you can see the amount of pride he took for his job in his eyes and rightfully so !! I have so much respect for his generation and it is sad to see what this country has become these days knowing what so many men like him sacrificed to make this country great
This was great! Mr. Hill is awesome! It was a pleasure listening to his stories. As a Marine I salute him, his service and all he did for this country.
I was pushed out of subs as a sonar tech because I needed glasses, health was a big deal for submariners. Good to hear your story. My first ship was USS Newport News (CA-148) The Last all Gun Cruiser. my time aboard 1968-69-70 Call sign THUNDER flag hoist; November - India - Quebec - Quebec "Fair Winds and Following Seas" Brother
This was an excellent interview, and great first hand knowledge. I have been on the New Jersey as well, at Fleet Week in San Francisco in the 80w, but I was never in the military (came close to being drafted in 1968 - Vietnam War). I have even been to the Panama Canal, and watched freighters go thru, and I see easily see how the NJ (or any Iowa class battleship) would have had difficulty running thru the canal. I am so pleased that this interview will be preserved, and open to people who are interested in WW II and the military in general. After all, we as Americans owe or freedom and independent life style fundamentally to the US military over the 2+ centuries of our national existence. I fully agree with Richard, we should show our respect to all service people, always.
Damn I love that low background hum, soft gent's voice, and enclosed space acoustic. I know people say it a lot. But I really *could* sit, drive, walk anything, and listen to these.
My grandfather was in the Navy on a sub! He was in during peace-time and didn't talk too much about it. Watching these vids really makes me want to learn more about what my gramps experienced. He didn't keep much from his time in either (4-5 years I think). Does anyone know how to find out about stuff like that? Military records I mean?
He remembered that sub name….his memory is absolutely perfect…even to the smallest details…..but he can’t tell the name of the sub….still probably very few people knew it existed or it’s name lol….when the interviewer asked his training kicked in and immediately “no, that’s ONE, thing I can’t remember”😂😂😂😂
For example…listen to his detailed description of when the guns fired….he took the photo on a i lnstamtic 400 camera…5 out of the 6 front turrets barrels fired because it was a hang fire….he’s still sharp as a tack….a machinist is forged to not forget small minute details…their whole career revolves around it…and he went to nuclear reactor school….he definitely knows the name of the sub with the dual reactors….I know Triton was the first publicly announce dual reactor subbed that went around the world from our navy in the early 60’s
great interview, just please erase the KYRON/closed captioning, or re-type it in correctly. I couldn't help but watch it but there is not a single line that is correctly spelled or has the correct words used.
I wonder if they televised the Armed Forces Network on the NJ's TV broadcast system? As I understand it, that's how a lot of the Tonight Show material from the 1960s still exist. They recorded the Carson Tonight Show and edited the footage on 16mm(?) film for playback on the AFN. There's some unexpectedly good shows and movies in the military archives of the United States. Go back to World War II, and look at those old Private SNAFU animated shorts. They're made by the same guys who produced the Looney Tunes shorts of that timeframe!
It's always odd having such a young man interview old timers. No disrespect to the interviewer, he's doing fine so far. But a young man just has no context to understand when the old guy says something impactful.
you can see the amount of pride he took for his job in his eyes and rightfully so !! I have so much respect for his generation and it is sad to see what this country has become these days knowing what so many men like him sacrificed to make this country great
This is an awesome interview. There wasn't a cadet alive who didn't want to serve on an Iowa when I was a midshipman.
Awesome. Everyone's story deserves to be remembered.
This was great! Mr. Hill is awesome! It was a pleasure listening to his stories. As a Marine I salute him, his service and all he did for this country.
I was pushed out of subs as a sonar tech because I needed glasses, health was a big deal for submariners. Good to hear your story. My first ship was USS Newport News (CA-148) The Last all Gun Cruiser. my time aboard 1968-69-70 Call sign THUNDER flag hoist; November - India - Quebec - Quebec "Fair Winds and Following Seas" Brother
M. Hill was indeed awesome in this interview and he sure can be proud of his career.
Thank you for your service sir and for sharing your experience with all of us. God bless!
