John Basilone - Selfless Warrior

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  • Опубліковано 24 гру 2024

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  • @catsfrommars
    @catsfrommars Місяць тому +115

    His wife a fellow Marine never remarried saying, “Once you have the best, you can’t settle for less.”

    • @ivanskirchak4935
      @ivanskirchak4935 28 днів тому +2

      That’s the love we all search for but few of us ever find. Semper Fi John and Lena. 🫡

    • @QCs_Finest_est.1989
      @QCs_Finest_est.1989 3 дні тому

      What a classy lady, fit for a hero💪💯

  • @Meow_1992
    @Meow_1992 Місяць тому +105

    28 years old too, married for I believe 6 months to Lena, deployed to Iwo, sad he never returned to Lena and had a family with his love. ❤❤❤❤ RIP.

    • @cruisinguy6024
      @cruisinguy6024 Місяць тому +2

      She never remarried which could not have made life easy for her considering the times.

    • @Rudyelf1
      @Rudyelf1 Місяць тому +5

      John Basilone did have a family after Iwo. He has fathered generations of warriors.

  • @almirria6753
    @almirria6753 Місяць тому +118

    The Patron Saint of Cyclic Rate

    • @usmc6911
      @usmc6911 Місяць тому +6

      We had a saying in Bravo 1/1.I was 0331 machine gunner.
      "ACCURACY BY VOLUME"

    • @OrbitFallenAngel
      @OrbitFallenAngel Місяць тому

      ​@@usmc6911Just wanted to say Thank You for your Service to our Country!! 🙏🇺🇸❤
      God Bless You and Your Buddies Who I pray are living their lives peacefully and happily!!

  • @andy_in_nh9243
    @andy_in_nh9243 Місяць тому +26

    Just a few weeks ago, I had the privilege of visiting his statue in NJ and later that day visiting his grave in Arlington on the anniversary of his MOH action.
    Semper Fidelis!

  • @williamblanchetti9962
    @williamblanchetti9962 Місяць тому +8

    We are free today because of men like John Basilone. I made a point of telling my children the story of this brave warrior and the ultimate sacrifice he made. God bless you and all who have followed in your footsteps.

  • @roccomarra4741
    @roccomarra4741 Місяць тому +23

    Truly the greatest generation

  • @Bad.Pappy.Official
    @Bad.Pappy.Official Місяць тому +10

    Happy birthday, Marines! God bless America!! 🇺🇸✊

  • @MedicJey
    @MedicJey Місяць тому +10

    Rest in piece gunny, one of the greatest marines to walk this earth.

  • @WdyWP
    @WdyWP Місяць тому +13

    Ooh Rah!!!
    Lived not too far from Baslilon Road for my first few years in the Corps.
    Happy Birthday to my Brothers and Sisters!!!

  • @Taterman36
    @Taterman36 Місяць тому +23

    I just finished The Pacific, great show about the best of men

    • @OrbitFallenAngel
      @OrbitFallenAngel Місяць тому

      It's definitely one of the most EPIC miniseries!!
      And I really love the theme music....and the illustrations during the opening credits..
      The Pacific is in my opinion, better than the Band of Brothers miniseries...

  • @garypiont6114
    @garypiont6114 Місяць тому +7

    What a man.

  • @roykiefer7713
    @roykiefer7713 Місяць тому +37

    To future SecNavs: Our fleet should never, not for a single day, not have a USS Basilone in commission. His life inspires the Navy - Marine Corps team and his sacrifices illustrates the standards we all should strive to attain . . . especially under the most dire circumstances.

    • @MicroSBs
      @MicroSBs Місяць тому +4

      This ship will be floating well over 25 years so thats good to know!

    • @morrisparrish76
      @morrisparrish76 Місяць тому +1

      War will always be a “dire circumstance”!

  • @puma51921
    @puma51921 Місяць тому +8

    Growing up, i read a lot of history. I read about the Maines in Guadalcanal. I was completely amazed at the actions of John Basilone. I told myself i would be a Marine. He was always on my mind in basic. 1979-1986. Happy birthday Marines. Semper Fidelis.

  • @15blackshirt
    @15blackshirt Місяць тому +5

    The Pacific does a phenomenal job honoring his legacy

  • @robertrawlings2600
    @robertrawlings2600 Місяць тому +12

    Semper Fidelis from Arizona

  • @123sharpguy
    @123sharpguy Місяць тому +17

    an american hero god bless america and Semper Fi to all marines that have served this amazing country past present and future.

