I say let people pay a fee to scour for artifacts they can keep. Find an old gun, bayonet, its yours. Find a skull, well, might cost you alittle more. I know Pres Trump wont let this potential for big income go to waste.