This was an excellent interview, and great first hand knowledge. I have been on the New Jersey as well, at Fleet Week in San Francisco in the 80w, but I was never in the military (came close to being drafted in 1968 - Vietnam War). I have even been to the Panama Canal, and watched freighters go thru, and I see easily see how the NJ (or any Iowa class battleship) would have had difficulty running thru the canal. I am so pleased that this interview will be preserved, and open to people who are interested in WW II and the military in general. After all, we as Americans owe or freedom and independent life style fundamentally to the US military over the 2+ centuries of our national existence. I fully agree with Richard, we should show our respect to all service people, always.
God Bless "OUR" Veteran's - Thank You !
Thanks for your service!
US Military. The original social program, but this actually worked.
I loved hiring US Navy technicians.
Thanks for doing this and thank you sir for your service!
Thanks for your story Mr. Hill, I really appreciate it!
Thank you for your service sr.
He’s a very strong storyteller
Damn I love that low background hum, soft gent's voice, and enclosed space acoustic. I know people say it a lot. But I really *could* sit, drive, walk anything, and listen to these.
Glad I served on uss New Jersey bb62
Most decorated war ship in gorgous long beach california homeport when I served on her 1984-86
Thank you for this interesting interview.
I wish Mr. Hill was my neighbor. He would have a permanent place at my dinner table.
Great interview, I laughed when he said he was an eating machine as a young man, reminds me of my son 😆
Open my eyes up what it was like to serve in my ship during vietnam war.
My grandfather was in the Navy on a sub! He was in during peace-time and didn't talk too much about it. Watching these vids really makes me want to learn more about what my gramps experienced. He didn't keep much from his time in either (4-5 years I think). Does anyone know how to find out about stuff like that? Military records I mean?
Great guy
He remembered that sub name….his memory is absolutely perfect…even to the smallest details…..but he can’t tell the name of the sub….still probably very few people knew it existed or it’s name lol….when the interviewer asked his training kicked in and immediately “no, that’s ONE, thing I can’t remember”😂😂😂😂
For example…listen to his detailed description of when the guns fired….he took the photo on a i lnstamtic 400 camera…5 out of the 6 front turrets barrels fired because it was a hang fire….he’s still sharp as a tack….a machinist is forged to not forget small minute details…their whole career revolves around it…and he went to nuclear reactor school….he definitely knows the name of the sub with the dual reactors….I know Triton was the first publicly announce dual reactor subbed that went around the world from our navy in the early 60’s
Ouch for sure.
great interview, just please erase the KYRON/closed captioning, or re-type it in correctly. I couldn't help but watch it but there is not a single line that is correctly spelled or has the correct words used.
I wonder if they televised the Armed Forces Network on the NJ's TV broadcast system?
As I understand it, that's how a lot of the Tonight Show material from the 1960s still exist. They recorded the Carson Tonight Show and edited the footage on 16mm(?) film for playback on the AFN.
There's some unexpectedly good shows and movies in the military archives of the United States.
Go back to World War II, and look at those old Private SNAFU animated shorts. They're made by the same guys who produced the Looney Tunes shorts of that timeframe!
They did!
USS Triton was the sub
Captions would of been nice. Great videos though.
That’s to beautiful of a ship, should be active .. no matter what.
Sorry about that! We thought it did! We will fix that.
Subtitles have been fixed, again, many apologies!
@@BattleshipNewJersey THANKS..don’t mean to be a bitch.
I want this guy to be my grandad
It's always odd having such a young man interview old timers. No disrespect to the interviewer, he's doing fine so far. But a young man just has no context to understand when the old guy says something impactful.
I wish I could have been on my ship when she did world cruise an spent the time in australia she did for australia bicententinal
Interviewer is absolutely horrible. It's just cringe....