  • @Anthonyurtu
    @Anthonyurtu Місяць тому +5

    Goodnight Gunnery sergeant Basilone, wherever you are

  • @mr.sherlockholmes6130
    @mr.sherlockholmes6130 Місяць тому +3

    Happy Birthday Marine , Marine Birthday Nov 10 th 249 yrs old this year . John Basilone Your A True American and a Hero to all ! Semper Fidelis Cpl Scott Dickens USMC!!! ❤

  • @usmc6911
    @usmc6911 Місяць тому +3

    My Uncle Jack was at GC.He never told me anything about his action in the Pacific until I came back from Panama.I became a Marine because of him.On the second day his best friend got shot by a sniper and Uncle Jack got the sniper with his B.A.R.He took the snipers rifle,brought it home and when he died it was willed to me.I show it off every chance I get.
    Jack served everyday of the Pacific war on the 1st Marine division.O was lucky enough to be in Bravo 1/1.Thats when men were men.

  • @Gertjan_A
    @Gertjan_A Місяць тому +3

    Freedom cannot be taken for granted, we owe freedom to these heroes who bring his people to a higher level and beyond. And that is why it is so important that real leaders are at the top, because only then will you get a unit that can be compared as a chain without a weak link. As long as humanity exists you need these heroes and defense because you will always have good and evil on this planet. Very beautiful and perfect video 🙏🛡🥇💛🛡🙏Greetings from the Netherlands 🧡🔱🦅⚡🧡

  • @Ted_Stryker
    @Ted_Stryker Місяць тому +3

    Served in the Army and Marines, like myself. His accolades certainly far outshine my own, however. A true warrior and gentleman. A rare breed, indeed. Here's to John and his family. And, a very happy birthday to all of my fellow Marines. Semper Fi

    • @morrisparrish76
      @morrisparrish76 Місяць тому +2

      Our draft dodger president elect never served in either!

    • @nadjasunflower1387
      @nadjasunflower1387 Місяць тому

      @@morrisparrish76 yup...neither did Kamala...or Biden...or Obama....I mean i can keep going on and on if you like ? unless you actually had a point that is ???

    • @morrisparrish76
      @morrisparrish76 Місяць тому

      None of the 3 you mentioned (nice smokescreen) never had bone spurs or a rich daddy to dodge the draft with!
      GYFFS:
      Obama was 3 when Vietnam started
      Kamala (women were not eligible for the draft)
      Biden registered but wasn’t called!
      Are you going to go on covering for this dickhead draft dodger convicted (34) felon for the next 4 years?

    • @deeznutz4505
      @deeznutz4505 Місяць тому

      Silly lib ​@morrisparrish76

  • @SavvyFuoco
    @SavvyFuoco Місяць тому +4

    Basilone was an Incredible Italian American Patriot 🇺🇸🇮🇹🦅 One of the greatest of all time

  • @MatthewFloydMarston
    @MatthewFloydMarston Місяць тому +1

    Attention on Deck! Major on Deck 😮❤

  • @stevemccarty6384
    @stevemccarty6384 Місяць тому +1

    My father in law, William Sexton was in the Marine Corps and was a drinking buddy of John Basilone's. He called Basilone, "Johnnie Basilone. He told me that Johnnie was a "wild man". Basilone was a great Marine, so was my father in law. He was a China Marine. I was in the Marine Corps for 16 years. Was an attack pilot- exciting.

  • @anlerden4851
    @anlerden4851 Місяць тому +7

    Semper Fidelis!!!! USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA!!!🥰😍🤗❤🤍💙💯

  • @Tabby7
    @Tabby7 Місяць тому

    May he and all those warriors rest in peace.
    My Dad told me that my Uncle, who was stationed Stateside during WW2, knew John Basilone.
    They were, indeed, part of a remarkable generation, and they belong to the ages.

  • @VestedFuture
    @VestedFuture Місяць тому +5

    JOHHNNN BASILONE

    • @johnhadley7715
      @johnhadley7715 Місяць тому

      A Marine who loved his brothers beyond measure…

  • @theegunpro4561
    @theegunpro4561 Місяць тому

    I remember sitting in a half circle with my drill instructor, right before the John basilone challenge. It was Heavy hearing what amazing sacrifice under harrowing conditions, and then to have to try and do what he did, on a lighter scale, it’s something seared into my mind

  • @en.copedawg2321
    @en.copedawg2321 Місяць тому

    The perfect day to to remind The Few and teach the others of his awesome story of bravery and selfless service...your story, USMC!

  • @LastRonin47
    @LastRonin47 Місяць тому +4

    That Marine spread the good gospel of fire rate to a lot of Japanese troops. He made them holier than the pope.

  • @sjwilloughby-greene8214
    @sjwilloughby-greene8214 Місяць тому +9

    Sometimes there aren't enough words.💪♥️🤍💙

  • @J.Holliday-l2j
    @J.Holliday-l2j Місяць тому

    GySgt Basilone is an engraved living portrait inside every Marine. GySgt is the highest rank that I held at retirement. Naturally I believe it is the best rank. It would have been good to go farther but I’m satisfied with my experience. Marine Corps history has been my history since boot camp. I remain proud to be a part of the Marine Corps history. John Basilone and Dan Daily were my favorite heroes after I learned about them. I think about how the old breed must have been and what if some of my experiences were anywhere similar. They say only the names change, but The faces and the Corps remain the same.

  • @Lavadawg0311
    @Lavadawg0311 Місяць тому +2

    YUTTTT GIVE HIM ONE

  • @bradsilverdog3763
    @bradsilverdog3763 Місяць тому +10

    My dad was a Guadalcanal Marine. He used a "tommy" gun because of the thick jungle.

    • @Charles-z1l
      @Charles-z1l Місяць тому +2

      We had a Greek American former recruiter at Portland Maine recruiting office a staff sgt to mustang 2nd Lt carry A Tommy Gun in Vietnam.

  • @Randomyoutubecommenter
    @Randomyoutubecommenter Місяць тому +2

    What a man

  • @MatthewFloydMarston
    @MatthewFloydMarston Місяць тому +1

    Not: 10 Hut! But Attention on Deck,Captain Present! 😮❤

  • @luisumana5103
    @luisumana5103 Місяць тому +7

    🙏🏼😔🫡🥇🎖️SEMPER FI 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💪🏼💪🏼God Bless you always and forever 🙏🏼

  • @Charles-z1l
    @Charles-z1l Місяць тому +2

    He received the MOH serving on Guadalcanal, went on to rejoin the I think Charlie 1st Bn 27th Marine when he became KIA. 1/27 was reactivated in 1966. Bravo c/O in 1966 was Captain Jay Vargas. Later MOH serving with 2/4 Marines in Vietnam. Marines suffered more casualties in Vietnam than WW 2.

  • @EnvyTheRealest572
    @EnvyTheRealest572 Місяць тому

    I just watched a show called the pacific that showed his story, 10/10 would recommend I completely loved that show.

  • @bestyet691
    @bestyet691 Місяць тому +4

    Ooonnneeeee seeeeevvvvveeeeennnnnn

  • @bruceangel4459
    @bruceangel4459 Місяць тому

    Brings a tear to my eye
    #BeautifulStories

  • @douglasfillbrandt170
    @douglasfillbrandt170 Місяць тому

    A true badass and marine legend right there

  • @MatthewFloydMarston
    @MatthewFloydMarston Місяць тому +1

    Army and Marines]3. Navy and Coast Gaurd]2. Air Force Space Force]1.Weirdest Rankings

  • @bt5725-i9l
    @bt5725-i9l Місяць тому +7

    OORAH

  • @tonylittle8634
    @tonylittle8634 12 днів тому

    No other branch honors their heroes of past with the sincere respect that the Marine Corps does for their own.

  • @scottshanklin5533
    @scottshanklin5533 Місяць тому +1

    OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOFUCKINGRRRRRRAAAAAAHHHHHH THAT IS WHAT A REAL MARINE DOES

  • @anonw3829
    @anonw3829 Місяць тому

    Semper Fi to all the brothers and sisters who ever earned the title...The Corps has changed over the years, but the spirit to defend the helpless, and accost the agitator with great aggression lives on strongly. Happy Birthday Marines!

  • @OrbitFallenAngel
    @OrbitFallenAngel Місяць тому

    John Basilone is one of the most EPIC Marines to have ever lived!! ❤🇺🇸🙏
    He is Forever part of the Greatest Generation To Have Ever Walked The Earth!! 🙏🇺🇸❤
    What a amazing Hero to have walked among us and give others courage and determination to persevere in the face of whatever is standing in their way!!! ❤❤
    I'm so excited and happy and proud that our Country was lucky enough to have John Basilone not only volunteer to go fight in the Pacific Theater during WW2...But even after recieving the Medal of Honor he didn't want to stay home and live his life with his beautiful and loving wife Lena....He pleaded and pleaded to be allowed to return to combat against the Japanese in the Pacific Theater...
    Even though when he returned to combat he ended up being killed by the enemy...His courage and fierce determination has lived on..
    Through his family members and his other family, the United States Marines!!! 🙏🇺🇸❤
    God Bless John Basilone and may he always be remembered for his actions during WW2!!

  • @AirsoftAlfonse
    @AirsoftAlfonse Місяць тому +1

    Rahhhh

  • @jerryparker5137
    @jerryparker5137 Місяць тому

    Great American, Marine, & Hero. R.I.P. Semper Fi

  • @thegrove5259
    @thegrove5259 Місяць тому

    It makes you remember that war doesn't pick favorites. Someone as well known as John Basilone died just as fast as other unnamed soldiers.

    • @morrisparrish76
      @morrisparrish76 Місяць тому

      & draft dodgers (trump) don’t pick wars!

  • @HalfPint5811
    @HalfPint5811 Місяць тому

    Semper Fidelis 🦅🌎⚓️

  • @alericc1889
    @alericc1889 Місяць тому

    Selflessness is what America is lacking these days....

  • @Paprikawastaken
    @Paprikawastaken Місяць тому +4

    I was never in the corps. I was actually a grunt in the Army. I was taught about him by my 1SG who was in Fallujah with the 101st and fought alongside marines that kept ranting about some guy named "Basilone". All the joes I trained as a gun team leader, I trained in the religion of the guns. The standard.

    • @morrisparrish76
      @morrisparrish76 Місяць тому +3

      Trump’s draft dodger ass was in neither!

    • @Paprikawastaken
      @Paprikawastaken Місяць тому

      @@morrisparrish76 I really don't care man. He's come forward to serve the country this past decade. For better or for worse, he's trying. If he's doing a bad job it's up to us to fix it, but he can't please everyone.

    • @morrisparrish76
      @morrisparrish76 Місяць тому +1

      That’s what you feeble minded people said he’d do in 2016…….& he didn’t!

    • @Paprikawastaken
      @Paprikawastaken Місяць тому

      @@morrisparrish76 not sure why it matters, dudes already been voted in. By a majority of the country apparently so, time to just see what happens isn’t it? Getting angry over something you have no control over seems pretty feeble minded to me personally.

    • @morrisparrish76
      @morrisparrish76 Місяць тому +1

      I once burned my hand on a hot stove……….I was not feeble minded enough to do it again 8 YEARS LATER!

  • @garypiont6114
    @garypiont6114 Місяць тому

    He was a true warrior. Dismissed

  • @MatthewFloydMarston
    @MatthewFloydMarston Місяць тому +1

    DI tells you something: Aye Sir ! ; Address the DI: Sir,Yes or No,Sir or Ma'am (3 bags full) unofficial saying..

  • @Maxi-wp7xd
    @Maxi-wp7xd Місяць тому +1

    Semper Fi

  • @sutekh7890
    @sutekh7890 Місяць тому

    Sweeeeet ❤🤍💙

  • @RicardoPineda-zq8gu
    @RicardoPineda-zq8gu Місяць тому

    When is this parade? I need to go

  • @vendrick4571
    @vendrick4571 Місяць тому

    “JOHHHHNNNNNN BASILONEEEEE!!!!!! SIR JOHN BASILONE WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR AT GUADALCANAL! HE GAVE HIS LIFE AT IWO JIMA! HE HAS 38 KILLS SIR!!!!”

  • @Kwontonic
    @Kwontonic Місяць тому

    I wanna go back

  • @MatthewFloydMarston
    @MatthewFloydMarston Місяць тому +1

    Not: 10 Hut! But Attention on Deck!

  • @Aceofdusk
    @Aceofdusk Місяць тому

    Italian and American Pride

  • @MarkWayUp
    @MarkWayUp Місяць тому +2

    OOHRAH

  • @KIMRT36447
    @KIMRT36447 Місяць тому

    USA🇺🇸👍❤

  • @kurttate9446
    @kurttate9446 Місяць тому

    Manila John!!

  • @thomasdepiano2335
    @thomasdepiano2335 Місяць тому

    Beautiful statue but I don't know who designed the granite pedestal...It has the Air Force Medal of Honor engraved on it

  • @neil7093
    @neil7093 Місяць тому

    Semper Fi, brothers and sisters 👌🇺🇸. Happy birthday. BTW, there better be rigatoni and meatballs on that boat🤌. Semper Fi John wherever you are.🇺🇸

  • @user-dg7sy8cz3b
    @user-dg7sy8cz3b Місяць тому +12

    Reject the Marxists!
    Semper Fi Marines! ❤️

  • @ZoltanErdos-j6w
    @ZoltanErdos-j6w Місяць тому +1

    Watch the pacific the tv show !

  • @liljoenyc01
    @liljoenyc01 Місяць тому

    Semper Fi marine

  • @MatthewFloydMarston
    @MatthewFloydMarston Місяць тому +1

    4 medal of honor matthew floyd marston romanov windsor 2

  • @jimlee850
    @jimlee850 Місяць тому

    …”brotherhood” is right!

  • @devildawgpryde4764
    @devildawgpryde4764 Місяць тому

    OOO-RAH

  • @richards5797
    @richards5797 Місяць тому +2

    Oorah

  • @SerenityMae11
    @SerenityMae11 Місяць тому

    When do they pass out the crayons?
    JK semper fi

  • @Sir_Adam_The_Just
    @Sir_Adam_The_Just Місяць тому

    My brother bought me a Ka Bar for my 14th birthday.

  • @njdevfan20
    @njdevfan20 Місяць тому

    I pass his statue so many times.

  • @MatthewFloydMarston
    @MatthewFloydMarston Місяць тому +1

    Pass 1 or Fail 0

  • @TrumpGoldenEra2024
    @TrumpGoldenEra2024 Місяць тому +6

    Congratulation, USMC, on America's FIRST MARINE VICE PRESIDENT (and I'll be back in 4 years again to congratulate you again, if you know what I mean)

    • @morrisparrish76
      @morrisparrish76 Місяць тому +1

      Ask this “marine” how it feels working under & for a draft dodger!

    • @TrumpGoldenEra2024
      @TrumpGoldenEra2024 Місяць тому

      @morrisparrish76 sure, find me a real marine and not some beta cuck like you

    • @Cape-Dweller
      @Cape-Dweller Місяць тому

      @@morrisparrish76my cuz in 1st bn 7th sfg likes him just fine; I’m good

    • @morrisparrish76
      @morrisparrish76 Місяць тому

      You & your cuz didn’t put your lives on the line in the war he draft dodged………..I did & he ain’t fine with me!

    • @Cape-Dweller
      @Cape-Dweller Місяць тому

      Well enjoy Veterans Day in whatever way you do: veteran or retired gov employee; because the post about you not being a vet seems more likely with everything you spew. For my family, Christmas will never be the same and Memorial Day has real meaning. De Oppresso Liber

  • @SKayal-e9z
    @SKayal-e9z Місяць тому

    This men makes the united states a great country and the greatest nation on earth not trump or biden nor any king nor any queen

  • @Flatthetire
    @Flatthetire Місяць тому

    Maybe ,if you pay him enough, Trump will hold a photo-op standing on Basilone’s grave smiling and giving a thumbs up!😊

  • @MatthewFloydMarston
    @MatthewFloydMarston Місяць тому +1

    Flicking cigarettes 🚬 at Germans in combat, was not fround on.. but not a thing Germans should be doing back 😒.. so it didn't happen so much..

    • @MatthewFloydMarston
      @MatthewFloydMarston Місяць тому +1

      10$×5.000$ + A Felony = 500.000$ per charge × 10 = 1 cigarette 🚬 🚭 👌.

  • @KwadDamyj
    @KwadDamyj Місяць тому

    Heavy Weapons Guy got nothing on John.

  • @gunsup0331
    @gunsup0331 Місяць тому

    ANIMAL TEAM

  • @jhumpich0311
    @jhumpich0311 Місяць тому

    S/F

  • @johnroberts4701
    @johnroberts4701 Місяць тому

    Stop with the Navy mustaches

  • @Marco-lx3eh
    @Marco-lx3eh Місяць тому

    1/7 Baker Co. 05-09

  • @SUBICBAYPIRATE
    @SUBICBAYPIRATE Місяць тому

    Welcome DDG-122

  • @tritondriver1
    @tritondriver1 Місяць тому

    Semper Fi

  • @MatthewFloydMarston
    @MatthewFloydMarston Місяць тому +1

    5 medal of honor matthew floyd marston romanov windsor 2